STURDIVANT WINS SENIOR TOUR PLAYOFF
"Where Amateurs Play Like Pros"
Senior Amateur Golf Tour
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tours
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WELCOME TO THE
2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
Mill Creek Golf Club
Tournament on May 8, 2014
e-newsletter
May 5, 2014
As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings
Triad Senior Tour Point Standings
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WELCOME
2014 Senior Tour
CELEBRATING
THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!
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Mill Creek Golf & Country Club, established in 1995, has tree-lined fairways and hilly terrain. Mill Creek will test your course management skills and will force you to consider using every club in your bag.
If you can execute what you visualize, great scores are available.
This Tournament is close to a sell-out as there were only a few slots available.
Come play their new MiniVerde Bermuda Grass Greens.
Club Address:
1700 St. Andrews Drive
Mebane, NC 27302
Phone: (919) 563-4653
Signature Hole - No.18, a 428-yard, par 4 (from the tips) - you choose which of two fairways to approach the green but bunkers are available for indecisiveness (see below).
To register and to sign-up to play, call or email Bruce at 336- 495-6556 or behgolf@aol.com.
Please add the following email to your address book: sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net
The Tournament at Mill Creek
Event Info:
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Directions
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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
MEADOWLANDS COUNTRY CLUB
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
STURDIVANT WINS SENIOR TOUR PLAYOFF AT MEADOWLANDS COUNTRY CLUB
Wallburg, NC
May 1, 2014
It took 4 extra holes, but Sanford's Craig Sturdivant emerged victorious in the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at The Meadowlands Golf Club. After finishing regulation play tied with High Point's Joey Moffitt and Thomasville's Dan Anthony after all three posted 75s, Sturdivant won it on the 410 yard 18th hole with a par.
Anthony had extended the playoff on the 2nd extra hole by making a 12 foot birdie after Sturdivant was safely in the cup. Sturdivant returned the favor on the very next hole with a 6 footer of his own to take it to the deciding 18th.
Largely due to the fact that the A Flight played from tees 400 yards shorter than their Champ Flight counterparts, their scores reflected that differential. None more clearly than the effort posted by Charlotte's William Lee. He shot a 2-under 70 from the 5901 yard White tees for a 2-shot cushion over Walnut Cove's Roger Joyce.
The low scores continued in the B Flight with Bermuda Run's Ron Vanderklok firing a 75 for the win. He also enjoyed a 2 shot edge over his closest rival - Advance's Dawson Strider.
Not to be outdone, the C Flight winner, Mark Denton of Mocksville fired one of the lowest flight scores of the season with an 83. He also was 2 strokes clear of his nearest pursuers, Greensboro's Mike Hunter and John Hall of Raleigh.
Next stop for the Senior Tour is May 8 at Mill Creek Golf Club. That event is almost sold out now. Contact Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com to reserve one of the last spots available.
THE MEADOWLANDS GOLF CLUB EVENT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6317 yds)
Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 75
Joey Moffitt, High Point 75
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 75
John Franklin, Danville, Va 76
Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem 78
Craig Cathey, Burlington 78
A FLIGHT (5901 yds)
William Lee, Charlotte 70
Roger Joyce, Walnut Cove 72
Mark Robinson, Winston-Salem 73
Bob Dail, Wendell 74
Jim Shermer, Lewisville 75
B FLIGHT (5901 yds)
Ron Vanderklok, Bermuda Run 75
Dawson Strider, Advance 77
Mike Allison, Durham 78
Dick Schuler, Pittsboro 78
Dick Kuehl, Sanford 79
C FLIGHT (5901 yds)
Mark Denton, Mocksville 83
Mike Hunter, Greensboro 85
John Hall, Raleigh 85
Patrick Warren, Chapel Hill 86
Jim Tesch, Raleigh 86
Where Will You Be in the 2014 Season Ending Point Standings Race?
There are only two ways to get to the year ending National Tournament - win one of the four majors or be one of the Top 15 point earners in your flight.
