Hot Action at UVA's Birdwood Course
Tuesday July 8, 2014
Charlottesville, VA
Things heated up
quickly today at Birdwood Golf Club ; home course of the Virginia Cavaliers as twenty-two
Piedmont Virginia Senior Amateur golfers
gathered for their 9th tournament of the season. The 95 degree heat
combined with the nearly 6300 yard treacherous layout courtesy of Lindsay Ervin
in 1984 and Pete Dye & Associates in 2005 proved quite a challenge for the
group giving up only two rounds in the 70’s.
The Championship
Flight had current National Champion Ron Sullins paired against former 2011
National Champion Jim Gallagher. Both players are from Yorktown and know each
other quite well. Both players finished the front side with sub-par scores. Sullins
took an early lead after getting birdies on #3 and #5 while Gallagher was still
even par through 5. Gallagher closed the gap to a single stroke on the 6th
hole where his birdie was a mere ball turn away from an eagle. Sullins made the
turn with a 2 under par 34 as Gallagher was right behind at one under 35. Each
player would get another birdie on the back nine but a triple bogie on the par three
12th hole by Sullins was all Gallagher needed to take the lead for
good. Gallagher finished the day one over par with a 73 for his 3rd
win of the season in as many starts. Sullins finished two strokes back with a
75. These were the only two players who were able to break 80 today.
There was also a
very close matchup in the A Flight today as the Tours current points leader
Rusty Ward took the early lead at the turn with a 38; followed very closely by
Larry Maitland and Dean Adams at 40. Both Ward and Adams found themselves
having to card a triple bogie on the backside allowing Maitland; whose worst
score on the back was bogie to claim his 3rd victory in a row and 4th
win of the season. Maitland finished with an 80 for the day while Tim Matthews had 2
birdies in route to his 81 second place finish.
B Flight had eight
players competing for the top spot but it came down to who could stay away from
the double bogies on the back side to determine its champion. Raymond Rice, Ed
Gore, George Russell, and Bill Knarr all made the turn with identical scores of
41; but it was only Rice who would put nothing higher than bogie on his card on
the next nine holes. Rice from Hurt, VA claimed his 2nd tournament
win of the season with an 81. Both Russell and Knarr turned in scores of 82 but
Russell collected the 2nd place prize after a match of scores on the
#1 handicap hole.
Roy Hodges from
Dinwiddie claimed his 2nd season win in C Flight action with a score
of 89. Hodges had two birdies on the front nine to take a 3 stroke lead over
Don Carson and Kenny Powell at the turn. Both Carson and Powell made early
attempts to catch Hodges but both fell victim to high numbers on the closing
three holes. Carson claimed 2nd place with 91.
The Tour will hold
their 2nd MAJOR of the season next Wednesday July 23rd at
Draper Valley Golf Club. The tournament will begin at 10am and entry fee is $65
for members. Automatic qualification to National Finals will be awarded to all
flight winners and double points to all participants. Registration is required
to Kenny Powell at 434-792-3728 or piedmontva@senioramateurgolftour.net
by Wednesday July 16th.
Birdwood Tournament Results
Championship
Flight:
Jim Gallagher-
Yorktown – 73
Ron Sullins –
Yorktown – 75
A-Flight:
Larry Maitland –
Stony Creek – 80
Tim Matthews –
Yorktown – 81
Dean Adams – Jarratt –
83
Rusty Ward – N.
Prince George – 84
Doug Brandmahl – Manakin
Sabot – 90
B-Flight:
Raymond Rice – Hurt –
81
George Russell –
Montpelier – 82
Bill Knarr – Verona –
82
Jerry Delbridge –
Emporia – 87
Ed Gore – Warrenton –
88
Bob Nolte – Forest –
90
Bob Weaver – VA Beach
– 91
Buck Brockwell –
Brunswick – 99
C-Flight:
Roy Hodges –
Dinwiddie – 89
Don Carson –
Farmville – 91
Kenny Powell –
Danville – 94
George Pearce –
Norfolk – 95
Bart Truesdell –
Huddleston – 96
Robert Payne – Hurt –
99
Mike Hockensmith –
Norfolk - 110
Please check out our Photo Gallery for pictures from all of our Tournaments.
Welcome to the
Piedmont Virginia Senior Amateur Golf Tour 's 3rd Season
We look forward to another very successful year with excellent courses (many of them private and semi-private) and first rate competition.
As always, to register and to sign-up to play or if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 434-792-3728, or email me at piedmontva@senioramateurgolftour.netor register and pay online at www.senioramateurgolftour.netat the Piedmont Virginia Tour schedule tab .
Expect your peers to have already signed-up. Call Kenny Powell at 434-792-3728 or email him at piedmontva@senioramateurgolftour.net
2014 Tour Memberships are:
Earlybird Memberships each year are $60 if purchased between November 15 and January 31st!
