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Forest Oaks e-newsletter Summary
Congratulations to the winners at Bryan Park and the great scores. Please read the Bryan Park story and see how you fared against your flight competitors and the Full Leaderboard at bottom of the this e-newsletter.
The season continues as the tour stays in the Triad to play a perennial favorite - Forest Oaks Country Home.
See who is the Putt Lab winner from the Bryan Park tournament.
Make sure you review the rules question that everyone on tour should know but sometimes forget.
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On March 15 - Play Forest Oaks Country Club
Carved from North Carolina hardwoods by noted architect Ellis Maples, Forest Oaks Country Club opened in 1962 to wide acclaim.
It was already known as one of the best tests of golf in a state known for great golf tests when it became the home course of the Greater Greensboro Open in 1977. As the golf course matured, alterations to the course were necessary, so in 2002, the job of restoring the course was assigned to Davis Love III's Love Design Group.
Working with design associate Paul Cowley, Love answered the key concerns of his touring professionals. At the same time, Love brought his understanding of what was needed to balance the demands of tournament golf with the needs of building a members course.
Forest Oaks is first and foremost a member's course, and that was the primary motivation in Love's redesign.
Come play this great member's course that was home to the PGA for 10 years.
Greens so smooth, you'll want to remove your shoes. One thing professionals and members alike can both agree on the conditioning of the fairways and greens is superb. The fairways have bee re-sprigged with Tift Sport Bermuda grass, a strain that handles the extremes of summer heat and winter wetness better than the old local strains. As a result, the fairways can be cut lower and smoother than ever before.
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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The Tournament at Forest Oaks
Event Info:
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Forest Oaks Country Club
Fee is $60.00
10:00 AM Shotgun
Physical Address:
Forest Oaks Country Club4600 Forest Oaks DriveGreensboro, North Carolina 27406Telephone: (336) 674-0126
Directions to Forest Oaks
To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line, mail a check or call Bruce Hallenbeck.
2011 Defending Flight Winners:
Forest Oaks
CHAMPIONSHIP (6353 yards)
Johnny Adams, Cary 71
A FLIGHT (6353 yards)
Mike Gaisbauer, Davidson 73
B FLIGHT (5835 yards)
Tom Whatley, Durham 76
C FLIGHT (5835 yards)
Jim Pritchett, Winston-Salem 81
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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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The Bryan Park Story from March 8,2012
SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR ENJOYS 4TH SELLOUT IN-A-ROW
The popularity of the Triad and Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Amateur Tours continues to remain strong as a full field of 122 Tour members showed up at The Championship Course at Bryan Park today. With a combined Prize and Skins pool of over $3000.00, the competition was fierce and the winning scores were very impressive.
A perfect example of how close the competition was could be found in the C Flight, where 13 flight members were within 2 strokes of the Flight leaders - Durham's Bill McGee and Charles Pace of Lexington who carded 87s.
Any 1st place tie "on-Tour" results in a sudden death playoff, in which Pace prevailed with a par on the very first playoff hole. Unfortunately, McGee fell victim to the dreaded "3-putt" as both players reached the green in regulation.
It should be noted that both the B and C Flights played from Tee boxes that were 400 yards shorter than their fellow competitors in the Championship and A Flights, but even so, the top scores in the B Flight were amongst the lowest ever shot "on-Tour'. Danville VA's Raymond Newman fired a 74 to take top honors in the flight. He was 2 strokes clear of North Myrtle Beach's Ron Caulder. "I'm making the jump to A Flight" said Caulder, as he received his Mastercard for his second place finish.
Fittingly, the best score of the day was recorded in the Championship Flight as Pinehurst's Chuck Taubersmith shot an even par 72 for a 2 stroke win over Danville VA's John Franklin. "Chuck has started the year out with a bang" said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "He's played solidly in our pre-season events as well as these first 2 regular season events. Could be a sign that he's ready for a big year".
Mark Cook of Boone fired a 75 in the A Flight to edge Creedmoor's Cecil Lockley by a single stroke. Lockley was looking for his second win of the new season.
