Senior Amateur Golf Tour

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WELCOME TO THE

2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Foxfire Resort and Golf

Tournament on May 29, 2014

e-newsletter

May 16, 2014

• May 22 - Bye Week (Enjoy Your Memorial Week)
• May 29 - Foxfire Resort (Red Course)
• Little River- Report and Full Leaderboard
• Please add sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net to your address book.
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race
• Golf Rules Q&A: Recreating a Shot- Your Options?
• 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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Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

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WELCOME

2014 Senior Tour

CELEBRATING

THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!

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2013 Defending Flight Winners &

Top 3 Places:

Foxfire Resort

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CHAMPIONSHIP (6541 yds)

Randy Jones, Greensboro 78

Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 78

Joey Moffit, High Point 79

Eric Ardery, Durham 79

A FLIGHT (6091 yds)

Brent Massey, Zebulon 76

William Hiner, Pinehurst 76

Steve Smith, Pinehurst 77

B FLIGHT (6091 yds)

Randy Robbins, Greensboro 76

Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 77

Dexter Barbee, Burlington 81

C FLIGHT (6091 yds)

Dennis Bryant, Sophia 87

Mike Hinson, North Myrtle Beach 87

Donald Brown, Kernersville 87

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

LITTLE RIVER GOLF CLUB

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

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RAIN SHORTENED SENIOR TOUR MAJOR at LITTLE RIVER IN THE BOOKS

Carthage, NC

May 15, 2014

108 intrepid golfers teed it up in the 2nd Major Championship of the 2014 Senior Amateur Golf Tour season at Little River Resort with an advanced weather report that was not promising.

Unfortunately the report was more than accurate as rain started to fall almost immediately when the groups started out on their first holes. As play went on conditions got progressively worse, forcing a suspension of play after each group had played approximately 7 holes.

Play resumed in about an hour and a half, but it didn't take long for the wet conditions to return in earnest, forcing an early withdrawal from the course.

As per Tour rules and guidelines, because every group had finished a minimum of 9 holes, the event was considered official and was called at that point. To fairly judge the results every flight was scored using the exact holes that each member of that flight had completed. This resulted in the event being decided by the scores on approximately 6 holes for each flight.

The top five finishers (and ties) in each flight were as follows:

CHAMPIONSHIP (6027 yds)

Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem

Hugh Beckwith, West End

Joey Moffitt, High Point

Craig Cathey, Burlington

Gary Roberson, Burlington

A FLIGHT (6027 yds)

David Frye, Winston-Salem

James Jones, Raleigh

Randy Robbins, Smithfield

Mark McKenna, Fuquay-Varina

Don Moore, Raleigh

Sonny Rose, Jackson Springs

Bob Dail, Wendell

B FLIGHT (6027 yds)

Edward Burton, Durham

Larry Ringen, Pinehurst

Mike Dillon, Clayton

Mike Allison, Durham

Darrell Canady, Clayton

Jim Sheldon, Chapel Hill

C FLIGHT (6027 yds)

John Hill, Aberdeen

Jim Tesch, Raleigh

Lee Smith, Mebane

Steve High, Rocky Mount

Bobby Hutchison, Walnut Cove

Theodore Harris, Fayetteville

Richard Hartley, High Point

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Where Will You Be in the 2014 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 2014.

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 2014 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

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Click Here for Sr. Tour 2014 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

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Question from week #250

Gary and Hank are opponents in a match. Gary mistakenly plays Hank’s ball which lies in the first cut of rough, taking a sizable divot in the process. Choose from the options below:

1. Hank may substitute a ball, placing it within one club-length of the original spot, no closer to the hole. If the fairway is within one club-length, there is no restriction for choosing that location.

2. Hank may either retrieve the original ball or substitute a ball. He must place the ball on the original spot even though that spot has been altered.

3. Hank must place a ball on the nearest spot that is most similar to the original lie that is within one club-length of the original spot and no closer to the hole.

4. Who cares? Gary lost the hole when he played a wrong ball.

Answer

This is match play, so 4 is the correct answer. (R15-3a)

How about if it were stroke play? Then answer 3 would be correct, and Gary would be penalized two strokes. (R15-3b, R20-3) If for some reason the exact spot of the ball is in doubt, then instead of placing, the spot of the ball would have to be estimated, and Hank would have to drop ball on that spot, no nearer the hole. (R20-3c)

Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Little River Golf Club

May 15, 2014

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ - Blue Tees: Rating; Slope- Ydg-

A,B & C-White Tees: Rating-; Slope-; Ydg-

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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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