Senior Amateur Golf Tour

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WELCOME TO THE

2015 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CENTRAL CAROLINA

e-newsletter

August 25, 2015

Next Tournament

Anderson Creek Golf Club  

Thursday, August 27, 2015

• August 27 - Anderson Creek: Final Major - Double Points
• September 3 - Bye Week
• September 10 - Willow Creek Makeup Date
• September 17 - Sapona Country Club
• Oak Valley - Tournament Review & Full Leaderboard
• Golf Rules Q&A: Accidentally Moving Ball with Golf Cart?  
• 2015 Central Carolina Senior Tour Schedule
• Tour Weather Guidelines -Reminder

As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

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2014 Flight Winners &

Top 5 Places:

Anderson Creek Golf Club

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"Can't Complete the Low Round?

"Improve Your Golf Mental Toughness"

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Every golfer has heard the saying "It's all in your head" or "Golf is 90% mental" or "Golf is the most mentally demanding sport in the world." Yet what do golfers do about it? Well, most often absolutley nothing! Not necessarily because they don't want to, but sometimes golfers actually think the mental game doesn't matter to them!

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EVERY golfer can benefit from increasing their mental toughness and harnessing the full power of thier mind!

Many golfers naively get stuck into thinking that the mental game only matters for elite players or pros who make a living golfing. Nonsense! EVERY golfer needs to use their mind properly.

• It is your mind that determines how well you learn when taking lessons. (and this training course is packed with accelerated learning techniques that will have you absorbing more from lessons)

• It is your mind that will allow you to set up to the ball correctly and commit to your swing (or not!).

• It is your mind that will either stay focused under pressure and get you to make a smooth, fluid stroke when you need to drain an 8 footer for the win, or have you choking like a dog and collapsing like a house of cards when the heat is on!

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"When you have a chance to shoot the lowest score of your life, you won't choke - You Will Go Low!"

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

OAK VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB TOURNAMENT REVIEW

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

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Where Will You Be in the 2015 Season Ending Point Standings Race?

There are only two ways to get to  the year ending National Tournament - win one of the four majors or be one of the Top 15 point earners in your flight. 

As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 15 are guaranteed access.  Usually, most flight races are tight and depends on how well you play and of course how many tour dates you participate in during 2015.

Do you know how many tournaments you will need to play and what place you will need to finish in each tournament to ensure you have your automatic invitation? 

During the 2015 Tour, To see where you stand* click below: 

Central Carolina Senior Tour Point Standings

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Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Central Carolina Tour

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Question from week #318  On the sixth hole there is a drainage ditch designated as a lateral water hazard with walls constructed from old railroad ties.  After suffering damage from heavy rain one section of wall partially collapsed and was repaired.  The wall was rebuilt, dirt filled back in and sod laid on the section of the course adjacent to the hazard.  The sodded area is mostly recovered, but still deemed GUR.   The marked GUR on the one side terminates at the red painted line that defines the lateral water hazard.    Choose the correct answer:  A. My ball has come to rest near the new wall, and is marginally playable.  Though my ball is inside the hazard line, my stance is outside the hazard in the GUR.  As a result, I am entitled to penalty free relief as stipulated under Rule 25-1 or I may play the ball as it lies as there is no prohibition against playing from the GUR.  B. My ball has come to rest near the new wall and is playable.  My ball is inside the lateral water hazard and my stance would be in the GUR.  Play from the GUR is prohibited according to the sign (local rule).  Because play is prohibited, I am entitled to penalty free relief as stipulated under Rule 25-1.  C. My ball has come to rest outside the hazard but in the GUR and is playable..  My stance however would be inside the lateral water hazard.  I am entitled to free relief as stipulated under Rule 25-1 or I may play the ball as it lies as there is no prohibition against playing from the GUR.  D. Either all of the above are correct or none of the above are correct.  -----------------------------------------------------  Answer  C. (Did you really think I would give you a question with a correct answer like D?)  The descriptive course condition (i.e., OB, water hazard, bunker, abnormal ground condition) on which a ball lies dictates the player’s options when a combination of those conditions are present between stance and ball position.     When a ball lies inside the margins of a water or lateral water hazard, and the player’s stance is outside the hazard in an area deemed GUR, the player may play the ball as it lies (assuming play from GUR is not prohibited by the Local Rule),  or take relief under Rule 26-1.  In the case where a ball lies just inside the hazard margin and the player’s stance is in GUR, but play from the GUR is prohibited, the player must not play the ball as it lies.    The player must proceed with an appropriate option from R26-1.  If that option would have the player dropping within the GUR, then once the dropped ball is correctly put into play, the player would then take relief from the GUR under the guidance of R25-1.  He would typically drop the ball within one club length of the nearest point of relief outside the GUR.  The nearest point of relief must not be nearer to the hole than where the ball lay in the GUR and must not be in a hazard or on a putting green.   

Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Oak Valley Country Club  

August 20, 2015

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TTour Weather Guidelines

Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses:  If Primarily, 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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