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2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR "It's Been a Great Year for the Tour", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. e-newsletter October 12, 2014 - November 11/12: Sign-up for Senior Tour Championship
- Colonial CC - 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: Playing from the Hazard #2?
- 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 Results
Colonial CC Last Regular Season Tournament |
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====================================== THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT ==============================
COLONIAL CC HOSTS SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR 2014 FINALE
Thomasville, NC
October 9, 2014
A beautiful day on a great golf course was the perfect way to finish out the 2014 season on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour. A strong field showed up for the final regular season event at Colonial Country Club, capping off a year that saw record attendance figures for the Tour. Next up for those Tour members who qualified will be the National Tour Finals in Pinehurst in November. A field of 250 is expected for that event.
In the Championship Flight, a player who is no stranger to the winner's circle, Winston-Salem's Howard Nemenz, shot 75 to squeeze out a 1 shot victory over last year's champ at this venue, Hugh Beckwith from West End and Whispering Pines' Ron Hockensmith.
A pair of Charlotte area golfers, Jeff Hughes and Billy Poteat topped the A Flight standings with a 73 and 74 respectively.
In the B Flight, Greensboro's Tim Ward cashed his first winner's share of the season with a 78, 1 stroke clear of fellow Greensboro resident Vic Robertson and Advance's Dawson Strider.
Winston-Salem's Steve Shows showed no mercy in the C flight with a torrid 81 that was 3 shots clear of a trio of players: High Point's Richard Hartley, Mocksville's Mark Denton, and Charles Gunn of Greensboro.
"It's been a great year for the Tour", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "We expect 2015 to be even better with all the enquiries we've received from potential new members at the end of this season. Next year's schedule will be out by mid-December and we'll be accepting 2015 memberships at that point".
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6320 yds)
Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem 75
Hugh Beckwith, West End 76
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 76
Johnny Adams, Cary 79
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 79
A FLIGHT (6059 yds)
Jeff Hughes, Charlotte 73
Billy Poteat, Charlotte 74
Michael Greene, Lewisville 76
Parker Whitt, Winston-Salem 76
Robert Ironside, Pinehurst 76
Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 76
Wilson Shelton, Madison 76
B FLIGHT (6059 yds)
Tim Ward, Greensboro 78
Vic Robertson, Greensboro 79
Dawson Strider, Advance 79
Kevin Morehead, Rockingham 81
Cliff Nance, Lumberton, 81
Jerry Widdowson, Durham 81
C FLIGHT (6059 yds)
Steve Shows, Winston-Salem 81
Richard Hartley, High Point 84
Mark Denton, Mocksville 84
Charles Gunn, Greensboro 84
Brian Costine, Durham 86 |
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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, NC27317 336-495-6556 behgolf@aol.com =============================================================== |
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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 =============================================== |
=============================================================== 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 #273
Terry is playing in a stroke play event and has hit his second shot into a green-side lateral water hazard. When he approaches the ball he finds it marginally playable. In taking his stance, he uses his club to flick a dead branch out of the way of his back swing.
Before he attempts his stroke a fellow competitor tells him he thinks Terry just breached a Rule of Golf when he moved the branch. Thinking he may be right, Terry changes his mind and says “OK, instead I’ll take relief from the hazard.” Terry lifts his ball and exits the hazard. He elects to use the Drop Zone even though the DZ is closer to the hole than the point where Terry’s ball last crossed the margin of the hazard.
Terry drops his ball in the DZ, then plays this ball onto the green and take three putts to complete play of the hole.
What is Terry’s score for the hole?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 11 and might be subject to a DQ.
