Browns Summit, NC
(March 7, 2013) - 102 Senior Tour members signed up for the 2013 regular
season
opener on the Senior
Amateur Golf Tour at Bryan Park - The Players Course. While temperatures
gradually rose from the mid 30s at the tournament start, most of the day was
still played under very cool conditions. However the Flight winners took
the weather in their stride and posted some impressive numbers.
John Franklin, a
visiting member from the Piedmont, VA Tour who plays often in Triad Tour
events, was the class of the field in the Championship Flight with an even par
72. The Danviille, VA resident was 5 shots clear of Tour veteran Mike
Smith of Lewisville.
In A Flight action,
another Tour "vet" - Cecil Lockley of Creedmoor took top honors with
a 76. "Although Cecil and the rest of the field played from one
tee-box shorter than the Championship Flight guys, this was still a strong
statement of what he can do" stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.
High Point's Larry Hubbard was 1 stroke back in second.
Pinehurst's Tom Kubla
was the only B Flight member to break 80, barely getting under that standard with
a 79. John Lyda of Advance got his 2013 campaign underway in style with
an 81. It took a playoff to determine the C Flight victor as Steve Neal
and Charles Gunn, both of Greensboro, fired identical 86s. Neal prevailed
as the winner of the flight which contained 36 entrants.
The next Senior Amateur
Tour event will be held on March 14 at Foxfire Country Club in the Pinehurst
area. Openings are available for any amateur golfer over 50 to enter that
competition. If interested, contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556, or email
him at behgolf@aol.com.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF
TOUR
BRYAN PARK (PLAYERS
COURSE) EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY
FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6393
yds)
John Franklin, Danville,
VA 72
Mike Smith, Lewisville
77
Ron Hockensmith,
Whispering Pines 78
Eddie McBride,
Lewisville 78
Joey Moffit,
Greensboro 80
John East,
Rockingham 80
A FLIGHT
(6121 yds)
Cecil Lockley,
Creedmoor 76
Larry Hubbard, High
Point 77
Dean McCoy,
Pfafftown 78
Bob Dail, Wendell
78
Randy Bunn,
Zebulon 78
B FLIGHT
(6121 yds)
Tom Kubla,
Pinehurst 79
John Lyda, Advance
81
Dexter Barbee,
Burlington 82
Ron Vanderklok,
Advance 83
Jim Blaylock,
Winston-Salem 83
C FLIGHT
(6121 yds)
Steve Neal,
Greensboro 86
Charles Gunn,
Greensboro 86
Brian Costine,
Durham 89
Bobby Hutchison, Walnut
Cove 90
Mike Harrison,
Summerfield 90
Dwight Davis,
Pittsboro 90