2013 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

e-newsletter Summary

May 13, 2013

• 2nd Major at Mill Creek - May 18, 2013
• Meadowlands - Winners and Full Leaderboard
• Want to Win or Win More - Improve Your Golf Swing and Your Golf Mental Toughness - See Special Offers in This e-Newsletter
• Where Are You InThe 2013 Point Standings Race?
• Golf Rules Q&A - When to Declare an Extra Club- What Would You Do?
• Tour Weather Guidelines - Review and Reminde

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WALLACE CAPTURES 1ST WIN ON GOLFWEEK TOUR

Winston-Salem, NC

May 11, 2013

In a tightly contested Championship Flight race, where only 2 strokes separated the top 5 players, Rockingham's Todd Wallace emerged the winner by a single stroke over Fayetteville's Chris Collins - 73 to 74.

For Wallace, who had finished "in-the-money" earlier this season, it was his first Tour win.

Meadowlands Winners (L to R); Championship - Todd Wallace;

A Flight - Terry Newsome; B Flight - Steve Marinelli

C Flight - Chris Moore; D Flight - Greg Dauscher

"We had a strong Championship Flight field today", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "This was a good time for Todd to break through".

The winning scores in the A and B Flights opened a few eyes, as both flight winners posted career low rounds to grab the top spot in their respective groups.

While playing from shorter tees than the Championship Flight, Winston-Salem's Terry Newsome actually bettered Wallace's winning Championship Flight score by a stroke with an even-par 72. He was 2 shots clear of Greensboro's Brad Elliott and Kernersville's Eddie Warren.

Steve Marinelli of Cary won the B Flight, posting 5 birdies en route to a 76 and his 2nd win of the 2013 season. Pinehurst's Tom Kubla was the only other flight member to crack 80 with a 79.

Chris Moore traveled all the way from Philadelphia to play in this event and he made his trip worthwhile, shooting an 88 for the win, besting Apex' Landon Wilkes (93) and Kernersville's Andy Bousman (94).

Winning has become somewhat of a habit for the D Flight's Greg Dauscher who shot a 90 and enjoyed a 3-stroke edge over visiting player Terry Slager. Greensboro's Byron Talton was next with a 94.

The Golfweek Tour will be heading to Mill Creek Golf Club next Saturday for the season's 2nd Major Championship. There are still openings available for that event. Any amateur golfer interested in competing at Mill Creek can contact Hallenbeck at (336) 495-6556 or by email at behgolf@aol.com.

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TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6801 yds)

Todd Wallace, Rockingham 73

Chris Collins, Fayetteville 74

Sean Pardue, Greensboro 75

Kyle Gee, Lewisville 75

Chip Collins, Hope Mills 75

A FLIGHT (6417 yds)

Terry Newsome, Winston-Salem 72

Brad Elliott, Greensboro 74

Eddie Warren, Kernersville 74

Anthony Powell, Colfax 76

Robin Gomez, Greensboro 76

B FLIGHT (6417 yds)

Steve Marinelli, Cary 76

Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 79

Jason Smith, Winston-Salem 80

Scotty Lewis, Greensboro 80

Burt Flowers, Lewisville 80

C FLIGHT (6417)

Chris Moore, Philadelphia, PA 88

Landon Wilkes, Apex 93

Andy Bousman, Kernersville 94

D FLIGHT (6417 yds)

Greg Dauscher, Zebulon 90

Terry Slager, Winston-Salem 93

Byron Talton, Greensboro 94

Jerry Jordan, Winston-Salem 108

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GOLFWEEK CURRENT NEWS

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Where Will You Be In The

2013 Year-End Point Standings Race?

Here Are the 2013 Point Standings By Tour

Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour

Triad Tour Point Standings

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.

To see where you stand* during the 2013 Tour, click your Tour city below:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour Point Standings

Triad Tour Point Standings

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

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Question from week #198

Decide for each of the following situations if the player would be penalized for a breach of the Rules:

1. Alvin showed up on the at the first hole of a match with fifteen clubs in his bag. Before either side teed off, Alvin declared one club out of play for the match and turned the club upside-down in his bag. He then teed off in his match.

2. During a stroke play event, Bob went to his car and changed out his 58 degree sand wedge for a 64 degree wedge at the completion of his first nine holes. His actions did not delay play. After changing wedges his total number of clubs remained at 14.

3. Charlie owns a weighted training club. It is designed to hit balls for both both warm up and strengthening of muscles and is a normal appearing club. This club is kept in the bag with his other 14 clubs for every round Charlie plays.

4. Dean has a warm up, club-like device with a weighted ball on the end rather than a club-head. During an extensive on-course backup at the tee of a par three in the final round of the club’s stroke play championship, to stay loose, Dean pulled out the device and made several practice swings with it. Dean keeps the device in its own holder on his private cart, not in his bag.

Answers

1. Alvin is penalized with a loss-of-hole penalty for the first hole of the match. A player must not start a stipulated round with more than 14 clubs. There is no way to avoid this penalty if the number of clubs in your possession exceeds 14. To avoid further penalties and possible disqualification, Alvin should declare excess clubs out of play. R4-4a.

2. Bob would be penalized two strokes with his first stoke on the 10th hole. To avoid further penalties, he needs to declare the excess club, the 64 degree wedge, out of play. He may not declare a different club, say his 3-iron, out of play to satisfy the requirement.

He started the round with 14 clubs and the Rule states that he is limited to the clubs thus selected for the (stipulated) round. You may add clubs at any time if you started the round with fewer than 14. Thus if Bob had only 13 to start, exchanging his 58 for a 64 degree wedge would now bring his total selected for play up to 14 even though he left the 58 degree in his trunk. R4-4a.

3. Any training club that satisfies the definition of “a club” (see Appendix II) even if it would be rendered non-conforming because of something like a formed reminder grip, is considered a club for the purposes of applying the limitations from R4-4. Thus Charlie is in breach of R4-4 every time he tees off on the 1st hole.

4. A long stick or one of the swing aids with the orange ball at the end does not satisfy the definition of a club. So Dean is not in breach of R4-4. However, Rule 14-3 prohibits the use of any artificial devices that might assist him in making a stroke during a stipulated round. So when he pulled the device and used it to stay loose during the round he was in breach of this Rule, the penalty for which is disqualification (ouch!). In 2010, at the Safeway Classic, Julie Inkster was DQed for slipping a warm-up donut on her 9-iron and making several practice swings. The use of that little weighted donut during her stipulated round breached R14-3.

She could use it on the first tee prior to her first stroke; or, if there is a suspension of play, she may use it prior to resumption of play, but not ever during the round. It’s a fine line between what may be used and what may not during the round. For example: it is not a breach of the rules to carry alignment rods in the bag, but they may not be used during the stipulated round. However, during the round, the player may instead use another club to check alignment provided the club is removed prior to making a stroke (D8-2a/1).

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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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