2011 SFPGA Topics Newsletter - June

TOPICS NEWSLETTER Volume 21, No. 4 - JUNE 2011

Charity Pro-Am and Women’s Pro-Pro - page 7 -

New SFPGA Officers Warren Bottke, Brian Peaper & Mark VanDyck Begin Terms - page 5 -

WHAT’S INSIDE: John Wade, PGA Wins 2010 SFPGA Professional Championship - page 8 -

Annual Meeting Photos Junior Tour Event #4 Tournament Recaps Rules with Drew ...and more!

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NEW MEMBERS

The South Florida PGA would like to welcome the following new members to the Section: Elizabeth D’Amato, PGA Anthony Donadio, PGA Patrick Horgan III, PGA

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NEW APPRENTICES

The South Florida PGA would like to welcome the following new apprentices to the Section: Michael Chappell John Lane Tomas Fonseca IV Jason Ruffin William Ventresca Matt Denzer Michael Landry Mark Sutherland

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APPRENTICE LEVELS

PGA Golf Club Club at Mediterra Weston Hills CC Royal Tee Country Club Jupiter Hills Club PGA National Golf Club Monarch Country Club Miami Beach Golf Club

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Monarch Country Club The Evergreen Club

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SUMMER EDUCATION WITH THE AGM

contact information SOUTH FLORIDA SECTION, PGA OF AMERICA 186 Atlantis Boulevard Atlantis, FL / 33462 PHONE / FAX 561-729-0544 / 561-729-0914 EMAIL sflorida@pgahq.com WEBSITE www.sfpgagolf.com PRESIDENT Stephen A. Cox, PGA

On Monday, June 6th immediately following the Pro Assistant Championship the South Florida PGA in conjunction with the AGM and Cutter & Buck will host an education seminar at St. Andrew’s Country Club in Boca Raton from 2 pm – 5 pm. The seminar will feature a fashion show by Cutter & Buck, along with a presentation by AGM representative Tracy Moffat on how to grow the business at your golf shop. This seminar is open to all PGA Professionals and AGM members. Cost to attend is $20, and 3 MSR credits will be received. Click here to register now.

VICE PRESIDENT Brian Peaper, PGA

DO YOU HAVE A CHILD HEADED TO COLLEGE?

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jeff Raimer, PGA

Annually the PGA of America grants financial assistance to children of PGA Members meeting the established criteria. Last year $300,000 was granted to over 170 students across the country.

For more information click here.

RECEIVE UPDATES VIA TEXT

The South Florida PGA is rolling out a new service this Spring allowing PGA Professionals and Apprentices to receive tournament updates via text. Simply text “PGATourny” to 69050 to receive updates on event deadlines, partnership announcements, event updates, etc. In addition, event participants will be able to receive updates from every event they enter. For example, if you are entered in the Pro-Official, simply text “Pro-Official” to 69050 to receive updates on pairings, results, partners, rain delays, etc. Key words for each event will be e-mailed to each event registrant after the deadline. Please contact the Section office with any questions.

PURCHASE YOUR PLAYER’S CARD

South Florida PGA Professionals and Apprentices wishing to play in three or more Section proonly events are required to purchase a Tournament Player’s Card. The following events apply: Global Golf Sales Tournament Series #1, #2, #3, Southeast PGA Classic presented by Callaway Golf, E-Z-GO South Florida Open, Pro-Pro Championship presented by Polo and Section Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas. It is important to note that you must purchase your Player’s Card prior to registering for any events or the system will not recognize that you have purchased one. Please click here to purchase your Player’s Card online.

NEW POLICY APPROVED FOR 2011 TOURNAMENT SEASON

The playing grace period for Members who become unemployed has been extended from 90 days to 12 months (from time member becomes unemployed). The Member must remain in an active classification during this grace period in order to keep tournament eligibility. Members will automatically lose eligibility for the grace period if they participate in (2) two or more SFPGA recognized Tour and/or mini-Tour events while not meeting Section employment eligibility guidelines. Please click here for all Tournament Policies.

SFPGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DATE & SITE CHANGE

SECRETARY Warren Bottke, PGA

SOUTHERN CHAPTER PRESIDENT Mark VanDyck, PGA SOUTHEAST CHAPTER PRESIDENT Rick Heard, PGA SOUTHWEST CHAPTER PRESIDENT Ben Bryant Jr., PGA ISLAND CHAPTER PRESIDENT Brian Shaver, PGA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Geoff Lofstead ADVISORY BOARD Paul Anderson Dean Baker Rick Bayliss Ed D’Alessandro, PGA Ira Kaplan Jim Maitland Jim O’Connor Craig Perna Steve Sponder Harry Tempkins Roger Woonton

Since the Red/Green calendar was printed and mailed, there has been one change. The 2011

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South Florida PGA Professional Championship will be contested at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club on September 28th – 29th instead of Bear Lakes Country Club which was previously advertised.

2011 TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE CHANGES

RECEIVE FASTER

WINNINGS

Below are the Board recommendations that passed at the April meeting:

All PGA Professionals and Apprentices participating in Section and Chapter activities will have the ability to have his/her winnings directly deposited into their checking or savings accounts. Please click here to download the form.

Dress Code Policy Amended In additional to the current dress code policy, professionals will now be permitted to wear shorts during the Section Pro-Scratch and ProSuperintendent Championship's. For the complete policy, please visit www.sfpgagolf.com and under the EVENTS tab click on Tournament Policies.

TOURNAMENT

DO YOUR TOURNAMENT WINNINGS NEED TO BE PAID TO A CORPORATION? If your tournament winnings need to be paid to a corporation instead of to yourself:

1. It is important that you completely fill out all the corporation information correctly while registering online. If the information is not complete, then your corporation will not be paid.

2. You can even have your corporation paid when mailing in your entry - just make note of it on the paper entry form before mailing into the PGA of America.

3. Notify the Section office with all your corporation information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the tournament office at (561) 7290544.

FOUR SFPGA PROFESSIONALS MAKE THE CUT AT 72ND SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to South Florida PGA Professionals Gene Fieger, Ken Martin, Lee Rinker and Mike San Filippo on their finish in the 72nd Senior PGA Championship. Eight South Florida PGA Professionals competed in the Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

Lee Rinker finished second amongst forty-three PGA Professionals who competed in the event, finishing in a tie for 50th shooting a 297. Other South Florida PGA Professionals who participated in the event were Chris Campbell, Jim Karr, Ed Sabo and Jerry Tucker.

FACEBOOK & TWITTER

Are you on Facebook? Do you tweet? Join the conversation with the South Florida PGA Section, the SFPGA Junior Tour presented by the Honda Classic, or even the SFPGA GolfPass!

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Junior Tour

Selection of Challenge Cup Due to the late date of the 2011 Challenge Cup (October 25th -26th) this years team will be selected October 1st. The selection date will revert bact to September 1st in 2012 when the Challenge Cup returns to its traditional early October date.

Tour Exemption Should the awarded recipient of a PGA Tour exemption decline said exemption, the Section will conduct a member only qualifier to determine whom the exemption will be awarded.

quote of the month

“The sport isn’t like any other where a player can take out all that is eating him on an opponent. In golf, it’s strictly you against your clubs.”

Bob Rosburg professional golfer

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Section office brings in new PGM intern Franki Youse

The Section is pleased to introduce its 2011 tournamentintern, Franki Youse. Franki attends Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, and is about to begin Level 3 in the PGM program. Born and raised in Coral Springs, Franki has experience at Heron Bay Golf Club and West Bay Club in Estero.

Franki is excited to work with Drew Miller in the tournament department because that’s the side of the industry she wants to be involved with after graduating.

Look out for Franki at this summer’s tournaments and events!

