"Where Amateurs Play Like Pros"
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2015 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
CENTRAL CAROLINA
e-newsletter
August 10, 2015
The Neuse Golf Club
Saturday - August 15, 2015
- August 15 - The Neuse
- August 22 - Salem Glen CC
- Sapona Ridge - Tournament Review & Full Leaderboard
- Golf Rules Q&A: Playing a Provisional Ball?
- 2015 Central Carolina Golfweek Tour Schedule
- Tour Weather Guidelines - Reminder
Golfweek Central Carolina Sign-up & Pay Online
TO All NEW & RETURNING PAID 2015 GOLFWEEK AMATEURS MEMBERS: A COMPLETED 2015 GOLFWEEK APPLICATION IS REQUIRED to RECEIVE the MAGAZINE.
Complete the 2015 GolfWeek Application Here
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2015 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2015
THE NEUSE
1:00 PM SHOTGUN
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The Neuse Golf Club
The Neuse Golf Club is a premier Clayton golf club that offers some of the best scenery and challenges with its rock outcroppings, rolling hills and location next to the Neuse River.
Each hole is dramatically different, with surprises at every bunker and dogleg. It makes you feel like you’re on a peaceful mountainside, with views of pines and the winding river.
When you play it this weekend, you’ll see why Golf Digest named The Neuse “The Best New Public Golf Course in North Carolina.” In addition, the course received a 4-1/2 star rating for places to play in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Additionally in 2002, Business Week honored The Neuse with the distinction of being the second-best public-access course to entertain business clients in North Carolina. This is an outstanding award as they finished second to Pinehurst No. 2.
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To register and to sign-up to play, call or email Bruce at 336- 495-6556 or behgolf@aol.com.
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Golfweek Central Carolina Tour Sign-up & Pay Online
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To sign-up, call or email Bruce at 336-495-6556 or behgolf@aol.com
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REMINDER - YOUR NEW TOUR NAME
The Triad and Raleigh/Pinehurst Golfweek Amateur Golf Tours for 2015 has a new Tour name.
As always,to register and to sign-up to play or if you have any questions, please let me know.
Bruce Hallenbeck
GolfWeek Amateur Tour Director,
Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours
336-495-6556 or email at behgolf@aol.com.
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The Neuse GC
2014 Flight Champions
and Top 5 Scores
Who Will Defend Their Flight in 2015?
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THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
THE NEUSE GOLF CLUB
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
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TIGHT RACES ABOUND IN GOLFWEEK EVENT
Lexington, NC
August 8, 2015
Four of the five flights contested in Golfweek's Amateur Golf Tour event held at Sapona Ridge Country Club were won by a single stroke.
Leading the list of narrow winners was Greensboro's Zach Barrier in the Championship Flight with a 74 that nipped Tour veteran Park Williams. As a matter of fact, the top four finishers in the flight were separated by a mere 3 shots. Barrier started with a string of pars on the front nine and then birdied holes 7 and 9 to turn in 34, holding on on the back side for the single shot win.
Sapona Winner: Champion Flight - Zach Barrier
Terry Newsome's win in the A Flight was by one shot over a pair of golfers: Sophia's Matt McSwain and Laurinburg's Robin Neverve. The Winston-Salem resident posted a 75 for the win - his third of the year.
Sapona Ridge Winner: A Flight - Terry Newsome
It was the same old story in both the C and D Flights, with Mocksville's Mark Denton and Greensboro's Barry Whitesell respectively winning by the smallest of margins. Denton's 85 was one better than John Begovich of High Point, while Whitesell outdistanced Durham's Chad Burton, 90 to 91.
Sapona Ridge Winner: C Flight - Mark Denton
Sapona Ridge Winner: D Flight - Barry Whitesell
The only runaway winner on the day was in the B Flight as Raleigh's Mike Mullins enjoyed a 4 stroke cushion over both Greg Walker of Pinehurst and Mebane's Dave Mills. Mullins was the only flight member to break 80 with a 76. "I expect to see Mullins slugging it out with the A Flight boys very soon", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.
Sapona Ridge Winner: B Flight - Mike Mullins
"Sapona Ridge was in great shape. The fairways gave great lies and the greens were fast and true", said Hallenbeck. "This is a venue we love to come to".
Next up for the Golfweek Tour is The Neuse Golf Club in Clayton. Spots are available for that one.
