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Anderson Creek   

e-newsletter Summary

Aug 18, 2012

• Last Major of the Season: Sign-up for Anderson Creek - August 23
• Carolina Trace (Creek Course) Pines Results and Full LeaderBoard.
• Golf Rules Q&A - Embedded Ball?.
• Quick Links to Sign-up and To View Tour Schedule
• Where are you in the Year Long Point Standings Race?
• Secure Your PCs and Secure Your Identity!!
• Do You Have Problems With the Mental Side of Golf?
• Consider the Medicus Driver for Longer Drives
• Identity Theft & Cybersecurity is Out of Control?
• Tour Weather Guidelines Reminder

Congratulations to all Carolina Trace Winners.  

Where are you in the end-of-year Point Standing Race?  Will you secure your spot to the National Tour at Pinehurst? See links at bottom of e-newsletter to see where you stand.

Rules Review question this week is about embedded ball?

Check the  Full Leaderboard at the bottom of the newsletter to see how you fared against the competition in your flight. 

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Event Info:

Anderson Creek

Thursday, August 26, 2011

Physical Address:

(910) 814-2115

Directions -

To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.

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336-495-6556

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To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.

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TWO NOTCH CONSECUTIVE SENIOR TOUR WINS

Sanford, NC

August 16, 2012

It seemed that it was just last week that Chuck Latham of Vass and Rockingham's John East registered convincing tournament wins on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour circuit at Southern Pines Golf Club. That's probably because it was just last week.

Not missing a beat, both golfers continued their winning ways with solid victories at Carolina Trace Country Club - The Creek Course - today to make it two-in-a-row.

East's even par 72 was 2 strokes higher than his winning effort at Southern Pines, but it was still good enough for a 3-shot margin of victory over Raleigh's Don Moore in the Championship Flight. Latham was likewise a few strokes over his A Flight total from last week, but his 75 was 2 strokes clear of a trio of golfers: Reidsville's Tim Stone, Wendell's Bob Dail and Tour newcomer Gary Doern of Pinehurst.

One B Flight member was able to break 80 on the day - Raleigh's Lee Booker with a 77. Steve DeBolt was next with an 81. Booker's 4-stroke margin of victory was equal to that of the C Flight Champ - Archdale's Elby Hatfield. Harfield posted an 81. James Eatmon of Sims was runner-up in the Flight.

One of the biggest winners of the day was The Folds Of Honor Foundation, a charitable organization that provides subsistence and scholarships to the families of United States servicemen killed in action. Tour members contributed $490.00 through a raffle for a matted and framed original photograph of Augusta National's 13th hole. The raffle will continue until the season's final Major Championship on the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour next week at Anderson Creek Golf Club in Spring Lake. The Tour goal is to reach $1000.00 for this worthy cause.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CAROLINA TRACE COUNTRY CLUB (CREEK)

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6315 yds)

John East, Rockingham 72

Don Moore, Raleigh 75

Steve Fox, Pinehurst 76

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 77

Andy Burnett, Pinehurst 78

Richard Gant, Pinehurst 78

A FLIGHT (6315 yds)

Chuck Latham, Vass 75

Tim Stone, Reidsville 77

Bob Dail, Wendell 77

Gary Doern, Pinehurst 77

Jim Alford, Zebulon 79

Jim Rohr, Pinehurst 79

B FLIGHT (5880 yds)

Lee Booker, Raleigh 77

Steve DeBolt, Pinehurst 81

Jerry Widdowson, Durham 84

Nolan Elenz, Charlotte 84

Charles Smith, Durham 84

C FLIGHT (5880 yds)

Elby Hatfield, Archdale 81

James Eatmon, Sims 85

James Howard, Raleigh 86

Donald Brown, Kernersville 86

Jerry Snead, Youngsville 86

Where are you in the Point Standings Race?

There is great competition for the Top 10  golfers in each Flight which gets you a berth to the National Tournament in Pinehurst.

To see where you stand click here: 

Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

Click Here for Sr. Tour 2012 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

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.

Questions from week #159

Decide the following concerning a possible embedded ball.

1. I am taking relief under R28 for an unplayable lie in the rough, when I drop my ball it embeds in loose soil. I am entitled to take relief:

A. Yes, Under R25-2, Embedded Ball

B. Yes, under R20-2, Dropping and Re-dropping

C. Yes, if the Local Rule for Embedded Ball Through-the-Green is in effect.

D. No, loose soil does not qualify.

2. My ball has rolled into a sand-filled divot in the middle of the fairway and the ball sits with about 1/3 of it below the surface of the sand. I may take relief under R25-2, Embedded Ball.

A. True

B. False

3. I am taking relief for an embedded ball. I know I must drop the ball as near as possible to the spot where it was embedded. Besides cleaning the ball, I may also repair the embedded ball’s pitch mark before I drop.

A. True

B. False

4. Select the single correct statement

A. When dropping under relief for an embedded ball, if it comes to rest a few inches forward of where it was embedded, the ball is not in play and I should re-drop.

B. I saw my tee ball bounce in the fairway a couple of times. When I reach my ball in the fairway I see it is embedded in a pitch mark. I am entitled to relief under R25-2.

C. I have done the following: I am taking relief under R25-2. The first time I drop my ball, it again embeds. I lift it, clean it again, and drop it a second time. It again embeds. I once more lift and clean my ball and place it as near as possible to the spot where it first touched a part of the course on the second drop even if that spot is a couple inches behind where the ball originally lay embedded. I have proceeded correctly.

Answers

1. Answer C is correct. Remember, you get basic R25-2 relief for a ball embedded in its own pitch mark in the ground only in areas cut to fairway height or less (closely mown areas.) In all other areas, like the rough, to be entitled to embedded ball relief, the Local Rule for Embedded Ball Through the Green must be in effect. For those of you who actually looked up the Local Rule for extending Embedded Ball Through the Green (Appendix I, Part B, 4a) you might also have read Exception 1 which does not afford the player relief if his ball is embedded in sand in other than a closely mown area. Think of this as sand you might find in waste areas like at this week’s PGA on Kiawah Island. Loose soil would not be considered sand.

2. The statement is false. This ball is not embedded in its own pitch mark.

3. The statement is false. You must not repair any irregularities of surface prior to dropping the ball including the pitch mark made by your ball. If the ball again imbeds, re-drop. Do repair your pitch mark after you play your stroke as a courtesy to other players.

4. Statement C is correct. Statement A is not correct because even though the ball has rolled nearer the hole and must be re-dropped, it should still be treated as “in play”. Anytime a ball is dropped, it is in play when dropped. Statement B is not correct because the ball is not embedded in is own pitch mark. My ball is in all probability in some other player’s pitch mark as my ball was observed to bounce in the fairway a couple of times. If the ground were soft enough to allow a ball to embed after bouncing a couple of times, it is most likely an area of casual water for which relief is taken under R25-1.

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Carolina Trace - Creek

August 16, 2012

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ & A:  Blue Tees; Rating - 70.3; Slope - 130; Yard - 6268    B & C: White Tees; Rating- 68.8; Slope- 126; Yards- 6005

TTour Weather Guidelines

Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses:  If 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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