PRO’S ON THE GO

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Matthew Wilson Ryan Garrity J. Bryan McManis Jeffrey Greene Brian Boeling Bryan Stone Derek S Fox Ray Sowers Steve C Walser Rick Durham

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A-13 – Jupiter Country Club A-4 – The Dye Preserve A-4 – Pelican Preserve GC A-8 – Boca Greens CC A-13- The Yacht & Country Club A-1 - TPC at Eagle Trace A-8 – TPC & Eagle Trace A-8 – Ironhorse Country Club A-4 – Southern Texas Section A-1 – West Palm Beach GC

education

Southeast Chapter - “My Most Important Discoveries in 50 Years of Teaching” by Dr. Gary Wiren * Friday, June 3rd – 9 AM – 12 PM * Cost to attend is $30 * To register call Kevin Compare at 772-597-0484 or kevin@divottheclown.com

Section Summer Education Presented by Cutter & Buck *Monday, June 6th - 2 PM – 5 PM – St. Andrews Country Club * Topic: Cutter & Buck Fashion Show/Growing Business with the AGM * Open to PGA Professionals and AGM members * 3 MSR Credits * Cost: $20 *CLICK HERE to register now.

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annual meeting of the membership Annual Meeting Elections

Past President Jeff Raimer (green jacket) swearing in this year’s SFPGA Board Members. L to R: Brian Peaper, Warren Bottke, Bill Plotkin (at large Southern Chapter), Ben Bryant, Chad Kurmel (at large Southeast Chapter), Mark Van Dyck, Karl Bublitz (at large Southwest Chapter) New SFPGA Officers L to R: Vice President Warren Bottke; President Brian Peaper, Secretary Mark VanDyck. Warren and Brian won their election by acclimation and Mark by majority vote.

Officer & Committee Chair Updates The SFPGA welcomes its new officers, President Brian Peaper, Vice President Warren Bottke, and Secretary Mark VanDyck. We also welcome new Board Members Bill Plotkin, Chad Kurmel, and Karl Bublitz.

Brian Peaper has appointed Tara McKenna as the Inclusion / Diversity Committee Chairperson. Additional committee appointments will be announced soon.

Also, Ed D'Allessandro will be retiring from WCI on July 1 and will also be retiring from our advisory board.

Tara McKenna, new Inclusion / Diversity Committee Chairperson

SFPGA Executive Committee Members present Habitat for Humanity a check for $50,000. L to R: Tom Wildenhaus, Susie Ellis of Habitat, Jeff Raimer, Steve Cox, Brian Peaper, Mark VanDyck, Warren Bottke

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foundation

SFPGA Foundation Tire Kingdom Charity Pro-Am On Monday, May 2nd the South Florida PGA conducted the 2nd Annual South Florida PGA Foundation Tire Kingdom Charity Pro-Am supported by Polo Ralph Lauren and Olde Florida Golf Club. Congratulations to PGA Professional Larry Gantzer, Foundation Board Director Craig Perna, Ryan Perna and Bob Lee who won this years event with a one gross/one net best ball total of 128.

Sixteen teams participated in the event helping to raise $20,000 for the South Florida PGA Foundation. During the awards ceremony immediately following the event,

L to R: Craig Perna, Tom Wildenhaus, PGA, Jeff Raimer, PGA, Susie Ellis, Kitty Green, Michael O’Brien, PGA, Geoff Lofstead

a check presentation of $50,000 was made to Habitat for Humanity of Lee County on behalf of the South Florida PGA Foundation. This fall, the South Florida PGA Foundation with the help of PGA Professionals throughout the Section will come together to refurbish a home in southern Lee County. Check out the website at sfpaggolf.com for full

results and photos.

Very special thanks to presenting sponsor Tire Kingdom, as well as support sponsors Polo Ralph Lauren and supporting sponsor and host Olde Florida Golf Club.

