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COLONIAL CC HOSTS SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR 2014 FINALE
Posted: 10/23/2014 12:49:43 PM


"Where Amateurs Play Like Pros"

Senior Amateur Golf Tour

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tours

 

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2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

 

 

"It's Been a Great Year for the Tour", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.

 

 

e-newsletter

October 12, 2014

 

  • November 11/12: Sign-up for Senior Tour Championship
  • Colonial CC - Press Release and Leaderboard
  • Please add sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net to your address book.
  • Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race
  • Golf Rules Q&A:  Playing from the Hazard #2?  
  • 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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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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Colonial Country Club Results
 

 Colonial CC 

Last Regular Season Tournament

 

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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

 

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COLONIAL CC HOSTS SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR 2014 FINALE
 
Thomasville, NC
October 9, 2014
 
A beautiful day on a great golf course was the perfect way to finish out the 2014 season on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour. A strong field showed up for the final regular season event at Colonial Country Club, capping off a year that saw record attendance figures for the Tour. Next up for those Tour members who qualified will be the National Tour Finals in Pinehurst in November. A field of 250 is expected for that event.
 
In the Championship Flight, a player who is no stranger to the winner's circle, Winston-Salem's Howard Nemenz, shot 75 to squeeze out a 1 shot victory over last year's champ at this venue, Hugh Beckwith from West End and Whispering Pines' Ron Hockensmith.
 
A pair of Charlotte area golfers, Jeff Hughes and Billy Poteat topped the A Flight standings with a 73 and 74 respectively.
 
In the B Flight, Greensboro's Tim Ward cashed his first winner's share of the season with a 78, 1 stroke clear of fellow Greensboro resident Vic Robertson and Advance's Dawson Strider.
 
Winston-Salem's Steve Shows showed no mercy in the C flight with a torrid 81 that was 3 shots clear of a trio of players: High Point's Richard Hartley, Mocksville's Mark Denton, and Charles Gunn of Greensboro.
 
"It's been a great year for the Tour", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "We expect 2015 to be even better with all the enquiries we've received from potential new members at the end of this season.   Next year's schedule will be out by mid-December and we'll be accepting 2015 memberships at that point".
 
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
 
CHAMPIONSHIP (6320 yds)
Howard Nemenz, Winston-Salem 75
Hugh Beckwith, West End 76
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 76
Johnny Adams, Cary 79
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 79
 
A FLIGHT (6059 yds)
Jeff Hughes, Charlotte 73
Billy Poteat, Charlotte 74
Michael Greene, Lewisville 76
Parker Whitt, Winston-Salem 76
Robert Ironside, Pinehurst 76
Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 76
Wilson Shelton, Madison 76
 
B FLIGHT (6059 yds)
Tim Ward, Greensboro 78
Vic Robertson, Greensboro 79
Dawson Strider, Advance 79
Kevin Morehead, Rockingham 81
Cliff Nance, Lumberton, 81
Jerry Widdowson, Durham 81
 
C FLIGHT (6059 yds)
Steve Shows, Winston-Salem 81
Richard Hartley, High Point 84
Mark Denton, Mocksville 84
Charles Gunn, Greensboro 84
Brian Costine, Durham 86
 
 
 

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2012 Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule  Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tour

 

 

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Sign-up for Tournaments & Pay Online

 

 

Please add sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net to your address book.

 

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2013 Flight Winners &

Top 3 Places:

 

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Registration is Now Open for The 2014 Senior Amateur Tour Championship to be Held on Nov. 11-12 in Pinehurst.

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the 2013 National Tour Champions!

 

 

The Senior Tour Championship returns to Pinehurst and the championship courses of Pinehurst #9, Pinewild (Holly), Seven Lakes CC and Legacy Golf Links

 

Registration is now open!

 

The top 20 players by flight from each local tour will be invited to compete against the top tour members across the country at the 36-hole National Championship in Pinehurst, NC


The 2014 Senior Amateur Tour Championship will be held Nov. 11-12.

$2500 Skins game Monday November 10.

All information below to sign up and pay or on the Senior Web Page

 

(www.senioramateurgolftour.net)

 

 

 

 

If You Have Any Questions About Your Status in Playing in the National Championship, Please Contact Your Tour Director, Bruce Hallenbeck.

 

 


Bruce Hallenbeck
Sandhills Golf Pro
736 Mallard Dr.
Randleman, NC27317

336-495-6556

behgolf@aol.com

 

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"Improve your golf mental toughness 10-fold during the winter"

 

 

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!

