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WELCOME TO THE

2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Pinewood Country Club Tournament

3rd Major of the Season

June 26, 2014

e-newsletter

June 20, 2014

• June 26 - Pinewood CC
• July 17 - Greensboro CC (Farm Course)
• July 3 & 10 - Bye Weeks
• Stoney Creek Results
• Please add sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net to your address book.
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race
• Golf Rules Q&A: Rule 4-4: 14 Clubs?
• Tour Weather Guidelines -Reminder

As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

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WELCOME

2014 Senior Tour

CELEBRATING

THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!

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2013 Defending Flight Winners &

Top 3 Places:

Pinewood Country Club

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Pinewood 2013 Defending Flight Champion -

B Flight Winner - Jerry Widdowson

Pinewood 2013 Defending Flight Champions (L to R) Championship Flight - Eric Ardery;

A Flight -Randy Bunn

CHAMPIONSHIP 6495 (yds)

Eric Ardery, Durham 74

Gary Roberson, Burlington 75

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 75

A FLIGHT (6155 yds)

Randy Bunn, Zebulon 73

David Coolidge, Greensboro 74

Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 76

B FLIGHT (6155 yds)

Jerry Widdowson, Durham 79

Travis Jones, Greensboro 79

Ron Vanderklok, Advance 80

Tim Ward, Greensboro 80

C FLIGHT (6155 yds)

John Hall, Raleigh 86

Jeff Brown, Youngsville 87

Mike Hunter, Greensboro 88

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

STONEY CREEK GOLF CLUB

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

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HEAT SOARS AS SCORES DROP ON SENIOR TOUR EVENT AT STONEY CREEK

Whitsett, NC

June 19, 2014

Over 100 players showed up to play the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event at Stoney Creek Golf Club with temperatures also pretty close to that 100 mark.

Despite the heat, scores across the board were impressive. It took a very low number to be "in the money" in 3 of the 4 flights.

"The heat must have helped these guys hit the ball a long way", mused Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck, "because this is a fair but challenging golf course".

Leading the parade of flight winners with strong efforts was Raleigh's Rick LaFata who fired a 1-over 72 to grab the top spot in the A Flight. He edged Winston-Salem's Jim Blaylock by a single shot. The top six players in the flight were separated by only 4 strokes.

The B Flight saw Sanford's Dick Kuehl out-duel Cary's Chris Riggsbee in a sudden death shootout after both shot 76s in regulation play. Kuehl made quick work of it on the first hole of the playoff with a par when Riggsbee failed to get up & down from a green-side bunker.

John Henely bettered his best score of the 2014 season by 7 strokes in taking the C Flight crown with an 80. "John had failed to break 90 in 10 of his last 12 Tour outings", said Hallenbeck, "it was good to see him break through. Henely needed every good shot he hit as he bettered Zebulon's Willie Brady by one shot.

In the Championship Flight multiple Tour winner Craig Sturdivant again proved to be the class of the field with a 74 that nipped Greensboro's David Coolidge by a single shot. "Although Craig and the other Championship Flight guys play from tees that are considerably longer that the other flights, his consistency this year has been very impressive. Going into each event I like his chances", said Hallenbeck.

The next Tour stop is the season's 3rd Major Championship at Pinewood CC in Asheboro. That event is sold out.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

STONEY CREEK GOLF CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6327 yds)

Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 74

David Coolidge, Greensboro 75

Joey Moffitt, High Point 77

James Dill, Cary 77

Arch Reed, Pinehurst 79

Mike Hallisey, Colfax 79

A FLIGHT (5983 yds)

Rick LaFata, Raleigh 72

Jim Blaylock, Winston-Salem 73

Jim Powers, Advance 74

Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 75

Steve Williams, Reidsville 76

Randy Bunn, Zebulon 76

Joe Preirie, Asheboro 76

B FLIGHT (5983 yds)

Dick Kuehl, Sanford 76

Chris Riggsbee, Cary 76

Dick Schuler, Pittsboro 77

Glenn Wright, Pittsboro 77

Patrick Warren, Chapel Hill 80

Parker Whitt, Winston-Salem 80

Dawson Strider, Advance 80

C FLIGHT (5983 yds)

John Henely, Pinehurst 80

Willie Brady, Zebulon 81

Anselmo Arellano, Greensboro 83

Charles Gunn, Greensboro 83

Doug Harvey, Knightdale 85

Richard Glick, Raleigh 85

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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?

