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WELCOME TO THE 2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR Colonial Country Club October 9, 2014 e-newsletter October 6, 2014 - October 9 - Colonial Country Club
- November 11-12: Senior Tour Championship
- Bentwinds - Press Release and Leaderboard
- Please add sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net to your address book.
- Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race
- Golf Rules Q&A: Error Playing from the Hazard?
- 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. ========================================== 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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Colonial Country Club Tournament
Colonial CC Last Regular Season - Are You In? |
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Colonial Country Club has invested about $1 million to rework it's picturesque course, the first major overhaul for the course since it went from nine to 18 holes in the 1960s. The course, expanded to 18 holes by course architect Gene Hamm in the 1960s, has undergone the creation of completely new complexes around the greens, repositioning and addition of fairway bunkers and a rerouting of three holes — 10, 11 and 12 — to make them play more naturally. Once they decided to regrass the greens, they looked atto see if there was anything else they could do and backed into a full-blown course renovation. Work began in November 2013 on the greens complexes, with bunkers replaced with flat-bottomed bunkers with grass banks, larger bunkers broken into smaller ones and others filled in to create collection areas. In May, the process of killing off the bentgrass greens began which will gave way to the installation of Champion Bermuda greens — greens that thrive in dry, hot weather, as opposed to the bentgrass greens that need to be babied during hot, dry North Carolina summers.
The course renovation is so extensive that the course was closed from the end of May until early August. Holes 10, 11 and 12 will be rerouted — with some to be positioned so they are played in reverse with the hole to be where the tee box is now. It's a move that will also double the driving range and create a short-game practice area. So, for those Senior Tour Members signed-up to play this Thursday, this course will be even better than previous years. |
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============================================================== Click Here For Tour Schedule 2012 Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tour |
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=============================================================== To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck. |
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2013 Flight Winners & Top 3 Places: Colonial Country Club ========================================== |
CHAMPIONSHIP (6300 yds) Dan Anthony, Thomasville 74 Hugh Beckwith, West End 75 Joey Moffitt, High Point 76 Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 76 Arch Reed, Pinehurst 76 A FLIGHT (6300 yds) Michael Greene, Lewisville 78 Jim Blaylock, Winston-Salem 79 Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 79 B FLIGHT (5896 yds) Jack Reaume, Durham 82 Rus Rilling, Madison 82 Sam Carpenter, Charlotte 82 Larry White, Clemmons 83 Lewis Herndon, Graham 83 C FLIGHT (5896 yds) Mark Denton, Salisbury 79 Patrick Warren, Chapel Hill 80 Bill Holland, Charlotte 84 |
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Registration is Now Open for The 2014 Senior Amateur Tour Championship to be Held on Nov. 11-12 in Pinehurst. .jpg)
Congratulations to the 2013 National Tour Champions! The Senior Tour Championship returns to Pinehurst and the championship courses of Pinehurst #9, Pinewild (Holly), Seven Lakes CC and Legacy Golf Links Registration is now open! The top 20 players by flight from each local tour will be invited to compete against the top tour members across the country at the 36-hole National Championship in Pinehurst, NC
The 2014 Senior Amateur Tour Championship will be held Nov. 11-12.
$2500 Skins game Monday November 10. All information below to sign up and pay or on the Senior Web Page (www.senioramateurgolftour.net)   
   
If You Have Any Questions About Your Status in Playing in the National Championship, Please Contact Your Tour Director, Bruce Hallenbeck.
Bruce Hallenbeck
Sandhills Golf Pro
736 Mallard Dr.
Randleman, NC27317336-495-6556 behgolf@aol.com |
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=============================================================== THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR BENTWINDS GOLF CLUB TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT =============================================================== |
NEMENZ BLISTERS BACK-9 FOR SENIOR TOUR WIN
Fuquay-Varina, NC
October 2, 2014
Winston-Salem's Howard Nemenz didn't get off to a particularly good start in the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at Bentwinds Country Club. He managed a so-so front side score of 40 on a spectacular golf course in perfect playing conditions. However, when he made the turn to the back-9, the Championship Flight stalwart shifted into high gear.
