2014 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Tournament at Bentwinds CC

Saturday, March 22, 2014

e-newsletter

March 16, 2014

• March 22 - Bentwinds Country Club
• March 29 - The Challenge GC
• 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: Ball on Wooden Steps - Relief?
• 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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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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• 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!).

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FAYETTEVILLE'S HARDEE TAKES GOLFWEEK TOUR EVENT

Holly Springs, NC

March 15, 2014

Larry Hardee of Fayetteville fired a 2-under par 70 and cruised to victory in the Championship Flight of the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour event held at Devils Ridge Country Club. Hardee's score was 8 shots clear of runner-up Coray Mitchell of Greensboro.

Devils Ridge Flight Winners (left to Right)

Championship Flight - Larry Hardee; A Flight - Ryan Hair

Hardee posted 5 birdies and narrowly missed a couple more on the 6,940 yard layout. Hardee was playing in only his second event in this, his rookie season "on-Tour". "Larry's been 'in-the-money' in both of his events so far", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "I think he's got a great chance to win a few more before the season's over".

Another Tour member who was also in mid-season form was Ryan Hair from Hope Mills shooting a 75 for a comfortable win in the A Flight competition. Greensboro's Ken Carlyle was the only other flight member to break 80 with a 79. Hair's 75 was his second best scoring effort in a Tour event.

Devils Ridge Flight Winners (left to Right)

B Flight - Tom Vasseur; C Flight - Rob Bulgarino;

D Flight - Elvis Sheehan

Tour veteran Tom Vasseur, a member at Devil's Ridge used his course knowledge to help him post a winning score of 84 in the B Flight. Vasseur, who suffered a serious leg injury which caused him to miss most of last year was back in top form, edging Winston-Salem's Jason Smith by 1 stroke.

Raleigh's Rob Bulgarino had comfortable 4 shot margin of victory over past Tour National Champion Henry Lech of Fayetteville in the C Flight - 87 to 91.

Last year's D Flight National champ, Elvis Sheahan of Durham fired an even 100 to take top honors in the D Flight. He was 1 shot clear of Denis Meyer from Apex who was making his Golfweek Tour debut.

Next week the Tour stays close to the Holly Springs area with an event Saturday, March 22 at Bentwinds Golf and Country Club in Fuquay-Varina.

Always one of the premier venues of the Golfweek season, there are spots available for that tournament. Any amateur golfer interested in playing in that event can call Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com.

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DEVILS RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6940 yds)

Larry Hardee, Fayetteville 70

Coray Mitchell, Greensboro 78

Matt Pettis, Raleigh 81

Eric Roten, Raleigh 82

Gene Queen, Advance 83

Andrew Seefield, Durham 83

A FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Ryan Hair, Hope Mills 75

Ken Carlyle, Greensboro 79

David Randall, Pinehurst 80

Tom Monaghan, Greensboro 81

Terry Newsome, Winston-Salem 82

B FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Tom Vasseur, Raleigh 84

Jason Smith, Winston-Salem 85

Bob Sheahan, Apex 86

Jimmy Adams, Greenville 86

Matt Pridgen, Raleigh 87

C FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Rob Bulgarino, Raleigh 87

Henry Lech, Fayetteville 91

Johnny Sears, Fayetteville 93

Mike Groom, Raleigh 93

Ralph Harwood, Raleigh 94

D FLIGHT (6480 yds)

Elvis Sheahan, Durham 100

Denis Meyer, Apex 101

Greg Green, New Hill 110

Mike Charles, Piney Point, MD 111

Frank Mitchell, Mebane 113

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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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Question from week #239

Taylor’s ball has come to rest on a part of the course which serves as a foot path with wooden steps connecting the cart parking area with the approach to the green. The area between the widely spaced steps is covered with wood mulch. Pick the best answer.

A. Taylor must play the ball as it lies unless one of the steps interferes with her stroke or stance.

B. Taylor may treat the entire area as an immovable obstruction and may take relief under R24-2b.

C. Taylor may play the ball as it lies, and may remove select pieces of mulch if they are not solidly imbedded as they are deemed loose impediments. Taylor must be careful not to move the ball in the process. (R23-1)

D. Taylor may proceed under either option B or C above.

Answer:

D is the most complete answer.

Both answers B and C are options for how Taylor proceeds.

Answer A is flat out wrong.

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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

Devils Ridge Country Club

March 15, 2014

Tees by Flight:

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2014 Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

New course and Major* Tournaments in Blue.

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

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