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NOTICE - NOTICE - NOTICE
SIGN-UP FOR HILTON HEAD FINALS!!!!!
EVEN IF YOU HAVE LET ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HILTON HEAD FOR THE NATIONAL FINALS, YOU MUST REGISTER ON-LINE!!
The 2012 National Tour Championship is just around the corner. The Three-Day event is going to be held October 19 - October 21 in Hilton Head. The main HQ for the event is Palmetto Dunes.
There will be an optional Skins Game on October 18, and practice rounds will be available for all event courses 3 days prior to that. Food and drink will be provided all 3 days.
A Prize Pool of $16,900 will be offered (ten places paid in each flight, with a minimum prize of $100 for 10th). Depending on the size of your individual flight the daily Skins Pool will range from $700 - $1,400 each day in your flight alone.
Check the website for discounts on practice rounds and lodging deals.
************ Sign-Ups Have Been Slow***************
Because of the fact that sign-ups from our Tours have been lower than expected at this time, I do have available spots open for players that may not have qualified by being in the top 10 in points for your Tour, or by winning a Major. If you fall in this category and are interested in being part of the Finals, please contact me asap (336-495-6556) or by email at behgolf@aol.com.
e-newsletter Summary
September 27, 2012
- Sign-up for National Tour Finals at Hilton Head -
- October 19th-21st
- Local Finals at Bryan Park Results
- Improve Your Golf Skills - Six Inches Between Your Ears
- Quick Links to Sign-up for the National Tour Finals
- Golf Rules Q&A - Getting Relief
Congratulations to all the winners at the Local Finals.
Sign-up for the National Tour at Hilton Head? See links to register and sign-up.
GolfWeek Amateur National Tour Championship Sign-up
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2012 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF NATIONAL TOUR FINAL
FRIDAY - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 - 21
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A Few of the Courses at Hilton Head
Robert Jones Ocean Front Course
Arthur Hills (Dunes)
Oyster Reef
Country Club of Hilton Head
All flights start with 8:15am shotgun starts all days.
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Friday |
Tees |
Saturday & Sunday |
Tees |
Championship Flight |
Arthur Hills (P Dunes) |
Blue |
Ocean Course (SeaPines) |
Black |
A Flight* |
Robert Trent Jones |
Blue |
Robert Trent Jones |
Blue |
A Flight* |
Arthur Hills (P Hall) |
Blue |
Arthur Hills (P Hall) |
Blue |
B Flight* |
CC of Hilton Head |
Blue |
CC of Hilton Head |
Blue |
B Flight* |
Oyster Reef |
Blue |
Oyster Reef |
Blue |
C Flight |
Robber’s Row |
Blue |
Arthur Hills (P Dunes) |
White |
D Flight |
Ocean Course (SeaPines) |
White |
Robber’s Row |
Blue |
If you did not win a major or are in the top 10, you know the drill call Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com |
To sign-up, call Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com.
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Event Info:
All players must register for the Tour Championship before making payment. If you have not registered, please
Oct. 19-21 Tournament Fee Only
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LANKFORD WINS CHAMP PLAYOFF IN GOLFWEEK TOUR FINALS
Browns Summit, NC
September 23, 2012
After the first day of competition on the Players Course at Bryan Park Golf Club in the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour 2-Day Local Finals, eleven golfers were within 3 strokes of the lead in the Championship Flight. Kernersville's Billy Lankford with a 75 was among them, trailing 4 other Tour members by only a single stroke for that first day lead.
Lankford then managed to post the lowest Flight score on Day-2 on the Champions Course with a 76 and a 36-hole score of 151 that tied him with one of the first-day leaders, Hillsborough's Garrett Smith, who posted a 77. Scores were higher "across-the-board" on the Champions Course on Day-2 in almost all flights.
In the ensuing "Sudden-Death" playoff, Lankford emerged victorious with 2 simple pars, when Smith missed a short putt on their final hole. Lankford's win will give him an invitation to the Triad Golf Today Tournament of Champions later this year, along with the season long Points Champion, Dan Holland of High Point.
In the A Flight, Greensboro's Coray Mitchell posted a 75-79 - 154 total for the 2 days to beat Robin Gomez, also from Greensboro, by 2 shots. Raleigh's Scott Williams was 7 strokes behind the leaders going into Day-2, but shot the best round of the final day in his flight with an 83 that propelled him from the middle of the pack to the B Flight crown. His 169 total was one clear of Jack Frazier from Clemmons and Rocky Mount's Jimmy Adams.
The C Flight belonged to Rolesville's Bill Wilkinson who had the lowest score in the flight for both days. He was the only C Flight member to break 90 on Day-2 with an 89, which coupled with his 83 on Day-1, gave him a 172 and a comfortable 7-shot win over Gibsonville's Jesse Ingle.
