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Hyland Golf Club

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Aug 26, 2012

• Sign-up for Hyland Golf Club - September 13
• Anderson Creek 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!!
• What's the Hottest Tool That's Responsible for Low Scores this Season - Improve Your 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 Major Winners at Anderson Creek. If you did not win a Major this year and want to attend the National Finals, you need to be in the Top 10 in your Flight.

So, 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:

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Hyland GC

Fee is $55.00

10:00 AM Shotgun

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"When you have a chance to shoot the lowest score of your life you won't choke - You Will Go Low!"

SMALL SLIP-UP "COSTS" IN SENIOR TOUR MAJOR

Spring Lake, NC

August 23, 2012

Pinehurst's Rick Luzar is no stranger to the winner's circle on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour, having taken first place laurels on numerous occasions over the past few years.

But even a guy who is always a factor in Championship Flight play isn't immune to a common mistake that afflicts every golfer from time to time - the dreaded 3-putt. Also the timing of it made it extra painful.

Playing his 17th hole on the beautiful Anderson Creek Golf Club layout, Luzar missed what amounted to a tap-in to three putt that green and cost him a tie for first place at the end of the event with Summerfield's Steve Lambert. Lambert turned in a 1-under 71 and edged Luzar by a single stroke.

Lambert's win, as was the case with all other flight winners in this Major Championship, assures him of an invitation to the year ending National Tour Championship Tournament that is held in Pinehurst in November. "Both Lambert and Luzar have been major factors in past year-ending events, and I expect this year to be no different", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.

In A Flight action, Zebulon's Dale Casey got past Pinehurst's Gary Doern, also by a single stroke - 74 to 75. While they played from one tee-box shorter than the Championship boys, these were still very impressive scores. Five players in the flight were within 2 strokes of the lead.

Louis Herndon notched his second win of the season in the B Flight, shooting 80 to edge a trio of golfers by one shot - Raleigh's Doug Shank, Fayetteville's Ray Miranda and Mike Garber of Carthage. Following suit with the other 3 flights, Zebulon's Willie Brady likewise managed a 1 shot win over 2 Raleigh Tour members: John Hall and Benny Miller.

Once again, the biggest winner of the day was The Folds Of Honor Foundation, a charitable organization that provides subsistence and scholarships for the families of US servicemen killed in the line of duty. The Tour is raffling off a signed, matted and framed original photograph of hole #13 at Augusta National Golf Club and donations from last week and this have raised over $900.00. The total will rise this Saturday as donations will be accepted during the Golfweek Amateur Tour event also to be held at Anderson Creek. The original goal of donating $1000.00 should be realized easily.

The Senior Tour will take the next two weeks off and resume play on September 13 at Hyland Golf Club in Southern Pines.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

ANDERSON CREEK GC EVENT (MAJOR)

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6463 yds)

Steve Lambert, Summerfield 71

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 72

Steve Linton, Cary 79

Richard Gant, Pinehurst 79

Rick LaFata, Raleigh 80

A FLIGHT (6204 yds)

Dale Casey, Zebulon 74

Gary Doern, Pinehurst 75

Steve MacIsaac, Charlotte 76

Jim Eskridge, Greensboro 76

Gus Alford, Zebulon 76

B FLIGHT (6204 yds)

Louis Herndon, Graham 80

Doug Shank, Raleigh 81

Ray Miranda, Fayetteville 81

Mike Garber, Carthage 81

Mark Randall, Fuquay-Varina 82

C FLIGHT (6204 yds)

Willie Brady, Zebulon 84

John Hall, Raleigh 85

Benny Miller, Raleigh 85

Jerry Snead, Youngsville 86

Jim Kontoulas, Winston-Salem 87

Donald Brown, Kernersville 87

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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.

Question from week #160

Brothers Joey and Johnny Grimm are partners in a foursome stroke play competition. They have decided that Joey will tee off on the odd holes. On the fifth hole, Joey has hit their tee ball into the lateral hazard that runs down the left side of the hole.

The partners correctly determine the spot where their tee ball last crossed the margin of the hazard and decide to drop a ball under R26-1c within two club-lengths of that spot, no closer to the hole. Johnny drops a substituted ball within the prescribed area but it starts rolling down the slope towards the hazard. Joey stops the ball with his foot before it can reach the hazard margin, picks it up and tosses it back to Johnny to re-drop. This time the ball moves only about a foot before it comes to rest. Johnny hits this ball onto the green and Joey made the putt.

What did the brothers score on the 5th hole?

a. They did everything correctly and scored a 4.

b. Joey should not have stopped the dropped ball short of the hazard and as a result they are penalized two strokes instead of one. They made 5.

c. Joey should not have stopped the dropped ball short of the hazard and as a result they get an additional 2-stroke penalty under Rule 1-2. They made 6.

d. The brothers had a total of five penalty strokes and scored an 8 on the hole. They may face a possible DQ.

Answer:

The correct answer is “d”. This indeed is a grim situation.

They hit the ball three times and had five penalty strokes (R26-1, R1-2 and Rule 20-7.

The penalty for R26-1 is obvious because they took relief for a ball in a lateral water hazard.

This is foursomes stroke play where the players alternate shots from tee to hole-out. Since it is Johnny’s turn to play next, he must be the one to drop a ball for taking relief under R26-1 which he did correctly. But his brother must not stop the ball before it comes to rest unless it either has crossed the margin of the hazard or has rolled more than two club-lengths and in either case has no reasonable chance of reversing direction ( see Decision 20-c/4). The penalty for prematurely stopping the ball breaches Rule 1-2; a two stroke penalty. In this case the ball must then be placed and played from where it was stopped by Joey’s foot (see Note 2 below the penalty statement for R1-2).

When they failed to replace the ball where it had been stopped by Joey’s foot and instead played their next stroke from a position a few feet away, they breached Rule 20-7, Wrong Place, a second 2-stroke penalty.

Depending on the exact circumstances, the Committee could rule this a serious breach and DQ the brothers Grimm.

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Anderson Creek

August 23, 2012

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ: Blue Tees; Rating - 72.4; Slope - 136; Yard - 6463

A, B & C: White Tees; Rating- 70.2; Slope- 127; Yards- 6204

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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