Greensboro, NC (July 31, 2014) - Playing on some of the best fairways the Tour has seen in recent memory, Sanford's Chuck Smith and Dennis Bryant of Sophia both moved up a notch to a higher level of competition with their results today on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at Forest Oaks Country Club. Both golfers had their Tour handicaps lowered enough with today's scores to gain promotions to the next level of competition.
Smith, who is competing in his first year "on-Tour", will go from B Flight to A after posted a 76 that was 3 strokes better than Graham's Daniel Floyd and High Point's Homer Baker. Smith has been a consistent force in the B Flight since the season's start.
Bryant, who has been a C Flight regular for quite a few years, fired a 78. He also enjoyed a 3 shot margin of victory over Pittsboro's Dwight Davis. "Both Smith and Bryant hit the ball a long way", noted Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "That's always been there. The improvement with the rest of their game has been noticeable".
Playing from almost 500 yards further back than the B & C Flights, Champ and A Flight winners produced the same winning scores. 76 was enough to take the top spot in both flights, although the Championship Flight winner, Craig Sturdivant, had to do a little extra for his win. The Sanford resident had to hold off High Point's Joey Moffitt in a sudden-death playoff for the win. Raleigh's Don Moore didn't have to put in that "overtime" as he was 2 shots clear of Zebulon's Jim Alford and Rockingham's Sonny Rose after regulation play.
Next up for the Senior Tour is Southern Pines CC (also known as The Elks Club) on August 9. There are spots available for that event.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
FOREST OAKS COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6380 YDS)
Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 76
Joey Moffitt, High Point 76
Terry Collins, Pinehurst 77
Johnny Adams, Cary 77
Hugh Beckwith, West End 79
A FLIGHT (6380 yds)
Don Moore, Raleigh 76
Jim Alford, Zebulon 78
Sonny Rose, Rockingham 78
James Jones, Raleigh 79
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 79
B FLIGHT (5906 yds)
Chuck Smith, Sanford 76
Daniel Floyd, Graham 79
Homer Baker, High Point 79
Bob Talbot, Charlotte 80
Russ Priddy, Salisbury 80
Charles Smith, Durham 80
Louis Herndon, Graham 80
Dick Kuehl, Sanford 80
C FLIGHT (5906 yds)
Dennis Bryant, Sophia 78
Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 81
Mike Hunter, Greensboro 82
Len Bullock, Greensboro 83
Richard Glick, Raleigh 84
Dan Harness, Wake Forest 85
Brian Costine, Durham 85