Winning team from L to R: Ryan Perna, Craig Perna, Bobby Lee, Larry Gantzer, PGA, Tom Wildenhaus, PGA

The Section’s FIRST EVER Women’s Pro-Pro

On Friday, May 20th, the South Florida PGA conducted the inaugural women’s Pro Pro Championship at the Polo Club at Boca Raton on their Equestrian course. Ka-

tie Dixon, Assistant Golf Professional at Ibis Golf and Country Club and Terry Farino, Assistant Golf Professional at St. Andrews Country Club were team champions of the event shooting a 71.

This best ball eighteen hole event featured eighteen PGA Professionals from all across South Florida.

Along with the event a closest-to-the hole contest supported by Global Golf Sales was held on the third hole. Katie Dixon, Assistant Golf Professional at Ibis Golf and Country Club was able to knock 8 iron to 12 feet 2 inches to win, finishing in a close second was Sherry Zimet, Head Golf Professional at the Polo Club of Boca Raton who was just 5 inches away from Dixon. Check out the website at sfpaggolf.com for full results and photos.

L to R: Mark VanDyck, PGA; Terry Farino, PGA, Katie Dixon, PGA & Warren Bottke, PGA

Thank you to the following partners for their support of this event: Cutter & Buck, Global Golf Sales, the PGA Tour and Powerchute Software TM.

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tournament news Global Golf Series #1

Chris Trout from Cypress Lake Country Club and Scott Richardson, PGA Professional from La Playa Golf Club each finished with 49 stableford points to make a tie for first place in the Global Golf Sales Tournament Series Event #1 title held at Quail Valley Golf Club on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The field consisted of 119 SFPGA members and apprentices competing in an 18-hole individual stroke-play stableford competition, where points were awarded per hole based on the following system: bogey:1 pt., par:2 pts., birdie:4 pts., eagle:6 pts., double eagle:8 pts. Trout and Richardson each had 7 birdies, 10 pars and 1 bogey. Richard Terga, PGA Professional from the John Webster Golf Academy finished alone in third place with 47 points.

Noteably, Title Sponsor Steve Sponder of Global Golf Sales offered a $1,000 hole-in-one payout to the first hole-in-one of the event, and a $150 and $100 payout for the closest-to-the pin on the par 3, 165 yard 2nd hole. PGA Professional Alan Morin was the closest at 2 feet 0 inchs away, with PGA Professional Scott Turner next in line at 2 feet 7 inches away.

The Global Golf Sales Tournament Series is sponsored by Steve Sponder of Global Golf Sales and features 3 tournaments with different playing formats open to all SFPGA members and apprentices. Check out the website at sfpaggolf.com for full results and more photos.

2010 SFPGA Professional Championship John Wade, PGA Professional from Gateway Golf & Country Club beat Rod Curl, PGA Professional from Hammock Creek Golf Club on the first playoff hole to capture the 2010 South Florida PGA

Professional Championship, contested for two days at Quail Valley Golf Club

in Vero Beach. Wade scored a par and Curl a bogey on the 400 yard par 4. Just one stroke off the lead was PGA Professional, Paul Scaletta of the Bears Club who shot a final round 69 to come up one stroke shy of the playoff. The low ten scores qualified to compete in The 44th PGA Professional National Championship, June 26 – 29, 2011, at the Hershey (Pa.) Country Club.

Making its first appearance in Pennsylvania, the PGA Professional National Championship brings together a field of 312 contestants representing The PGA of America’s 41 nationwide Sections.

L to R: SFPGA Executive Director Geoff Lofstead & John Wade, PGA

In 2011, the National Championship field will compete on the East and West Courses in Hershey, Pa., a complex that showcases some of the classic architectural designs of the early 20th century and retain the challenges demanded of today’s premier championships. The National Championship will be contested on the par72, 6,847-yard West Course, which opened in 1930, and the par-70, 7,039-yard East Course, which opened for play in 1969. The final two rounds will be conducted on the East Course.

