Greensboro, NC (July 17, 2014) - A perfect golf course and excellent weather generally result in some pretty good scoring conditions for members of the Senior Amateur Golf Tour. Such was the case today in the Tour event held at Greensboro Country Club, the Carlson Farm Course.
James Adams of Cary and Winston Salem's Gene Queen both finished regulation play in the Championship Flight with 2-under scores of 70. They headed back out on the course for a sudden-death playoff in which Adams emerged the winner by posting a birdie on their 3rd playoff hole. "As good as these guys were playing today, it was no surprise that it was going to take at least a birdie to pull this out", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.
Another player who able to post more than his share of birdies today was Yadkinville's Tom Fagerli. Playing in the A Flight, Fagerli hit from tees that were approximately 300 yards shorter than those hit from by the Championship Flight members. His 67 represented the lowest score ever shot by an A Flight member in the 16 year history of the Tour. "Tom has one of the best swings I've ever seen on our Tour", noted Hallenbeck. "He was due for a 'breakout' round. Raleigh's George Paris, who's 72 would normally have been the class of the field, finished 5 behind Fagerli.
The B and C Flight winners had to go low as well to capture the top prizes. In B Flight action, Homer Baker of High Point shot a 74 for a 2 shot margin of victory over both Pinehurst's Larry Ringen and Dawson Strider from Advance. Knightdale's Doug Harvey was the C Flight king after posting an 81. He was 3 shots clear of Greensboro's Len Bullock.
The Senior Amateur Tour tees it up again next week on July 24 with their annual visit to Chapel Ridge Golf Club in Pittsboro. There are a small number of openings still available for that event.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
GREENSBORO COUNTRY CLUB (FARM COURSE) EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6320 yds)
Johnny Adams, Cary 70
Gene Queen, Winston-Salem 70
Bob Kober, Colfax 74
Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 74
Mike Smith, Lewisville 74
James Dill, Cary 74
A FLIGHT (6004 yds)
Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 67
George Paris, Raleigh 72
Gus Alford, Zebulon 73
John East, Rockingham 74
Randy Bunn, Zebulon 74
B FLIGHT (6004 yds)
Homer Baker, High Point 74
Dawson Strider, Advance 76
Larry Ringen, Pinehurst 76
Vic Robertson, Greensboro 77
Nolan Elenz, Charlotte 77
Dick Kuehl, Sanford 77
C FLIGHT (6004 yds)
Doug Harvey, Knightdale 81
Len Bullock, Greensboro 84
Steve Shows, Winston-Salem 85
Richard Hartley, High Point 85
James Eatmon, Sims 86