Carthage, NC  (May 15, 2014)  -  108 intrepid golfers teed it up in the 2nd Major Championship of the 2014 Senior Amateur Golf Tour season at Little River Resort today with an advanced weather report that was not promising.  Unfortunately the report was more than accurate as rain started to fall almost immediately when the groups started out on their first holes.  As play went on conditions got progressively worse, forcing a suspension of play after each group had played approximately 7 holes.  Play resumed in about an hour and a half, but it didn't take long for the wet conditions to return in earnest, forcing an early withdrawal from the course.

As per Tour rules and guidelines, because every group had finished a minimum of 9 holes, the event was considered official and was called at that point.  To fairly judge the results every flight was scored using the exact holes that each member of that flight had completed.  This resulted in the event being decided by the scores on approximately 6 holes for each flight.

The top five finishers (and ties) in each flight were as follows:

CHAMPIONSHIP  (6027 yds)

Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem

Hugh Beckwith, West End

Joey Moffitt, High Point

Craig Cathey, Burlington

Gary Roberson, Burlington

A  FLIGHT  (6027 yds)

David Frye, Winston-Salem 

James Jones, Raleigh

Randy Robbins, Smithfield

Mark McKenna, Fuquay-Varina

Don Moore, Raleigh 

Sonny Rose, Jackson Springs

Bob Dail, Wendell

B  FLIGHT  (6027 yds)

Edward Burton, Durham 

Larry Ringen, Pinehurst

Mike Dillon, Clayton

Mike Allison, Durham

Darrell Canady, Clayton

Jim Sheldon, Chapel Hill

C  FLIGHT  (6027 yds)

John Hill, Aberdeen

Jim Tesch, Raleigh

Lee Smith, Mebane

Steve High, Rocky Mount

Bobby Hutchison, Walnut Cove

Theodore Harris, Fayetteville

Richard Hartley, High Point