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WELCOME TO THE

2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Carolina Trace (Lake Course)

e-newsletter Summary

August 9, 2013

• August 15 - Carolina Trace (Lake Course)
• August 8 - Grandover Winners & Full Leaderboard

• Special Pricing at LongLeaf for Senior Tour Golf Members Thru August

• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - Where Will You Be at Year-End?
• Golf Rules Q&A: A Mark Ball Penalty?
• Tour Weather Guidelines -Reminder

As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

2013 Senior Amateur Schedule is Here:

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Tournament at Carolina Trace

Lake Course

Event Info:

Carolina Trace (Lake Course)

Thursday, August 15, 2012

Fee: $60.00

Time: 10:00 AM Shotgun

Physical Address:

Carolina Trace Country Club, Inc.

2100 Country Club Drive Sanford,

North Carolina 27332

Pro Shop: (919) 499-5611

Driving Directions

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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.

Senior Tour Sign-up & Pay Online Here

336-495-6556

behgolf@aol.com

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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Special Pricing at LongLeaf for Senior Tour Members:

Great news!

The management at Longleaf says Senior Tour members can play Longleaf now through August 31st for $25.00, any day or time as part of Longleaf's 25th Anniversary Celebration!

When calling to book tee time, identify yourself as member of Senior Golf Tour.

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WENDELL'S DAIL SETS SENIOR TOUR SCORING RECORD

Greensboro, NC

August 8, 2013

Bob Dail from Wendell started out on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour as a B Flight player.

Through the years his improved play moved him to the A Flight where he has been regularly competitive in recent seasons. Despite his solid play "on-Tour", nobody expected the result he turned in today at Grandover Resort's West Course - a Tour record low score for the A Flight with a 68. "That's my best score ever", stated Dail. "Not just 'on-Tour', but anywhere. I hit it where I aimed. I only missed two fairways and two greens, got four birdies and didn't have a single bogey. It was nice, 'cause the guys in my group were cheering me on".

"Sometimes nice guys do finish first", quipped Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "Bob's been with us for awhile and everyone enjoys playing with him. He had to play well today, because Zebulon's Jim Alford posted one of the lowest A Flight scores of the season as well with a 71".

Meanwhile in the Championship Flight, which played from tees more than 300 yards longer than the other 3 flights, Pinehurst's Arch Reed won his 3rd event of the year and second in-a-row, posting a 74 and beating fellow Pinehurst resident Rick Luzar by a single stroke. "Arch won last week at Foxfire. I think he's getting the hang of this", said Hallenbeck.

Low scores continued in the B Flight as Lumberton's Cliff Nance shot 75 to edge Durham's Jerry Widdowson by one shot. Only 4 players managed to break 80 in the B Flight field of 24.

Nine players were able to break 90 in the C Flight which had 38 participants, led by the 86 posted by Hillsborough's Barry Barbour. Three players were 1 stroke behind Barbour - Mike Robinson of Greensboro, Reidsville's Kenneth Moore and James Eatmon from Sims.

The next stop on the Senior Amateur Tour is Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford - The Lake Course. There are spots available for that event.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

GRANDOVER RESORT (WEST COURSE) EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6295 yds)

Arch Reed, Pinehurst 74

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 75

Craig Cathey, Burlington 77

Hugh Beckwith, West End 77

Mike Smith, Lewisville 78

Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem 78

A FLIGHT (5979 yds)

Bob Dail, Wendell 68

Jim Alford, Zebulon 71

William Hiner, Pinehurst 74

David Frye, Winston-Salem 75

Joe Prairie, Asheboro 76

James McMillan, Laurinburg 76

B FLIGHT (5979 yds)

Cliff Nance, Lumberton 75

Jerry Widdowson, Durham 76

Tim Ward, Greensboro 79

Vic Robertson, Greensboro 79

Glenn Wright, Pittsboro 80

C FLIGHT (5979 yds)

Barry Barbour, Hillsborough 86

Mike Robinson, Greensboro 87

Kenneth Moore, Reidsville 87

James Eatmon, Sims 87

Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 88

Dan Harness, Raleigh 88

Elby Hatfield, Archdale 88

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Where Will You Be in the 2013 Season Ending Point Standings Race?

There are only two ways to get to the year ending National Tournament - win one of the four majors or be one of the Top 10 point earners in your flight.

As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 10 are guaranteed access. Usually, most flight races are tight and depends on how well you play and of course how many tour dates you participate in during 2013.

Do you know how many tournaments you will need to play and what place you will need to finish in each tournament to ensure you have your automatic invitation?

During the 2013 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

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Click Here for Sr. Tour 2013 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

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Questions from week #210

Tom’s ball on the green is marked with a medium sized coin. Bob, who is to putt first, uses his putter to press down Tom’s coin.

Decide which of the following statements are true:

1. If Tom and Bob are opponents in match and if Bob is acting without Tom’s authority there is no penalty unless the coin is moved when pressed down.

2. If Tom and Bob are opponents in a match and if Bob is acting with Tom’s authority there is no penalty to either player even if the coin is moved when pressed down provided it is replaced on the correct spot.

3. If Tom and Bob are fellow competitors, whether or not Bob has Tom’s permission, if the coin is moved when pressed down there is no penalty to either player provided the coin is replaced on the correct spot.

4. If Tom and Bob are partners, if the coin is moved when pressed down, Tom is penalized one stroke and the coin must be replaced on the correct spot.

Answers

1 is True

2 is True

3 is True

4 is True

Obviously, the relationship of the two players involved matters as does whether or not the coin is moved when pressed:

• If the players involved are opponents, and the coin when pressed does not move, there is no penalty whether or not the opponent had the player’s permission.
• If the players involved are opponents, and the opponent is proceeding with the permission of the player, there is no penalty if the coin is moved, provided it is replaced.
• If the players involved are opponents, and the opponent is proceeding without the permission of the player, and if the coin moves when pressed, the opponent is penalized one stroke and the coin must be replaced.

• If the players involved are fellow competitors, there is no penalty whether or not permission is granted or whether or not the coin is moved. If moved, it must be replaced.

• If the players are partners, permission is not needed. If the coin is moved, the partner (whose coin is moved) is penalized one stroke and the coin must be replaced.

Any failure to replace the coin on the proper spot could cause the player whose ball is marked, to play from a wrong place—Loss of hole in Match Play, 2-stroke Penalty in Stroke Play.

The Rules do not state who may or must replace a moved marker, only that the result must accurately mark the position for the ball. References: Rule 20-1; Decision 20-1/4.5

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Grandover Resort

August 8, 2013

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ: Blue Tees: Rating-70.1; Slope-126; Ydg-6295

A,B,&C:White Tees: Rating-70.3; Slope-127; Ydg-6295

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TTour Weather Guidelines

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