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Piedmont Virginia Seniors experience Many Elevation Changes at Botetourt Golf Club

Troutville, VA ….               Twelve Piedmont Virginia Senior Amateurs came out in the 90 degree heat to experience the beauty and challenge of Botetourt Golf & Swim Club Tuesday June 25th. A slight breeze and overcast skies kept the competitors from overheating; however the varied elevation changing terrain and firm greens produced a rise in the scoring. Only one round in the 70’s was recorded and only 3 were between 80 and 85.

                Tim Chocklett from Vinton was uncontested today in the championship Flight. Tim, who was playing with a strained wrist; began his round with one of his 2 birdies for the day but found trouble beginning on the 2nd hole finished with an 84. It was Tim’s 3rd win this season; thus moving him into 1st place in the Flights season points race.

                Jim Gaddy from Lynchburg also played uncontested on his way to his 5th season victory. Jim, who was playing with Tim Chocklett also began his day with birdie on the par 5 first hole. Gaddy then went on to card 3 more birdies on the back nine to give him the only round of the day in the 70’s with a 2 over par 73. Gaddy who has dominated the A Flight so far this season ; has honed his game into Championship form and will be promoted up to compete in the Championship Flight to finish the season.

                In B Flight action Bill Knarr the current Flight point’s leader came from 2 strokes behind at the turn to win by 2 strokes over Raymond Rice. Rice; who is only 200 points behind Knarr in the season point’s race held a 39 to 41 lead after the first nine holes. Knarr’s solid play on the 5 par 3 holes proved to be the major factor in his 81 to 83 victory. Knarr who also collected the closest to the flag contest prize made par on 4 of the 5 par three holes.

                Jim Goforth from Hartfield made a saving par putt on #18 to give him his 2nd season tournament victory with an 88. It was his second win in a row as he also won at King Carter two weeks ago. Jim came into hole #18 tied for the lead with 2nd place finisher Don Carson from Farmville; but the lengthy par putt sealed the victory as Carson had to settle for a bogie. Goforth’s victory also kept the Tidewater area players in the C Flight in the favorites position as they have won 7 of the 10 season tournaments this season thus far.  Carson who collected 2nd place honors with a 89 vowed that he was going to work on his game and was going to get the winning position back for some Piedmont area players in the coming tournaments.

                The next tournament will be played at UVA home course Birdwood   ihttp://www.boarsheadinn.com/Golf/Golf.aspn Charlottesville on Tuesday July 9 beginning at 10am. Registration is required by July 2nd and may be made at www.senioramateurgolftour.net  at the Piedmont Va tour link or by contacting Kenny Powell at 434-792-3728.

Results:

Championship Flight:

Tim Chocklett-Vinton-84

A Flight:

Jim Gaddy- Lynchburg-73

B Flight:

Bill Knarr – Verona- 81

Raymond Rice- Hurt- 83

Charlie Powell – Danville-87

Edward Ryan- Oak Hill,West Va-93

Larry Maitland-Stony Creek- 95

C Flight:

Jim Goforth-Hartfield-88

Don Carson-Farmville-89

Dan Morgan-Danville-91

Bart Truesdell-Huddleston-93

Kenny Powell –Danville-94



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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

ONLY WHEN THE FORM OF PLAY IS A FACTOR WILL IT BE STATED

If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to:

http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rules-and-Decisions/

If you have any questions pertaining to this or previous quizzes, please ask.

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Question from week #199

Rule 5-3 covers a ball deemed unfit for play. Consider the following:

1. Your tee ball has hit an asphalt cart path on the fly and is visibly scraped and tar-colored.

2. Your brand new ball has hit the trunk of an oak tree after a full swing and the surface is clearly scuffed and the finish is marred.

3. Your ball, after a stroke from the fairway, strikes the 150 marker full on. Your ball now has a dime-sized blue paint transfer mark upon it.

4. Your ball at rest on the fairway was picked up by a dog, who had fun playing solo catch with it before releasing the ball. After retrieving the ball you see puncture marks from the dog’s teeth that have penetrated the cover and left raised barbs.

Decide for each of the above listed situations whether you would likely be permitted to deem that ball unfit for play during the play of a hole.


Answers:

It is a common misconception that if a ball hits a cart path, tree, rock or other hard substance, the impact damage renders it unfit for play. This is simply not true for the modern golf ball.

The origins of this Rule go back to the times of the gutta-purcha ball, circa 1850. The guttie could be mass produced, but had a tendency to break apart. So the R & A introduced the Rule, which was revised over several decades. The modern Rule has a fairly detailed description of what does or does not constitute unfit damage. Please take the time to read the first paragraph in R5-3 for this description.

1. The ball would not be deemed unfit for play. Contact with a cart path might scuff up the ball’s surface, but the modern ball is too tough to damage to the point where it would be unfit for play. Most people I know continue to use the ball in that condition.

2. Not unfit for play. Again, same reasoning as above.

3. Not unfit.

4. Now we have a damaged cover. Both the barbs left from the dog’s teeth and the holes made by his bite have probably altered the cover enough that it would effect both the flight of the ball and effect contact with, say, a putter face.

I honestly cannot recall the last time I was aware of anybody on any tour successfully taking a ball out of play for being unfit during the play of a hole. Every once in a while someone will hit a rock or something like a grandstand and it might cut the ball enough to render it unfit, but it really takes something like a mower running over the modern ball to damage the cover.

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