The PGA Professional National Championship, carrying a $550,000 total purse this year, is broadcast (all four rounds) by GOLF CHANNEL. Following 36 holes of play, the field will be trimmed to the low 70 scorers and ties.

The 2010 SFPGA Professional Championship was presented by Titleist, FootJoy, Club Car & Mercedes Benz; and supported by The PGA TOUR

The low 20 scorers in 2011 earned berths into the 93rd PGA Championship, Aug. 8-14, 2011, at The Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Ga. The 2010 SFPGA Professional Championship was delayed last year due to rain. This year, the 2011 SFPGA Professional Championship will be September 28-29 at Mayacoo Lakes.

Special thanks to presenting sponsors Titleist, FootJoy, Club Car & Mercedes Benz, supporting sponsor The PGA TOUR, and to host Quail Valley Club and its PGA Professionals Donald Meadows, Nathan Tyler and Dean Burkhalter. Check out the website at sfpaggolf.com for full results and photos.

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South Florida Senior Open

Pete Oakley of Palm City marked his return to competition in the U.S. Friday, May 11th by winning the 24th annual South Florida Senior Open at Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club at Old Trail.

Overall, Oakley made two bogeys in each round, scoring an eagle and four birdies Thursday, five birdies Friday. He holed a 90-yard wedge shot at the par-5 15th hole the first day.

Geoff Lofstead and winner Pete Oakley, PGA

Dennis Meyer, PGA, who came in second place, shot 68 the final round with eight birdies, a bogey and a triple bogey at the par-5 sixth hole. Meyer won the South Florida PGA Seniors Championship last year with a pair of 68s at Sailfish Point. “It’s good to be back playing in Florida where I’ve had success over the years,” said the former Delaware club professional.

“These new (Cleveland Golf) irons have made a big difference.”

Oakley was a regular on the European Senior Tour for several years, his career reaching its zenith when he won the Senior British Open in 2004. In past PGA of America events in South Florida, Oakley won the Senior Professional National Championship in 1999 and was runnerup the following year, both at Ibis Country Club; the Senior Stroke Play Championships of 2001 and 2003 at the PGA Golf Club; and three PGA Tournament Series events. Robbie Dew of Palm Beach Gardens was the low amateur with 143, tied for third overall with John Nelson of Coral Springs. Check out the website at sfpaggolf.com for full resu lts.

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Southeast PGA Classic Alan Morin of Royal Palm Beach overcame consecutive double bogeys midway through the

back nine Tuesday to win the South Florida PGA’s 12th annual Southeast Classic presented by Callaway Golf and supported

by Hilda Allen W. Real Estate, the PGA Tour and Powerchute Software TM at The Club at Emerald Hills. Five under par for the day and nine under for the tournament after sinking a threefoot birdie putt at the 13th hole, Morin doubled the par-3 14th from a difficult lie in the back bunker, then four-putted the par-4 15th hole.

An assistant professional at The Falls Country Club west of Lake Worth, Morin, 41, then salvaged par with a 15 footer at the par-4 16th, an eight footer for birdie at the short 17th and parred the long 18th for 70, the low round of the day, and won by five strokes at 138.

Defending champion Lee Rinker of Jupiter closed with 72 to tie for second at 143 with Ed Sabo of Tequesta and Christopher Kaufman of Boca Raton, who shot 71 and 73 the final round. Ken Martin of Wellington, the first round leader with 67, finished 78-145, tied for fifth among 110 entries. Rinker also won the senior division.

Brian Peaper, PGA & SE PGA Classic winner Alan Morin, PGA

It was Morin’s 14th SFPGA victory since 2002 when he won the Section’s PGA Club Professional Championship qualifier at Emerald Hills.

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junior news

Junior Tour #4 presented by The Honda Classic Presented by:

Event #4 Supported by:

Overall Winners Alexandra Papell and Derron Peyton with Tom Metzger, Director of Golf at The Vineyards CC.

