3-MAN PLAYOFF DECIDES FLIGHT IN

GOLFWEEK AMATEUR TOUR EVENT

Photo by Rob Andrews - GolfWeek Amateur Winners at Bryan Park (L to R)

Champion - Dan Holland, A Flight - Brian Carson, B Flight - Robin Gomez, C Flight - Steven Bell, D Flight - Issac Kinnard

All you had to do to get into a 1st place playoff in the C Flight of the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour event held at Bryan Park on the Championship course was shoot a 90 in regulation. That's exactly what 3 Tour members did today. Steven Bell and Shirral Davis, both from Raleigh, and Reidsville's Jay Zimmerman put their clubs back on a cart and headed out to Hole #10 to start the sudden death affair.

Zimmerman snapped his tee shot and effectively knocked himself out of contention as both Bell and Davis went on to par the hole. Bell then "out-steadied" Davis, producing another par on the 501 yard, par 5 11th to secure the win. For Bell, a Tour veteran who is no stranger to winning "on-Tour", it was his 1st victory of the 2012 campaign.

Danville's Brian Carson, who was making his Tour debut in the A Flight, also had to go beyond 18 holes to take top Flight honors. Both Carson and Kernersville's Billy Lankford posted regulation 77s, necessitating a tie breaker. Carson ended the drama quickly with a par on the 1st extra hole. Greensboro's Cuong Ton was 1 shot back in 3rd.

Robin Gomez has been dominant in the B Flight so far this year. Today was no different as he secured 1st place with an 81. Gomez was 2 strokes clear of Kernersville's Michael Hawkins who was playing his first event in the B Flight after receiving a "battlefield promotion" from C Flight play. "Mike owned the C Flight from the beginning of this season and obviously, based on his showing today, is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the B Flight as well", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.

The Championship Flight had a much tougher assignment today than the other 4 flights as they played from the Blue (back) Tees, which were about 400 yards longer than that played by the rest of the field. Despite that, Dan Holland of High Point still posted the best score of the day with a 76, edging both last week's winner at Salem Glen, Scott Blackstone of Fayetteville and Kernersville's Park Williams by a single stroke.

The D Flight saw another Tour rookie break through for his 1st Tour win as Issac Kinnard beat fellow Fayetteville resident George Greer by 3 strokes - 93 to 96. Siler City's Carlos Simpson took 3rd place with a 99. "Just break 100 and you're 'in the money' in the D Flight", quipped Hallenbeck.

Next stop for the Tour will be Forest Oaks Country Club next Saturday, March 10th. There are spots available for that event. Any amateur golfer interested in playing "on-Tour" can contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556.

THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

TOP FIVE SCORES (AND TIES) BY FLIGHT

BRYAN PARK CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE EVENT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6812 yds)

Dan Holland, High Point 76

Scott Blackstone, Fayetteville 77

Park Williams, Kernersville 77

Chris Logan, Winston-Salem 78

Garrett Smith, Hillsborough 78

A FLIGHT (6439 yds)

Brian Carson, Danville, VA 77

Billy Lankford, Kernersville 77

Cuong Ton, Greensboro 78

Coray Mitchell, Greensboro 80

Mark Dill, Pelham 81

B FLIGHT (6439 yds)

Robin Gomez, Greensboro 81

Michael Hawkins, Kernersville 83

Jack Frazier, Clemmons 84

Terry Evans, Apex 84

Daren Green, Durham 84

C FLIGHT (6439 yds)

Steven Bell, Raleigh 90

Shirral Davis, Raleigh 90

Jay Zimmerman, Reidsville 90

Jesse Ingle, Gibsonville 91

Rob Bulgarino, Raleigh 92

Darrell Smith, Julian 92

D FLIGHT (6439 yds)

Issac Kinnard, Fayetteville 93

George Greer, Fayetteville 96

Carlos Simpson, Siler City 99

Jeff Jackson, Randleman 101

John Dorris, Raleigh 104

Travis Evans, Farmville 104

Keith Thomas, Greensboro 104

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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.
 

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