Greensboro's Ken White followed up his first day score of 94 with a 92 in the D Flight to easily outdistance Pittsboro's Chad Burton for the top spot.
This event was the final local Triad Tour event for the 2012 season. The top 10 players in the season-long Points Standings race will be eligible for the National Tour Finals in Hilton Head, which start October 19th. That event will bring the top 700 players from the 40 Tours across the country to crown a National Champion in all 5 Flights.
THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
TWO-DAY LOCAL FINALS CHAMPIONSHIP
BRYAN PARK PLAYERS AND CHAMPIONS COURSES
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Billy Lankford, Kernersville 75-76 151
Garrett Smith, Hillsborough 74-77 151
Park Williams, Kernersville 74-78 152
Mike Meadows, Advance 76-77 153
Sean Pardue, Greensboro 74-80 154
A FLIGHT
Coray Mitchell, Greensboro 75-79 154
Robin Gomez, Greensboro 79-77 156
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 74-84 158
Joe Magyar, Burlington 80-79-159
Ken Carlyle, Greensboro 77-83 160
B FLIGHT
Scott Williams, Raleigh 86-83 169
Jack Frazier, Clemmons 82-88 170
Jimmy Adams, Rocky Mount 79-91 170
Russ Padgett, Cary 85-86 171
Jim McLean, Hillsborough 84-87 171
C FLIGHT
Bill Wilkinson, Rolesville 83-89 172
Jesse Ingle, Gibsonville 89-90 179
Craig Johnson, Summerfield 85-95 180
Darien Upchurch, Wake Forest 87-94 181
Shirral Davis, Raleigh 85-96 181
D FLIGHT
Ken White, Greensboro 94-92 186
Chad Burton, Pittsboro 96-102 198
Keith Thomas, Greensboro 93-107 200
Greg Green, Apex 102-99 201
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NOW THREE WAYS TO GET TO THE GOLFWEEK NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AT HILTON HEAD
Where Are You In The
Year-End Point Standings Race?
There are now three ways to get to the year ending National Tournament - win one of the four majors, be one of the Top 10 point earners in your flight or call Bruce Hallenbeck to see if he has an opening for you to attend..
We have reached the end of the season and some of the point races of who will be #1 in the Flights are closed.
If you were left out call Bruce Hallenbeck and ask to see if he has a slot for you to attend the National Finals in Hilton Head.
To see where you stand today* click below:
Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour Point Standings
Triad 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 |
Questions from week #165
Tom’s tee ball has come to rest between two roots of a tree where it is clearly unplayable. However, he also has interference with a cart path for his stance.
Mike, a right-handed player, has found his tee ball has come to rest against a hedge. In order to make a stroke at his ball in the direction of the hole, he would have to play a stroke left-handed. If he were to attempt this, Mike would have interference from a sprinkler control box.on his follow-through.
Refer to relief from an immovable obstruction as written in Rule 24-2b (read the Exception as well) then decide who should get relief:
A. Both Tom and Mike should get relief.
B. Yes for Tom, no for Mike.
C. No for Tom, yes for Mike.
D. Neither Tom nor Mike should get relief.
Answer
C. Tom is not entitled to relief, Mike is.
When a ball is clearly unplayable because of the natural condition of the spot of the ball, then interference by some other condition for which relief is normally given is immaterial. This applies to interference with immovable obstructions (R24-2) or interference with an abnormal ground condition (R25-1). The following exception is essentially identical for both Rules:
Exception: A player may not take relief under this Rule if (a) interference by anything other than an immovable obstruction [or] abnormal ground condition makes the stroke clearly impracticable or (b) interference by an immovable obstruction [or] abnormal ground condition would occur only through use of a clearly unreasonable stroke or an unnecessarily abnormal stance, swing or direction of play.
While Tom does not have a stroke using any practical method, Mike does. In Mike’s case he has a way to swing and strike the ball which is necessary for his situation. As the sprinkler control box would interfere with this left-handed stroke, Mike is entitled to relief. If after taking relief, Mike finds it is no longer necessary to make a left-handed stroke, then he may proceed right-handed. Notice this exception also mentions the terms “unnecessarily abnormal”, which applies to stance, swing or direction of play.
For example, a player’s ball lies in a 3” depression in the earth that runs in the direction of the green. It is clearly an unfavorable lie, but he does have a stroke. He realizes if he were to stand on the opposite side of the ball and make a left-handed stroke, he would have interference with a cart path. Should he get relief? No, you should see that this is not a clearly reasonable stroke for the condition of his ball.