Girls 12-13 Winners L to R: Story Shaw, Emily Faulkner, Tanya Eathakotti

Boys 12-13 Winners L to R: Hamilton Long, Jeffrey Cunningham, Charlie Kennerly

The South Florida PGA Junior Tour is proudly presented by The Honda Classic and supported by Allianz Championship, Club Med Golf Academy, Don Law Golf Academy, Palm Beach County Sports Commission, The Men’s Fun Group at Mirasol, Oakley and Titleist.

The South Florida PGA Junior Tour presented by the Honda Classic hosted Event #4 at The Vineyards Country Club in Naples May 14-15, 2011. The event featured 102 golfers playing 36 holes on the South course.

Derron Peyton of Boynton Beach and Alexandria Papell of Boca Raton both clinched their second Overall victories for the year. Peyton finished with a 2 under total round score of 142, while Papell shot a 69 Sunday to beat her lowest round ever, finishing with a 146 total. The boys came down to a match of cards with a pair of 143s. Christian Tepley finished second, with Anthony Gardner finishing 3rd with a 69 in Sunday's round. The girls finished with a match of cards as well with Claudia De Antonio finishing 2nd and Epiphany Prophet finishing 3rd, both with 154.

Jeffrey Cunningham of West Palm Beach, in the Boys 12-13 age division, shot a 69 in Sunday’s round to finish with a 141 overall. Close behind was Charlie Kennerly of Jupiter with a 145 and Hamilton Long of Palm Beach Gardens with a 148.

In the Girls 12-13 Age Division, Emily Faulker of Palm City, had a six stroke lead over her competitors for a final 2-day score of 154. Story Shaw of West Palm Beach finished 2nd with a 157, and Tanya Eathakotti of Miami came in 3rd with a 158.

The next South Florida PGA Junior Tour event will be held June 11-12 at Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura.

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Stroke and Distance?

SFPGA Tournament Director Andrew Miller

So you’ve hit your ball out of bounds. What are you going to do? What are your options? Well there is only one option available under the Rules of Golf that I’m aware of.

That is to proceed under Rule 27-1, Stroke and Distance.

The rule itself seems pretty cut and dry. There isn’t a whole lot of wiggle room or room for interpretation. However, with the examples I have listed below, I am going to try to explain how this rule is anything but cut and dry and show how a player could proceed under it without even knowing.

Before jumping into the examples, let’s take a look a Rule 27-1. It says, “At any time, a player may, under penalty of one stroke, play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played, i.e., proceed under penalty of stroke and distance.” The key to this rule and the answers to the examples below lies with those three little words, “At Any Time.”

The first example comes from Decision 18-2a/1 which says, “A player playing from the teeing ground misses the ball completely. He pushes his tee further into the ground and plays. What is the ruling?” At first glance it would seem that the player would be in breach of Rule 18-2a, Ball moved

by Player, Partner, Caddie or Equipment. The ball was in play when once the player made a stroke at it even though he never made contact. He then moved his ball in play by adjusting the height of the tee, which is a one stroke penalty under Rule 18-2a and must replace it or he would incur a total penalty of two strokes. A two stroke penalty in this case seems to fit the crime, however the result of Decision has a different outcome. It says, “When the player made a stroke, the ball was in play. By pushing the tee further into the ground, he moved the ball and incurred a penalty of one stroke under Rule 18-2a and was required to replace it.

However, when the player made a stroke at the ball without replacing it, he played under penalty of stroke and distance.

This procedure overrides Rule 18-2a and, therefore, the penalty under Rule 18-2a does not apply.” So instead of a two stroke penalty the player gets off with just a one stroke penalty. Not bad if you ask me.

In the next example a competitor finds a stray ball in a bad lie, which he mistakenly thinks is his. He deems it unplayable and decides to adopt the procedure under Rule 28a (Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.) He drops and plays the stray ball under Rule 28a. The competitor then finds his original ball in a playable position within five minutes of having begun to search for it. How should he proceed?

