2016 GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

CENTRAL CAROLINA

Whispering Woods Golf Club Tournament 

Saturday, June 18, 2016

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• September 2 - 4: Grand Strand Classic in Myrtle Beach
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Tournament at Whispering Woods 

9:00 AM Shotgun

Event Info:

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Whispering Woods GC

Fee is $75.00

9:00 AM Shotgun

Physical Address:

26 Sandpiper Drive
Whispering Pines, NC 28327
PH: 800-607-2875

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Grand Strand Classic in Myrtle Beach

September 2 - 4

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Grand Strand Classic

This Tournament will be comprised of  D.C. Metro, Tidewater Va, Central Carolina, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Hilton Head, and Atlanta tours.  The field size for this event will be 240 players and played on Grande Dunes and Pine Lakes. 

After looking at numbers the flights will line up the best as follows.

Champ - 44 players

A Flight- 52 players

B Flight- 72 players

C Flight- 44 players

D Flight- 28 players

240 total players

There will be 2 payment buttons put up. One will be for $206 ( including fee ) so really $200 and one for $103 ($100) The $103 payment will secure you a spot until June 1st. On May 31st  I will email you and remind you that you can lose your spot if you don't pay the remaining balance. This event should sell out with this many tours being included.

Just so you know whats going on as far the tournament goes.

FRIDAY

1 pm shotgun at Grande Dunes (skins game) first 128 players to pay are in.

$95 including $30 going into the skins pot. $ 20 of that into the birdie bash pot ( all birdies get paid ) $10 into super skins. I'm going to round off both pots at $2500 and $1200 and that will leave $140 extra. The other $140 I will split into 2 closest to the pins so $70 each on the front and the back.

At 6:30-7ish players are strongly encouraged to attend the "Players Dinner" at Liberty Tap Room. The restaurant will be closed just for us. So players are encouraged to bring guests to the party. Seating request will be entertained to the best of my ability. I have also booked one of the best bands in Myrtle Beach that will be performing from 7:45-10:45. When the band takes their break for 10-20 mins I have a stand up comic booked to cover that time. Cost will be $25 per person for dinner. Drinks will be at happy hour prices all night. This will be limited to the first 300 people to RSVP.

MENU (BUFFET)

Pimento cheese and crackers

Wings

House salad

Cole slaw

Pulled pork

BBQ chicken breasts

Shrimp and grits 

mash potatoes

Mac and cheese

Corn on the cob

Fried Okra

Dinner Slider rolls

cookie tray 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Tentative plans are to put Champ and B flights on Pine Lakes for day 1 and A, C, and D on Grande Dunes Resort Course. That would put 116 players on Pine Lakes and 124 on Grande Dunes then switch for day 2. Number are subject to change alittle but I won't put more than 128 on one course. I want to stay as close to 120 on each as possible.

There will be a 9:00 am shotgun start on both days. Registration will open at 7:30 on Saturday ( both courses ) where players can check in, pay for skins, and pick up their tee gift ( Adidas Climachill Polo / with Grand Strand Classic logo ). *NOTE - Each tour will be able to choose their color for shirts and players are encouraged to wear their shirt on Sundays round. The main scoreboard will be located at Grande Dunes where all pictures and the trophy presentation will take place. 

* EXTRA  

Taylormade has also came on as a sponsor for the long drive contest that will take place at Grande Dunes Resort Course range from 2:45-3:45 on Sat. Cost for this event will be $10 and each player will get 3 balls. The longest drive in bounds will be counted. At 3:45 the top 3 will have a playoff. Each player will get 3 drives and the longest being crowned champion. There will be 3 divisions for this contest. Mens ( 49 and under ) Senior Mens ( 50+ ) and Womens division. I'm looking to get Taylormade to match the total entries on gift cards for the Top 3. Either way the prizes will be extremely worth it! We will also have a putting contest also that will be a $10 entry also. ALL ENTRIES FEES WILL BE PAID OUT TO THE WINNERS.

 PURSES AND CASH GAMES

$25 a day for skins / birdie bash / CTP

TOTAL PURSE $ 7,920

SKINS / PINS    $ 12,000

FRI / SKINS      $ 3,840

TOTAL              $ 23,760 payout for the weekend!

TEAM CUP AND 2 MAN 

There will be a team cup and a 2-man team event.  Format for the team cup is TBD. The team event will be $100 ( $50 per player ) a team with no limit on teams and it will be combined NET SCORE. 25% percent of the field will paid out.

If I left anything out please feel free to email me back with question or suggestions.

email:   myrtlebeach@amateurgolftour.net

Phone: 703-474-0920

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Question from week #353


On the par four 4th hole, Derrick lies two just left of the green.  Unfortunately, he has short-sided himself as there is a fairly deep bunker between his ball and the tucked left side flag/hole.  

A very delicate, precise flop is called for if he wants to get up-and-down.  After three confidence building practice swings Derrick makes the shot.  A little to anxious to see the result, he lifts up out of the shot and blades the ball, which goes dead under the top lip of the bunker and completely disappears from view under the sand.  

Oh that’s just great!  Rather than climb up the face of the steep bunker, he stands outside and on top of the bunker to look for his ball.  Seeing nothing of his ball, he tells his fellow competitors he will be taking an unplayable and intends to play the ball under the stroke-and-distance option. 

 He uses his club to probe under the lip area of the bunker.  He dislodges a ball which then rolls down the face of the bunker and comes to rest in the middle.  He smooths out the area where he was probing for his ball.  Walks around to the flat side of the bunker, grabs a nearby rake, walks in and retrieves the ball, then smooths out his footprints upon exit. 

 He returns to the spot of his previous stroke, properly drops the ball, gathers himself, and makes a pretty good shot onto the green, considering.  He two putts to complete the play of the hole.  

Standing on the next tee, he becomes aware the ball he completed play of the hole with was not his original ball, but had to have been a stray ball which was also buried under the lip of the bunker.

In stroke play, what is Derrick’s score for the 4th hole?


A. 7

B. 9

C. 11

D. What ever you do Derrick, don’t tee off.  If he doesn’t correct playing the wrong ball, he will be DQed.


Answer

A.  No penalties for moving his ball in play nor for the search method he employed as Derrick first made a declaration he intended to invoke the provisions of Rule 28, Ball Unplayable.  He also announced he intended to choose option “a”, the stroke and distance option.  The prohibitions of R14-3 only apply when a ball is in a hazard or when a ball, having been lifted from a hazard, may be dropped or placed in the hazard.   The option announced has him dropping outside the bunker.  As such, he was entitled to smooth the area where he had used his club to probe for the ball.  He was also permitted to smooth the bunker after he retrieved the ball that had rolled down the face.  

Neither is the smoothing of where he walked into the bunker after retrieving the ball a breach of R13-2 because he needed to enter the bunker to retrieve the ball he dislodged from the lip as this was the ball he intended for completing play of the hole; therefore, he is entitled to restore the bunker to its original condition before his next stroke.


The fact this was not his original ball is curious, but not a penalty.  When proceeding under R28a the player  is not required to first identify his ball as would be the case with R28 b or c.  In all three cases he is permitted to substitute a ball.

Derrick’s third shot buried under the lip.  His fourth was the R28 penalty stroke.  Fifth onto the green and two putts for seven.

For more, see  Rules 12-1a, 13-2, 13-4 and R28.  Also view Decisions 13-2/29.3, 13-4/35.7 and 28/14


             

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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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