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ACE, LOW SCORES HIGHLIGHT SR. AMATEUR TOUR EVENT
Posted: 9/11/2013 2:54:03 PM

"Where Amateurs Play Like Pros"

Senior Amateur Golf Tour

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tours

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WELCOME TO THE

2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Bentwinds CC

e-newsletter Summary

September 8, 2013

  • September 12 - Bentwinds CC - 10:00 AM Shotgun
  • September 5 - Salem Glen Winners & Full Leaderboard
  • Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - Where Will You Be at Year-End?
  • Golf Rules Q&A: Taking Relief?
  • 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.

2013 Senior Amateur Schedule is Here:

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2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
BENTWINDS CC

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Bentwinds - Secures its Place As one of Top Playing Private Courses in the Triangle.

Bentwinds Country Club was designed and shaped through farm lands and tall pines and oaks.

Recently renovated, Kris Spence took what was a great base to make Bentwinds one of Central North Carolina’s finest golf courses. Strategic bunker placement and wonderfully defined tiff sport bermudagrass fairways creates challenging shot angles to the A-1 A-4 bentgrass greens.

Tour players will encounter narrow fairways, sloping greens, and a variety of hazards at Bentwinds. Regardless of when you play Bentwinds finishing holes Nos 16, 17, and 18, they could present difficult challenges that will require you to carefully place your tee shots and demand solid iron play to reach these well-protected greens.

Tour Members who have played here before, always makes this venue one of the courses they play during the season. For you newbies, that means don't miss this gem.

To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line, call or mail a check to Bruce Hallenbeck.

Golfweek Tour Sign-up & Pay Online Here:

Bruce HallenbeckSandhills Golf Pro736 Mallard Dr.Randleman, NC27317

336-495-6556

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GolfWeek 2012 Amateur Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tour

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Tournament at Bentwinds CC

Event Info:

Bentwinds Country Club

Thursday, September 12, 2013

10:00 AM Shotgun

Fee is $60.00

Bentwinds Country Club

6536 Dornoch Place

Fuquay-Varina,

NC 27526

Bentwinds Directions

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To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.

Senior Tour Sign-up & Pay Online Here

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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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2012 Flight Winners and Defending Champions:

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ACE, LOW SCORES HIGHLIGHT SR. AMATEUR TOUR EVENT Clemmons, NC September 5, 2013 Hole-In-Ones are nothing new to Asheboro's Joe Prairie. He has 13 career "aces". including 7 in tournament play. Consequently when he hit his 9-iron 6 inches from the hole and saw it politely drop into the cup on the 133 yard, par-3, 2nd hole during the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event being held at Salem Glen Golf and Country Club today he took it in stride. "Anybody can make a hole-in-one" stated Prairie. "That's why I'd rather finish strong and win the event". He would have had to finish very strong, as a number of his A Flight opponents had some of their best Tour scores ever. Leading that pack was Reidsville's Steve Manley who fashioned a 72 to take top honors in the flight. Trailing Manley by 3 shots were 2 players - Greensboro's David Coolidge and Winston-Salem's David Frye. Manley tied the winning score in the Championship Flight. posted by Pinehurst's Steve DeBolt. It should be noted however that the Championship Flight played from tees that were 300 yards farther back than their other flight counterparts. Whispering Pines Ron Hockensmith and Thomasville's Dan Anthony both finished 2 in back of DeBolt. The low scores continued in both the B and C Flights where Glenn Wright of Pittsboro and Archdale's Elby Hatfield respectively fired their best scores ever in Tour competition. Wright's B Flight win with a 74 was his 2nd career Tour victory but his 1st of this season. Hatfield who has won numerous events "on-Tour" in past seasons broke out of a prolonged slump to card a 77 - by far the best score he has posted this season. Youngsville's Jerry Snead was 4 shots off of Wright's B Flight pace, while Hartfield cruised to a 7 shot win over Pinehurst's Wayne Ricks in the C Flight. The next stop for the Senior Amateur Tour is Bentwinds Country Club in Fuquay-Varina on September 12. There are openings available for that event. THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOURSALEM GLEN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB EVENT TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (6275 yds)Steve DeBolt, Pinehurst 72Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 74Dan Anthony, Thomasville 74Bob Kober, Colfax 76Joey Moffitt, High Point 76 A FLIGHT (5970 yds)Steve Manley, Reidsville 72David Coolidge, Greensboro 75David Frye, Winston-Salem 75William Hiner, Pinehurst 76Tim Ward, Greensboro 76Randy Coppedge, Burlington 76Bob Dail, Wendell 76David Randall, Pinehurst 76 B FLIGHT (5970 yds)Glenn Wright, Pittsboro 74Jerry Snead, Youngsville 78Neil Bleau, Durham 81Travis Jones, Greensboro 82Lewis Burgman, Greensboro 83Ron Vanderklok, Advance 83 C FLIGHT (5970 yds)Elby Hatfield, Archdale 77Wayne Ricks, Pinehurst 84Jim Kontoulas, Winston-Salem 86Richard Hartley, Wallburg 88Ron Alligood, Advance 88Bobby Hutchison, Walnut Cove 88

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Where Will You Be in the 2013 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 10 point earners in your flight.

