Tournament: 2010 Combo Tournament, August 15th

Our tournament sponsors are:

18 holes of stroke play with the club member and his guest playing as a team. The better score of the partners counts as the team score on each hole. The Championship flight will be played at scratch. Flights A, B, and C will use handicaps based on July Current Index. Teams in the Peoria Flight must record the better GROSS score of partners as the team score and the committee will calculate the handicap and net score for each team at the conclusion of the round using the Modified Peoria System.

Tournament: 2010 Club Championship, September 11-12, 18-19, 2010

This qualifying round is 18 holes of stroke play. The top eight finishers in each flight will qualify for match play. Ties will be decided by a card off.

Effective July 21 until further notice, the golf course is providing new rates for ERMCG members playing in Sweeps tee times on Wednesday mornings. The Men’s Club rates especially benefit riders. A comparison of current weekday rates and new Sweeps rates is shown below.

Encinitas City Residents
Current Rate: Walk = $44 Ride = $58
Men’s Club Rate: Walk = $44 Ride = $50
JC Players Card Holders
Current Rate: Walk = $47 Ride = $61
Men’s Club Rate: Walk = $44 Ride = $50

For those ERMGC members who are not Encinitas residents, the new rate schedule makes the JC Players Card an even greater value than before. Regular non-resident weekday rates are Walk - $62, Ride = $76.

At a cost of $259, the Weekday Players Card offers 5 FREE rounds with cart, 10 FREE range tokens, and a host of other discounts and benefits. For complete details visit www.jcgolf.com.

These Men’s Club rates apply only to ERMGC members, not to guests of members. These rates do not apply on Holidays.

Come out and enjoy the Wednesday Sweeps competition and save some cash with the Men’s Club rates!

ERMGC would like to thank the following sponsor for their generosity
in sponsoring the skill shots the 2010 Member Guest Tournament

WEDNESDAY SWEEPS

Wednesday Play for ERMGC Members

If you want friendly golf competition and have a chance to earn gift certificates to purchase items from the Golf Shop, sign up for a tee time between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Wednesdays. You may sign up as a single, with a friend, or a group of four. Until further notice, you may sign up a non-member friend to participate in your pairing as long as at least one other member is in the group so that you can exchange cards for scoring. (Non-members may play in your pairing, but may not enter the competition). All Men’s Club members must pay an entry fee of $5. Each participant signs up for his appropriate flight and tee.

Every member can win a gift certificate redeemable at the pro shop for placing in their flight.

In addition, every member has an opportunity to win a $10 gift certificate for being closest to the hole, or having the long drive in their flight.

Also, on the first Wednesday of each month you have an opportunity to place a wager in our "Beat the Pro" contest. Whatever amount you wager, if your net score beats the pro you will get a gift certificate equal to double your wager. If your net score ties or loses to the pro, you still get a certificate equal to the amount you have wagered. You can’t lose!

Following are the parameters for flights and tees assignments:

Visit our website for additional information on ERMGC Wednesday Play. www.ermgc.org

Hope to see you on Wednesdays. Support your Men's Club and hone your golf skills through friendly competition.

Rich Busby – Wednesday Play Chairman

ERMGC announces a NEW OPTION for Men’s Club members age 65 and over to elect to play in C Net Flight from the White regardless of their handicap index. The option is available for competition in Wednesday Sweeps and Weekend Tournaments. The option is designed to encourage senior members to enter club competitions from the white tees if they have felt disadvantaged by playing from course length from the green tees.

For example, under the previous system if your current handicap index was 14.0 you were placed in B Net Flight from the green tees. Now, you may elect to play in C Net flight from the white tees. Your course handicap will be calculated using the white tees course handicap chart.

To elect this option in Wednesday Sweeps, check the C Net flight box on the entry envelope and write SENIOR OPTION on the envelope. To elect this option in Weekend Tournament entries, write SENIOR OPTION in the comments section of the tournament entry online form.

ERMGC PACE OF PLAY POLICY

Speedy Play Is Expected

The time par for Encinitas Ranch is 4 hours 20 minutes. To maintain your position on the course, play "ready golf" and be prepared to play when it is your turn. Play a provisional ball if your ball may be lost outside a water hazard or out of bounds (rule272).
Your group will be considered out of position if you are: 1) behind the pace required to finish in 4 Hr 20 min, and 2) there is a gap between you and the group ahead.

Pace of Play Policy

A Player's Assistant or an official designated by the ERMGC will provide a warning if you are out of position, and will notify the pro shop that your group has been asked to close the gap. One of the PGA professionals on duty will be sent out to monitor your pace of play. If your pace does not improve, the Professional may require your group to discontinue your play of a hole, or skip a hole, and move to the next tee.

In this situation, all players in the group must record the gross score that would result in a NET BOGEY on the hole not completed.

Any group affected by this pace of play scoring adjustment must inform the official scorer of the circumstances on completion of the round.

In the past two months, the Club has struggled to maintain an acceptable pace of play during the Team Play and Sunday Golf Tournaments. In an effort to keep an enjoyable day at the golf course from turning into a 5-6 hour gridlocked experience, we are posting the Club's policy regarding pace of play and will be strictly enforcing it during Club events. This message is meant to inform and help create a more enjoyable playing experience for the entire field. It is imperative that all players make an effort to improve the pace of play during Men's Club events to preserve the allotted weekend tee times provided by the City. We appreciate your cooperation.

The Points Cup is a year long event, like the Fed EX cup on the PGA tour. In each of our events, the top 10 players in each flight get points according to the place they finish in. Your points get added up through out the year regardless of the flight you may have played in for an event or based on your index. The more tournaments you play in the more chances you have to get into the Points Cup Tournament. As you look at the standings be sure to check all flight you played in as you may have points in more than one flight, so as the Points Cup gets closer you may have a wild card get into the top 4 as he may have had a number of points from a different flight.

In December we have the playoff which involves the top 4 of each flight playing a stroke play match with the top 2 getting prize money. You can view the standings at any time by going to the link on the tournament page. It is updated after each event.

The points are dispersed as follows:

1st place -15      2nd place - 12     3rd place - 10   4th place - 9

5th place - 8      6th place - 6       7th place - 5     8th place - 3

9th place - 2      10th place - 1 

1. Provide us with a 1/3 page copy of what your service offers and we will get it in the newsletter the month before the tournament. You also will be given a special reminder thanks in the following months newsletter.

2. The 2009 season offers 2 tee box signs (24X18) donated by Tom Jackse of Sign World of California. Please contact him at 760.828.7081 and get him your logo and what you want on the sign and they will be placed at the tournament.

3. Most tournaments have a sign up table and you are also free to place any marketing materials on the table. Arrange to get them to the course and we will get them out. 4. If you have a banner we will get it hung for you tournament day.

5. All tournament sponsors will get posted on the front page of the club's website for as long as they sponsor the event.

6. Shotgun Tournament sponsors will get; a. Their brochure placed in the cart. b. Banner re-hanged in the dinning area. c. Special acknowledgement during the awards ceremony.

At minimum, your message is presented to club members on the golf course and in our media at multiple points and you are afforded continuous exposure on the website. I will help you all the way, and if you have any question please do not hesitate to call me, Jim Brakas at 760-213-0304.

Thank You