Answer
C. 9.
When you don’t know the Rules, the strokes can add up quickly. When a player’s ball is in a hazard, he is prohibited from moving any loose impediments which are in or touching the same hazard—R13-4c. When Terry flicked that dead branch out of the way, he breached that Rule. Had Terry first indicated his intention to proceed with relief under Rule 26-1, then he could do what ever was necessary to retrieve his ball including moving loose impediments. Not until after he breached R13-4, did he change his mind and take the 1-stroke penalty relief under R26-1. He may have thought by doing so, he could avoid the associated penalty. That is simply not the case. . |
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard Colonial Country Club October 9, 2014
TEES BY FLIGHT: Champ: Green Tees; Rating- 70.2; Slope-120; Ydg- 6320 A,B & C: White Tees; Rating-69.7; Slope-119; Ydg-6059 =============================================== |
| Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Nemenz, Howard | CH | 75 | | 2 | Beckwith, Hugh | CH | 76 | | 2 | Hockensmith, Ron | CH | 76 | | 4 | Adams, Johnny | CH | 79 | | 4 | Anthony, Dan | CH | 79 | | 6 | Moffitt, Joey | CH | 83 | | 6 | Mabe, Greg | CH | 83 | | 6 | Kober, Bob | CH | 83 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Hughes, Jeff | A | 73 | | 2 | Poteat, Billy | A | 74 | | 3 | Ironside, Robert | A | 76 | | 3 | Greene, Michael | A | 76 | | 3 | Fagerli, Tom | A | 76 | | 3 | Shelton, Wilson | A | 76 | | 3 | Whitt, Parker | A | 76 | | 8 | Carbone, Tom | A | 77 | | 8 | Smith, Chuck | A | 77 | | 10 | Romito, Steve | A | 78 | | 11 | Frye, David | A | 79 | | 12 | Williams, Steve | A | 80 | | 12 | Jones, Preston | A | 80 | | 14 | Gaisbauer, Mike | A | 81 | | 14 | Johnson, Mike | A | 81 | | 16 | Jones, James | A | 82 | | 17 | Hiner, William | A | 83 | | 17 | Baker, Homer | A | 83 | | 17 | Lockley, Cecil | A | 83 | | 17 | Stanley, Jack | A | 83 | | 17 | Manley, Steve | A | 83 | | 22 | Alford, Jim | A | 84 | | 22 | Shermer, Jim | A | 84 | | 24 | Johnson, Eddie | A | 86 | | 25 | Robinette, Ken | A | 87 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Ward, Tim | B | 78 | | 2 | Robertson, Vic | B | 79 | | 2 | Strider, Dawson | B | 79 | | 4 | Widdowson, Jerry | B | 81 | | 4 | Nance, Cliff | B | 81 | | 4 | Morehead, Kevin | B | 81 | | 7 | Floyd, Daniel | B | 82 | | 7 | Howlett, Chris | B | 82 | | 9 | Jones, Travis | B | 83 | | 9 | Kelly, Larry | B | 83 | | 9 | Bryant, Dennis | B | 83 | | 9 | Henely, John | B | 83 | | 13 | Kubla, Tom | B | 85 | | 13 | Wright, Glenn | B | 85 | | 15 | Schuler, Dick | B | 86 | | 16 | Herndon, Louis | B | 87 | | 16 | Whalen, Dan | B | 87 | | 16 | Miller, Jim | B | 87 | | 19 | McFarland, Barry | B | 89 | | 20 | Reaume, Jack | B | 90 | | 21 | Wilson, Lewis | B | 91 | | 21 | Ricks, Wayne | B | 91 | | 23 | Burgman, Lewis | B | 94 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Shows, Steve | C | 81 | | 2 | Denton, Mark | C | 84 | | 2 | Gunn, Charles | C | 84 | | 2 | Hartley, Richard | C | 84 | | 5 | Costine, Brian | C | 86 | | 6 | Eatmon, James | C | 87 | | 6 | Bullock, Len | C | 87 | | 8 | Cates, John | C | 88 | | 9 | Hutchison, Bobby | C | 89 | | 9 | Davis, Dwight | C | 89 | | 9 | Snead, Jerry | C | 89 | | 12 | Hunter, Mike | C | 91 | | 13 | Arellano, Anselmo | C | 92 | | 13 | Prouty, Jim | C | 92 | | 15 | Whitesell, Barry | C | 93 | | 16 | Farrington, Richard | C | 94 | | 17 | Curtin, Dan | C | 95 | | 17 | Pritchett, Jim | C | 95 | | 19 | Binder, Rudy | C | 96 | | 20 | Smith, Curtis | C | 97 | | 21 | Pearson, Steve | C | 98 | | 21 | Smith, Lee | C | 98 | | 23 | Chludzinski, Joe | C | 99 | | 24 | Hatfield, Elby | C | 100 | | 24 | Michaux, Don | C | 100 | | 26 | Gleeson, David | C | 101 | | 27 | Wisniewski, Bob | C | 102 | | 28 | Roe, Earl | C | 103 | | 29 | McClintock, Tom | C | 106 |
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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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