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WELCOME TO THE 2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR Devils Ridge Country Club e-newsletter Summary March 15, 2013 - Sign-up For Devils Ridge Tournament - March 21
- Foxfire (Redfox Course) Winners - Top 5 in Each Flight and Full Leaderboard
- Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - Where Will You Be at Year-End?
- Golf Rules Q&A - The Ball Is Actually In The Rake - What Would You Do?
- 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: Bruce Hallenbeck Senior Amateur Tour Director, Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours Other products and services will continue to be added and we know you will find these services and prices to your liking and advantage as well. Let us know what other products you would like to see added and your experience when ordering here.
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2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR MARCH 15, 2013 DEVILS RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB ----- |
Devils Ridge Country Club
Don’t miss playing this private course in Holly Springs. Devil’s Ridge Country Club is always in pristine condition, is a great course to play and one that can yield some very low scores. It was built on rolling terrain with convex fairways (seldom a level lie but balls funnel to middle of the fairway). The course is lined with towering hardwoods, and the elevated greens have moderate undulations and can be fast but true. The signature hole is #17, a 388-yard, par 4, with an elevated green that has a twenty-foot drop off the back side. Make sure you select the correct club for your approach. This is a perennial favorite and always bring out the best in your round.
To register and to sign-up to play, call or email Bruce at 336- 495-6556 or behgolf@aol.com.
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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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Senior Tour Sign-up & Pay Online Here 2012 Flight Winners and Defending Champions: Devils Ridge Country Club 
Devils Ridge Country Club 2012 Flight Winners (L to R): Championship - Doug Michal, A Flight - Rick Lafata, C Flight - Willie Brady, B-Flight - Randy Robbins (photo not available) CHAMPIONSHIP (6430 yds) Doug Michal, Raleigh 72 A FLIGHT (5995 yds) Rick LaFata, Raleigh 74
B FLIGHT (5995 yds) Randy Robbins, Smithfield 80
C FLIGHT (5995 yds) Willie Brady, Zebulon 83
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To sign-up, call Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com. |
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PLAYOFF DRAMA HIGHLIGHTS SENIOR TOUR EVENT Foxfire Village, NC March 14, 2013 In an event in which winners were determined by sudden death playoffs in 3 of 4 flights, the Senior Amateur Golf Tour tournament played today at Foxfire Country Club, did not lack drama. Probably the most interesting of the playoffs occurred in the A Flight. Zebulon's Brent Massey, playing in his 1st event of the 2013 season, tied long-time Tour veteran William Hiner of Pinehurst with identical 76s during regulation play. On their very 1st playoff hole Hiner hit 2 excellent shots, and was left with a 3 foot birdie putt to seal the victory, but was unable to jar it. Given a "second life", Massey was quick to take advantage of the situation with a birdie of his own on the 2nd playoff hole to collect the winners prize. In the Championship Flight it also took Greensboro's Randy Jones 2 holes to come away with a victory over Ron Hockensmith of Whispering Pines. Jones was simply steady with 2 straight pars to seal the deal. Dennis Bryant of Sophia had to overcome 2 opponents for his C Flight playoff win as his 87 in regulation play tied him with North Myrtle Beach's Mike Hinson and Kernersville's Don Brown. A par on the 3rd extra hole was enough to secure his win. While not requiring a playoff to determine a B Flight winner, it did take a particularly competitve score as Greensboro's Randy Robbins edged last week's winner, Tom Kubla of Pinehurst, by a single stroke - 76 to 77. "It was once again cold and windy for most of the day", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "Under those conditions all the winning scores were quite impressive". The next Senior Amateur Golf Tour event, which is open to any amateur golfer over 50, will be held at Devils Ridge Country Club in Holly Springs next Thursday, 3/21. Any senior interested in competing in that event can call Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com. THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR FOXFIRE COUNTRY CLUB (WEST) EVENT TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (6541 yds) Randy Jones, Greensboro 78 Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 78 Joey Moffit, High Point 79 Eric Ardery, Durham 79 John East, Rockingham 80 A FLIGHT (6091 yds) Brent Massey, Zebulon 76 William Hiner, Pinehurst 76 Steve Smith, Pinehurst 77 Larry Hubbard, High Point 80 Cliff Nance, Lumberton 80 Bill Friend, Cary 80 Wilson Shelton, Madison 80 Chris Murray, Charlotte 80 B FLIGHT (6091 yds) Randy Robbins, Greensboro 76 Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 77 Dexter Barbee, Burlington 81 David Niehaus, Whispering Pines 83 Ron Caulder, North Myrtle Beach 84 John Henely, Pinehurst 84 Dan Whalen, Greensboro 84 John Lyda, Advance 84 C FLIGHT (6091 yds) Dennis Bryant, Sophia 87 Mike Hinson, North Myrtle Beach 87 Donald Brown, Kernersville 87 Jerry Snead, Youngsville 89 Richard Hartley, High Point 89 |
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 |
Rules Review It has been suggested that there should be a series of Rules scenarios for you to solve. So begins a series of problems titled What's the Score? Doc Miller has graciously agreed to allow me to share these with you that he has been sending since July 2009.I will include one each week. You should try to determine the answer based upon your knowledge of the Rules when ever possible and then use your Rule book to confirm. There will be no trick questions or hidden information.