Regular Memberships are $85 per Year .
Returning Tour members or Tidewater Tour Members may purchase memberships for $65. 1/2 year memberships after July 24th- Nov. 14th are $60 for everybody.
All Tour membership fees must be paid at online link or a check payable to MAC PRODUCTIONS may be mailed to Tour Director: Kenny Powell , 2040 Carter Street, Danville, Virginia 24540.
New 2014 Schedules are up and ready for sign-up at schedule link.Sign-up now for as many as you are planning to play to guarantee a spot as some courses have minimum and maximum numbers of entry spots. Payment for tournaments may be made online at Pay Pal payment button or paid directly to Tour Director Kenny Powell with cash or check payable to Kenny Powell prior to tournament.
Please make sure to register on the web page by hitting the Join the Tour button so we have all your current information including shirt size.
WHY SOME GUYS SHOULD NOT PLAY GOLF!
2014 Tour Schedule:
1. Tues. 4/8/14 @10:30am Spring Creek Golf Club www.springcreekgolfclub.com $90
Onyx tees= 6197 yds. 70.9 rating / 138 slope Salmon tees = 5589 yds. 68.2 rating/132 slope
2. Tuesday 4/16/14 The Manor Golf Club www.golfthemanor.com $65 White tees =6153yds. 76.8 rating /145 slope Green tees= 5723 yds. 74.4 rating / 140 slope
3. Tuesday 4/29/14 Goodyear Golf Club www.goodyeargolf.com $65
White tees= 6024 yds. 69.2 rating / 121 slope Yellow tees= 5674 yds. 67.2 rating /118 slope
4. Tuesday 5/6/14 Tuscarora Country Club www.tuscaroracountryclub.net $65
White tees = 6368 yds. 76.7 rating / 128 slope Gold tees= 5652 yds. 68.5 rating / 117 slope
5. Wednesday 5/14/14 Cedar Point Country Club www.cedarpointcountryclub.com $80
White tees = 6182 yds. 69.8 rating / 124 slope White/Green tees= 5833 yds. 68.3 rating/ 120 slope
6. Tuesday 6/3/14 Olde Mill Golf Club www.oldemill.net $70
White tees = 6342 yds. 72.1 rating / 136 slope Gold tees = 5361 yds 67.7 rating / 125 slope
7. Monday 6/9/14 Emporia Country Club www.emporiacc.com $60
White Tees= 6124 yds. 69.7 rating/116 slope Gold Tees=5409 yds. 71.6 rating/ 122 slope
8. Tuesday 6/24/14 Brickshire Golf Club www.brickshiregolfclub.com $70
Blue Tees= 6392 yds. 70.6 rating/131 slope White Tees= 6019 yds. 69.4 rating/ 128 slope
9. Tuesday 7/8/14 Birdwood Golf Club www.boarsheadinn.com /golf/golf.asp $70
White Tees=6322 yds. 71.5 rating/134 slope Gold Tees=5746 yds 68.7 rating/127 slope
10. Wednesday 7/23/14 Draper Valley Golf Club www.drapervalleygolf.com $65
White Tees=6412 yds. 70.3 rating/122 slope Gold Tees= 5467 yds 65.9 rating/115 slope
11. Tuesday 7/29/14 Poplar Grove Golf Club www.poplargrovegolf.com $70
White Tees=6101 yds. 70.6 rating/135 slope Gold Tees= 5640 yds. 68.7 rating/ 124 slope
12. Tuesday 8/12/14 The Club at Viniterra www.viniterragolf.com $75
White Tees=6495 yds. 71.4 rating/ 133 slope Green Tees= 6124 yds. 69.8 rating/129 slope
13. Tuesday 8/19/14 The Crossings Golf Club www.thecrossingsgc.com $70
White Tees =6229 yds. 69.4 rating/126 slope Gold Tees=5715yds. 67.3 rating/116 slope
14. Wednesday 8/20/14 Colonial Hertiage Golf Club www.colonialhertiageclub.com $80
White Tees=6016 yds. 70.3 rating/134 slope Gold Tees= 5364 yds. 67.2 rating/125 slope
15. Monday 9/8/14 Stoney Creek/Wintergreenwww.wintergreenresort.com/Stoney-Creek/ $70
White Tees 6262 yds. 70.3 rating/ 124 slope Gold Tees= 5667 yds. 67.7 rating/ 119 slope
16. Tuesday 9/30/14 Stonehouse www.stonehousegolfclub.com $70
White Tees= 5969yds. 69.4 rating/131 slope ComboTees=5613 yds. 67.8 rating/ 129 slope
17. Tuesday 10/7/14 Chatmoss Country Clubwww.chatmosscc.org $70
White Tees= 6426 yds. 71.5 rating/ 131 slope Gold Tees= 5762 yds. 68.3 rating/120 slope
18. Tuesday 10/21/14 Sleepy Hole Golf Club www.sleepyholegolfcourse.com $65