*All Photos by Rob Andrews
THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
SAPONA RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6531 yds)
Zach Barrier, Greensboro 74
Park Williams, Kernersville 75
Brandon Hughes, Kernersville 76
Tod Dauler, Greensboro 77
Robert Davis, Pinehurst 79
A FLIGHT (6218 yds)
Terry Newsome, Winston-Salem 75
Matt McSwain, Sophia 76
Robin Neverve, Laurinburg 76
Rob Andrews, Jamestown 79
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 80
Walter Powell, Raleigh 80
B FLIGHT (6218 yds)
Mike Mullins, Raleigh 76
Greg Walker, Pinehurst 80
Dave Mills, Mebane 80
Duane Fisher, McLeansville 81
Derrick Andrews, Chapel Hill 82
C FLIGHT (6218 yds)
Mark Denton, Mocksville 85
John Begovich, High Point 86
Andy Bousman, Kernersville 87
Jeff Shanberg, Browns Summit 87
Bill Holland, Charlotte 91
D FLIGHT (6218 yds)
Barry Whitesell, Greensboro 90
Chad Burton, Durham 91
Diego Gomez, Greensboro 92
Shane Kilby, Clemmons 94
Vince Thompson, Mebane 94
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GOLFWEEK CURRENT NEWS
TO All NEW & RETURNING GOLFWEEK AMATEUR MEMBERS: A 2015 APPLICATION IS REQUIRED.
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ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET TO THE GOLFWEEK NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Where Will You Be In The
2015 Year-End Point Standings Race?
Here Are the 2015 Point Standings:
Central Carolina 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 2015.
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 2015 Tour,
Central Carolina Tour Point Standings
* Points from this week's tournament may not have posted.
Please add the following email to your address book sandhillsgolf@amateurgolftour.net
Golfweek Central Carolina Tour Sign-up & Pay Online
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Rules Review
It has been suggested that there should be a series of Rules scenarios for you to solve. So begins a series of problems titled What's the Score?
Doc Miller has graciously agreed to allow me to share these with you that he has been sending since July 2009.
I will include one each week. You should try to determine the answer based upon your knowledge of the Rules when ever possible and then use your Rule book to confirm.
There will be no trick questions or hidden information.
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Question from week #316
Tom Kubla is playing in a regional stroke play event. On the 4th hole of the first day, playing the River Course, he hits his drive off line to the right. He feels he should have little trouble finding the ball, thus no provisional. About three minutes into the search period for his ball, Tom realizes it may be lost, so he jumps in his cart and races back to the tee to play a “provisional” ball, while his fellow competitors continue the search. During his journey back to the tee, a ball is found that his fellow competitors feel is Tom’s original ball. His fellow competitors try in vain but fail to get his attention. Not until after he has re-hit from the tee and arrived back in the area does he learn a ball was found. He positively identifies this ball as his. Since it was found by a fellow competitor within the permitted five minute search period, Tom continues play of the hole with his original ball, carding a 4 on the hole. Upon completion of the round, before turning in his score card, Tom relays the events of the fourth hole. How should the Committee rule?
A. No problem. Tom was trying to save time, returning quickly to hit a provisional ball while his fellow competitor’s continued with the search.
B. Though, technically, Tom could not return to the tee to hit a “provisional ball”, as he had already left the immediate area of the teeing ground, in this case it is not an issue since his original ball was found before he teed off a second time and before the five minutes expired. The proper interpretation of the Rules in this case would give Tom enough time to return and identify the found ball.
C. Tom didn’t identify his ball within five minutes of beginning his search, so by the definition, it was lost. He should have continued play of the hole with his “provisional”. Since he didn’t, he played from a wrong place and picks up a total of three penalty strokes (R27-1 & R-20-7) and must card a 7 on the hole.
D. As Tom teed off on #5 and had not corrected a breach of Rule 15-3, Wrong Ball, he is disqualified.
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Answer
D. Tom was not entitled to play his original ball as he put another ball into play from the tee under stroke and distance. When he played his original ball, it was a “wrong ball” (see R15-3). Breach of R15-3 in stroke play is a “must correct” breach or the player will be disqualified.
Yes, Tom’s original ball was discovered by his fellow competitors before the five minutes expired; and, in equity, Tom is afforded the necessary time to identify the ball as his. But because Tom was not aware of the attempts by his fellow competitors to get his attention, he teed up and played another ball from the tee. There is no other interpretation of the Rules but to require Tom to complete the play of the hole with this new ball in play.
