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WELCOME TO THE

2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Chapel Ridge

 e-newsletter Summary

October 27, 2013

• October 24 - Chapel Ridge Winners & Full Leaderboard
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - Where Will You Be at Year-End?
• Golf Rules Q&A: When Should You Re-drop a Ball?
• 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.

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Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

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SENIOR TOUR FINALS SIGN-UP

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336-495-6556

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CHAPEL RIDGE

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

KNIGHTDALE'S MOSHER GOES LOW FOR 1ST SENIOR TOUR WIN

Pittsboro, NC

October 24, 2013

Harry Mosher of Knightdale had never tasted victory on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour. All that changed today in the Tour Regular Season Finale at Chapel Ridge Golf Club. Mosher fashioned a 75, one of only 2 B Flight players to break 80 in the 23 man field. He cruised to a 4-shot win over Pinehurst's John Henely. It was Mosher's low round of the season.

"It's always good when a regular Tour member gets his first win", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. It's especially nice when it's with his best score of the year".

Arch Reed of Pinehurst, who won a number of events earlier this season, got back on track with a 2 under par effort to grab the top spot in the Championship Flight. Jamestown's Rob Andrews fired his best score of the season to secure the runner-up spot with a 72. "When Arch is on his game he can definitely go low", quipped Hallenbeck.

A Three-Man playoff was necessary to determine a C Flight winner as Raleigh's Jim Tesch, Pttsboro's Dwight Davis and Dennis Bryant of Sophia all turned in scores of 84. Bryant went out on the first hole of sudden death to take third place. Tesch then turned in two pars to secure the win over Davis.  Once again, the C Flight was the biggest of the entire field with 35 members shooting for the win.

While not as close as the C Flight competition, the A Flight was still pretty tight as Burlington's Randy Coppedge edged Pittsboro's Mark McKenna by a single stroke - 75 to 76.

It should be noted that both the Championship and A Flights played from tees 300 yards farther back than the B and C Flights.

Next up for the Senior Tour is the National Championship Tournament in Pinehurst on November 12 & 13. That event will bring the top players to North Carolina from the 13 Tours located along the East coast. It is estimated that approximately 300 players will compete in those Tour Finals.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CHAPEL RIDGE GOLF CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6500 yds)

Arch Reed, Pinehurst 70

Rob Andrews, Jamestwon 72

Randy Jones, Reidsville 73

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 73

Hugh Beckwith, West End 75

Allen Lee, Pinehurst 75

A FLIGHT (6500 yds)

Randy Coppedge, Burlington 75

Mark McKenna, Pittsboro 76

Jim Alford, Zebulon 78

Bob Dail, Wendell 78

Mike Greene, Lewisville 78

B FLIGHT (6202 yds)

Harry Mosher, Knightdale 75

John Henely, Pinehurst 79

Rus Rilling, Madison 80

Charles Smith, Durham 80

Dick Kuehl, Sanford 81

John Messner, Raleigh 81

C FLIGHT (6202 yds)

Jim Tesch, Raleigh 84

Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 84

Dennis Bryant, Sophia 84

Joe Chludzinski, Whitsett 85

James Eatmon, Sims 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 #223

Sometimes, when a ball is initially dropped under a Rule, if the ball rolls forward, i.e., closer to the hole than the point where it first struck a part of the course, the player is required to re-drop. At other times, provided the ball did not roll more than two club-lengths, the ball is played from where it comes to rest. Knowing for which situation a re-drop is required and when it is not allowed will save you from being penalized. Review Rule 20-3c then decide the following:

A. You are dropping a ball under R28, option b for a ball you’ve declared unplayable. When you drop the ball it rolls forward, closer to the hole, about one club-length, but not closer than the original spot of the ball. Should you re-drop?

B. On a par four, you have hit your second stroke from the fairway out of bounds. You drop a ball on the spot of your previous stroke and it rolls forward about six inches. Should you play the ball as it lies or re-drop?

C. You are using the DZ for a ball you hit into a water hazard. When you drop your ball it rolls forward, out of the DZ. Even if the ball has not rolled more than two club-lengths, are you supposed to re-drop?

D. You are dropping a ball after taking relief from a cart path. When dropped, your ball rolls forward about two feet and comes to rest closer to the hole than the tee you have placed in the ground that represents your nearest point of relief, but not closer to the hole than the original spot of the ball on the path. Do you play the ball as it lies or re-drop?

Answers:

A. No need to re-drop. Since you are dropping along the extension of the imaginary line, anchored on the hole, going through the position of the ball as it lay unplayable, there is no specific spot you need to reference. You are simply required to drop somewhere on that imaginary line. After the ball first strikes a part of the course, it can roll in any direction, up to two club-lengths. It must not roll closer to the hole than the original spot of the ball. (R28b, R20-2b and R20-2c(vii)(a).

B. Re-drop. The ball rolled closer to the hole than its original position. (R27-1a, R20-2b, R20-2c(vii)(a).

C. No re-drop needed. DZs are somewhat of a special case. The statement in the parenthesis at the end of R20-2c directs the reader to the Appendix. There you find some interesting statements. If you encounter DZs occasionally, I advise you to look up the Rule in Appendix I, Part B, Specimen Local Rule 8. Particularly, read items a-g under the note.

D. Re-drop. Once you take relief under a Rule that requires you to determine the nearest point of relief (R24-2, Immovable Obstruction; R25-1, Abnormal Ground Condition; or, R25-3, Wrong Putting Green; and some Local Rules) that NPoR now becomes the reference point for when to re-drop if the ball rolls towards the hole. The spot of your NPoR replaces the original spot of the ball for reference to the specific reason for a re-drop under R20-2c(viii)(b).

In stroke play, if you either re-drop when not supposed to or fail to drop when required, if left uncorrected, the player incurs a 2-stroke penalty. In match play, the player would lose the hole. R20-6, R20-7)

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Chapel Ridge

October 24, 2013

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ & A- White Tees: Rating-71.1; Slope-123; Ydg-6500 B&C- Gold Tees: Rating- 69.8; Slope-120; Ydg-6202

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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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