White Tees= 6103 yds. 69.3 rating/ 130 slope Yellow Tees=5425 yds. 66.2 rating/ 123 slope
19. Monday 10/27/14 Danville Golf Club www.danvillegolfclub.com $70
White Tees= 5930 yds. 69.6 rating/ 125 slope Gold Tees= 5338 yds. 66.7 rating/ 121 slope
Danville Golf Club www.danvillegolfclub.com $70
White Tees= 5930 yds. 69.6 rating/ 125 slope Gold Tees= 5338 yds. 66.7 rating/ 121 slope
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. |
Question ? Nate is playing a par 3 over a pond marked with yellow stakes. He skulls his tee shot into the rocks that line the far-side bank and the ball bounces back over the pond coming to rest on the tee side of the water, but still a couple feet inside the margins of the hazard. He feels he can play the ball as it lies even though it is on a steep slope. After removing a couple of leaves he steps about a foot away and takes two practice swings, hitting the ground each time. Nate then hits this shot fat and it ends up in deep water. Nate moves back about four yards into the fairway, keeping the spot where his ball last crossed the margin of the hazard on his tee shot between him and the flag, and drops a ball which slightly embeds in soft turf. When he lifts the ball to clean and re-drop a fellow competitor tells Nate there is a Drop Zone to his right about the same distance to the flag. So Nate goes to the DZ and drops the ball. The ball rolls 1 1/2 yards towards the hole and comes to rest outside the DZ’s painted white line. Nate retrieves his ball and re-drops. This time the ball remains where it was dropped. He hits this ball onto the green and takes two putts to complete the play of the hole. In stroke play, how many penalty strokes did Nate just incur? A. 4 B. 6 C. 7 D. 9 =============================================== Answer: C. 7 1. Moving leaves inside hazard, breach of Rule 13-4c = 2penalty strokes. 2. Touching ground in hazard while making practice swings, breach of Rule 13-4b = 2 penalty strokes (multiple breach of same Rule, related acts, single penalty. This could also be construed as testing the condition of the hazard, R13-4a, but would still be considered related acts and single breach. See Decision 1-4/12) 3. Relief from water hazard, R26-1 = 1 penalty stroke. 4. Playing from wrong place after his dropped ball embedded = 2 penalty strokes. When he first dropped the ball, it was in play. He is not “re-dropping” a ball (R20-2c) as a part of the relief procedure from R26-1. He is taking relief for an embedded ball, R25-2, so any thought of using the DZ should never have come up. When he played from the DZ he played from a wrong place (R20-7). Likely not a serious breach. But a 2-stroke penalty under R25. I have already explained the fact that it is inapplicable to use the DZ as intended. Thus, at this juncture, the DZ is nothing more than part of the area through the green. When he dropped the ball in this area, he was doing so under Rule 25-2. Thus when the ball rolled closer to the hole, the player was required to re-drop (R20-2c). So what he did was correct under the circumstances even if he though he was probably doing it for the wrong reason. If by chance, as you play a hole, your ball comes to rest in a Dropping Zone, treat it like any other part of the course. The special dropping and re-dropping Rules from Appendix I only apply if the player is dropping a ball in the DZ as an option under whichever Rule is applicable to that DZ (water hazard, TIO, etc.) Nate should have recorded a 12 on the hole |
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?
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Tour 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. Kenny
