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Carolina Trace Country Club
e-newsletter Summary
Aug 12, 2012
Congratulations to all Southern Pines Winners.
Where are you in the end-of-year Point Standing Race? Will you secure your spot to the National Tour at Pinehurst? See links at bottom of e-newsletter to see where you stand.
Rules Review question this week is about moving the tee markers - allowed or not allowed?
Check the Full Leaderboard at the bottom of the newsletter to see how you fared against the competition in your flight.
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The course architect of Carolina Trace is Robert Trent Jones Sr. and if you are a student of the game, you should know Robert Trent Jones portfolio of courses.
Jones, Sr. worked with golf legend Bobby Jones on the Peachtree course in Atlanta and again on the Augusta National course, the home of the Masters. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. became a national celebrity with his complete re-design of the Oakland Hills South course for the U.S. Open Tournament in 1951.
He immediately became the "Open Doctor" and in quick succession re-designed such major venues as Baltusrol-Lower course, Olympic-Lake course, Southern Hills, Oak Hill and Congressional Country Club.During his career, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. designed or re-designed nearly 500 courses in at least 40 states in the U.S. and 35 countries around the world.
At Carolina Trace Country Club, members are fortunate to have two courses designed by such a world renowned architect.The Lake Course winds around the 315-acre Lake Trace with captivating views where maintaining focus on your game can be difficult "but fall asleep at your peril and potentially higher scores".
The course you will be playing at this private community is the Creek Course, which opened for play in 1979. The Creek Course features dramatic elevation changes, rolling terrain, and a “Creek” interspersed among the 18 holes. The narrow fairways are Bermuda grass with the greens featuring Crenshaw Bent grass.
To sign-up, call Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com.
Directions:
2100 Country Club Drive
Sanford, North Carolina 27332
Pro Shop: (919) 499-5611
To sign-up for any Tournament, call Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com.
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Event Info:
Carolina Trace (Creek Course)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Physical Address:
Carolina Trace Country Club, Inc.
2100 Country Club Drive Sanford,
North Carolina 27332
Driving Directions
To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.
336-495-6556
behgolf@aol.com
2011 Flight Winners and Defending Champions:
Carolina Trace
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SENIOR TOUR FLIGHT WINNERS BOTH BREAK PAR AT SOUTHERN PINES
Southern Pines, NC
August 9, 2012
Rockingham's John East and Chuck Latham of Vass were going in different directions going into the Senior Amateur Golf Tour tournament at Southern Pines Golf Club. Based on the Tour handicaps that are maintained for every Tour member, East's number moved him up from A Flight to Championship, while Latham's moved him down to "A" from the Championship roster for the event. Neither move hurt the players as both posted sub-par 70s to capture 1st place in their respective flights.
East was 2 shots clear of Cary's James Dill in the top flight to grab his win, while Latham was 3 shots better than two Tour members - Pinehurt's Jim Rohr and Zebulon's Dale Casey. "This win, with such a strong number will assure that East stays in the Championship Flight for at least the time being", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "We'll keep an eye on Latham's handicap to ensure he's treated fairly".
Another player to secure a 3-stroke edge for the win was Graham's Lewis Herndon in the B Flight competition. For Herndon, who had last tasted victory in 2011, shooting a 76 gave him that first win of the season over two players - Raleigh's Carroll Allen and Galax' John Ashby.
Things were a little tighter in the C Flight, as Raleigh's John Hall edged 5 members by a single stroke with an 86. Hall, who has been competing "on-Tour" for over 12 years, is enjoying one of his best seasons ever, posting consistently competitive scores in almost every event in which he competes.
The next event for the Seniors will occur next week at Carolina Trace - The Creek Course. There are still openings available for that tournament.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
SOUTHERN PINES GOLF CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6268 yds)
John East, Rockingham 70
James Dill, Cary 72
Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 73
Gary Roberson, Burlington 75
Don Moore, Raleigh 75
A FLIGHT (6005 yds)
Chuck Latham, Vass 70
Jim Rohr, Pinehurst 73
Dale Casey, Zebulon 73
Jim Alford, Zebulon 74
Jose Vigil, Fayetteville 76
George Paris, Durham 76
B FLIGHT (6005 yds)
Lewis Herndon, Graham 76
Carroll Allen, Raleigh 79
John Ashby, Galax 79
Pat Kelly, Greensville 80
Randy Robbins,Smithfield 80
C FLIGHT (6005 yds)
John Hall, Raleigh 86
Benny Miller, Raleigh 87
Jerry Snead, Youngsville 87
Tony Robison, Southern Pines 87
Barry Whitesell, Greensboro 87
Elby Hatfield, Archdale 87
Where are you in the Point Standings Race?
There is great competition for the Top 10 golfers in each Flight which gets you a berth to the National Tournament in Pinehurst.
To see where you stand click here:
Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings
Triad Senior Tour Point Standings
Click Here for Sr. Tour 2012 Schedule
Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour
ONLY WHEN THE FORM OF PLAY IS A FACTOR WILL IT BE STATED
If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to:
http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rules-and-Decisions/
If you have any questions pertaining to this or previous quizzes, please ask.
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
Southern Pines
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ: Blue Tees; Rating - 70.3; Slope - 130; Yard - 6268
A, B & C: White Tees; Rating- 68.8; Slope- 126; Yards- 6005
TTour 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.
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