Again, at first glance it would appear the player substituted a ball when not permitted and made a stroke at a wrongly substituted ball resulting in a two stroke penalty. Rule 15-2 tells us since the player made a stroke at a wrongly substituted ball he must proceed with that ball and abandon his original. But just like in the last example our first impression was incorrect. As the player played a ball from the spot where his original ball was last played, the player proceeded under Rule 27-1, stroke and distance and again was only penalized one stroke instead of the apparent two.

In the last example, a player’s tee shot on a par three embedded in the fairway just short of the green. Upon examining the situation, the player lifted the embedded ball and placed it as near as possible to the pitch mark, no nearer the hole. He then chipped the ball within two feet of the hole. While walking to his ball, a fellow competitor informed him that he was supposed to drop the ball, not place it in the fairway. So the player then picked up his ball in play, returned to the fairway and dropped it as near as possible to the place where he made his last stroke. He again chipped his ball two feet from the hole and made the putt. What is the player’s score for the hole? Decision 20-6/1 tells us that if a player places his ball when he should have dropped it or dropped it when he should have placed it, he would incur a penalty of two stokes assuming of course that the player does not correct this mistake as provided in Rule 20-6. As the player did not correct his mistake, he would receive a two stoke penalty. Next, just like in the first example it would appear the player would be in breach of Rule 18-2a for lifting his ball in play and not replacing it. However, since he played from the spot from which his last stoke was taken, he proceeded under Rule 27-1 and was only penalized one stroke instead of two. So the players score for the hole was seven. He hit his ball three times, incurred a two stroke penalty for placing when he should have dropped and an additional penalty stroke under Rule 27-1.

When presented with these types of situations it is important that you don’t get caught up in the apparent rules infractions. Once a player plays from where he just played from he has proceeded under stroke and distance and in most cases the rules infractions committed between playing the original ball and proceeding under 27-1 are negated. The end result is typically a one stroke penalty. For more examples of stroke and distance, please see page i-142 of the Index section in the Decisions book.

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upcoming events Due to the increase in membership of the Junior Tour and speed in which our current events are filling up, the Board of Directors has approved an additional 4 events for the 2011 season. Registration for these events opened May 2nd at 9am. We anticipate these events to sell out, and sell out quickly. All events will be 84 field events, and open to specific age divisions.

Junior Tour Event # 14 June 29-30 @ Old Marsh Golf Club Boys 14-18 Junior Tour Event # 15 July 13-14 @ Ft Lauderdale Country Club Girls 12-18 and Boys 12-13 Junior Tour Event # 16 July 28-29 @ Atlantis Golf Club Boys 14-18 Junior Tour Event # 17 August 13-14 @ The Polo Club of Boca Raton Girls 12-18 and Boys 12-13

June 6-7 Pro-Assistant presented by Cutter & Buck Supported by Global Golf Sales, Golf Buddy & Mizuno at St. Andrews CC June 11-12 Junior Tour #5 presented by The Honda Classic Supported by Titleist, Don Law Golf Academy, Palm Beach Sports Commission, Allianz Championship, Oakley and the Fun Group at MIrasol at Turnberry Isle Resort & Club June 13 Global Golf Sales Series #2 Presented by Global Golf Sales at The Colony Golf & CC June 14-16 South Florida Open presented by E-Z-GO Supported by Golf Buddy, KBS Shafts & Powerchute Software TM at The Colony / Raptor Bay June 21-22 Junior PGA Championship Presented by Boca West CC June 28 Player Ability Test at PGA Golf Club - Ryder Course June 29-30 Junior Tour #14 presented by The Honda Classic Supported by Titleist, Don Law Golf Academy, Palm Beach Sports Commission, Allianz Championship, Oakley and the Fun Group at MIrasol at Old Marsh Golf Club

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