He eagled the par 5, 480 yard 10th hole and then ran off a string of pars until holes 17 and 18, which he both birdied. This gave him a back-side score of 32 and an overall par 72 for the day. He nearest competitor was Thomasville's Dan Anthony who finished 2 strokes back.
In the A Flight Raleigh's James Jones, who had won 2 weeks earlier at the Hyland Resort event, fired a 73 for the victory. Fayetteville's Bob McQueen was runner-up with a 74. "James started the year as a B Flight competitor", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "He sure has come a long way in a short time".
The B Flight belonged to Greenville's Pat Kelly, the only player in the flight to break 80 with a 76. He was 4 shots clear of 4 players who managed to hit 80 "on-the-nose". Kelly, a long-time Tour veteran, enjoyed his first win of the season.
The low scores continued in the C Flight with Hillsborough's John Cates posting an 81 for a 1 shot edge over Youngsville's Jerry Snead. "John has been tough in the C Flight all year, stated Hallenbeck.
The 2014 regular season will have it's finale next week at Colonial Country Club in Thomasville on October 9. There are still some spots available for that start.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
BENTWINDS COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6345 yds)
Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem 72
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 74
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 76
Terry Collins, Pinehurst 78
Bob Kolber, Colfax 78
A FLIGHT (5975 yds)
James Jones, Raleigh 73
Bob McQueen, Fayetteville 74
Jim Alford, Zebulon 75
Mike Johnson, Clayton 76
Bill Martinson, Chapel Hill 77
B FLIGHT (5975 yds)
Pat Kelly, Greenville 76
Ron Caulder, N Myrtle Beach, SC 80
Louis Herndon, Graham 80
Larry Outlaw, Raleigh 80
Charles Mellette, Sanford 80
C FLIGHT (5975 yds)
John Cates, Hillsborough 81
Jerry Snead, Youngsville 82
Willie Brady, Zebulon 83
Jim Prouty, Pittsboro 85
James Eatmon, Sims 87 |
============================================================== 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 =============================================== |
=============================================================== 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 =============================================================== |
Question from week #272
Sean has hit his tee ball into a lateral water hazard. After a brief search and not finding his ball, he estimates the spot where his ball last crossed the margin of the hazard and properly drops a ball in accordance with R26-1c. Before he makes a stroke at this ball, a fellow competitor finds a ball about twenty yards closer to the hole, in the hazard. It is identified as Sean’s original ball. Sean lifts the ball he just dropped, and goes to where his original ball lay. He retrieves his ball from the hazard and, keeping the estimated point of entry into the hazard between him and the hole, retreats about four paces and drops the ball. He then hits this ball onto the green and takes two putts to hole out.
In stroke play, what is Sean’s score for the hole?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 7
D. Sean might be DQed.
Answer
B. 5. Sean has proceeded correctly. Initially, he estimates the spot where he believes his ball last crossed the margin of the hazard. This estimate was the result of viewing his ball flight from the tee. After he dropped a ball in accordance with R26-1c, but before he made a stroke at the ball, facts made it clear he had dropped in a wrong place. He correctly lifted the ball as per Rule 20-6, Lifting Ball Incorrectly Substituted, Dropped or Placed. He then again dropped a ball in accordance with R26-1c.
