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Willow Creek Country Club e-newsletter Summary
Congratulations to all golfers that played in Pinewood Tournament and shot some great scores.
Next week you are at Willow Creek in High Point, another great private course. Hope to see you there.
The rules review this week deals with removing a ball during play. When is this allowed and what are the rules?
Also, please read the Pinewood story and review the Full Leaderboard at the bottom of the newsletter to see how you fared against your flight.
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Willow Green is a super private course and receives accolades from everyone who plays. If you failed to sign-up, don't despair, a few openings remain.
This is a well-designed course that can be both fun and difficult to play. The greens are kept in excellent condition, and a lake and stream come into play on several of the holes.
Read the attached story about Bubba Watson doing a clinic at Willow Creek after his 1st win at Travelers 2 years ago and later joining Willow Creek as a member.
Bubba Watson Story at Willow Creek
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Event Info:
Willow Creek CC
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Physical Address:
916 Abbotts Creek Church RdHigh Point, NC 27265-7502336-869-2416
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2011 Defending Flight Winners:
Willow Creek Country Club
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LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD IN SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR AT PINEWOOD CC EVENT
Asheboro, NC
(April 12, 2012)
Joe Prairie of Asheboro didn't have to leave town to compete in the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at Pinewood Country Club. He obviously arrived well-rested and ready to go as his 73 in the A Flight was the lowest score posted in the entire event. He was 4 strokes clear of a trio of golfers: Richard Gant and Jim Rohr of Pinehurst and Reidsville's Tim Stone.
Prairie's score was part of an unusual trend today - in every flight the winner's scores were impressively low, while overall scores were higher than normal. "The greens will be running over 11 on the Stimpmeter", said Pinewood's Head Golf Pro Chad Newton. If you were above the hole it was a challenge to get down in two.
In the Championship Flight, hole #1 was awfully good to Chuck Latham of Vass. Because of the shotgun start, Latham played the hole as his final hole of regulation play in the event. He ran in a 90 foot birdie putt to give him a 76 and tie him for 1st place in the flight with Burlington's Craig Cathey. Every 1st place tie "on-Tour" goes to a sudden death playoff, which Latham won on the very same Hole #1.
James Herndon of Hamlet was the only B Flight player to break 80 with a 78 for a 3-stroke margin of victory over Pinehurst's John Henely. Both John and James were looking for their 1st wins of the season. "James has been 'on-Tour' with us for a long time and has enjoyed great success in the past. It looks like he may be returning to his winning ways. Meanwhile John has 'cashed' in 2 in a row and is due to 'break through' with a win soon", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.
Youngsville's Jerry Snead edged Greensboro's Charles Gunn by a single stroke in the C Flight competition - 88 to 89. "When only 2 guys break 90 in the Flight, and by the slimmest of margins, you know the flight is fairly handicapped" noted Hallenbeck.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
PINEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6145 yds)
Chuck Latham, Vass 76
Craig Cathey, Burlington 76
Eddie McBride, Lewisville 78
David Coolidge, Greensboro 79
Chuck Taubersmith, Pinehurst 79
A FLIGHT (6145 yds)
Joe Prairie, Asheboro 73
Richard Gant, Pinehurst 77
Tim Stone, Reidsville 77
Jim Rohr, Pinehurst 77
Walt Janis, Greensboro 79
Dean McCoy, Pfafftown 79
Terry Lewis, Charlotte 79
B FLIGHT (6145 yds)
James Herndon, Hamlet 78
John Henely, Pinehurst 81
Charles Smith, Durham 85
Bob Dail, Wendell 85
Dan Whalen, Greensboro 86
C FLIGHT (6145 yds)
Jerry Snead, Youngsville 88
Charles Gunn, Greensboro 89
Dennis Bryant, Sophia 90
Richard Farrington, Graham 92
Elby Hatfield, Archdale 92
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Question from week #140
Concerning removing a ball from play because it is unfit for play (R5-3), select the correct statements:
1. If my ball is visibly cut or cracked or no longer round, I may take it out of play during the play of a hole.
2. My ball hit the cart path on the fly and now has a visible scrape of the surface of the ball that has roughed up and discolored the finish. I am allowed to take it out of play during the play of a hole.
3. My ball has hit the 150 yard marker on the fly and has a nickel-sized paint mark on it. I am allowed to take it out of play during the play of a hole.
4.I may always remove and replace with a different ball once my ball is on the putting green.
Answer
Rule 5-3 has very specific language. In part, R5-3 reads:
A ball is unfit for play if it is visibly cut, cracked or out of shape. A ball is not unfit for play solely because mud or other materials adhere to it, its surface is scratched or scraped or its paint is damaged or discolored.
Answer 1 is the only correct answer.
The modern golf ball is very hard to damage with a golf club or by contact with trees, cart paths or other solid objects. In recent years the only time I can recall an incident where Rule 5-3 applied concerned a ball that was hit from the tee then subsequently run over by a mower cutting the rough.
The rotary action of a mower blade sliced a small cap off the ball. There are two penalties associated with Rule 5-3. If you fail to follow the procedure for lifting and examining a ball for suspected damage or if you lift a ball without sufficient reason the player is penalized one stroke.
If you substitute a ball during the play of a hole when not permitted by the Rules, it is loss-of-hole penalty in match play or two strokes in stroke play.
Playing the hole with one ball, then putting with another is never permitted.
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Tour Weather Guidelines
Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses: If 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.