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Senior Amateur Golf Tour
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WELCOME TO THE
2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
Little River Golf Resort
Tournament on May 15, 2014
e-newsletter
May 9, 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!
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Second Major Tournament of the Year
Little River hosts the 2nd Major of 2014 where all players who play receive double points. This increases their opportunity to earn more points and qualify to be in the Top 15 in their Tour City earning a berth to the National Tournament at year-end.
All Flight winners in any of the 4 Majors receive an automatic berth to the National Tournament at year-end.
Little River Golf Club has a 4.5 star rating in Golf Digest's Best Places to Play rankings and is widely known for its fine greens all year round.
The Dan Maples designed course incorporates unique terrain and natural features, including nearly 200 feet of elevation changes. All tour members who have played here, look forward to the opportunity to play this course
Little River Golf & Resort
500 Little River Farm Blvd.
Carthage, NC 28327
888-766-6538
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2012 Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tour
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The Tournament at Little River
Event Info:
Little River
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Physical Address:
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2013 Defending Flight Winners &
Top 3 Places:
CHAMPIONSHIP (6222 yds)
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 74
Eric Ardery, Durham 75
Rick LaFata, Raleigh 78
Joey Moffit, High Point 78
Steve DeBolt, Pinehurst 78
A FLIGHT (6222 yds)
Gus Alford, Zebulon 71
Dexter Barbee, Burlington 75
Dale Casey, Zebulon 75
Hugh Beckwith, West End 75
B FLIGHT (6222 yds)
Neil Bleau, Durham 78
Randy Robbins, Smithfield 82
Charles Smith, Durham 83
C FLIGHT (6222 yds)
Dennis Bryant, Sophia 85
Mike Hunter, Greensboro 88
Dick Schuler, Pittsboro 89
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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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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Many golfers naively get stuck into thinking that the mental game only matters for elite players or pros who make a living golfing. Nonsense! EVERY golfer needs to use their mind properly.
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!).
It is your mind that will either stay focused under pressure and get you to make a smooth, fluid stroke when you need to drain an 8 footer for the win, or have you choking like a dog and collapsing like a house of cards when the heat is on!
"When you have a chance to shoot the lowest score of your life, you won't choke - You Will Go Low!"
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TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
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:
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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
Question from week #249
This is a stroke play event with shop credit to those who do well. Mark’s ball lies on the green about 65 feet from the flag. Mark asks for someone to attend the flagstick, and a fellow competitor, Bill complies. Mark’s putt is a good one, it tracks directly towards the hole, has a good chance to go in and stops about 1/2 inch short. Bill tells Mark it was a great putt, and uses his foot to knock Mark’s ball away telling him “That’s good.”
Hmmm. Is it? What do you think?
A. Yes the hole is considered complete for Mark, the putt was conceded by a fellow competitor.
B. No, this is stroke play and the ball must be replaced and putted into the hole. There is no penalty.
C. When Bill kicked Mark’s putt, since he was attending the flagstick, Mark is penalized two strokes and the ball must be played as it lies. (R17-3b) Thanks a lot, Bill.
D. Bill is penalized one stroke for moving Mark’s ball in play. The ball must be replaced and putted out.
Answer:
B. There are no concessions in stroke play. You must always putt out. While Bill is officially attending the flagstick, Mark’s ball did not “strike” the attendant. The ball was at rest and moved by an outside agency (fellow competitor, Bill). As such, the ball must be replaced without penalty. No penalty to Bill. If Bill fails to hole out before he tees off on the next hole, he would be DQed.
Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
Mill Creek Golf Club
May 8, 2014
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ - Blue Tees: Rating-70.2; Slope-127; Ydg- 6395
A,B & C-White Tees: Rating- 67.0; Slope-122; Ydg-5911
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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