Browns Summit, NC (March 7, 2013) - 102 Senior Tour members signed up for the 2013 regular season
opener on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour at Bryan Park - The Players Course. While temperatures gradually rose from the mid 30s at the tournament start, most of the day was still played under very cool conditions. However the Flight winners took the weather in their stride and posted some impressive numbers.
John Franklin, a visiting member from the Piedmont, VA Tour who plays often in Triad Tour events, was the class of the field in the Championship Flight with an even par 72. The Danviille, VA resident was 5 shots clear of Tour veteran Mike Smith of Lewisville.
In A Flight action, another Tour "vet" - Cecil Lockley of Creedmoor took top honors with a 76. "Although Cecil and the rest of the field played from one tee-box shorter than the Championship Flight guys, this was still a strong statement of what he can do" stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. High Point's Larry Hubbard was 1 stroke back in second.
Pinehurst's Tom Kubla was the only B Flight member to break 80, barely getting under that standard with a 79. John Lyda of Advance got his 2013 campaign underway in style with an 81. It took a playoff to determine the C Flight victor as Steve Neal and Charles Gunn, both of Greensboro, fired identical 86s. Neal prevailed as the winner of the flight which contained 36 entrants.
The next Senior Amateur Tour event will be held on March 14 at Foxfire Country Club in the Pinehurst area. Openings are available for any amateur golfer over 50 to enter that competition. If interested, contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556, or email him at behgolf@aol.com.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
BRYAN PARK (PLAYERS COURSE) EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6393 yds)
John Franklin, Danville, VA 72
Mike Smith, Lewisville 77
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 78
Eddie McBride, Lewisville 78
Joey Moffit, Greensboro 80
John East, Rockingham 80
A FLIGHT (6121 yds)
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 76
Larry Hubbard, High Point 77
Dean McCoy, Pfafftown 78
Bob Dail, Wendell 78
Randy Bunn, Zebulon 78
B FLIGHT (6121 yds)
Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 79
John Lyda, Advance 81
Dexter Barbee, Burlington 82
Ron Vanderklok, Advance 83
Jim Blaylock, Winston-Salem 83
C FLIGHT (6121 yds)
Steve Neal, Greensboro 86
Charles Gunn, Greensboro 86
Brian Costine, Durham 89
Bobby Hutchison, Walnut Cove 90
Mike Harrison, Summerfield 90
Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 90