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February 16, 2014

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• March 1 - Bermuda Run CC Sign-up
• March 8 - Bryan Park (Players) in 3 Weeks
• 2014 Golfweek Tour Schedule Attached
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race
• 2014 Golfweek Application Needs to be Completed
• Golf Rules Q&A: GUR Drop - Is Re-Drop Required?
• Tour Weather Guidelines -Reminder

As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

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"Improve your golf mental toughness 10-fold"

Every golfer has heard the saying "It's all in your head" or "Golf is 90% mental" or "Golf is the most mentally demanding sport in the world." Yet what do golfers do about it? Well, most often absolutley nothing! Not necessarily because they don't want to, but sometimes golfers actually think the mental game doesn't matter to them!

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EVERY golfer can benefit from increasing their mental toughness and harnessing the full power of thier mind!

Many golfers naively get stuck into thinking that the mental game only matters for elite players or pros who make a living golfing. Nonsense! EVERY golfer needs to use their mind properly.

• It is your mind that determines how well you learn when taking lessons. (and this training course is packed with accelerated learning techniques that will have you absorbing more from lessons)

• It is your mind that will allow you to set up to the ball correctly and commit to your swing (or not!).

• It is your mind that will either stay focused under pressure and get you to make a smooth, fluid stroke when you need to drain an 8 footer for the win, or have you choking like a dog and collapsing like a house of cards when the heat is on!

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"When you have a chance to shoot the lowest score of your life you won't choke - You Will Go Low!"

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GOLFWEEK CURRENT NEWS

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Where Will You Be In The

2014 Year-End Point Standings Race?

Here Are the 2014 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 guaranteed 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 2014.

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.

Check here often to see where you stand* during the 2014 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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2014 GolfWeek Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tours

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Questions from week #238

I have taken relief from an area of GUR that lies between the putting green and a bunker. I have made sure my nearest point of relief is no closer to the hole, is is not on the putting green, nor in the bunker. I then drop the ball within one club-length of that point. The spot upon which my ball first strikes a point of the course is neither on the putting green nor a part of the bunker and is no closer to the hole than is my nearest point of relief.

This is my first drop of the ball.

Under which circumstances would I be required to *re-drop? *See R20-2c.

Select all that apply:

A. My ball rolls onto and comes to rest on the putting green. It did not roll more than two club lengths and did not roll closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief.

B. My ball only moved about two feet when dropped and stayed in the fringe. It did roll a little closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief, but not closer than the original spot of my ball in the GUR.

C. My ball rolls and comes to rest on the edge of the bunker, half on grass, half on sand. It did not roll more than two club-lengths and did not roll closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief.

D. My ball hardly moved when dropped and stayed in the fringe. It did not roll more than two club lengths and did not roll closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief. However, the GUR now intervenes with my intended line of play as I want to use a putting stroke with my #4 rescue.

Answers:

A. Re-drop. As you are not permitted to drop on the putting green, then also if your ball comes to rest on the putting green you must re-drop. (R20-2c(iii)).

B. Re-drop. Once you determine the NPoR, for the rest of the process, that spot becomes your reference point for “no nearer to the hole” requirements. (R20-2c(vii-b)

C. Re-drop. The definition of bunker informs us that a ball touching the sand in the bunker is deemed “in” the bunker, thus R20-2c(i).

D. Played as it lies. When off the putting green, on interference with stance, stroke or swing would constitute interference. The player has proceeded correctly and must play the ball as it lies as R20-2c(v) would not apply.

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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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2014 Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

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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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