Piedmont Virginia Finishes 2nd Season at Danville
Monday October 23, 2013
Danville, Va.
Piedmont Virginia Senior Amateurs and some visiting guest from North Carolina Tours gathered at Danville Golf Club today for the Tour’s 4th Major and final tournament of the season. All found the weather pleasantly in the 70’s and the course in great shape and quite challenging. Several of the Tours season flight positions as well as the overall tour point’s championship were to be decided with today’s outcome; as all participants received double points for todays play.
The Championship Flight was won today by Danville Golf Club’s own Harry Lea. Harry combined his natural ability with his course knowledge to record a 74 and 1st place finish in his only tournament on Tour this season. Two Reidsville, NC players tied for the second lowest rounds at 77. Steve Money who is not quite eligible for the Senior Tour yet was playing as a guest and Steve Manley who plays in the Triad NC Tour in their A Flight both had the 77 finishes. John Sutton a Piedmont Tour member from Pilot, VA finished with an 81.
In the A- Flight the Tours Season Flight Champion was decided with today’s round. Larry Maitland from Stony Creek entered today’s round with a 37 point lead over second place Rusty Ward from Hopewell. Although Steve Manley from Reidsville won A Flight today with his 77 finish; Rusty Ward was able to claim 550 points for his 2nd place finish today with a score of 78. With Maitland only collecting 290 points for his 7th place finish; the season’s A-Flight Championship was claimed by Rusty Ward.
The B- Flight also saw some competitive excitement today as an extra play-off hole was required to decide today’s winner. The Tour’s Season Flight leader Bill Knarr quickly found himself trailing last week’s winner Jerry Delbridge by 2 strokes as they made the turn. Delbridge however ran into some trouble on the back with 2 double bogies and finished tied with Knarr at 81 at the end of regulation play. The two then proceeded to #9 the 402 yard uphill par 4 hole for their playoff. Knarr who reached the green in regulation putted past the hole coming downhill leaving a good 12-15 footer coming back for par. Knarr narrowly missed the par putt leaving Delbridge to make his 7 footer for the win. Delbridge drained the putt to collect his 2nd Tour win in a row. Knarr’s second place finish was however enough to allow him to hold on to his lead as Overall Season’s Points Champion with 6105 points for the season.
The C- Flight was led by Sindo Mayor who is currently in 2nd place in the Charlotte Tours C- Flight with an 81. Mayor also came up and won in the Piedmont Virginia Tours last Major which was held at Brickshire Golf Club back in September." Sindo is a very solid, long hitting player who is going to be a force to contend with at Nationals "said Tour Director’s Powell and Hallenbeck. Coming in in a distant 2nd place was Tour Director Powell with a 92.
The next stop for the Tour players will be at the Senior Amateur Golf Tour’s National Finals and Tour Cup Championships in Pinehurst,NC on November 11-12,2013. The Tours will compete at The Legacy, Seven Lakes, The Dormie Club, and Pinehurst National Golf Club. The Piedmont Virginia Tour will also have their season ending awards dinner at Pine Needles Lodge on Monday November 11th at 7pm .
