RAIN SHORTENED SENIOR TOUR MAJOR IN THE BOOKS
Carthage, NC (May 15, 2014) - 108 intrepid golfers teed it up in the 2nd Major Championship of the 2014 Senior Amateur Golf Tour season at Little River Resort today with an advanced weather report that was not promising. Unfortunately the report was more than accurate as rain started to fall almost immediately when the groups started out on their first holes. As play went on conditions got progressively worse, forcing a suspension of play after each group had played approximately 7 holes. Play resumed in about an hour and a half, but it didn't take long for the wet conditions to return in earnest, forcing an early withdrawal from the course.
As per Tour rules and guidelines, because every group had finished a minimum of 9 holes, the event was considered official and was called at that point. To fairly judge the results every flight was scored using the exact holes that each member of that flight had completed. This resulted in the event being decided by the scores on approximately 6 holes for each flight.
The top five finishers (and ties) in each flight were as follows:
CHAMPIONSHIP (6027 yds)
Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem
Hugh Beckwith, West End
Joey Moffitt, High Point
Craig Cathey, Burlington
Gary Roberson, Burlington
A FLIGHT (6027 yds)
David Frye, Winston-Salem
James Jones, Raleigh
Randy Robbins, Smithfield
Mark McKenna, Fuquay-Varina
Don Moore, Raleigh
Sonny Rose, Jackson Springs
Bob Dail, Wendell
B FLIGHT (6027 yds)
Edward Burton, Durham
Larry Ringen, Pinehurst
Mike Dillon, Clayton
Mike Allison, Durham
Darrell Canady, Clayton
Jim Sheldon, Chapel Hill
C FLIGHT (6027 yds)
John Hill, Aberdeen
Jim Tesch, Raleigh
Lee Smith, Mebane
Steve High, Rocky Mount
Bobby Hutchison, Walnut Cove
Theodore Harris, Fayetteville
Richard Hartley, High Point