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WELCOME TO THE 2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Legacy Golf Links Pre-Season

e-newsletter Summary

December 16, 2012

• Sign-up For 2013 Amateur Tour
• Corrected Early Sign-up Discount
• Sign-up To Play the Legacy - February 2, 2013
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - See 2012 Point Standings Flight Winners
• Golf Rules Q&A - Drop and Re-drop
• Tour Weather Guidelines - Review and Reminder

Welcome to the 2013 Senior Tour:

The 2013 schedule for the Senior Amateur Golf Tour has been posted on-line and is available below. There may be some slight adjustments noted during the next week, but I wanted to get the schedule I had out to you as soon as possible.

Once again, we've got a great line-up of premium courses scheduled and look forward to another year of fun competition with these top-draw venues.

We'll kick the season off with our annual visit to The Legacy Golf Links in Aberdeen on February 2. This is a pre-season event to which I invite both the Golfweek and Senior Tours. Because of that mix, no points will be awarded, but the prize pool is generally one of the largest of the season.

The seniors will enjoy the advantage of playing from one Tee-Box shorter than the "flatbellies".

Historically this event sells out, so if you have interest in playing, I'm taking entries now for roster spots. Just email me or call me to let me know if you want to play.

If you can't make that event, or if you want to wait a couple of weeks for "warmer" temperatures, a second pre-season event will be held at The Golf Club at Longleaf on February 16. This event also has a history of filling up, so one again, give me an early "heads-up" if you want to play at Longleaf.

The regular season will start March 7 at Bryan Park - Players Course in Greensboro with a typical 10:00 AM shotgun start. Points, prizes, and your Tour "goodies" that you purchased with your membership will be distributed at that event.

Early season events always produce a good field and this year should be no exception.

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:

EARLY SIGN-UP DISCOUNT (CORRECTED)

As I have done for the last few years, I am extending an Early Sign-Up Discount to any member who would like to sign-up for the season prior to January 15. The normal membership dues are $85.00, (it was incorrect in previous newsletter) if you pay by the date noted, I will offer a $10.00 discount, resulting in an $75.00 annual membership fee.

I'm not "selling" here - there are substantial expenses incurred before the start of each season and I will provide this discount to anyone who wants to help me with these costs. No problem if you prefer to wait until your first event, at which time the membership cost will be the normal annual fee - your call.

Bruce Hallenbeck

Senior Amateur Tour Director,

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

2013 Senior Schedule is Here:

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Event Info:

Saturday, February 2, 2013
Legacy Golf Links

Fee is $70.00

11:00 AM Shotgun

12615 Highway 15-501 South
Aberdeen, North Carolina 28315

800-344-8825

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"Improve your golf mental toughness 10-fold"

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)

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Where Will You Be in the Year-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

2012 Points Winners By Flight

The Triad Tour

Click Here for Sr. Tour 2012 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

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 #177

Here is my situation. I have hit my ball about 18” into a lateral water hazard and have chosen to take relief under Rule 26-1, option “c”. I have determined where my ball last crossed the margin of the hazard and have put a tee in the ground exactly two driver lengths from that spot, but clearly no closer to the hole to mark the extent of my upcoming drop. When I drop the ball, each of the following could easily happen. Decide for each whether I should continue with the ball as it lies or re-drop under R26-1 and R20-2?

1. My ball rolls more than two club-lengths but not more than two club-lengths beyond or closer to the hole than the tee I have stuck in the ground.

2. My ball rolls about 1 club length towards the hazard and now to play the ball in my preferred direction I would be standing with both feet in the hazard.

3. My ball rolls less than two club-lengths away from the hole but to play the ball I would be standing with one foot on a drainage grate.

4. My ball rolls less than one club-length but came to rest nearer the hole than the tee I stuck in the ground but not nearer the hole than the spot on the margin where I estimated it last crossed.

Answers

1. I would be required to re-drop. A tee placed in the ground assists the player to know the area in which his ball must first strike a part of the course on his drop. That’s all it does. Using a tee it is not required, but is not a bad idea if you are trying to maximize your distance away from the hazard margin. What determines my need to re-drop is that my ball rolled more than the allowed two club-lengths after first striking a part of the course within the prescribed dropping area.

2. I must play the ball as it lies. Not my stance or area of swing, but the spot of the ball after it comes to rest determines a need to re-drop. Since the ball did not roll back into the hazard, it is in play.

3. The ball is in play and no re-drop under R20-2 is required. If I choose to take relief because I now have interference from the drainage grate, I must treat that as a separate relief procedure and use R24-2, Immovable Obstruction, as my guide.

4. I play the ball as it lies. My reference point for determining “nearer the hole” is always the point of reference on the margin of the hazard, my last crossed point. The tee was only used to indicate the maximum extent of my permissible drop area and the original question indicated it was clearly no closer to the hole. Some players may stick a single tee in the ground to indicate both the maximum extent of an area for drop and the forward most point for that drop that is no closer to the hole but not all situations make that the desirable use of the tee.

At anytime, if I re-drop a ball when not required or fail to re-drop when required, there are serious consequences. In match play I lose the hole and in stroke play pick up an additional 2-stroke penalty.

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Legacy Golf Links

February 2, 2013

TEES BY FLIGHT:

All Flights: White Tees; Rating - 69.5; Slope - 133; Yard - 6155

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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