Greensboro, NC  (July 31, 2014)  -  Playing on some of the best fairways the Tour has seen in recent memory, Sanford's Chuck Smith and  Dennis Bryant of Sophia both moved up a notch to a higher level of competition with their results today on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at Forest Oaks Country Club.  Both golfers had their Tour handicaps lowered enough with today's scores to gain promotions to the next level of competition.

Smith, who is competing in his first year "on-Tour", will go from B Flight to A after posted a 76 that was 3 strokes better than Graham's Daniel Floyd and High Point's Homer Baker.  Smith has been a consistent force in the B Flight since the season's start. 

Bryant, who has been a C Flight regular for quite a few years, fired a 78.  He also enjoyed a 3 shot margin of victory over Pittsboro's Dwight Davis.  "Both Smith and Bryant hit the ball a long way", noted Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.  "That's always been there.  The improvement with the rest of their game has been noticeable".

Playing from almost 500 yards further back than the B & C Flights, Champ and A Flight winners produced the same winning scores.  76 was enough to take the top spot in both flights, although the Championship Flight winner, Craig Sturdivant, had to do a little extra for his win.  The Sanford resident had to hold off High Point's Joey Moffitt in a sudden-death playoff for the win.  Raleigh's Don Moore didn't have to put in that "overtime" as he was 2 shots clear of Zebulon's Jim Alford and Rockingham's Sonny Rose after regulation play.

Next up for the Senior Tour is Southern Pines CC (also known as The Elks Club) on August 9.  There are spots available for that event.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

FOREST OAKS COUNTRY CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP  (6380 YDS)

Craig Sturdivant, Sanford  76

Joey Moffitt, High Point  76

Terry Collins, Pinehurst  77

Johnny Adams, Cary  77

Hugh Beckwith, West End  79

A  FLIGHT  (6380 yds)

Don Moore, Raleigh  76

Jim Alford, Zebulon  78

Sonny Rose, Rockingham  78

James Jones, Raleigh  79

Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor  79

B  FLIGHT  (5906 yds)

Chuck Smith, Sanford  76

Daniel Floyd, Graham  79

Homer Baker, High Point  79

Bob Talbot, Charlotte  80

Russ Priddy, Salisbury  80

Charles Smith, Durham  80

Louis Herndon, Graham  80

Dick Kuehl, Sanford  80

C  FLIGHT  (5906 yds)

Dennis Bryant, Sophia  78

Dwight Davis, Pittsboro  81

Mike Hunter, Greensboro  82

Len Bullock, Greensboro  83

Richard Glick, Raleigh  84

Dan Harness, Wake Forest  85

Brian Costine, Durham  85