The Tour stays in the Greensboro area next week, going to Forest Oaks Country Club for another Thursday encounter. A few spots remain available for that event. Any amateur golfer over 50 can contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 (or email at behgolf@aol.com) to see about playing in any Tour event.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
TOP FIVE SCORES (AND TIES) BY FLIGHT
BRYAN PARK - CHAMP. COURSE EVENT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6439 yds)
Chuck Taubersmith, Pinehurst 72
John Franklin, Danville, VA 74
Gary Roberson, Burlington 75
Eddie McBride, Lewisville 75
Jim Arlington, Apex 76
Mark Craige, Cary 76
Mike Smith, Lewisville 76
A FLIGHT (6439 yds)
Mark Cook, Boone 75
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 76
David Frye, Winston-Salem 78
Rick LaFata, Raleigh 78
Dale Casey, Zebulon 79
Ron Hockensmith, Southern Pines 79
Walt Janis, Greensboro 79
Tim Stone, Reidsville 79
B FLIGHT (6035 yds)
Raymond Newman, Danville, VA 74
Ron Caulder, N Mrytle Beach 76
Ricky Honeycutt, Charlotte 78
Tom Handy, Fuquay-Varina 79
Dan Whalen, Greensboro 80
C FLIGHT (6035 yds)
Charles Pace, Lexington 87
Bill McGee, Durham 87
Willie Brady, Zebulon 88
Brian Costine, Durham 88
Charles Gunn, Greensboro 88
Doug Harvey, Knightdale 88
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Question from week #130
Terry and Mike end up tied for low gross in their club's stroke play championship. As per the conditions of the competition, in case of a tie at the end of the final round, there will be a three-hole play-off starting at the 16th. After that is goes to sudden death.
On the 16th, a par five, both players are on the green; Terry in two, about 40 feet from the hole and Mike in three, six feet from the hole. Terry putts first, his ball stopping about 6 inches from the cup. Mike remarks, "Great putt, nice birdie, Terry."
Terry lifts his ball and moves to retrieve the flagstick. Mike makes his putt, for a birdie four. The players tee off on the next hole and twenty minutes later walk off the 18th green and report to the head pro with a hole-by-hole and nearly stroke-by-stroke recount of the playoff.
Who is the club champion?
A. Terry
B. Mike
C. Neither Terry nor Mike, they have to go to sudden death
D. No clue.
Answer:
The correct answer is: B, Mike. On the first playoff hole, Terry lifted his ball and failed to hole out. Thus, under Rule 3-2 he is DQed.
This is a stroke play event and even with just two competitors in the playoff, it continues to be stroke play and players must hole out to continue with the playoff. See R33-6.
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
Bryan Park (Champions Course)
March 8, 2012
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Pos
Name
Flight
Score
1
Taubersmith, Chuck
CH
72
2
Franklin, John
74
3
McBride, Eddie
75
Roberson, Gary
5
Arlington, Jim
76
Craige, Mark
Smith, Mike
8
Queen, Gene
77
9
Macejko, Mark
78
10
Gammon, Jim
80
Kiser, Kevin
12
Collins, Terry
81
Long, Bill
14
Meadows, Jim
82
15
Coolidge, David
84
16
Shea, Barry
85
17
Letchford, Tim
89
18
Crompton, Rick
93
Cook, Mark
A
Lockley, Cecil
Frye, David
LaFata, Rick
Casey, Dale
79
Hockensmith, Ron
Janis, Walt
Stone, Tim
Jones, Art
Robinson, Mark
11
Doster, John
Salmon, Chris
13
Bunn, Randy
Hiner, William
East, John
83
Paschall, Bill
Alford, Gus
Fagerli, Tom
Martinson, Bill
Robertson, Vic
Wolfe, Marshall
22
Johnson, Mike
86
23
Stuc, Ron
87
Widdowson, Jerry
25
Church, Turner
88
Prairie, Joe
27
Herndon, Louis
28
McMillan, James
91
29
Alford, Jim
Finnegan, Jim
Garrett, Glenn
32
Gaisbauer, Mike
94
Vigil, Jose
Voss, John
35
Teal, David
103
Newman, Raymond
B
Caulder, Ron
Honeycutt, Ricky
4
Handy, Tom
Whalen, Dan
6
Ward, Tim
7
Hagwood, Darrell
Kubla, Tom
Bleau, Neil
Garber, Mike
Vanderklok, Ron
Wright, Glenn
Reives, Bobby
Bullock, Len
Henely, John
Jones, Travis
Strider, Dawson
Westmoreland, Richard
19
Brown, Mike
Campanella, Mark
Canady, Darrell
Strickland, Grady
Bradley, Mike
90
Burton, Edward
Ash, Gary
Dail, Bob
Herndon, James
92
Randall, Mark
Smith, Charles
30
Bradham, Herb
97
Schuler, Dick
Padgett, Russ
100
McGee, Bill
C
Pace, Charles
Brady, Willie
Costine, Brian
Gunn, Charles
Harvey, Doug
Ball, Ed
Binder, Rudy
Eatmon, James
Glick, Richard
Gunnarson, Curtis
Hall, John
McCarty, Royce
Alligood, Ron
Hatfield, Elby
Snead, Jerry
McEvoy, Pat
McKean, George
Hunter, Mike
Rucker, Dale
21
Beal, Alan
Harrison, Mike
Michaux, Don
96
Pritchett, Jim
Beane, Phillip
Becken, Brad
Davis, Glenn
Farrington, Richard
Chapman, Gary
Powell, Kenny
102
31
Robinson, Bob
Whitesell, Barry
104
33
Byrns, David
108
Plesser, Larry
Roe, Earl
109
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Tour 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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