NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA – The Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Golf Tour is coming to Gainesville, Lake City and Ocala.
The tour’s North Central Florida division launches its inaugural 10-tournament season on May 11 at Plantation Inn & Golf Resort. The schedule run through Oct. 14 and includes stops at the following courses: Pine Barrens at World Woods, Haile Plantation, Rainbow Springs, and El Diablo Golf & Country Club.
The HT Senior Tour provides senior amateur golfers – age 50 and over – a chance to compete against their peers in a tour atmosphere. Participants don’t have to be low handicappers to be successful as the tour caters to seniors with handicaps from 0-20. Participants are placed in one of four flights according to handicaps: Championship (0-5 handicap), A Flight (6-10), B Flight (11-15) and C Flight (16-20). All USGA rules are in effect.
The top three finishers in each flight at every tourney win gift certificates from Edwin Watts Golf, while all participants earn points toward a season-long point championship in their flight.
"If you’re a senior golfer who hasn’t lost that competitive desire, this is your tour," said local tour director Kevin Bradley. "All you do is sign up and we take care of the rest."
Golfers who finish in the top 10 in points in their flight receive invitations to the 2006 Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tour Championship, Nov. 7-8 in Pinehurst.
Tour membership fee is $80 and includes a tour gift pack. Entry fees range from $65-$80 per event, and those costs include cart and green fees, range balls and prizes.
Golfers may join the tour any time during the year, and there’s no minimum number of events required. Also eligible are golfers who turn 50 by Sept. 1, 2006.
For information, call Kevin Bradley at (904) 687-1104, visit www.harristeetersrtour.com, or e-mail to: ncfg@amateurgolftour.net.
Contact:
Kevin Bradley
(904) 687-1104
ncfg@amateurgolftour.net
Craig Distl
(704) 377-8622
cdistl@bellsouth.net
