Greensboro, NC  (July 17, 2014)  -  A perfect golf course and excellent weather generally result in some pretty good scoring conditions for members of the Senior Amateur Golf Tour.  Such was the case today in the Tour event held at Greensboro Country Club, the Carlson Farm Course.

James Adams of Cary and Winston Salem's Gene Queen both finished regulation play in the Championship Flight with 2-under scores of 70.  They headed back out on the course for a sudden-death playoff in which Adams emerged the winner by posting a birdie on their 3rd playoff hole.  "As good as these guys were playing today, it was no surprise that it was going to take at least a birdie to pull this out", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.

Another player who able to post more than his share of birdies today was Yadkinville's Tom Fagerli.  Playing in the A Flight, Fagerli hit from tees that were approximately 300 yards shorter than those hit from by the Championship Flight members. His 67 represented the lowest score ever shot by an A Flight member in the 16 year history of the Tour.  "Tom has one of the best swings I've ever seen on our Tour", noted Hallenbeck.  "He was due for a 'breakout' round.  Raleigh's George Paris, who's 72 would normally have been the class of the field, finished 5 behind Fagerli.

The B and C Flight winners had to go low as well to capture the top prizes.  In B Flight action, Homer Baker of High Point shot a 74 for a 2 shot margin of victory over both Pinehurst's Larry Ringen and Dawson Strider from Advance.  Knightdale's Doug Harvey was the C Flight king after posting an 81.  He was 3 shots clear of Greensboro's Len Bullock.

The Senior Amateur Tour tees it up again next week on July 24 with their annual visit to Chapel Ridge Golf Club in Pittsboro.  There are a small number of openings still available for that event.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

GREENSBORO COUNTRY CLUB (FARM COURSE) EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP  (6320 yds)

Johnny Adams, Cary  70

Gene Queen, Winston-Salem  70

Bob Kober, Colfax  74

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst  74

Mike Smith, Lewisville  74

James Dill, Cary  74

A  FLIGHT  (6004 yds)

Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville  67

George Paris, Raleigh  72

Gus Alford, Zebulon  73

John East, Rockingham  74

Randy Bunn, Zebulon  74

B  FLIGHT  (6004 yds)

Homer Baker, High Point  74

Dawson Strider, Advance  76

Larry Ringen, Pinehurst  76

Vic Robertson, Greensboro  77

Nolan Elenz, Charlotte  77

Dick Kuehl, Sanford  77

C  FLIGHT  (6004 yds)

Doug Harvey, Knightdale  81

Len Bullock, Greensboro  84

Steve Shows, Winston-Salem  85

Richard Hartley, High Point  85

James Eatmon, Sims  86