2014 Season
Golfweek Amateur
Tour/Orlando Opens 18th Season March 22 at Red Tail Golf Club
The Golfweek Amateur Tour will
open its 2014 season on March 22 at Red Tail GC in Sorrento. Thirteen
tournaments are scheduled on some of the finest courses in central Florida.
“Last year we played a terrific schedule; this year our lineup is every bit as
good” said Tom Mirus, Tour director. “We will be taking the tour to some new
courses this year. We are playing eight courses we did not play in 2013. We are
excited about the coming season. We will again qualify fifty players (10 from
each of the five flights) for the Tour Championship in October. It is being
held in Hilton Head, SC now and the players that made the trip last year loved
it. I am sure competition for the invitations will be strong again this year.
Plus, our players competed for nearly $50,000 in prizes last year.”
The
Golfweek Amateur Tour/Orlando is the first Florida affiliate of the Golfweek
Amateur Tour. There are local tours operating in 30 states and 44 markets with
nationwide membership exceeding 4400.
The Senior (50 & up) flights will
continue play on Saturdays with the regular flights. Senior players may choose
to compete simultaneously in Regular flights for an additional surcharge.
Senior players will qualify for the senior Tour Championship in November, in
Pinehurst.
Players are put into flights by
handicap/handicap index. Players without indexes may submit recent scorecards
to be assigned to a flight, subject to change based on tournament performance.
All prizes in all flights are based on gross scores. Entry fees start as low as
$75 and include course costs, range balls and prizes. Annual Player Cards are
$110. Registration is open now. Player Cards are $110. Tournaments average nearly 100 players. Visit
www.senioramateurgolftour.net or www.orlandoagt.com for more information.
Here is a summary of the postseason in
2013.
BILL FOSTER NEARLY WINS TITLE; BRADY, DUNIVANT, & SOBITZ ALSO PLACE IN TOP
TEN
Eighteen
Orlando seniors made the trip to Pinehurst for the Senior Tour Championships on
November 12-13. Bill Foster led the way by finising in a tie for the
Championshop flight title after 36 holes. He shot 75-76-151. He lost
on the first extra hole and came home with the second place prize. Dennis
Brady finished in fifth place on rounds of 75-78-153. Others representing
Orlando were Jim Hammons and Ed Paterniti.
In
the A flight, Donald Dunivant was the low Orlando
player. He finished fourth after rounds of 85-76-161. John Fry tied
for 11th with scores of 84-81-165. Others representing Orlando in A
flilght were Bill Rambo, Robbie Robinson, Mike Lombardo and Michel Dion
Tim
Sobitz topped the B flight players with a seventh place finish. He shot
scores of 88-86. Others representing Orlando in B flight were Neil
Corbett, John Cruise, Chet Rakowski, Bill DeTorres and Brad Bettin.
The
C flight was represented by Dennis Frantz and Britt Thompson.
Orlando
finished fitth in the team coompetition, matching the performance of the team
in Hilton Head.
Thanks
to all the players who participated this year! There was one cold day,
but otherwise the weather was very nice while we were there.