If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to: usga.org/Rule-Books and-Decisions |
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 #186 Al and his group is searching for his tee ball which was well hit in the direction of a fairway bunker. After a few minutes of searching, a ball was located in a very odd situation. See the photo below:As it lay inside the rake housing, the ball was identified as his ball. How should Al proceed? A. Al must mark the position of the ball, lift the rake and remove the ball from inside the rake head. He should then place the ball as close as possible to the spot on the grass directly below where it was originally trapped inside the rake. B. Al need not mark the position of the ball. He should lift the rake and remove the ball from inside the rake head. He should then place the ball as close as possible to the spot on the grass directly below where it was originally trapped inside the rake. C. Al must mark the position of the ball, lift the rake and remove the ball from inside the rake head. He should then drop the ball as close as possible to the spot on the grass directly below where it was originally trapped inside the rake. D. Al need not mark the position of the ball. He should lift the rake and remove the ball from inside the rake head. He should then drop the ball as close as possible to the spot on the grass directly below where it was originally trapped inside the rake.
Answer Crazy things can happen along the way to the bar and the Rules cover most of them. The correct answer is D. This photo happens to be taken with a cell phone by the individual whose ball ended up in the position you see, un-staged, actual situation. This opening is much smaller than the hole and to do this you can only approach the rake from a limited angle to achieve this result. These guys are good! Anyway. The rake is a moveable obstruction and the ball is “in or on” the obstruction. This is covered under R24-1b. The Rule does not require the ball to first be marked. It is not a bad idea however, as the player is responsible for dropping on or as near as possible to the spot directly under where Al’s ball sits in the rake. And, yes, Al can clean the ball before dropping. |
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard Foxfire (Redfox Course) March 14, 2013 TEES BY FLIGHT: Champ - Blue Tees: Rating - 72.1; Slope - 131; Yardage - 6571A, B & C - White Tees; Rating - 70.1; Slope - 128; Yard - 6095 |
| Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Hockensmith, Ron | CH | 78 | | 1 | Jones, Randy | CH | 78 | | 3 | Moffit, Joey | CH | 79 | | 3 | Ardery, Eric | CH | 79 | | 5 | East, John | CH | 80 | | 6 | Andrews, Rob | CH | 89 | | 7 | Bell, Carl | CH | 90 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Massey, Brent | A | 76 | | 1 | Hiner, William | A | 76 | | 3 | Smith, Steve | A | 77 | | 4 | Nance, Cliff | A | 80 | | 4 | Hubbard, Larry | A | 80 | | 4 | Friend, Bill | A | 80 | | 4 | Shelton, Wilson | A | 80 | | 4 | Murray, Chris | A | 80 | | 9 | Alford, Jim | A | 81 | | 10 | Greene, Michael | A | 84 | | 11 | Bunn, Randy | A | 85 | | 12 | Lockley, Cecil | A | 86 | | 12 | McKenna, Mark | A | 86 | | 14 | Hubbard, Robert | A | 87 | | 14 | McQueen, Bob | A | 87 | | 16 | Strickland, Grady | A | 88 | | 17 | Doster, John | A | 93 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Robbins, Randy | B | 76 | | 2 | Kubla, Tom | B | 77 | | 3 | Barbee, Dexter | B | 81 | | 4 | Niehaus, David | B | 83 | | 5 | Caulder, Ron | B | 84 | | 5 | Henely, John | B | 84 | | 5 | Whalen, Dan | B | 84 | | 5 | Lyda, John | B | 84 | | 9 | Carpenter, Sam | B | 87 | | 9 | Bleau, Neil | B | 87 | | 9 | Wright, Glenn | B | 87 | | 9 | Jones, Travis | B | 87 | | 13 | Dockery, James | B | 88 | | 13 | Forte, Al | B | 88 | | 13 | Brown, Mike | B | 88 | | 13 | Herndon, Lewis | B | 88 | | 13 | Nance, Burnie | B | 88 | | 18 | Ward, Tim | B | 90 | | 18 | Widdowson, Jerry | B | 90 | | 18 | Stout, Roger | B | 90 | | 21 | Sheldon, Jim | B | 91 | | 21 | Herndon, Mack | B | 91 | | 23 | Herndon, James | B | 92 | | 24 | Wallace, Mike | B | 93 | | 24 | Rilling, Rus | B | 93 | | 26 | Scales, Jim | B | 95 | | 26 | Hawkins, Mike A. | B | 95 | | 26 | Ricks, Wayne | B | 95 | | 29 | Bradley, Mike | B | 97 | | 29 | Bradham, Herb | B | 97 | | Pos | Name | Flight | Score | | 1 | Hinson, Mike | C | 87 | | 1 | Brown, Donald | C | 87 | | 1 | Bryant, Dennis | C | 87 | | 4 | Hartley, Richard | C | 89 | | 4 | Snead, Jerry | C | 89 | | 6 | Pritchett, Jim | C | 90 | | 6 | Gunn, Charles | C | 90 | | 8 | Farrington, Richard | C | 91 | | 8 | Hall, John | C | 91 | | 10 | Lankford, Jim | C | 92 | | 10 | Moore, Kenneth | C | 92 | | 10 | Hunter, Mike | C | 92 | | 10 | Costine, Brian | C | 92 | | 14 | Kontoulas, Jim | C | 93 | | 14 | McCaffrey, Dane | C | 93 | | 14 | Dirkmaat, Henry | C | 93 | | 17 | Lunsford, Billy | C | 94 | | 18 | Eatmon, James | C | 96 | | 19 | McKean, George | C | 97 | | 20 | Alligood, Ron | C | 98 | | 21 | Michaux, Don | C | 99 | | 22 | Roe, Earl | C | 100 | | 23 | Hatfield, Elby | C | 102 | | 24 | Fuller, Jerry | C | 104 | | 25 | Neal, Steve | C | 105 | | 26 | Binder, Rudy | C | 108 | | 27 | Curtin, Dan | C | 109 |