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Everybody, please understand there is a clear and distinct difference between a legitimate declared “provisional” ball and another ball played under stroke and distance. A “provisional ball” must have that label attached. It is” provisional” to save time in case your original is lost or OB and doubt exists as to it’s status.
In addition to a provisional ball being stated as such the intent to hit a provisional ball must be declared within a reasonable proximity to the shot that created that need. The current USGA interpretation of that “proximity” requirement is about 50 yards of the stroke. Once you move beyond that reasonable proximity, you have generally negated all hope of saving time and thus the concept of a provisional ball is mute.
When you hit a ball that clearly sails over the house guarding the corner of the dogleg on the 14th hole, and you state to your fellow competitors something like “I’m reloading gun three turret one on the Missouri!”; then you are essentially admitting all hope of finding the ball in play is non-existent, as you and everyone else knows it is probably still bouncing down Real Lost Boulevard and some kid will have a nice prize awaiting him in his front yard. Your next stroke is not a “provisional”, but a new ball in play.
So, in this case Tom is going back to the tee to play another ball. It matters not that he wants to treat this as a provisional ball. The correct interpretation of the Rules tell us he has lost that privilege and it makes this other ball played from the teeing ground his ball in play under stroke and distance. Thus hit, this is the ball he must play to complete the play of the hole. When he went over and mistakenly played his now found original, because it was not his current ” ball in play”, that original ball is deemed a “wrong ball” (see def.: wrong ball).
Except in match play, strokes with a “wrong ball” is a must correct penalty. If you tee off on the next hole without correcting a wrong ball breach, you will be DQed.
(In Match Play it is loss-of-hole).
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GolfWeek Amateur Tour Full Leaderboard
Sapona Ridge Country Club
August 8, 2015
Tees by Flight:
Flights Champ: Blue Tees; Rating-71.5; Slope-139;Yards-6531
Flights A, B, C & D: Green Tees; Rating-70.2; Slope-135; Yards -6218
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The Tour Field is Divided into 5 Indexed Flights*
Flight
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Championship
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0 - 3.9
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A Flight
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4 - 8.9
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B Flight
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9 - 13.9
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C Flight
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14 -18.9
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D Flight
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19 +
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Name
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Flight
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Score
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Barrier, Zach
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CH
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74
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Williams, Park
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CH
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75
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3
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Hughes, Brandon
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CH
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76
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4
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Dauler, Tod
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CH
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77
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5
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Davis, Robert
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CH
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79
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Pos
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Name
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Flight
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Score
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Newsome, Terry
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A
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75
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2
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McSwain, Matt
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A
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76
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2
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Neverve, Robin
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A
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76
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4
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Andrews, Rob
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A
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79
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5
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Anthony, Dan
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A
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80
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5
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Powell, Walter
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A
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80
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7
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Jones, Ivan
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A
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81
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8
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Starkey, John
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A
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82
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8
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Turner, Dave
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A
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82
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10
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Chisholm, Allen
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A
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83
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10
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Lister, Henry
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A
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83
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10
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Pinnix, Roger
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A
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83
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10
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Smith, Dan
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A
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83
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14
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Magyar, Joe
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A
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85
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15
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Sult, Cliff
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A
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88
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16
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Bryant, Jimmy
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A
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94
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Pos
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Name
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Flight
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Score
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Mullins, Mike
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B
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76
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2
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Mills, Dave
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B
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80
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2
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Walker, Greg
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B
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80
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4
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Fisher, Duane
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B
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81
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5
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Andrews, Derrick
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B
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82
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6
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Rilling, Rus
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B
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83
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7
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Morton, Michael
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B
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85
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7
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Slager, Nick
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B
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85
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7
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Walker, Chris
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B
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85
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10
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Kubla, Tom
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B
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86
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10
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Simon, Brett
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B
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86
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12
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Lech, Henry
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B
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87
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12
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Westergard, Clint
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B
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87
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14
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Smith, Jason
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B
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88
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15
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McMillan, Mac
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B
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90
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16
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Vetrone, Chris
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B
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92
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17
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Flowers, Burt
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B
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96
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18
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Barnes, Stephen
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B
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98
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Pos
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Name
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Flight
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Score
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1
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Denton, Mark
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C
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85
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2
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Begovich, John
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C
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86
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3
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Bousman, Andy
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C
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87
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3
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Shanberg, Jeff
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C
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87
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5
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Holland, Bill
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C
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91
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6
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Marley, Derek
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C
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92
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7
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Walker, Hunter
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C
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93
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8
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Smith, Greg
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C
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96
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8
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Wilkes, Landon
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C
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96
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10
