Piedmont Virginia Senior Amateurs Return to Sam Snead Designed Poplar Grove Golf Club in Amherst
Amherst, VA.
--- Thanks to Tracy Newman and all the staff at Poplar Grove Golf Club for
their efforts to reschedule and work to get their course into shape after
weather postponement the Tour was able to get in its 2nd tournament
of the 2013 season Tuesday April 16th. The day began overcast with heavy fog and dew
but quickly warmed up as play began with 3 of the days 20 birdies being
recorded on the opening holes.
Championship
Flight: Keith Myers and Frankie Smith both shot three over par 75’s to send the
flight into its 2nd Playoff in as many starts this season. Myers was
able to claim his 2nd season win with a par on the #2 handicap hole
while Smith one of his three bogies of the day there. Smith with a very
consistent round was only able to card one birdie while Myers finished the day
very strong collecting 3 of his 4 birdies in his last 4 holes of play. Terry
Towler rounded out the Flight in 3rd place with a 83.
A Flight:
Barry Shea was able to hold off strong challenges by Jim Gaddy and Dick Douthat
by sinking one of his four birdies of the day on his last hole of regulation
play for a 75. Gaddy and Douthat both finished with 76’s. Douthat claimed 2nd
place with a match of cards.
B Flight: B
flight also saw fierce competition with the victory being decided on the last
stroke of the final hole. All 3 competitors went into the final three holes
separated by only 1-3 strokes from top to bottom. Mike Helmkamp was able to
hang on to his narrow lead to give him his 1st Tour win in his
second year as a Tour member with an 84. Bill Knarr who was 3 strokes down with
4 holes to play made a gallant charge at the lead but fell one stroke short
with an 85 for second place. Charlie Snipes collected 3rd with his
86.
C Flight:
Bart Truesdell who finished second here last season was able to hold off last
year’s winner David Davis this year to give him his second win of the season.
Truesdell finished with a 91; while Davis carded a 93 for second place. Tour
Director Kenny Powell finished 3rd with a 95; followed by Chauncy
Drewry and Tour Rookie Willard Vicks with 101’s.
The Tours next stop will be at
Ashley Plantation next Tuesday April 26th
beginning at 10am. For registration go
to www.senioramateurgolftour.net at the piedmontva tour link or call
Kenny Powell 434-792-3728.
Championship
Flight:
Keith
Myers-Roanoke, VA. – 75
Frankie
Smith- Lynchburg, VA. – 75
Terry
Towler- Dillwyn, VA. – 83
A Flight:
Barry Shea –
Danville, VA. – 75
Dick
Douthat- Forest,VA. -76
Jim Gaddy –
Lynchburg, VA. -76
B Flight:
Mike
Helmkamp- Rice, VA. – 84
Bill Knarr –
Verona, VA. – 85
Charlie
Snipes – Keswick,VA. – 86
C Flight:
Bart
Truesdell – Huddleston,VA. – 91
David Davis
– Martinsville,VA. – 93
Kenny Powell
– Danville, VA. – 95
Chauncy
Drewry – Huddleston, VA. -101
Willard
Vicks – Danville, VA. – 101
Closest
to the Flag Winners : Dick Douthat and Charlie Snipes
Keith Myers
Championship Flight Winner
Barry Shea A
Flight Winner
B Flight
Winner Mike Helmkamp
Bart
Truesdell C Flight Winner
Rules Review
It has been suggested that there should be a series of Rules scenarios for you to solve. So begins a series of problems titled What's the Score?
Doc Miller has graciously agreed to allow me to share these with you that he has been sending since July 2009.I will include one each week. You should try to determine the answer based upon your knowledge of the Rules when ever possible and then use your Rule book to confirm.
There will be no trick questions or hidden information.
If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to: usga.org/Rule-Books and-Decisions
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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Question from week #195 Patti’s drive comes to rest in the fairway in an area where the club’s resident Canada Geese gaggle apparently held a party and sleep-over. She believes this area should be deemed ground under repair, and that she is entitled to relief under R25-1, Abnormal Ground Condition. She lifts, cleans and drops her ball free of the area. It is then that a fellow competitor tells her that the goose droppings are loose impediments and not GUR and that she must play the ball from her original position. So Patti again lifts her ball, uses her foot to remove a couple of the “loose impediments”, and replaces her ball on its original spot. She hits her next ball onto the green and takes two putts to complete the play of the hole. What is Patti’s score for the hole? A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
Answer: B. Patti made four strokes at her ball and had one penalty stroke for a total of 5. Patti’s mistake was assuming the area her tee ball ended up was GUR. An area that is not marked as GUR by the Committee cannot be deemed so by any player, only by a member of the Committee or a designated representative. Had she asked her fellow competitors, she likely would have learned the proper designation for the droppings are loose impediments. As disgusting as that effort may seem, the player is allowed to move them at will. Since she could not take relief under R25-1, when she lifted her ball she breached R18-2. She is penalized one stroke and must replace the ball. Even though her ball is in play where she dropped free of the area, R20-6 affords her the authority to correct her error. If she fails to correct her error, her 1-stroke penalty becomes a Loss of Hole penalty in match play or 2-stroke penalty in stroke play for playing from a wrong place.
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