Tuesday September 30, 2014 Newport News, VA
The Piedmont Virginia Senior Amateur traveled to Newport News to
enjoy a tournament at Kiln Creek Golf Resort today. They found the course
to be quite a challenging layout as it only gave up 7 birdies all day to
the field. The weather was a perfect 70 degree day but the course was still
a little soggy from rains received the days prior to the tournament.
Rusty Ward from North Prince George County was the only A Flight
player present for today’s event . Rusty’s 76 led all scorers today as he
carded 4 of the days 7 birdies for his 8th Tour victory this
season. Ward extended his lead in the Tours points race to 1508 points
ahead of closest competitor with just 3 tournaments to go.
The B Flight saw last season’s points Champion Bill Knarr from Verona return to the
Winners spot with his round of 80. It was Knarr’s 2nd Tour win
of the season and moved him back into the points lead in the B Flight by
just 118 points over Jerry Delbridge . Bob Weaver finished in 2nd
place for the day with a score of 83 and Delbridge gathered 3rd
with an 87.
C Flight was led by Norfolk’s Charlie Triplett who was experiencing
his first full day of retirement. This is Triplett’s 2nd season
of being a Tour member and the 92 finish gave him his 1st ever
victory since becoming a member. It was a very nice way to begin
retirement. There was a two way tie for 2nd place between Roy
Hodges from Dinwiddie and Mike Wren from VA Beach as they both turned in
93’s. Hodges won the match of cards to claim the 2nd place spot.
The Tour travels next to Martinsville to play Chatmoss Country Club
Tuesday October 7th. Entry fee is $70 and will begin play at
10am.
Kiln
Creek Results
A-Flight: Rusty Ward- North Prince George- 76
B- Flight: Bill Knarr – Verona – 80 Bob Weaver – VA Beach – 83 Jerry Delbridge – Emporia – 87 George Russell Jr. – Montpelier –
98
C – Flight: Charlie Triplett – Norfolk – 92 Roy Hodges – Dinwiddie – 93 Mike Wren – VA Beach – 93 Kenny Powell – Danville – 94 Charlie Snipes – Keswick - 101
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 2015
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
Kiln Creek
www.kilncreekgolf.com
$70 White Tees= 6013yds. 69.4 rating/126
slope Green
Tees =5774 yds. 68.3 rating/ 124 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.
If
you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to:usga.org/Rule-Books and-Decisions =============================================================== |
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. National Finals will again be in Pinehurst ( Last year there-
Hilton Head next year) November 10-12th with Skins Game on
November 10th at Pinehurst #9 ( National Golf Club ) Other
courses used this year will be Pinehurst #9, Pine Wild ( Holly Courses),
Seven Lakes, and Legacy. More information will be posted later on Senior
Amateur Tour main web-site. 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? ______________________________________________________ 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 55. Gilbert Calle 757-340-8347 VA Beach B-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 16 Tournaments: | 1 Rusty Ward 6300 | | 2 Kenny Powell 4792 | | 3 Bill Knarr 4633.33 4 Jerry Delbridge
4515 5 Roy Hodges 4450 | | | | | | 6 George Russell
4260 | | 7 Jim Gallagher
3150 | | 8 Robert Weaver 3010 | | 9 Raymond Rice 2415 | | 10 Mike Wren
2415 | | 11 David Davis 2390 | | 12 George Pearce 2305 | | 13 Bart
Truesdell 2200 | | 14 Doug
Branmahl 2125 | | 15 Tim Matthews
2115 | | 16 Charlie Snipes 2053.33 | | 17 Dean Adams 1825 | | 18 Buck Brockwell
1738.33 | | 19 Ed Gore 1640 | | 20 Charlie M.
Powell 1575 | | 21 Charlie Triplett
1475 | | 22 Tim Chocklett
1300 | | 23 Tip Wight 1250 | | 24 Chris Spanka
1210 | | 25 Gary Hines 1150 | | 26 Bob Nolte 1105 | | 27 Keith Myers 1100 | | 28 Ron Sullins 1075 | | 29 Bill Crowley 950 | | 31 Mike Hockensmith
935 | | 32 John Sutton 895 | | 33 Willard Vicks
775 | | 34 Mark Wade 725 | | 35 John Franklin
630 | | 36 Don Carson 550 | | 36 Jim Gaddy 550
37 Robert Payne 535 38 William Chavis 520
39 Marty Kresovich 405
40 Robert Agee 275
40 Danny Moon 275 41 Kim Crank 230 42 Phillip Clay 225 42 Sammie Moser 225 42 Raymond Newman 225 43 Tom Brady 175 43 Jim Wiley 175 44 Werner Extine 0 44 Gilbert Calle 0
39 Raymond Newman 225
39 Sammie Moser 225
40 Tom Brady 175 40 Jim Wiley 175 |
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