As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 10 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 2013.

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 2013 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 #216

Marge has found her ball close to a retaining wall, the base of which is planted with widely spaced bushes. The wall is not deemed an integral part of the course. If she were to play the ball as it lies she thinks she would need to hit a low rescue under the nearest bush, however her backswing is partially obstructed by the wall.

A fellow competitor confirms that she is entitled to immovable obstruction relief under R24-2b. She properly finds the nearest point of relief and correctly drops within one club-length of that point.

After the drop, the point her ball has come to rest affords her sufficient room from the bush such that she could now hit a 9-iron or pitching wedge over the bush but if she were to still use the rescue as originally planned, the wall is still a hindrance.

How should Marge proceed?

A. Marge may change clubs for the next shot provided the wall does not interfere with her stroke with this new club.

B. Marge may not change clubs for her next stroke, she is committed to using the rescue at this point and must re-drop her ball.

C. Marge may change clubs for her next stroke, but at this point she must still re-drop as she does not have complete relief with her rescue.

D. Marge has taken proper relief and may change clubs at this point, if she again has interference with the wall with the new club she may take relief a second time from this new spot because it is a different type of stroke.


Answer:

C. When dropping her ball, Marge must drop her ball on a spot that avoids interference by the immovable obstruction. (R24-2b) The point where her ball comes to rest, must also avoid interference with the immovable obstruction (R20-2c (v)). “Interference” is determined by using the same club with which she originally claimed the need for relief in the first place.

After it is determined she has no interference using the original club selection, she may change her method of stroke, direction of stroke or club selected for play. Only then, if the wall were to again interfere with her next stroke, would this be treated as a separate relief process.

Note the use of the phrase “integral part of the course”. When the Committee declares an artificial object, pathway, etc., as an integral part of the course, that feature would no longer be considered an obstruction if encountered during play of the course. The player would have to treat it as a natural feature no different from a large boulder or similar object.

I once played a course in Maryland that had two small historic barns on the first hole. One was OB the other was on the course property and treated as an integral part of the course. You had to play the hole between them with no relief whatsoever.

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Salem Glen

September 5, 2013

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ- Blue Tees: Rating-70.4; Slope-129; Ydg-6275

A,B,&C-White Tees: Rating- 67.8; Slope-112; Ydg-5950

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PosNameFlightScore
1DeBolt, SteveCH72
2Hockensmith, RonCH74
2Anthony, DanCH74
4Kober, BobCH76
4Moffitt, JoeyCH76
6Lee, AllenCH77
7McBride, EddieCH78
8Smith, MikeCH79
8Jones, RandyCH79
8Adams, JohnnyCH79
11Nemenz, HowardCH81
12Taubersmith, ChuckCH84
PosNameFlightScore
1Manley, SteveA72
2Coolidge, DavidA75
2Frye, DavidA75
4Hiner, WilliamA76
4Ward, TimA76
4Coppedge, RandyA76
4Dail, BobA76
4Randall, DaveA76
9Prairie, JoeA78
9Greene, MichaelA78
11Williams, SteveA79
11Widdowson, JerryA79
13McKenna, MarkA80
14Robinson, MarkA82
14Hubbard, LarryA82
14Stanley, JackA82
17Lockley, CecilA83
18Gaisbauer, MikeA88
18Jones, PrestonA88
18Teal, DavidA88
PosNameFlightScore
1Wright, GlennB74
2Snead, JerryB78
3Bleau, NeilB81
4Jones, TravisB82
5Burgman, LewisB83
5Vanderklok, RonB83
7Robertson, VicB84
8Whalen, DanB85
9Brown, MikeB86
9Kayler, AllenB86
11Niehaus, DavidB87
12Ball, EdB89
12Stout, RogerB89
14Reaume, JackB93
14Schuler, DickB93
16Bullock, LenB94
PosNameFlightScore
1Hatfield, ElbyC77
2Ricks, WayneC84
3Kontoulas, JimC86
4Alligood, RonC88
4Hartley, RichardC88
4Hutchison, BobbyC88
7Chludzinski, JoeC89
7Pritchett, JimC89
7Robinson, MikeC89
10Costine, BrianC90
11Hall, JohnC92
11Hawkins, Mike A.C92
11Hunter, MikeC92
11Binder, RudyC92
15Bryant, DennisC93
16Gunn, CharlesC94
16Michaux, DonC94
16Roe, EarlC94
19Moore, KennethC96
19Pearson, SteveC96
21Wisniewski, BobC97
21Fuller, JerryC97
23Farrington, RichardC98
23Knox, JimC98
25Whitesell, BarryC99
25Brown, DonaldC99
27Hunt, RonnieC104
28Curtin, DanC106

