2013 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

e-newsletter Summary

March 25, 2013

• Sign-up For Sapona - April 13, 2013
• Devils Ridge - Winners and Full Leaderboard
• The Tour Has Started - Where Are You InThe Point Standings Race?
• Golf Rules Q&A: The Ball Is Lodged Against the Flag and Moves When The Flag is Removed - What Should you Do?
• Tour Weather Guidelines - Review and Reminder

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HIGH SCORES DOMINATE GOLFWEEK TOUR MAJOR

Holly Springs, NC

March 23 2013

The Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour provides flighted competition for amateur golfers across the country, maintaining a Tour handicap on all participants to assure that they are competing in the correct flight. If a Tour member in any flight other than Championship has that handicap rating go lower than the flight range, they are automatically moved to the better flight.

After Saturday's event at Devils Ridge Country Club (the season's 1st Major event) nobody had to go home worrying about receiving a flight promotion.

Scores were high across the board.

The best Championship round was turned in by High Point's Dan Holland with an even 80, one better than Zach Arms of Winston-Salem. The A Flight winner had to be determined by a card playoff after Greensboro's Coray Mitchell and Jackson Springs' Matt Daugherty finished with 77s and Mitchell prevailed in the playoff. Under normal conditions they would have gone back out on the course for a sudden-death playoff, but due to the fact that the course overbooked tee-times and play was slow, darkness prevented them returning to the course.

Devils Ridge Winners (L to R)

Championship Flight - Dan Holland; C Flight - Shirral Davis

In B Flight action Jim Mclean of Hillsborough edged Apex' Bob Sheahan 81 to 82.

Devils Rdige Winners (L to R)

B Flight - Jim McClean; A Flight - Coray Mitchell

C Flight - Greg Dausher (Photo not available)

Raleigh's Shirral Davis doubled that margin in the C Flight, finishing 2 ahead of Tour newcomer Paul Chanthaphone of Greensboro, who was playing in his first Tour event, and Tour veteran Landon Wilkes who has over 100 "Tour starts" under his belt.

One tour member broke 100 in the D Flight - Zebulon's Greg Dauscher. His 99 was the class of the field with 2nd place going to Fayetteville's Kurt Bryant with a 102.

Dauscher, like the other 4 flight winners today, assured himself of a spot in the season-ending National Finals in Hilton Head in October.by virtue of this victory in a Major event. Over 700 golfers from all over the country will compete in that tournament.

The Golfweek Amateur Tour will take the next two weeks off and resume play at Sapona Country Club in Lexington on April 13.

Please forward this newsletter to family or friends if they are interested in competing "on-Tour", by sending this to them or have them contact Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556.

THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

DEVILS RDIGE COUNTRY CLUB (MAJOR) EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (7032 yds)

Dan Holland, High Point 80

Zach Arms, Winston-Salem

Rob Clarke, Raleigh 83

Kyle Gee, Lewisville 83

Gene Queen, Advance 83

A FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Coray Mitchell, Greensboro 77

Matt Daugherty, Jackson Springs 77

Dan Anthony, Thomasville 79

Mark Cobb, Hope Mills 81

Jim Goulding, High Point 82

Ken Carlyle, Greensboro 82

Scott Abrams, Foxfire Village 82

B FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Jim McLean, Hillsborough 81

Bob Sheahan, Apex 82

Scott Williams, Raleigh 85

Johnny Adams, Greenville 85

Richard McMinis, Raleigh 88

C FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Shirral Davis, Raleigh 90

Paul Chanthaphone, Greensboro 92

Landon Wilkes, Apex 92

Mark Wamsher, Hope Mills 93

Johnny Sears, Fayetteville 97

Will Staten, Fayetteville 97

D FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Greg Dauscher, Zebulon 99

Kurt Bryant, Fayetteville 102

Carlos Simpson, Siler City 104

Elvis Sheahan, Raleigh 104

Greg Green, Apex 104

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GOLFWEEK CURRENT NEWS

TO All NEW & RETURNING GOLFWEEK AMATEURS MEMBERS: A 2013 APPLICATION IS REQUIRED.

ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET TO THE GOLFWEEK NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Where Will You Be In The

Year-End Point Standings Race?

Here Are the 2013 Point Standings Winners

Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour

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 guarenteed 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? Don't be left out.

During the 2013 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour Point Standings

Triad Tour Point Standings

* Points from this week's tournament may not have posted.

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2013 GolfWeek Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tours

Question from week #192

Mike's chip from off the green has come to rest against the flagstick which was not quite centered in the hole.

Concerning this situation, which of the following statements are TRUE?

a.If Mike takes action to have the flagstick straightened or removed, if his ball moves he continues play of the hole with where it comes to rest, either in the cup (holed with his last stroke) or where it came to rest on the green if it rolled away from the hole.

b. Mike's opponent in a match, without first checking with Mike, removes the flagstick and the ball rolls away from the hole. Mike should place his ball on the lip of the hole and putt out.

c. Mike's opponent in a match, may lift Mike's ball, conceding Mike's next stroke.

d. Before anyone can remove the flagstick, another ball in motion strikes Mike's ball and it falls into the hole. Mike has holed out with his last stroke.

Answer

Rule 17-4 affords the player whose ball is at rest against a flagstick a specific right that over-rides several other Rules.

It specifically limits who can remove the flagstick to the player or someone he authorizes. If anyone other than the player or someone authorized by him moves the ball or removes the flagstick, the ball and/or flagstick must be replaced.

In stroke play there is no penalty.

In match play, if the opponent or the opponent”s caddie moved or removed the flagstick without permission, the opponent incurs a one stroke penalty under R18-3b.

a. Is False. If Mike's ball fall into the hole when the flagstick is straightened or removed, it is holed with his last stroke. But if it moves away from the hole it is not played where it comes to rest, but is to be placed on the lip of the hole.

b. Is False. Because of Mike's rights under this Rule, in a match, if Mike's opponent removes the flagstick and Mike's ball moves, the opponent is penalized one stroke under R18-3b for moving his opponents ball and the ball and flagstick are to be replaced. Mike may then remove the flagstick as prescribed in Rule 17-4. Even if Mike's ball fell into the hole when his opponent removed the flagstick, because it was unauthorized, the opponent would still be penalized and Mike would still have to replace the flagstick and ball and proceed under R17-4. (another beer bet nugget).

c. Is False. Again, Mike has rights that his opponent may not usurp by conceding a stroke before Mike has the opportunity to remove the flagstick himself. The opponent would again be penalized one stroke under R18-3b and the ball would be replaced.

d. Is False. Mike's ball would have to be replaced and Mike would then proceed under R17-4.

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.

GolfWeek Amateur Tour Full Leaderboard

Devils Ridge

March 23, 2013

Tees by Flight:

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* Major Tournaments reward double points to all players and flight winners earn automatic berth to National Championship

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