Senior Amateur Golf Tour

Central Carolina

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WELCOME TO THE

2016 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CENTRAL CAROLINA

Carolina Trace Country Club (Creek)

Thursday, May 19, 2016

e-newsletter

May 13, 2016

• May 19th - Carolina Trace Country Club (Creek)
• June 9 - Bermuda Run (West)
• Golf Rules Q&A: Re-Teeing After a Disturbance?  
• 2016 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 atbehgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

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2015 Flight Winners &

Top 5 Places:

Carolina Trace Country Club

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

BRYAN PARK 

FLIGHT WINNERS

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Once again overtime was required to determine a winner of theChampionship Flight on the Bryan Park Players course. Dan Anthony and Grant Hoffman tied at 74 in regulation play and went back to the course for a showdown. After identical pars on the first extra hole, Anthony finished the playoff on the second hole with a birdie 2 on the 174 yard par 3. Jim Blaylock finished third one stroke back.

To sign-up, call or email Tom Kubla at tjk4golf@gmail.com or 910 964 1547.

Where Will You Be in the 2016 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 2016.

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 2016 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 #353


On the par four 4th hole, Derrick lies two just left of the green.  Unfortunately, he has short-sided himself as there is a fairly deep bunker between his ball and the tucked left side flag/hole.  A very delicate, precise flop is called for if he wants to get up-and-down.  After three confidence building practice swings Derrick makes the shot.  A little to anxious to see the result, he lifts up out of the shot and blades the ball, which goes dead under the top lip of the bunker and completely disappears from view under the sand.  Oh that’s just great!  Rather than climb up the face of the steep bunker, he stands outside and on top of the bunker to look for his ball.  Seeing nothing of his ball, he tells his fellow competitors he will be taking an unplayable and intends to play the ball under the stroke-and-distance option.  He uses his club to probe under the lip area of the bunker.  He dislodges a ball which then rolls down the face of the bunker and comes to rest in the middle.  He smooths out the area where he was probing for his ball.  Walks around to the flat side of the bunker, grabs a nearby rake, walks in and retrieves the ball, then smooths out his footprints upon exit.  He returns to the spot of his previous stroke, properly drops the ball, gathers himself, and makes a pretty good shot onto the green, considering.  He two putts to complete the play of the hole.  Standing on the next tee, he becomes aware the ball he completed play of the hole with was not his original ball, but had to have been a stray ball which was also buried under the lip of the bunker.


In stroke play, what is Derrick’s score for the 4th hole?



A. 7

B. 9

C. 11

D. What ever you do Derrick, don’t tee off.  If he doesn’t correct playing the wrong ball, he will be DQed.


Answer


A.  No penalties for moving his ball in play nor for the search method he employed as Derrick first made a declaration he intended to invoke the provisions of Rule 28, Ball Unplayable.  He also announced he intended to choose option “a”, the stroke and distance option.  The prohibitions of R14-3 only apply when a ball is in a hazard or when a ball, having been lifted from a hazard, may be dropped or placed in the hazard.   The option announced has him dropping outside the bunker.  As such, he was entitled to smooth the area where he had used his club to probe for the ball.  He was also permitted to smooth the bunker after he retrieved the ball that had rolled down the face.  Neither is the smoothing of where he walked into the bunker after retrieving the ball a breach of R13-2 because he needed to enter the bunker to retrieve the ball he dislodged from the lip as this was the ball he intended for completing play of the hole; therefore, he is entitled to restore the bunker to its original condition before his next stroke.


The fact this was not his original ball is curious, but not a penalty.  When proceeding under R28a the player  is not required to first identify his ball as would be the case with R28 b or c.  In all three cases he is permitted to substitute a ball.


Derrick’s third shot buried under the lip.  His fourth was the R28 penalty stroke.  Fifth onto the green and two putts for seven.


For more, see  Rules 12-1a, 13-2, 13-4 and R28.  Also view Decisions 13-2/29.3, 13-4/35.7 and 28/14

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Bryan Park 

May 12, 2016

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Central Carolina Schedule

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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.