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Reynolds, Pat
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C
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99
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11
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Sell, Billy
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C
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100
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Pos
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Name
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Flight
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Score
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1
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Burton, Chad
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D
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91
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2
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Gomez, Diego
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D
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92
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3
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Kilby, Shane
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D
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94
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3
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Thompson, Vince
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D
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94
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5
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Dauscher, Greg
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D
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99
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5
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Thomas, Keith
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D
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99
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7
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Charles, Mike
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D
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105
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8
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Mitchel, Frank
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D
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111
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9
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Henderson, Joe
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D
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115
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9
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Lowe, Nick
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D
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115
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Amateur Golf Tour
2015 Central Carolina Tour Schedule
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1/31/2015
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Website
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Kickoff Classic @ The Legacy Golf Links
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800-344-8825
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11:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Aberdeen, NC
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$70.00
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2/28/2015
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Website
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Preseason Event @ @ Longleaf
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910-692-6100
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10:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Pinehurst, NC
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$70.00
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3/7/2015
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Website
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Bermuda Run (West)
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336-998-8075
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Bermuda Run, NC
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$75.00
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3/14/2015
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Website
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Bentwinds CC
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919-552-5656
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Fuquay Varina, NC
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$75.00
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3/21/2015
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Website
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Seven Lakes CC
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910-673-1092
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Seven Lakes, NC
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75.00
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3/28/2015
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Website
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Bryan Park (Champ)
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336-375-2200
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Greensboro, NC
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$80.00
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4/11/2015
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Website
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Hyland Resort
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910-692-3752
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8:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Southern Pines, NC
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$70.00
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4/18/2015
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Website
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Grandover Resort (East)
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800-523-1499
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1:00 PM
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Shotgun
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Greensboro, NC
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$85.00
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4/25/2015
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Website
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The Challenge
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877-548-5070
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Graham, NC
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$70.00
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5/2/2015
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Website
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Devils Ridge CC
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919-557-6100
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2:00 PM
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Shotgun
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Holly Springs, NC
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$80.00
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5/9/2015
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Website
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Legacy Golf Links
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800-344-8825
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8:30 AM
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Shotgun
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Aberdeen, NC
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$75.00
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5/16/2015
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Website
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Mill Creek GC
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919-563-4653
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Mebane, NC
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$75.00
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5/30/2015
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Website
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Forest Oaks CC
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336-674-0126
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Greensboro, NC
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$75.00
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6/6/2015
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Website
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Longleaf
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910-692-6100
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Pinehurst, NC
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$70.00
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6/13/2015
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Website
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Bryan Park (Players)
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336-375-2200
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9:00 AM
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Greensboro, NC
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$75.00
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6/20/2015
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( Cancelled) - BYE WEEK
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6/27/2015
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Website
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Little River GC
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910-949-4600
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Carthage, NC
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$75.00
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7/18/2015
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Website
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Pinewild (Holly)
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800-523-1499
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Pinehurst, NC
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$80.00
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7/25/2015
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Website
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Willow Creek Country Club
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336-869-2416
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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High Point, NC
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$80.00
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8/1/2015
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Website
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Carolina Trace (Creek)
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919-499-5611
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1:00 PM
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Shotgun
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Sanford, NC
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$70.00
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8/8/2015
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Website
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Sapona CC
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336-956-6245
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1:30 PM
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Shotgun
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Lexington, NC
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$75.00
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8/15/2015
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Website
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The Neuse
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919-550-0050
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1:00 PM
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Shotgun
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Clayton, NC
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$75.00
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8/22/2015
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Website
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Salem Glen CC
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336-712-1010
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1:00 PM
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Shotgun
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Clemmons, NC
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$75.00
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8/29/2015
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Website
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Anderson Creek
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910-814-2115
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Spring Lake, NC
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$75.00
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9/12/2015
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Website
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Chapel Ridge
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866-301-4811
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1:00 PM
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Shotgun
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Pittsboro, NC
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$75.00
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9/26/2015
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Website
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Bryan Park (Players)
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336-375-2200
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Greensboro, NC
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$0.00
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9/27/2015
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Website
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Bryan Park (Champ)
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336-375-2200
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9:00 AM
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Shotgun
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Greensboro, NC
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$155.00
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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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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.
Bruce
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