The 2014 Tour Season will begin in late March or early April. Great Christmas Gifts would be Early Bird Memberships for 2014 Season available December 2013- January 31, 2014 for $60. Regular Tour membership will be $85. Contact Kenny Powell piedmontva@senioramateurgolftour.net or 434-792-3728 for information. More Tour information available at www.senioramateurgolftour.net
Danville Tournament Results
Closest to the Flag: Hole #6= Charles Smith, Hole #10= Rick Walker
Championship Flight:
Harry Lea-Danville-74
Steve Money-Reidsville-77
Rick Walker-Reidsville-79
John Sutton-Pilot-81
A – Flight:
Steve Manley- Reidsville-77
Rusty Ward-Hopewell-78
Thomas Carbone-Charlotte-80
Steve Williams-Reidsville-81
Barry Shea-Danville-82
Bruce Hallenbeck-Randelman-87
Larry Maitland-Stony Creek-88
B – Flight:
Jerry Delbridge- Emporia-81
Bill Knarr-Verona-81
Charles Smith- Raleigh-82
Raymond Rice-Hurt-84
Pete Adkins-Danville-89
C – Flight:
Sindo Mayor-Charlotte-81
Kenny Powell-Danville-92
Jerry Bryan-Williamsburg-92
David Davis-Martinsville-94
Bart Truesdell-Huddleston-95
Edward Ryan- Oak Hill, W.VA-95
Willard Vicks- Danville-96
Don Carson-Farmville-99
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Hole Tournament held October 23, 2013 in Suffolk:
A – Flight:
Tim Matthews- Yorktown-82
Larry Maitland- Stony Creek-83
Rusty Ward- Hopewell-85
B – Flight:
Jerry Delbridge-Emporia-77
Robert Weaver- VA Beach-85
Bill Knarr-Verona-86
C – Flight:
Mike Wren- VA Beach-84 Winner by playoff
Bill Crowley-VA Beach-84
Gary Hines-VA Beach-85 DQ’ed incomplete scorecard
Roy Hodges- Dinwiddie-87 DQ’ed incomplete scorecard
Kenny Powell-Danville-88
Buck Brockwell-Dinwiddie-89 DQ’ed incomplete scorecard
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Legacy Golf Club - Hole #18
The 2013 Senior Amateur Tour National Championship dates have been announced. The 36 hole tournament will be played from Nov 12-13, 2013 in Pinehurst, NC.
All Senior Attendees Must Register Online at the
Senior Golf Tour Web Site
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The Dormie Club - One of the courses to be played. |
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Rules Review
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
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Sometimes, when a ball is initially dropped under a Rule, if the ball rolls forward, i.e., closer to the hole than the point where it first struck a part of the course, the player is required to re-drop. At other times, provided the ball did not roll more than two club-lengths, the ball is played from where it comes to rest. Knowing for which situation a re-drop is required and when it is not allowed will save you from being penalized. Review Rule 20-3c then decide the following:
A. You are dropping a ball under R28, option b for a ball you’ve declared unplayable. When you drop the ball it rolls forward, closer to the hole, about one club-length, but not closer than the original spot of the ball. Should you re-drop?
B. On a par four, you have hit your second stroke from the fairway out of bounds. You drop a ball on the spot of your previous stroke and it rolls forward about six inches. Should you play the ball as it lies or re-drop?
C. You are using the DZ for a ball you hit into a water hazard. When you drop your ball it rolls forward, out of the DZ. Even if the ball has not rolled more than two club-lengths, are you supposed to re-drop?
D. You are dropping a ball after taking relief from a cart path. When dropped, your ball rolls forward about two feet and comes to rest closer to the hole than the tee you have placed in the ground that represents your nearest point of relief, but not closer to the hole than the original spot of the ball on the path. Do you play the ball as it lies or re-drop?
Answers:
A. No need to re-drop. Since you are dropping along the extension of the imaginary line, anchored on the hole, going through the position of the ball as it lay unplayable, there is no specific spot you need to reference. You are simply required to drop somewhere on that imaginary line. After the ball first strikes a part of the course, it can roll in any direction, up to two club-lengths. It must not roll closer to the hole than the original spot of the ball. (R28b, R20-2b and R20-2c(vii)(a).
B. Re-drop. The ball rolled closer to the hole than its original position. (R27-1a, R20-2b, R20-2c(vii)(a).
C. No re-drop needed. DZs are somewhat of a special case. The statement in the parenthesis at the end of R20-2c directs the reader to the Appendix. There you find some interesting statements. If you encounter DZs occasionally, I advise you to look up the Rule in Appendix I, Part B, Specimen Local Rule 8. Particularly, read items a-g under the note.
D. Re-drop. Once you take relief under a Rule that requires you to determine the nearest point of relief (R24-2, Immovable Obstruction; R25-1, Abnormal Ground Condition; or, R25-3, Wrong Putting Green; and some Local Rules) that NPoR now becomes the reference point for when to re-drop if the ball rolls towards the hole. The spot of your NPoR replaces the original spot of the ball for reference to the specific reason for a re-drop under R20-2c(viii)(b).
In stroke play, if you either re-drop when not supposed to or fail to drop when required, if left uncorrected, the player incurs a 2-stroke penalty. In match play, the player would lose the hole. R20-6, R20-7)
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