Browns Summit, NC (March 7, 2013) - 102 Senior Tour members signed up for the 2013 regular season

opener on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour at Bryan Park - The Players Course. While temperatures gradually rose from the mid 30s at the tournament start, most of the day was still played under very cool conditions. However the Flight winners took the weather in their stride and posted some impressive numbers.

John Franklin, a visiting member from the Piedmont, VA Tour who plays often in Triad Tour events, was the class of the field in the Championship Flight with an even par 72. The Danviille, VA resident was 5 shots clear of Tour veteran Mike Smith of Lewisville.

In A Flight action, another Tour "vet" - Cecil Lockley of Creedmoor took top honors with a 76. "Although Cecil and the rest of the field played from one tee-box shorter than the Championship Flight guys, this was still a strong statement of what he can do" stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. High Point's Larry Hubbard was 1 stroke back in second.

Pinehurst's Tom Kubla was the only B Flight member to break 80, barely getting under that standard with a 79. John Lyda of Advance got his 2013 campaign underway in style with an 81. It took a playoff to determine the C Flight victor as Steve Neal and Charles Gunn, both of Greensboro, fired identical 86s. Neal prevailed as the winner of the flight which contained 36 entrants.

The next Senior Amateur Tour event will be held on March 14 at Foxfire Country Club in the Pinehurst area. Openings are available for any amateur golfer over 50 to enter that competition. If interested, contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556, or email him at behgolf@aol.com.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

BRYAN PARK (PLAYERS COURSE) EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6393 yds)

John Franklin, Danville, VA 72

Mike Smith, Lewisville 77

Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 78

Eddie McBride, Lewisville 78

Joey Moffit, Greensboro 80

John East, Rockingham 80

A FLIGHT (6121 yds)

Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 76

Larry Hubbard, High Point 77

Dean McCoy, Pfafftown 78

Bob Dail, Wendell 78

Randy Bunn, Zebulon 78

B FLIGHT (6121 yds)

Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 79

John Lyda, Advance 81

Dexter Barbee, Burlington 82

Ron Vanderklok, Advance 83

Jim Blaylock, Winston-Salem 83

C FLIGHT (6121 yds)

Steve Neal, Greensboro 86

Charles Gunn, Greensboro 86

Brian Costine, Durham 89

Bobby Hutchison, Walnut Cove 90

Mike Harrison, Summerfield 90

Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 90