This same logic should apply to the type of swing or the direction of play. The Rules are there to be taken advantage of when they properly apply to a given situation, but they are not to be twisted or negotiated with to alleviate an unlucky bounce of the ball.
In this game we are forced to except both the good and the bad breaks and make the best of our situation adhering to the principles and spirit of the Rules. |
GolfWeek Amateur Tour Full Leaderboard
2 Day Local Finals at Bryan Park
September 22-23, 2012
Tees by Flight:
Day 1: Players Course Champ Flt: Tees - Blues; Rating - 72.7, Slope - 131; Yards - 6878 A, B, C, D:Tees -Whites; Rating -70.4; Slope -124; Yards - 6471
Day 2: Champion Course Champ Tees; Rating- 73.5; Slope- 136; Yards - 6856 A, B,C, D: Tees; Rating- 71.8; Slope-129; Yardage - 6491 |
Name |
Flight |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Score |
Lankford, Bill |
CH |
75 |
76 |
151 |
Smith, Garrett |
CH |
74 |
77 |
151 |
Williams, Park |
CH |
74 |
78 |
152 |
Meadows, Mike |
CH |
76 |
77 |
153 |
Pardue, Sean |
CH |
74 |
80 |
154 |
Miller, Crews |
CH |
77 |
78 |
155 |
Mann, Anthony |
CH |
75 |
81 |
156 |
Whitehurst, Ken |
CH |
74 |
85 |
159 |
Faulkner, Neal |
CH |
76 |
84 |
160 |
Holland, Dan |
CH |
75 |
86 |
161 |
Farmer, Gerry |
CH |
77 |
92 |
169 |
Kuusinen, Alden |
CH |
89 |
85 |
174 |
Name |
Flight |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Score |
Mitchell, Coray |
A |
75 |
79 |
154 |
Gomez, Robin |
A |
79 |
77 |
156 |
Anthony, Dan |
A |
74 |
84 |
158 |
Magyar, Joe |
A |
80 |
79 |
159 |
Carlyle, Ken |
A |
77 |
83 |
160 |
Goulding, Jim |
A |
79 |
82 |
161 |
Elder, Bobby |
A |
79 |
83 |
162 |
Groenewald, Mike |
A |
78 |
85 |
163 |
Ton, Cuong |
A |
77 |
87 |
164 |
Everhart, Robert |
A |
86 |
80 |
166 |
Andrews, Rob |
A |
84 |
84 |
168 |
Lambert, Brannon |
A |
81 |
87 |
168 |
Cook, Spurling |
A |
83 |
88 |
171 |
Green, Daren |
A |
88 |
85 |
173 |
Randall, David |
A |
82 |
92 |
174 |
Name |
Flight |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Score |
Williams, Scott |
B |
86 |
83 |
169 |
Frazier, Jack |
B |
82 |
88 |
170 |
Adams, Jimmy |
B |
79 |
91 |
170 |
McLean, Jim |
B |
84 |
87 |
171 |
Padgett, Russ |
B |
85 |
86 |
171 |
Smith, Jason |
B |
86 |
86 |
172 |
Vasseur, Tom |
B |
86 |
89 |
175 |
Ferrell, Wayne |
B |
84 |
92 |
176 |
Flowers, Burt |
B |
79 |
98 |
177 |
Marinelli, Steve |
B |
92 |
85 |
177 |
Sheahan, Bob |
B |
86 |
92 |
178 |
Pollock, Don |
B |
86 |
93 |
179 |
Rilling, Rus |
B |
89 |
90 |
179 |
Name |
Flight |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Score |
Wilkinson, Bill |
C |
83 |
89 |
172 |
Ingle, Jesse |
C |
89 |
90 |
179 |
Johnson, Craig |
C |
85 |
95 |
180 |
Davis, Shirral |
C |
85 |
96 |
181 |
Upchurch, Darien |
C |
87 |
94 |
181 |
Bell, Steven |
C |
89 |
94 |
183 |
Greer, George |
C |
88 |
97 |
185 |
Nesbitt, John |
C |
87 |
98 |
185 |
Carlton, Greg |
C |
88 |
100 |
188 |
Williams, Howard |
C |
99 |
93 |
192 |
Wesley, Robert |
C |
94 |
102 |
196 |
Simpson, Carlos |
C |
97 |
99 |
196 |
Wilkes, Landon |
C |
102 |
100 |
202 |
Name |
Flight |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Score |
White, Ken |
D |
94 |
92 |
186 |
Burton, Chad |
D |
96 |
102 |
198 |
Thomas, Keith |
D |
93 |
107 |
200 |
Green, Greg |
D |
102 |
99 |
201 |
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