It is important to note because he had correct substituted a ball based upon the facts at the time, had Sean’s original ball, once found, been playable from the hazard, Sean could not have played that original ball as it lies. Since he had already taken action to substitute a ball under a Rule (R26-1), he must continue to play out the hole under the provisions of that Rule. The only thing he could have done, once he realized he had chosen a wrong point on the hazard margin for his reference point, was to change which option from Rule 26-1 he would employ’ i.e., he could have used the “flag line” instead of two club-lengths. |
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard Bentwind Country Club October 2, 2014
TEES BY FLIGHT: Champ: Blue Tees; Rating- 71.0; Slope-126; Ydg- 6345 A,B & C: White Tees; Rating-69.4; Slope-117; Ydg-5975 =============================================== |
| Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Nemenz, Howard | CH | 72 | | 2 | Anthony, Dan | CH | 74 | | 3 | Hockensmith, Ron | CH | 76 | | 4 | Collins, Terry | CH | 78 | | 4 | Kober, Bob | CH | 78 | | 6 | Mabe, Greg | CH | 80 | | 7 | Moffitt, Joey | CH | 81 | | 8 | Adams, Johnny | CH | 85 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Jones, James | A | 73 | | 2 | Alford, Jim | A | 75 | | 3 | Johnson, Mike | A | 76 | | 4 | Martinson, Bill | A | 77 | | 5 | Avent, Twig | A | 78 | | 5 | Fuquay, Randy | A | 78 | | 7 | East, John | A | 79 | | 8 | Moore, Don | A | 81 | | 8 | Dillon, Mike | A | 81 | | 10 | Stanley, Jack | A | 82 | | 10 | Smith, Chuck | A | 82 | | 12 | Robbins, Randy | A | 83 | | 13 | Dail, Bob | A | 84 | | 14 | Barbee, Dexter | A | 85 | | 15 | Lockley, Cecil | A | 87 | | 16 | McKenna, Mark | A | 90 | | 17 | Alford, Gus | A | 91 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | McQueen, Bob | B | 74 | | 2 | Kelly, Pat | B | 76 | | 3 | Caulder, Ron | B | 80 | | 3 | Herndon, Louis | B | 80 | | 3 | Mellette, Charles | B | 80 | | 3 | Outlaw, Larry | B | 80 | | 7 | Hagwood, Darrell | B | 81 | | 8 | Ward, Tim | B | 82 | | 8 | Bryant, Dennis | B | 82 | | 10 | Widdowson, Jerry | B | 83 | | 10 | Ricks, Wayne | B | 83 | | 10 | Kelly, Larry | B | 83 | | 13 | Schuler, Dick | B | 84 | | 13 | Smith, Charles | B | 84 | | 15 | Bleau, Neil | B | 85 | | 15 | Booker, Lee | B | 85 | | 17 | Howlett, Chris | B | 88 | | 18 | Harvey, Doug | B | 89 | | 18 | Wright, Glenn | B | 89 | | 20 | Henely, John | B | 90 | | 20 | Mace, Kenny | B | 90 | | 22 | Kubla, Tom | B | 91 | | 23 | Wallace, Mike | B | 94 | | 24 | Kuehl, Dick | B | 95 | | 25 | Burton, Edward | B | 99 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Cates, John | C | 81 | | 2 | Snead, Jerry | C | 82 | | 3 | Brady, Willie | C | 83 | | 4 | Prouty, Jim | C | 85 | | 5 | Eatmon, James | C | 87 | | 6 | Hunter, Mike | C | 88 | | 7 | Harness, Dan | C | 89 | | 7 | Harris, Theodore | C | 89 | | 9 | Costine, Brian | C | 90 | | 9 | Glick, Richard | C | 90 | | 11 | Arellano, Anselmo | C | 91 | | 11 | Shows, Steve | C | 91 | | 11 | Miller, Tom | C | 91 | | 14 | Booker, Harold | C | 92 | | 15 | Smith, Lee | C | 93 | | 15 | Whitesell, Barry | C | 93 | | 17 | Davis, Dwight | C | 95 | | 17 | Ransom, Gary | C | 95 | | 17 | Alligood, Ron | C | 95 | | 20 | Wisniewski, Bob | C | 96 | | 21 | Leung, Kam | C | 97 | | 22 | Hutchison, Bobby | C | 98 | | 23 | Cifranic, Dennis | C | 99 | | 24 | McKean, George | C | 100 | | 24 | Lingo, James | C | 100 | | 26 | Hatfield, Elby | C | 101 | | 27 | Binder, Rudy | C | 104 | | 28 | McClintock, Tom | C | 112 |
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=============================================================== 2014 Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours =============================================================== |
