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WELCOME TO THE

2015 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CENTRAL CAROLINA

e-newsletter

September 22, 2015

Next Tournament

Pinewild (Magnolia Course) Country Club  

Thursday, September 24, 2015

• September 24 - Pinewild (Magnolia Course)
• September 31 - Carolina Trace (lLake Course)
• Sapona CC - Tournament Review & Full Leaderboard
• Willow Creek - Tournament Review
• Golf Rules Q&A: Marking a Ball on the Green?  
• 2015 Central Carolina Senior Tour Schedule
• 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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2014 Flight Winners &

Top 5 Places:

Pinewild (Magnolia) Country Club

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Every golfer has heard the saying "It's all in your head" or "Golf is 90% mental" or "Golf is the most mentally demanding sport in the world." Yet what do golfers do about it? Well, most often absolutley nothing! Not necessarily because they don't want to, but sometimes golfers actually think the mental game doesn't matter to them!

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• It is your mind that determines how well you learn when taking lessons. (and this training course is packed with accelerated learning techniques that will have you absorbing more from lessons)

• It is your mind that will allow you to set up to the ball correctly and commit to your swing (or not!).

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

SAPONA COUNTRY CLUB TOURNAMENT REVIEW

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

WILLOW CREEK COUNTRY CLUB TOURNAMENT REVIEW

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

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Where Will You Be in the 2015 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 15 point earners in your flight. 

As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 15 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 2015.

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 2015 Tour, To see where you stand* click below: 

Central Carolina Senior Tour Point Standings

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Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Central Carolina Tour

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Questions from week #322    

Al and Ben are opponents in a match.  Al has marked and lifted his ball on the green.

A. Without Al’s permission, Ben uses his putter to tap down Al’s ball mark so that it is flush with the green.  True or False, Ben is penalized one stroke under R18-3b?

B. Without Al’s permission, Ben uses his putter to tap down Al’s ball mark so that it is flush with the green and in the process, moves the ball mark.  True or False, Ben is penalized one stroke.

C. With Al’s permission, Ben uses his putter to tap down Al’s ball mark so that it is flush with the green and in the process, moves the ball mark.  True or False, Ben is penalized one stroke.

D. With Al’s permission, Ben uses his putter to tap down Al’s ball mark so that it is flush with the green and in the process, moves the ball mark.  True or False, Al is penalized one stroke.


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Answers

Generally, the Rules treat a ball marker with nearly the same reverence as a ball in play.  If you think of them as one and the same, you will avoid unnecessary penalties.  Note I said, nearly the same reverence.  The situation covered by these four True False questions all relate to the information found in Decision 20-1/6.5.  

A. False.  There is no penalty as Rule 18-3b does not apply to ball-markers.

B. True.  Now we have a problem as Al’s ball marker no long accurately marks the spot for his ball.  In equity, this would be an amalgamation of the principles behind Rules 18-3b and R20-1.  Thus a one stroke penalty to Ben for an unauthorized act which resulted in a displaced marker.  The ball marker must be replaced.

C. False.  Though similar to B, this time Ben has permission and it would be inequitable to penalize the player.  The ball marker must be replaced.

D. False.  With permission, neither side is penalized.

What was not covered is what if Al tapped down his own marker and it subsequently moved?  This is covered by R20-1 as well.  If the movement of a ball in play or a ball marker is not directly attributable to either the specific act of marking or replacing, then the player is penalized.

Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Sapona Country Club  

September 17, 2015

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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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