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2013 Senior Amateur

Golf Tour Schedule

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

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2/2/2013Website Preseason event no Points! @ The Legacy Golf Links 800-314-7560
11:00 AM Shotgun Aberdeen, NC $70.00
2/16/2013Website Preseason event no Points! @ Longleaf 910-692-6100
10:00 AM Shotgun Pinehurst, NC $70.00
3/7/2013Website Bryan Park (Players) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $55.00
3/14/2013Website Foxfire (West) 910-295-5555
10:00 AM Shotgun Foxfire , NC $55.00
3/21/2013Website Devils Ridge CC 919-557-6100
10:00 AM Shotgun Holly Springs, NC $60.00
3/28/2013Website Brier Creek CC 919-206-4653
10:00 AM Shotgun Raleigh, NC $70.00
4/11/2013Website Sapona CC 336-956-6245
10:00 AM Shotgun Lexington, NC $60.00
4/18/2013Website Willow Creek CC 336-869-2416
10:00 AM Shotgun High Point, NC $65.00
4/25/2013Website Carolina Trace (Creek) 919-499-5611
10:00 AM Shotgun Sanford, NC $60.00
5/2/2013Website Forest Oaks CC 336-674-0126
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $60.00
5/9/2013Website Meadowlands 336-769-1011
10:00 AM Shotgun Winston-Salem, NC $55.00
5/16/2013Website Mill Creek 919-563-4653
10:00 AM Shotgun Mebane, NC $55.00
5/30/2013Website Bermuda Run (West) 336-998-8075
10:00 AM Shotgun Bermuda Run, NC $55.00
6/6/2013Website Little River GC 910-949-4600
10:00 AM Shotgun Carthage, NC $60.00
6/12/2013Website Bryan Park (Players) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Greensboro, NC $0.00
6/13/2013Website Bryan Park (Champ) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Greensoro, NC $110.00
6/20/2013Website Hyland GC 910-6923752
10:00 AM Shotgun Southern Pines, NC $60.00
6/27/2013Website Pinewood CC 336-629-4444
10:00 AM Shotgun Asheboro, NC $65.00
7/11/2013 Make Up Date
10:00 AM Shotgun $0.00
7/18/2013Website Seven Lakes CC 910-673-1092
10:00 AM Shotgun Seven Lakes, NC $60.00
7/25/2013Website Greensboro CC (Farm) 336-288-3415
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $75.00
8/1/2013Website

FoxFire Resort & Golf Club

(East-Grey Course)

910- 295-5555
10:00 AM Shotgun FoxFire Village, NC $60.00
8/8/2013Website Grandover Resort (West) 800-472-6301
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensboro, NC $70.00
8/15/2013Website Carolina Trace (Lake) 919-499-5611
10:00 AM Shotgun Sanford, NC $60.00
8/22/2013Website Anderson Creek 910-814-2115
10:00 AM Shotgun Spring Lake, NC $60.00
9/5/2013Website Salem Glen CC
10:00 AM Shotgun Clemons, NC $55.00
9/12/2013Website Bentwinds CC 919-552-5656
10:00 AM Shotgun Fuquay-Varina, NC $60.00
9/19/2013Website The Challenge 877-548-5070
10:00 AM Shotgun Graham, NC $55.00
9/26/2013Website Bryan Park (Champ) 336-375-2200
10:00 AM Shotgun Greensoro, NC $55.00
10/3/2013 Make Up Date
10:00 AM Shotgun $0.00
10/10/2013Website Colonial CC 336-475-0596
10:00 AM Shotgun Thomasville, NC $60.00
10/24/2013Website Chapel Ridge 866-301-4811
10:00 AM Shotgun Pittsboro, NC $55.00

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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.


Check out our links section for additional info or call, write or email Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or behgolf@aol.com or

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