 

Click Here to Unlock Your Mind and Shoot Better Golf

 

EVERY golfer can benefit from increasing their mental toughness and harnessing the full power of thier mind!

 

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!

 

Click Here to Unlock Your Mind and Shoot Better Golf

 

"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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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: 

 

Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

 

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

 

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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

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Question from week #273
 
Terry is playing in a stroke play event and has hit his second shot into a green-side lateral water hazard. When he approaches the ball he finds it marginally playable. In taking his stance, he uses his club to flick a dead branch out of the way of his back swing.
 
Before he attempts his stroke a fellow competitor tells him he thinks Terry just breached a Rule of Golf when he moved the branch. Thinking he may be right, Terry changes his mind and says “OK, instead I’ll take relief from the hazard.” Terry lifts his ball and exits the hazard. He elects to use the Drop Zone even though the DZ is closer to the hole than the point where Terry’s ball last crossed the margin of the hazard.
 
Terry drops his ball in the DZ, then plays this ball onto the green and take three putts to complete play of the hole.
 
What is Terry’s score for the hole?
 
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 11 and might be subject to a DQ.


Answer
 
C. 9.
 
When you don’t know the Rules, the strokes can add up quickly. When a player’s ball is in a hazard, he is prohibited from moving any loose impediments which are in or touching the same hazard—R13-4c. When Terry flicked that dead branch out of the way, he breached that Rule. Had Terry first indicated his intention to proceed with relief under Rule 26-1, then he could do what ever was necessary to retrieve his ball including moving loose impediments. Not until after he breached R13-4, did he change his mind and take the 1-stroke penalty relief under R26-1. He may have thought by doing so, he could avoid the associated penalty. That is simply not the case. .


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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Colonial Country Club

 

 

October 9, 2014


TEES BY FLIGHT:

 

Champ: Green Tees; Rating- 70.2; Slope-120; Ydg- 6320    

A,B & C: White Tees; Rating-69.7; Slope-119; Ydg-6059

 

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Pos Name Flight Score
1 Nemenz, Howard CH 75
2 Beckwith, Hugh CH 76
2 Hockensmith, Ron CH 76
4 Adams, Johnny CH 79
4 Anthony, Dan CH 79
6 Moffitt, Joey CH 83
6 Mabe, Greg CH 83
6 Kober, Bob CH 83
Pos Name Flight Score
1 Hughes, Jeff A 73
2 Poteat, Billy A 74
3 Ironside, Robert A 76
3 Greene, Michael A 76
3 Fagerli, Tom A 76
3 Shelton, Wilson A 76
3 Whitt, Parker A 76
8 Carbone, Tom A 77
8 Smith, Chuck A 77
10 Romito, Steve A 78
11 Frye, David A 79
12 Williams, Steve A 80
12 Jones, Preston A 80
14 Gaisbauer, Mike A 81
14 Johnson, Mike A 81
16 Jones, James A 82
17 Hiner, William A 83
17 Baker, Homer A 83
17 Lockley, Cecil A 83
17 Stanley, Jack A 83
17 Manley, Steve A 83
22 Alford, Jim A 84
22 Shermer, Jim A 84
24 Johnson, Eddie A 86
25 Robinette, Ken A 87
Pos Name Flight Score
1 Ward, Tim B 78
2 Robertson, Vic B 79
2 Strider, Dawson B 79
4 Widdowson, Jerry B 81
4 Nance, Cliff B 81
4 Morehead, Kevin B 81
7 Floyd, Daniel B 82
7 Howlett, Chris B 82
9 Jones, Travis B 83
9 Kelly, Larry B 83
9 Bryant, Dennis B 83
9 Henely, John B 83
13 Kubla, Tom B 85
13 Wright, Glenn B 85
15 Schuler, Dick B 86
16 Herndon, Louis B 87
16 Whalen, Dan B 87
16 Miller, Jim B 87
19 McFarland, Barry B 89
20 Reaume, Jack B 90
21 Wilson, Lewis B 91
21 Ricks, Wayne B 91
23 Burgman, Lewis B 94
Pos Name Flight Score
1 Shows, Steve C 81
2 Denton, Mark C 84
2 Gunn, Charles C 84
2 Hartley, Richard C 84
5 Costine, Brian C 86
6 Eatmon, James C 87
6 Bullock, Len C 87
8 Cates, John C 88
9 Hutchison, Bobby C 89
9 Davis, Dwight C 89
9 Snead, Jerry C 89
12 Hunter, Mike C 91
13 Arellano, Anselmo C 92
13 Prouty, Jim C 92
15 Whitesell, Barry C 93
16 Farrington, Richard C 94
17 Curtin, Dan C 95
17 Pritchett, Jim C 95
19 Binder, Rudy C 96
20 Smith, Curtis C 97
21 Pearson, Steve C 98
21 Smith, Lee C 98
23 Chludzinski, Joe C 99
24 Hatfield, Elby C 100
24 Michaux, Don C 100
26 Gleeson, David C 101
27 Wisniewski, Bob C 102
28 Roe, Earl C 103
29 McClintock, Tom C 106

