2013 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

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May 19, 2013

• Bermuda Run Sign-up - June 1, 2013
• Mill Creek - Winners and Full Leaderboard
• Take These Next 2 Weeks to Improve Your Golf Swing and Your Golf Mental Toughness - See Special Offers in This e-Newsletter
• Where Are You InThe 2013 Point Standings Race?
• Golf Rules Q&A - A Ball Unfit for Play - What Would You Do?
• Tour Weather Guidelines - Review and Reminder

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TIGHT RACES HIGHLIGHT GOLFWEEK MAJOR EVENT

Mebane, NC

May 18, 2013

The second "Major" event of the 2013 season on the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour was held at Mill Creek Golf Club.

The total margin of victory for all five flights combined was a mere 6 strokes. Two flights ended in ties, requiring a sudden-death playoff, while in the other three flights the difference between 1st and 2nd place was 1, 2, and 3 shots respectively.

The playoffs occurred in the Championship and C Flights, and both went only one hole before a winner was determined.

Flight Winners (l to R): Championship Flight - Chris Collins;

A Flight - Coray Mitchell; B Flight - Paul Chanthaphone;

C Flight- Doug Harvey; D Flight - Greg Dauscher

In Championship play Chris Collins from Fayetteville was able to edge Zach Arms of Winston-Salem after both had posted regulation 75s from the 6,951 yard back tees.

In the C Flight, experience was the most important factor as all three playoff participants - Knightdale's Doug Harvey, Bill Wilkinson of Rolesville, and Sims' James Eatmon - are all regular players on the sister Senior Amateur Golf Tour. After all three posted regulation 84s, it was Harvey who emerged victorious in the extra stanza with a par on the first hole.

Paul Chanthaphone of Greensboro was playing in the C Flight as recently as two events ago, but he was promoted to the B Flight as his Tour handicap index fell into the higher flight's range. He showed that the move was a wise one with a 78 and a 1 stroke margin of victory over a trio of players in his new flight - Marcus Dudley of Raeford, Winston-Salem's Jason Smith, and Pinehurst's Tom Kubla.

The lowest score of the entire event belonged to Greensboro's Coray Mitchell in the A Flight, who fired a 1-under 71 from the 6,387 yard Blue tees. Mitchell enjoyed the largest margin of victory of the day, topping Fielddale, VA's Clint Hall by 3 strokes. Mitchell will have to get used to playing from the longer Championship Flight tees in future events, as he volunteered to make the upward move. "Coray's a multiple winner 'on-Tour' and a stand-up guy", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "I'm glad he made this decision, because I think he'll be extremely competitive playing with the 'big-boys'".

Greg Dauscher made it three wins in-a-row in the D Flight, edging Raven, VA's Greg Dotson by 2 strokes - 94 to 96. "All you had to do to be "in the money" in the D Flight today was break 100", quipped Director Hallenbeck.

The Golfweek Tour will be taking this coming week off for the Memorial Day holiday, and will resume play on June 1 at Bermuda Run West Country Club. Openings are available for that event.

THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

MILL CREEK GOLF CLUB "MAJOR" EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6951 yds)

Chris Collins, Fayetteville 75

Zach Arms, Winston-Salem 75

Jared Jewett, Greensboro 76

Chip Collins, Hope Mills 76

Anthony Mann, Raleigh 77

A FLIGHT (6387 yds)

Coray Mitchell, Greensboro 71

Clint Hall, Fielddale, VA 74

Ken Carlyle, Greensboro 75

Eddie Warren, Kernersville 76

Ryan Hair, Hope Mills 77

Grant Powell, Colfax 77

B FLIGHT (6387 yds)

Paul Chanthaphone, Greensboro 78

Marcus Dudley, Raeford 79

Jason Smith, Winston-Salem 79

Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 79

Jack Frazier, Clemmons 81

C FLIGHT (6387 yds)

Doug Harvey, Knightdale 84

Bill Wilkinson, Rolesville 84

James Eatmon, Sims 85

Darien Upchurch, Wake Forest 87

Johnny Sears, Fayetteville 88

D FLIGHT (6387 yds)

Greg Dauscher, Zebulon 94

Greg Dotson, Raven, VA 96

Mike Charles, Piney Point, MD 98

Ed Polanec, Broadway 100

Greg Green, Apex 106

Keith Thomas, Greensboro 106

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GOLFWEEK CURRENT NEWS

TO All NEW & RETURNING GOLFWEEK AMATEURS MEMBERS: A 2013 APPLICATION IS REQUIRED.

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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:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour Point Standings

Triad Tour Point Standings

* Points from this week's tournament may not have posted.

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2013 GolfWeek Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tours

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Question from week #200

Jerry’s ball hit rocks inside a water hazard and bounced back into play. He thinks to himself that his ball may be damaged because of its contact with the rock. He marks and lifts the ball to inspect it. He finds no other damage other than brown scuff mark on the ball where it impacted the rock. Choose the correct statement:

A. If Jerry correctly concludes this ball is not unfit for play and replaces it, there is no penalty.

B. If Jerry replaces the ball he incurs a penalty of one stroke.

C. If Jerry cleaned his ball beyond what is necessary to inspect it for damage before replacing, he would be penalized a total of two strokes.

D. If Jerry incorrectly substitutes another ball by placing it on the original spot, he is immediately penalized a total of two strokes or in a match, would lose the hole, but there is no additional penalty under R5-3.

Answer:

B is the correct answer.

Jerry might think his ball is damaged, but he must inform somebody of that thought and what he intends to do in case they want to watch his inspection and perhaps view the ball as well.

[A] is incorrect because the procedure for inspecting a ball for damage (R5-3) is identical to the one for lifting a ball for identification (R12-2). The player must:

1. Announce to his opponent, fellow competitor or marker his intention to lift the ball.

2. Give that person the opportunity to observe the lifting/inspection/replacement.

3. Mark the ball before lifting.

4. The ball must not be cleaned beyond what is necessary to inspect.

5. Replace

Failure to comply with any of 1 thru 4 results in a 1 stroke penalty. Jerry didn’t comply with 1 or 2.

[C] is incorrect because any breach of the procedure is a 1-stroke penalty and other breaches are not accumulative.

[D] is incorrect because the penalty for an improper substitution only applies if the player makes a stroke at the ball. If Jerry realized his mistake before the stroke, he could correct his error under R20-6.

Something to consider:

When lifting a ball because the player is unsure of its identification, meaning it might be his, this procedure should be used even if the ball the player lifts turns out to be a stray ball. When there is doubt as to the identification of your ball—for any ball you lift—you should adhere to the requirements for proper lifting/inspecting/identification.

The reason I emphasize this is because if the ball is your ball in play and you neglected to follow the procedure, you will be penalized one stroke. While you would not be penalized for improper procedure if the ball is deemed a stray ball, why take that chance?

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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

Mill Creek

May 18, 2013

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2013 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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