2014 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Tournament at Foxfire Resort & Golf

Saturday, May 31, 2014

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May 18, 2014

• May 24 - Bye Week
• May 31 - Foxfire Resort (Red Course)
• June 7 - Bryan Park (Champion Course)
• Little River Review & Full Leaderboard
• Golf Rules Q&A: Recreating a Shot Your Options?
• Please add the following email to your address book: sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net
• 2014 Golfweek Tour Schedule Attached
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race
• Tour Weather Guidelines -Reminder

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Tournament at Foxfire Resort

Event Info:

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Foxfire Resort and Golf Website

Fee: $70.00

Time: 9:00 AM Shotgun

Physical Address:

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2 TOUR NEWCOMERS WIN GOLFWEEK MAJOR EVENT AT LITTLE RIVER GOLF & RESORT

Carthage, NC

May 17, 2014

Shannon's Stephen Pippin has been competing on the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour for about a month.

Playing in his 1st "Major Championship" on-Tour today, his victory assured him of a spot in the 2014 National Championship to be held in Hilton Head in October. That event draws over 800 of the top competitors from the 40 plus Golfweek Tours across the nation.

His 74 gave him a comfortable 5 stroke edge over his two nearest competitors, Patrick Riley of Apex and Fayetteville's Larry Hardee. After firing a 35 on the front side, Pippin missed some putts on the back that cost him an even lower score. "I just left a few short", stated Pippin.

Little River Winners (L to R):

Championship Flight - Stephen Pippin; B Flight - Tom Kubla;

While Pippin dominated the Champ Flight, another Tour rookie enjoyed success in the C Flight competition.

Raleigh's Timon Farley, making his Tour debut, shot an 86 for a 2 stroke flight win. Kurt Bryant of Hope Mills and Fayetteville's Johnny Sears were the runners-up.

Farley also earned an invitation to the Hilton Head event with the victory. "It's good to see 'new-blood' do well early in their Tour careers", said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "Keeps 'em coming out".

The three remaining flights were dominated by Tour veterans. Robin Neverve of Laurinburg shot a 75 - 2 shots clear of Raleigh's Spurling Cook for an impressive A Flight win.

Pinehurst's Tom Kubla edged 3 opponents in the B Flight by a single shot with an 81. Greenville's Jimmy Adams, Joe Rollison of Christianburg, VA, and Richard McMinis of Raleigh all needed just one more putt to drop to tie Kubla.

Little River Winner: D Flight - Greg Dotson; (Not Shown: C Flight - Timon Farley; A Flight - Robin Neverve)

In the D Flight it was Richland Virginia's Greg Dotson's turn to shine as he comfortably took the flight with a 90 that was 6 shots clear of last year's D Flight National Champion, Elvis Sheahan of Durham.

The Tour will be taking next Saturday off for the Memorial Day Weekend and will resume play on May 31 at Foxfire Resort. There are a number of spots available for that event.

THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

LITTLE RIVER GOLF & RESORT MAJOR EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6830 yds)

Stephen Pippin, Shannon 74

Patrick Riley, Apex 79

Larry Hardee, Fayetteville 79

Gene Queen, Winston-Salem 81

Lonail Locklear, Pembroke 82

A FLIGHT (6430 yds)

Robin Neverve, Laurinburg 75

Spurling Cook, Raleigh 77

Mark Cobb, Hope Mills 78

Foster Price, Raleigh 79

Cuong Ton, Greensboro 79

Daren Green, Durham 79

Matt Daugherty, Jackson Springs 79

B FLIGHT (6430 yds)

Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 81

Johnny Adams, Greenville 82

Joe Rollison, Christianburg, Va 82

Richard McMinis, Raleigh 82

Lanzo Wallace, Fayetteville 83

C FLIGHT (6430 yds)

Timon Farley, Raleigh 86

Kurt Bryant, Hope Mills 88

Johnny Sears, Fayetteville 88

Andy Bousman, Kernersville 90

Shirral Davis, Raleigh 93

D FLIGHT (6430 yds)

Greg Dotson, Richland, Va 90

Elvis Sheahan, Durham 96

Mike Charles, Piney Point, Md 98

Bernard Broadnax, Fayetteville 99

Chase Groom, Raleigh 102

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GOLFWEEK CURRENT NEWS

TO All NEW & RETURNING GOLFWEEK AMATEURS MEMBERS: A 2014 APPLICATION IS REQUIRED.

ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET TO THE GOLFWEEK NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

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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Question from week #250

Gary and Hank are opponents in a match. Gary mistakenly plays Hank’s ball which lies in the first cut of rough, taking a sizable divot in the process. Choose from the options below:

1. Hank may substitute a ball, placing it within one club-length of the original spot, no closer to the hole. If the fairway is within one club-length, there is no restriction for choosing that location.

2. Hank may either retrieve the original ball or substitute a ball. He must place the ball on the original spot even though that spot has been altered.

3. Hank must place a ball on the nearest spot that is most similar to the original lie that is within one club-length of the original spot and no closer to the hole.

4. Who cares? Gary lost the hole when he played a wrong ball.

Answer

This is match play, so 4 is the correct answer. (R15-3a)

How about if it were stroke play? Then answer 3 would be correct, and Gary would be penalized two strokes. (R15-3b, R20-3) If for some reason the exact spot of the ball is in doubt, then instead of placing, the spot of the ball would have to be estimated, and Hank would have to drop ball on that spot, no nearer the hole. (R20-3c)

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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

Little River Golf & Resort

May 17, 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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