 


 


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2014 Senior Amateur

Golf Tour Schedule

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

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1/25/2014Website Kickoff Classic @ The Legacy Golf Links 800-314-7560
11:00 AM Shotgun Aberdeen, NC $70.00
2/15/2014Website Preseason event no Points! @ Longleaf 910-692-6100
11:00 AM Shotgun Pinehurst, NC $70.00
3/6/2014Website Bryan Park (Players) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $55.00
3/13/2014Website Devils Ridge CC 919-557-6100
10:00 AM Shotgun Holly Springs, NC $60.00
3/20/2014Website The Challenge 877-548-5070
10:00 AM Shotgun Graham, NC $55.00
3/27/2014Website Brier Creek CC 919-206-4653
10:00 AM Shotgun Raleigh, NC $70.00
4/3/2014Website Seven Lakes CC 910-673-1092
10:00 AM Shotgun Seven Lakes, NC $60.00
4/10/2014Website Willow Creek CC 336-869-2416
10:00 AM Shotgun High Point, NC $65.00
4/24/2014Website Carolina Trace (Creek) 919-499-5611
10:00 AM Shotgun Sanford, NC $60.00
5/1/2014Website Meadowlands 336-769-1011
10:00 AM Shotgun Winston-Salem, NC $55.00
5/8/2014Website Mill Creek 919-563-4653
10:00 AM Shotgun Mebane, NC $60.00
5/15/2014Website Little River GC 910-949-4600
10:00 AM Shotgun Carthage, NC $65.00
5/29/2014Website Foxfire (Red) 910-295-5555
10:00 AM Shotgun Foxfire , NC $55.00
6/4/2014Website Bryan Park (Players) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $110.00
6/5/2014Website Bryan Park (Champ) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensoro, NC $0.00
6/12/2014   Make Up Date  
10:00 AM Shotgun   $0.00
6/19/2014Website Stoney Creek Golf Club 336-449-5688
10:00 AM Shotgun Stoney Creek, NC $60.00
6/26/2014Website Pinewood CC 336-629-4444
10:00 AM Shotgun Asheboro, NC $65.00
7/17/2014Website Greensboro CC (Farm) 336-288-3415
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $75.00
7/24/2014Website Chapel Ridge 866-301-4811
10:00 AM Shotgun Pittsboro, NC $60.00
7/31/2014Website Forest Oaks CC 336-674-0126
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $65.00
8/7/2014Website Southern Pines (Elks Club) 910-692-6551
10:00 AM Shotgun Southern Pines, NC $60.00
8/14/2014Website Carolina Trace (Lake) 919-499-5611
10:00 AM Shotgun Sanford, NC $60.00
8/21/2014Website Anderson Creek 910-814-2115
10:00 AM Shotgun Spring Lake, NC $60.00
9/4/2014Website Sapona CC 336-956-6245
10:00 AM Shotgun Lexington, NC $60.00
9/11/2014   Make Up Date  
10:00 AM Shotgun   $0.00
9/18/2014Website Hyland Resort 910-6923752
10:00 AM Shotgun Southern Pines, NC $60.00
9/25/2014Website Bryan Park (Champ) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensoro, NC $60.00
10/2/2014Website Bentwinds CC 919-552-5656
10:00 AM Shotgun Fuquay-Varina, NC $60.00
10/9/2014Website Colonial CC 336-475-0596
10:00 AM Shotgun Thomasville, NC $60.00

 

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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.

 


Bruce


The Senior Amateur Tour, which is open to any golfer is accepting new memberships and will be conducting tournaments through September.

Please forward this e-mail to your friends, peers, relatives or anyone you think would be interested in putting their golf skills to a test against others.



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