2013 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

e-newsletter Summary

June 1, 2013

• Little River GC Sign-up - June 8, 2013
• Bermuda Run - Winners and Full Leaderboard
• "Apology"
• Improve Your Golf Mental Toughness - See Special Offers in This e-Newsletter
• Where Are You InThe 2013 Point Standings Race?
• Golf Rules Q&A - Lost Ball - What Would You Do?
• Tour Weather Guidelines - Review and Reminder

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CAREER LOW ROUND SCORES GOLFWEEK TOUR WIN

Bermuda Run, NC

June 1, 2013

Greensboro's Cuong Ton has been a member of the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour for the past 6 years. During that time he has played in as many events as any other Tour member. Almost every Saturday finds him on the course playing against the other A Flight competitors "on Tour".

He produced his best Tour score ever at Bermuda Run West Country Club, posting a 71 to take home the Tour trophy that comes with a victory. He did a little more than hold his own.

"When Cuong started with us, he was a B Flight member", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "After we moved him up to the A Flight a few years back he never complained. Just went out and played as hard as he could. It's great to see him post a number like he did today".

Ton edged another player who also posted his best Tour result ever in this, his rookie season. Lewisville's Bruce Gee was 2 strokes back of Ton with a 73.

No stranger to winning "on-Tour", Advance's Gene Queen garnered his second Tour win at this venue with a 72 in the Championship Flight. (It should be noted that the Championship Flight played from tees that were about 400 yards longer than those of the other flights). "Gene just keeps rolling along", said Hallenbeck. "He's a factor in virtually every event in which he plays".

Queen's margin of victory was also 2 shots. Greensboro's Jared Jewett posted the 74.

While 7 players were within 2 strokes of the lead in the B Flight, not one of them managed to break 80. Greensboro's Scotty Lewis hit that number "on-the-nose" for the win, edging Boone's Robbie Brinkley and Hillsborough's Jim McLean by a single stroke.

While competition was tight in the Champ, A, and B Flights, it was more of a runaway in both the C and D Flights as the winners of both groups produced 8 shot wins over their closest pursuers.

Howard Williams of High Point had an 84 in the C Flight to beat both Landon Wilkes of Apex and Summerfield's Craig Johnson by that 8 stroke margin.

Greensboro's Keith Thomas enjoyed that same cushion in the D Flight over Greg Green of Apex, being the only flight member to break 100 with his 96.

The next stop for the Golfweek Tour will be at Little River Resort in Carthage on June 8. There are a number of spots available for any amateur golfer to play in that event. If interested, call Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com.

THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

BERMUDA RUN WEST COUNTRY CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6625 yds)

Gene Queen, Advance 72

Jared Jewett, Greensboro 74

Scott Campbell, Greensboro 77

Neal Faulkner, Gibsonville 78

Sean Pardue, Greensboro 83

A FLIGHT (6240 yds)

Cuong Ton, Greensboro 71

Bruce Gee, Lewisville 73

Mark Dill, Pelham 75

Terry Newsone, Winston-Salem 75

Grant Powell, Colfax 76

B FLIGHT (6240 yds)

Scotty Lewis, Greensboro 80

Robbie Brinkley, Boone 81

Jim McLean, Hillsborough 81

David Gover, Raleigh 82

Todd Montgomery, Greensboro 82

Brett Simon, Kernersville 82

Steve Marinelli, Cary 82

Burt Flowers, Lewisville 82

C FLIGHT (6240 yds)

Howard Williams, High Point 84

Landon Wilkes, Apex 92

Craig Johnson, Summerfield 92

George Tyree, Columbus, OH 94

Andy Bousman, Kernersville 99

D FLIGHT (6240 yds)

Keith Thomas, Greensboro 96

Greg Green, Apex 104

Richard LeJeune, Oak Ridge 105

Jerry Jordan, Winston-Salem 106

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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

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

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Question from week #201

Brad is playing in a stroke play event and on the 6th hole hits his tee ball towards an area filled with native grass mounds. After exhausting his five minute search period, and not finding his ball, Brad returns to the tee, where the trailing group is waiting.

He apologizes for the delay and quickly tees another ball. In his haste to catch up, Brad nearly whiffs the ball and only manages to move it a couple of feet towards the hole. Now both humiliated and anxious to get out of the way, Brad retrieves the ball, re-tees it and manages to hit a nice drive down the middle.

Brad takes three more strokes to complete play of the hole.

What score must Brad record for the 6th hole?

A. 6

B. 7

C. 8

D. 9

Answer

C.

Brad scored 8 on the hole. Brad lost his first ball off the tee and thus was hitting three from the tee when he returned to the teeing ground. His near whiff (third stroke) left the ball only a short distance away. Rather than play that ball as it lay, Brad chose to re-tee a third time. That means he again played under stroke and distance, thus was hitting five from the tee. Adding three more strokes he took to hole out, his total is 8.

You may be wondering why there is no additional penalty under R18-2a, (Ball at Rest Moved by Player). When Brad returned to the tee to hit his third stroke and barely moved the ball, it is true this ball was in play.

Had somebody in the group behind, who were standing around the tee, informed Brad when he lifted that ball that he should replace it; and, had he done so, he would have incurred a 1-stroke penalty. But that didn’t happen. Instead Brad returned to the teeing ground and re-teed, and the only Rule that could apply to this situation is R27-1, Stroke and Distance.

Whenever a player chooses to play under stroke and distance, he can substitute a ball or use his original ball. There is no penalty for lifting the original ball when proceeding under stroke and distance.

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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.

GolfWeek Amateur Tour Full Leaderboard

Bermuda Run

June 1, 2013

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2013 Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

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