2014 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Tournament at The Challenge GC

Saturday, May 3, 2014

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April 29, 2014

• May 3 - The Challenge Golf Club (Make-up Play Date) - (This is a make-up of the 3/29 event that was snowed out. If you signed up for the original event, you are not on the new roster, unless you have signed up again.)
• May 10 - Mill Creek Golf Club
• 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
• 2014 Golfweek Application Needs to be Completed
• Golf Rules Q&A: Moved Ball Penalty?
• 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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Are you serious about your golf game? I mean obsessed with crushing your drives, sticking your irons and draining putts? Not to mention becoming top dog in your foursome?

I thought so…

No doubt you’ve noticed the rise in popularity of fitness programs for the top players on all the Tours. Maybe you’ve started a fitness program in hopes of adding more power and distance, but aren’t getting the results you were hoping for . . or even worse, you end up injured and can’t play at all.

There is one primary reason for this, and I’m going to tell you all about it. But first, let me introduce myself.

My name is Stephen Ladd, and my obsession is training golfers as athletes, and developing their bodies to better use their golf skills and play to their peak potential. I have been doing just that for over 16 years… long before the “golf fitness” craze began.

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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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Question from week #248:

Rule 18-2 says if a player, his partner or either of their caddies, or the equipment of player/partner touches it purposely or causes his ball in play to move, except as permitted under the Rules, the player is penalized one stroke and the ball must be replaced.

Which one of the following would not result in a penalty to the player?

A. With his ball sitting in the fairway, a player accidentally moves his ball with a practice swing.

B. With his ball unmarked on the putting green, while using his towel to disperse clumps of sand from the putting green, the player moves his ball.

C. A players ball sits on pine straw on the edge of a wooded area. When removing an interfering pine cone, the ball moves about 1/4 inch down into the straw.

D. In order to identify his ball in the rough, a player uses his finger to steady his ball, while he moves some interfering blades of grass that block the view. Neither the ball is moved nor the lie of the ball altered.

Answer:

Only B does not result in a penalty (R23-1).

“A” results in a 1-stroke penalty and the ball must be replaced.

For why “C” results in a 1-stroke penalty, see the definition of “moved” and Rule18-2a. The ball must be replaced. Failure to replace in either case “A” or “C” results in a 2-stroke penalty (what Tiger got nailed with).

“D” is a one stroke penalty also under Rule 18-2a for purposely touching his ball in play. Nothing to replace here, you just can’t purposely touch it unless permitted by a Rule.

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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.

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2014 Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

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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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