| 1/25/2014 | Website | Kickoff Classic @ The Legacy Golf Links | 800-314-7560 | | 11:00 AM | Shotgun | Aberdeen, NC | $70.00 | | 2/15/2014 | Website | Preseason event no Points! @ Longleaf | 910-692-6100 | | 11:00 AM | Shotgun | Pinehurst, NC | $70.00 | | 3/6/2014 | Website | Bryan Park (Players) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $55.00 | | 3/13/2014 | Website | Devils Ridge CC | 919-557-6100 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Holly Springs, NC | $60.00 | | 3/20/2014 | Website | The Challenge | 877-548-5070 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Graham, NC | $55.00 | | 3/27/2014 | Website | Brier Creek CC | 919-206-4653 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Raleigh, NC | $70.00 | | 4/3/2014 | Website | Seven Lakes CC | 910-673-1092 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Seven Lakes, NC | $60.00 | | 4/10/2014 | Website | Willow Creek CC | 336-869-2416 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | High Point, NC | $65.00 | | 4/24/2014 | Website | Carolina Trace (Creek) | 919-499-5611 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Sanford, NC | $60.00 | | 5/1/2014 | Website | Meadowlands | 336-769-1011 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Winston-Salem, NC | $55.00 | | 5/8/2014 | Website | Mill Creek | 919-563-4653 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Mebane, NC | $60.00 | | 5/15/2014 | Website | Little River GC | 910-949-4600 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Carthage, NC | $65.00 | | 5/29/2014 | Website | Foxfire (Red) | 910-295-5555 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Foxfire , NC | $55.00 | | 6/4/2014 | Website | Bryan Park (Players) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $110.00 | | 6/5/2014 | Website | Bryan Park (Champ) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensoro, NC | $0.00 | | 6/12/2014 | | Make Up Date | | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | | $0.00 | | 6/19/2014 | Website | Stoney Creek Golf Club | 336-449-5688 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Stoney Creek, NC | $60.00 | | 6/26/2014 | Website | Pinewood CC | 336-629-4444 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Asheboro, NC | $65.00 | | 7/17/2014 | Website | Greensboro CC (Farm) | 336-288-3415 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $75.00 | | 7/24/2014 | Website | Chapel Ridge | 866-301-4811 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Pittsboro, NC | $60.00 | | 7/31/2014 | Website | Forest Oaks CC | 336-674-0126 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $65.00 | | 8/7/2014 | Website | Southern Pines (Elks Club) | 910-692-6551 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Southern Pines, NC | $60.00 | | 8/14/2014 | Website | Carolina Trace (Lake) | 919-499-5611 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Sanford, NC | $60.00 | | 8/21/2014 | Website | Anderson Creek | 910-814-2115 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Spring Lake, NC | $60.00 | | 9/4/2014 | Website | Sapona CC | 336-956-6245 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Lexington, NC | $60.00 | | 9/11/2014 | | Make Up Date | | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | | $0.00 | | 9/18/2014 | Website | Hyland Resort | 910-6923752 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Southern Pines, NC | $60.00 | | 9/25/2014 | Website | Bryan Park (Champ) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensoro, NC | $60.00 | | 10/2/2014 | Website | Bentwinds CC | 919-552-5656 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Fuquay-Varina, NC | $60.00 | | 10/9/2014 | Website | Colonial CC | 336-475-0596 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Thomasville, NC | $60.00 |
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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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The Senior Amateur Tour, which is open to any golfer is accepting new memberships and will be conducting tournaments through September.
Please forward this e-mail to your friends, peers, relatives or anyone you think would be interested in putting their golf skills to a test against others.
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