As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 15 are guaranteed access. Usually, most flight races are tight and depends on how well you play and of course how many tour dates you participate in during 2014.
Do you know how many tournaments you will need to play and what place you will need to finish in each tournament to ensure you have your automatic invitation?
During the 2014 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:
Click Here for Sr. Tour 2014 Schedule
Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour
Rules Review
It has been suggested that there should be a series of Rules scenarios for you to solve. So begins a series of problems titled What's the Score?
Doc Miller has graciously agreed to allow me to share these with you that he has been sending since July 2009.
I will include one each week. You should try to determine the answer based upon your knowledge of the Rules when ever possible and then use your Rule book to confirm.
There will be no trick questions or hidden information.
If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to: usga.org/Rule-Books and-Decisions
Jerry’s ball hit rocks inside a water hazard and bounced back into play. He thinks to himself that his ball may be damaged because of its contact with the rock. He marks and lifts the ball to inspect it. He finds no other damage other than brown scuff mark on the ball where it impacted the rock. Choose the correct statement:
A. If Jerry correctly concludes this ball is not unfit for play and replaces it, there is no penalty.
B. If Jerry replaces the ball he incurs a penalty of one stroke.
C. If Jerry cleaned his ball beyond what is necessary to inspect it for damage before replacing, he would be penalized a total of two strokes.
D. If Jerry incorrectly substitutes another ball by placing it on the original spot, he is immediately penalized a total of two strokes or in a match, would lose the hole, but there is no additional penalty under R5-3.
Answer:
B is the correct answer.
Jerry might think his ball is damaged, but he must inform somebody of that thought and what he intends to do in case they want to watch his inspection and perhaps view the ball as well.
[A] is incorrect because the procedure for inspecting a ball for damage (R5-3) is identical to the one for lifting a ball for identification (R12-2). The player must:
1. Announce to his opponent, fellow competitor or marker his intention to lift the ball.
2. Give that person the opportunity to observe the lifting/inspection/replacement.
3. Mark the ball before lifting.
4. The ball must not be cleaned beyond what is necessary to inspect.
5. Replace
Failure to comply with any of 1 thru 4 results in a 1 stroke penalty. Jerry didn’t comply with 1 or 2.
[C] is incorrect because any breach of the procedure is a 1-stroke penalty and other breaches are not accumulative.
[D] is incorrect because the penalty for an improper substitution only applies if the player makes a stroke at the ball. If Jerry realized his mistake before the stroke, he could correct his error under R20-6.
Something to consider:
When lifting a ball because the player is unsure of its identification, meaning it might be his, this procedure should be used even if the ball the player lifts turns out to be a stray ball. When there is doubt as to the identification of your ball—for any ball you lift—you should adhere to the requirements for proper lifting/inspecting/identification.
The reason I emphasize this is because if the ball is your ball in play and you neglected to follow the procedure, you will be penalized one stroke. While you would not be penalized for improper procedure if the ball is deemed a stray ball, why take that chance?
Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
Meadowlands Country Club
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ - Blue Tees: Rating-71.4; Slope-130; Ydg- 6317
A,B & C-White Tees: Rating- 70.0; Slope-122; Ydg-5901
2014 Senior Amateur
Golf Tour Schedule
Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours
TTour Weather Guidelines
Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses: If Primarily, the course is open, we're going to play.
The only exception to this is that I'll never put any of you in harm's way during an event because of dangerous weather. (i.e. - lightening or severe cold and wetness).
In other words, I won't let the course "bully" us into playing where an unsafe condition might exist.
Because I arrive at every event at least two hours prior to the start time and I generally have to leave my house at least an hour before that to get to the course, there is no sense calling me just before the event, because I won't be at the office. The best avenue to take is to call the course if the weather seems threatening.
If you are on the roster for the event, and you do not get a cancellation notice from the course after calling them, you are expected to show up in time for the scheduled shotgun start.
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