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WELCOME TO THE
2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
Seven Lakes Country Club
Tournament on April 3, 2014
e-newsletter
March 30, 2014
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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WELCOME
2014 Senior Tour
CELEBRATING
THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!
Seven Lakes Country Club golf course, designed by Peter Tufts III in 1976, presents a true Sandhills experience. Awarded a FOUR STAR rating by Golf Digest, the contoured fairways wind through longleaf pines and are bordered by a landscape of azaleas, magnolias and dogwoods.
This highly acclaimed course is ranked as one of the TOP 100 courses in the state, is consistently awarded 4 stars by Golf digest, and has been recognized as the Sandhills Golf Association Course of the Year for 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Great scores are available, is a Tour favorite and if you have not played here before, it will become one of your favorite as well.
2000 Seven Lakes South
Seven Lakes, NC 27376
888 - 47LAKES
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Tournament at Seven Lakes CC
Event Info:
Thursday, April 3, 2014
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2013 Defending Flight Winners &
Top 3 Places:
CHAMPIONSHIP (6390 yds)
Eric Ardery, Durham 71
Trip Barclift, Raleigh 75
Rick LaFata, Raleigh 77
A FLIGHT (6105 yds)
Wilson Shelton, Madison 73
Mike Greene, Lewisville 75
Jim Alford, Zebulon 76
B FLIGHT (6105 yds)
Tim Ward, Greensboro 79
Jerry Widdowson, Durham 82
Burnie Nance, Lumberton 83
C FLIGHT (6105 yds)
Marty Carpenter, Pinehurst 84
Donald Brown, Kernersville 84
James Eatmon, Sims 86
Richard Hartley, High Point 86
To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.
336-495-6556
behgolf@aol.com
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From: Stephen Ladd – Founder, Renegade Golf Fitness Institute
Are you serious about your golf game? I mean obsessed with crushing your drives, sticking your irons and draining putts? Not to mention becoming top dog in your foursome?
I thought so…
No doubt you’ve noticed the rise in popularity of fitness programs for the top players on all the Tours. Maybe you’ve started a fitness program in hopes of adding more power and distance, but aren’t getting the results you were hoping for . . or even worse, you end up injured and can’t play at all.
There is one primary reason for this, and I’m going to tell you all about it. But first, let me introduce myself .
My name is Stephen Ladd, and my obsession is training golfers as athletes, and developing their bodies to better use their golf skills and play to their peak potential. I have been doing just that for over 16 years… long before the “golf fitness” craze began.
I have been trained and certified through the most prestigious golf fitness organizations in the world, including The Titleist Performance Institute and CHEK Institute.
Read more about:
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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
THE CHALLENGE GOLF CLUB
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
RALEIGH'S BARCLIFT WINS SENIOR TOUR SHOOTOUT
Raleigh, NC
March 27, 2014
Raleigh's Trip Barclift followed up his 3rd place finish in last week's Senior Amateur Tour event at Bentwinds Country Club by winning at Brier Creek Country Club Tour stop in a sudden-death shootout with Sanford's Craig Sturdivant. Both players shot 1-over 73's during regulation play.
The playoff started on the difficult par-4 18th hole.
Sturdivant, who had posted 5 birdies during his round, had double bogied the 18th hole enroute to his 73 on the original 18. He had similar problems during the playoff, finding the water just in front of the green, which allowed Barclift to cruise to the win.
"It was a solid victory for Trip", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck, "but I wouldn't feel too bad for Craig. He's got a really solid game and I expect him to win a bunch this year".
While the Championship Flight was decided with a playoff, the B Flight saw the largest margin of victory this season prevail as Raleigh's James Jones enjoyed an 8-stroke margin over second place finisher Dave Schmanke of Pinehurst. Jones' 74 was 12 shots better than his previous best Tour effort. "Sometimes everything just falls in place for a guy", said Hallenbeck. "I think James will keep improving and probably move up a flight before the season ends".
Eddie Johnson's last tour effort produced a score of 93 at The Challenge in Graham. The Boonville resident and Tour rookie stated " I can do a lot better than this". He proved himself correct by shooting a 76 which gave him a 1-shot win in the A Flight competition over a trio of players - Summerfield's Jack Stanley, Cecil Lockley of Creedmoor and Raleigh's Rick LaFata.
Pittsboro's Dwight Davis took the C Flight crown with an 84. He was 4 shots clear of runner-up Jim Prouty also from Pittsboro. Both have had very solid starts to the 2014 season.
Next week the Tour stops at Seven Lakes Country Club near Pinehurst. Openings are available for that event.
BRIER CREEK COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6298 YDS)
Trip Barclift, Raleigh 73
Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 73
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 74
Barry Knight, Summerfield 74
Gary Roberson, Burlington 77
Bill Long, Ahoskie 77
A FLIGHT (6098 yds)
Eddie Johnson, Boonville 76
Jack Stanley, Summerfield 77
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 77
Chuck Taubersmith, Pinehurst 78
Don Moore, Raleigh 78
B FLIGHT (6098 yds)
James Jones, Raleigh 74
Dave Schmanke, Pinehurst 82
Dan Whalen, Greensboro 83
Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 83
Chuck Smith, Sanford 84
C FLIGHT (6098 yds)
Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 84
Jim Prouty, Pittsboro 88
Tom Miller, Clayton 90
John Cates, Hillsborough 91
John Hall, Raleigh 91
Ron Alligood, Wake Forest 91
Where Will You Be in the 2014 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 2014.
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 2014 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:
Click Here for Sr. Tour 2014 Schedule
Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour
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
Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
The Brier Creek Country Club
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ - Silver Tees: Rating-70.0; Slope-128; Ydg- 6298
A,B & C- WhiteTees: Rating- 69.3; Slope-124; Ydg-6078
2014 Senior Amateur
Golf Tour Schedule
Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours
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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