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2013 Senior Amateur Schedule |
| 2/2/2013 | Website | Preseason event no Points! @ The Legacy Golf Links | 800-314-7560 | | 11:00 AM | Shotgun | Aberdeen, NC | $70.00 | | 2/16/2013 | Website | Preseason event no Points! @ Longleaf | 910-692-6100 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Pinehurst, NC | $70.00 | | 3/7/2013 | Website | Bryan Park (Players) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $55.00 | | 3/14/2013 | Website | Foxfire (West) | 910-295-5555 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Foxfire , NC | $55.00 | | 3/21/2013 | Website | Devils Ridge CC | 919-557-6100 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Holly Springs, NC | $60.00 | | 3/28/2013 | Website | Brier Creek CC | 919-206-4653 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Raleigh, NC | $70.00 | | 4/11/2013 | Website | Sapona CC | 336-956-6245 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Lexington, NC | $60.00 | | 4/18/2013 | Website | Willow Creek CC | 336-869-2416 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | High Point, NC | $65.00 | | 4/25/2013 | Website | Carolina Trace (Creek) | 919-499-5611 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Sanford, NC | $60.00 | | 5/2/2013 | Website | Forest Oaks CC | 336-674-0126 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $60.00 | | 5/9/2013 | Website | Meadowlands | 336-769-1011 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Winston-Salem, NC | $55.00 | | 5/16/2013 | Website | Mill Creek | 919-563-4653 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Mebane, NC | $55.00 | | 5/30/2013 | Website | Bermuda Run (West) | 336-998-8075 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Bermuda Run, NC | $55.00 | | 6/6/2013 | Website | Little River GC | 910-949-4600 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Carthage, NC | $60.00 | | 6/12/2013 | Website | Bryan Park (Players) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | | Greensboro, NC | $0.00 | | 6/13/2013 | Website | Bryan Park (Champ) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | | Greensoro, NC | $110.00 | | 6/20/2013 | Website | Hyland GC | 910-6923752 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Southern Pines, NC | $60.00 | | 6/27/2013 | Website | Pinewood CC | 336-629-4444 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Asheboro, NC | $0.00 | | 7/11/2013 | | Make Up Date | | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | | $0.00 | | 7/18/2013 | Website | Seven Lakes CC | 910-673-1092 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Seven Lakes, NC | $60.00 | | 7/25/2013 | Website | Greensboro CC (Farm) | 336-288-3415 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $75.00 | | 8/1/2013 | Website | Southern Pines (Elks Club) | 910-692-6551 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Southern Pines, NC | $60.00 | | 8/8/2013 | Website | Grandover Resort (West) | 800-472-6301 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensboro, NC | $70.00 | | 8/15/2013 | Website | Carolina Trace (Lake) | 919-499-5611 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Sanford, NC | $60.00 | | 8/22/2013 | Website | Anderson Creek | 910-814-2115 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Spring Lake, NC | $60.00 | | 9/5/2013 | Website | Salem Glen CC | | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Clemons, NC | $55.00 | | 9/12/2013 | Website | Bentwinds CC | 919-552-5656 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Fuquay-Varina, NC | $60.00 | | 9/19/2013 | Website | The Challenge | 877-548-5070 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Graham, NC | $55.00 | | 9/26/2013 | Website | Bryan Park (Champ) | 336-375-2200 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Greensoro, NC | $55.00 | | 10/3/2013 | | Make Up Date | | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | | $0.00 | | 10/10/2013 | Website | Colonial CC | 336-475-0596 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Thomasville, NC | $60.00 | | 10/24/2013 | Website | Chapel Ridge | 866-301-4811 | | 10:00 AM | Shotgun | Pittsboro, NC | $55.00 |
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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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