2013 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Hyland Golf Club

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September 8, 2013

• Hyland Golf Club September 14, 2013
• Salem Glen - Winners and Full Leaderboard
• Where Are You InThe 2013 Point Standings Race?
• Golf Rules Q&A: Taking Relief?
• Tour Weather Guidelines - Review and Reminder

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NICHOLS WINS GOLFWEEK TOUR DEBUT AT 2-UNDER

Clemmons, NC

September 7, 2013

Josh Nichols of Winston-Salem was impressive in his Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour debut at Salem Glen Golf and Country Club, firing a 2-under par 69 to take first place in the Championship Flight. Hope Mills' Chip Collins made strong run on the back nine with a 34, but it still left him 3 shots short.

Utilizing his 3-wood off the tee most of the day, Nichols kept the ball in play, registering 4 birdies during his round. "Josh joined us late this year", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "We hope to see him out early next season to play a full slate of events".

Another Winston-Salem member, Terry Newsome, took the top spot in the A Flight with a 75. Although he lives in the area, Newsome stated "I just haven't played this course that often". Greensboro's Brad Elliott was runner-up, 2 strokes back.

Myrtle Beach's James Steed also enjoyed a 2-shot margin of victory in the B Flight over yet another Winston-Salem player - Nick Slager.

Landon Wilkes of Apex outlasted Summerfield's Craig Johnson in the C Flight, 92 to 96, while Byron Talton of Greensboro had a comfortable D Flight margin of victory with a 93 and a 8 shot edge over Dave Flanagan of Clemmons.

The next Golfweek Tour stop is Hyland Resort in Southern Pines on September 14. Openings are available for that tournament.

THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

SALEM GLEN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6712 yds)

Josh Nichols, Winston-Salem 69

Chip Collins, Hope Mills 73

Mike Meadows, Clemmons 77

Neal Faulkner, Gibsonville 78

Coray Mitchell, Greensboro 79

Chris Collins, Fayetteville 79

A FLIGHT (6275 yds)

Terry Newsome, Winston-Salem 74

Brad Elliott, Greensboro 77

Nelson Powell, Durham 78

Ken Carlyle, Greensboro 81

Tim Ward, Greensboro 82

Jay Yergeau, Godwin 82

Bruce Gee, Lewisville 82

Cuong Ton, Greensboro 82

B FLIGHT (6275 yds)

James Steed, Myrtle Beach 79

Nick Slager, Winston-Salem 81

Tom Vasseur, Raleigh 83

Burt Flowers, Lewisville 83

Todd Montgomery, Greensboro 85

C FLIGHT (6275 yds)

Landon Wilkes, Apex 92

Craig Johnson, Summerfield 96

Greg Dauscher, Zebulon 99

Andy Bousman, Kernersville 109

D FLIGHT (6275 yds)

Bryon Talton, Greensboro 93

David Flanagan, Clemmons 101

Mike Charles, Piney Point, MD 102

Jimmy Walton, Sanford 108

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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:

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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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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

Salem Glen

September 7, 2013

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2013 Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

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