2014 Tour Membership Roster:
1. Kenny Powell Danville 434-792-3728 C-Flight
2. Bob Weaver Va Beach 757-721-9497 B-Flight
3. Jim Gallagher Yorktown 757-766-0542 Champ Ft.
4. Harry Lee Danville 434-489-1545 Champ Ft.
5. Willard Vicks Danville 434-685-5301 C-Flight
6. Tom Brady Chesapeake 757-410-3768 B-Flight
7. John Franklin Danville 434-770-1657 Champ Ft.
8. Gary Hines VA Beach 757-467-4294 C-Flight
9. Roy Hodges Dinwiddie 804-469-3461 C-Flight
10. Mike Wren VA Beach 757-471-4388 C-Flight
11. Doug Brandmahl Manakin Sabot 804-556-4119 A-Flight
12. William Chavis Glen Allen 804-672-3112 A-Flight
13. David Davis Martinsville 276-638-8886 C-Flight
14. Raymond Rice Hurt 434-324-4108 B-Flight
15. George Russell Jr Montpelier 804-883-7418 B-Flight
16. Tim Chocklett Vinton 540-342-9801 Champ Ft.
17. Charlie Triplett Norfolk 757-489-4529 C-Flight
18. Rudy Yeatts Gretna 434-656-1492 B-Flight
19. Bart Truesdell Huddleston 540-297-2031 C-Flight
20. Mike Hockensmith Norfolk 757-286-7885 C-Flight
21. Larry Maitland Stony Creek 434-637-3384 B-Flight
22. Sam Moser South Boston 434-572-4358 B-Flight
23. Jerry Delbridge Emporia 434-634-4366 B-Flight
24. Don Carson Farmville 434-392-6230 C-Flight
25. Raymond Newman Danville 434-836-6214 B-Flight
26. Robert Agee Danville 434-724-7473 B-Flight
27. Ed Harris Jarratt 434-535-0055 C-Flight
28. Robert Payne Hurt 434-324-4886 C-Flight
29. Charlie Snipes Keswick 434-979-0462 B-Flight
30. Ed Gore Warrenton 540-351-1681 B-Flight
31. Rusty Ward N. Prince George 804-586-5145 A-Flight
32. John Sutton Pilot 540-651-6428 Champ Ft.
33. Jonathan Hauser VA Beach 757-687-7768 A-Flight
34. Charlie Powell Danville 434-724-2452 B-Flight
35. Keith Myers Roanoke 540-774-9205 Champ Ft.
36. Bill Knarr Verona 540-337-3242 B-Flight
37. Chris Spanka VA Beach 757-816-7023 C-Flight
38. Jim Gaddy Lynchburg 434-237-1303 A-Flight
39. Milton Tyrrell Manassas 202-714-3389 C-Flight
40. Tim Matthews Yorktown 757-867-6116 A-Flight
41. Mark Wade Charlottesville 434-882-2044 Champ Ft.
42. Phil Clay Evington 434-942-2476 A-Flight
43. Jim Wiley Crewe 804-479-4542 B-Flight
44. Bob Nolte Forest 434-616-2031 B-Flight
45. Marty Kresovich Norfolk 757-803-6326 C-Flight
46. Bill Crowley VA Beach 757-467-4876 C-Flight
47. Tip Wight Arlington 571-357-0227 Championship
48. Kim Crank Chesapeake 757-382-9516 C-Flight
49. Ron Sullins 757-593-5437 Yorktown Championship
50. George Pearce 757-285-4408 Norfolk C-Flight
51. Buck Brockwell 434-637-7366 Lawrenceville B-Flight
52. Robbie Jones 757-409-0841 Chesapeake C-Flight
53. Dean Adams 434-637-3715 Jarratt A-Flight
54. Kimber Extine 757-898-1819 Yorktown C- Flight
I am very pleased to announce the addition of Planet Fitness to our list of Tour Sponsors. The overall points Champion for our upcoming season will receive a Black Card Membership for 1 year to Planet Fitness. What a Great way to keep toned up for your peak performance.
Points Standings for our Tour after 9 Tournaments:
| 1 Rusty Ward 3225 |
| 2 Larry Maitland 3205 |
| 3 Jerry Delbridge 2600 |
| 4 Bill Knarr 2558 |
| 5 Kenny Powell 2425 |
| 6 Roy Hodges 2365 |
| 7 George Russell 2170 |
| 8 Jim Gallagher 1800 |
| 9 George Pearce 1680 |
| 10 Tim Matthews 1565 |
| 11 Bob Weaver 1525 |
| 12 Doug Brandmahl 1400 |
| 13 Bart Truesdell 1255 |
| 14 David Davis 1225 |
| 15 Mike Wren 1150 |
| 16 Raymond Rice 1065 |
| 17 Ron Sullins 825 |
| 18 Mike Hockensmith 810 |
| 19 Mark Wade 725 |
| 20 Chris Spanka 665 |
| 21 Bob Nolte 640 |
| 22 John Franklin 630 |
| 23 Charlie Triplett 550 |
| 23 Keith Myers 550 |
| 23 Jim Gaddy 550 |
| 24 Bill Crowley 500 |
| 24 Dean Adams 500 |
| 25 Charlie Snipes 493 |
| 25 Buck Brockwell 493 |
| 26 Willard Vicks 485 |
| | 27 Ed Gore 465 |
| 28 Tip Wight 450 |
| 28 Charlie Powell 450 |
| 29 John Sutton 445 |
| 30 Marty Kresovich 405
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| 31Tim Chocklett 400
32 Robert Payne 390
33 Danny Moon 275
33 Don Carson 275
34 Kim Crank 230
35 Sam Moser 225
35 Phil Clay 225
35 Raymond Newman 225
36 Tom Brady 175
37 William Chavis 170
38 Kimber Extine 0
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