During the 2014 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

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Click Here for Sr. Tour 2014 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

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THE RULES OF GOLF

Rule 4-4

Over a recent crowed and busy weekend, your helpful Golf Rules Committee did a random club count on member’s bags. Out of slightly over 100 checked, 11

were found to have in excess of 14 clubs. If that less than scientific survey is accurate, then approximately 10% of the membership knowingly breaches Rule

4-4 every time they play.

You may be thinking, sure they had more than 14 clubs, but on the first tee, they declared the excess clubs out of play. Guess what? That does not comply with

the Rule.

Rule 4-4, Maximum of Fourteen Clubs, states in section “a”, very first sentence:

The player must not start a stipulated round with more than fourteen

clubs.

That’s it. It doesn’t say he can show up with more than fourteen, provided the excess clubs are declared out of play. It is clearly written that way for a reason.

If you start the round with more than 14 clubs, there is no way you can avoid the penalty. And the penalties for not complying are severe:

· In Match Play – At the conclusion of the hole at which the breach is discovered, the state of the match is adjusted by deduction one hole for each hole at which the breach occurred; maximum deduction per round of two holes.

So in the case of showing up at the tee for a match, acknowledging to your opponent you have in excess of 14 clubs, and after declaring the excess clubs out of play, at the conclusion of the 1st hole, you will have

one hole deducted. If you win the first hole, you would be all square; if you halve the first hole, you would be one down; and if you lose the first hole, you would be two down.

· In Stroke Play – Two strokes for each hole at which any breach occurred; maximum penalty per round – four strokes (two strokes at each of the first two holes at which the breach occurred.)

If you show up at the first tee for a stroke play event with more than 14 clubs and despite declaring the excess clubs out of play, you will still have to add two strokes to your score on the first hole.

· Fourball Match Play & Stroke Play – If one partner breaches Rule 4-4, then the side is penalized. That means you and your partner suffer identical penalties as

described in the top two bullets.

This is the lesson you must understand…if you are playing in some sort of official event, particularly with prizes or trophies for the victors, then the event probably has an official Notice to Competitors or Conditions for the Competition in print.

Guaranteed; 99% of the time the notice will state something to the effect that the competition being conducted under the Rules of Golf as written by the USGA. It may also include a reminder to all competitors that a maximum or 14 clubs is in effect. This is a no-brainer, all you fellow competitors. Do not begin the

stipulated round with more than 14 clubs—you cannot avoid a penalty if you do.

If you have a weighted training club that meets the definition of a club as published in Appendix II of the Rules of Golf, then it counts as a club.

You may carry such a club during the round, but it counts as one of your 14 clubs. Make sure the training club conforms if you take this path. You may not place the excess club somewhere in your cart and escape the fact that you still have more than 14 clubs in your possession.

Give it to the starter, or better yet, leave it in your car, locker or with the shop before you arrive at your starting hole. This is particularly critical for shot-gun starts as there is nobody to give it to.

Rule 4-4c states that upon discovery of more than 14 clubs, the player must declare the excess clubs out of play to his opponent in match play or to his marker/fellow competitor in stroke play. Failure to act immediately after discovery results in disqualification.

Once discovered and a club is selected and deemed out of play under Rule 4-4c, it may not be used for the remainder of the stipulated round under penalty of disqualification. (There is one special exception to that last sentence, which I am reluctant to bring up; but for the curious, see Decision 4-4c/2).

Finally, what you do in your casual, non-event rounds is your business when it comes to your club count. If your playing companions tolerate your excess clubs, then it makes little difference to the Handicap Committee or Rules Committee.

What does matter is that you know you have to clean up your act for certain events.

Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Stoney Creek Golf Club

June 19, 2014

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ: Blue Tees: Rating; 69.8 Slope-131 Ydg-6227

A,B & C: White Tees; Rating-68.4; Slope-127; Ydg-5958

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TTour 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.

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