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ERMGC Board Updates
Tournament News - Ken Wolff
Congratulations to Jim Bachrach and Alan Hayashi on their fine play in our Better Ball of Partners event June 22. They will represent our club in the SCGA Four-Ball Net Qualifier July 14 at Pala Mesa Resort.
The Jim and Lorie Brakas 2-man better ball tournament was a great success. The group is back from Trump National and by way of emails and photos it seems they had a great time. I'm looking forward to next year's event so that I can get another chance to go. Results can be found on the website by following the link 2008 Two-Man Better Ball.The dinner and prize drawing following the golf was enjoyed by all and I give a big thanks to caterers, staff, and everyone at Encinitas Ranch who helped make the event a lot of fun.
In May we hold our first "major" of the year, the Paul Ecke Jr. Poinsettia Cup Tournament sponsored by the Ecke family. This is a 36-hole individual stroke play event contested over Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18. The low eight players from each flight on Saturday qualify to play on Sunday. Low total score for both rounds determines the winners. The Championship Flight plays at scratch. Net flights use handicaps based on May Current Index. Championship and A Flights play from the blue tees, B Flight plays from the green tees, and C Flight plays from the white tees. Deadline for sign-up is Monday, May 12. Click on the link below to register online.
2008 Two-Man Better Ball
Note that all entrants must have played in at least one ERMGC weekend tournament in 2008 to qualify for the Poinsettia Cup. We also allow entry to any member who played for our club in SCGA Team Play (Thursday or Saturday team) in 2008 or members who currently play for our club in San Diego County Senior League.
2008 Poinsettia Cup Sponsors
Paul Ecke Jr. Ranch and the Carltas Company
The Men's Club thanks John White of the Carltas Company and the Paul Ecke Jr. Ranch for their continuous support of this event and the men's club. Their vision and commitment to the community made the Encinitas Ranch Golf Course possible.
* The Jim & Lorie Brakas Two-man Better Ball Shootout - Jim Brakas
This was a great day for the winners of the Jim & Lorie Brakas - Coldwell Banker 2-man better ball tournament. The eight team winners from all four flights in the April event enjoyed a day of golf at Trump National. The mighty eight ran into some deep rough and way too many bunkers. All were humbled. The views during the limo ride added to a great day. Thank you La Costa Limo for your support.
* "Thank You" to Better Ball Event Sponsors
The Men's Club would like to thank the following sponsors for their generosity and support of the 2008 2-man Better Ball Tournament:
Jim & Lorie Brakas of Coldwell Banker Real Estate - Encinitas
Jim & Lorie have been involved with both the men's and women's club's for years. Jim is has been on the ERMGC Board of Directors for almost 5 years. Jim and Lorie have over 25 years of Real Estate experience. Please consider us when buying or selling your home. Call Jim at 760-213-0304 or visit www.LorieAndJimBrakas.com
Dale Theriot of La Costa Limousine
Dale has been providing North County with the best limousine service for many years. Give Dale or his staff a call at 888-299-5466 or visit www.LaCostaLimo.com
Tom Jackse of SIGNWORLD of California
Tom and his right hand man Steve Flores provide signs for our club and many prominent organizations and businesses in the area. Tom has done most of the signage around the LCC campus. Go check out the high quality of their work. For big signs or little signs, call Tom at (760) 599-6537 or visit www.Signworldofcalifornia.com
New Flight Parameter Changes Coming in June - Ken Wolff
After careful consideration, the board of directors is making changes to flight assignments of tournament entrants. We will continue to use handicap indexes to determine the flights in which our members will play, but the index cut-off from B-Net to C-Net will be reduced to achieve better balance to the number of players in these flights. Since our last adjustment (when the green tees were introduced), we have seen the B Flight field grow and the C Flight field shrink. We will have better competition if we try to balance the number of players in these flights. Details of the changes will be found on the website within the next 2 weeks and will go into effect for the June Better ball tournament. The changes will stay in effect indefinitely while we evaluate the impact.
ERMGC Score Posting Policy
The transition to online membership application and payment of member fees has been overwhelmingly successful. In the long run, it makes your renewals faster and more efficient. However, we have no control over the timeline of the SCGA in their processing of new applications. They update in the third week of every month. This means that it could be several weeks after you submit your application to the club before the SCGA will process it. This can create some confusion and frustration. New members often believe that once they submit the application and have a payment receipt, they will have immediate access to posting scores. In reality, it typically takes about 4-6 weeks for full access and member privileges.
After you have been assigned a SCGA number, you can post your scores at your home course. After SCGA updates data bases throughout the region (4-6 weeks) will you be able to post online or at any other participating SCGA golf course. Please hold onto your score cards & record your scores at that time.
SCGA holds your membership number and all scores for 24 months. So if your membership lapses, your old number is retained and your score history is preserved-provided you renew within the 24 months.
Our Men's Club roster reached over 500 members as of April 2008. We continue to be one of the largest SCGA clubs registered in San Diego County.
Please forward any questions or comments to me at: MG@MikeGiblin.com
Handicapping Basics - Chuck Koscielski
A handicap index is not a statistical scoring average-it is the basic measure of a player's scoring potential. It is based on the performance of a player over 20 rounds of golf. Each time a score is posted, the course rating and slope for the tees played is used to calculate a differential. This differential is the measure of the player's performance on that particular course. By relating performance to course difficulty rather than raw scores, players of unequal abilities can compete on a level basis.
Since players are not always at their best or worst, the differential is averaged using the 10 rounds with the lowest differential from the last 20 rounds posted. A player's index is 96% of this average differential.
The handicap index is not the course handicap that players use to determine their net score. The index along with the slope for the tees played is used to calculate the player's course handicap. Each course has a set of sheets posted showing the handicap to be used for the tees played based on a player's handicap index.
In order to obtain an index, players must have a minimum of 5 posted rounds. With only 5 rounds, the index is 96% of the lowest differential. As the number of rounds increases, the number of differentials included in the average increases until 20 rounds are posted. From that point, the oldest round is removed when a new round is posted and the 10 lowest differentials are used to calculate the index.
The handicap indices are recalculated every month. The scores are collected by the SCGA on the third Monday of each month. If a score is posted after that point, it won't be used until the next month. The computer systems pass the information between courses. Although it is not always the case, scores are collected and redistributed each night. This means that a score posted at an away course on Monday could be expected to show up on all computers no earlier than Wednesday. Even so, the score is not used for the current index until the end of month update.
The trend index which appears on the computer is a running handicap index average. It is not normally used for calculating handicaps for events.
It is important that players post all rounds played. Many players decide not to post bad rounds. This actually hurts you. A bad round may be embarrassing, but it is as much a part of your game as a good round. If you only post good rounds, your handicap index will be lower than your true playing potential.
You should post any round of golf you play. If you do not complete the round, you should post an 18 hole score if you play 13 or more holes. If you play less than 13 but more than 7, post a 9 hole score. Take net par for any holes not played. If you don't finish a hole, take the score you would "most likely have gotten." If you picked up a 10 foot putt, you might assume it would have taken two putts to finish.
You also must adjust your scores for bad holes. This is known as "equitable stroke control" (ESC). It limits 0-9 handicaps to double bogey on any hole, 10-19 to 7 on any hole, 20-29 to 8 and 30+ to 9. This is the adjusted score you post. Note that your "handicap index" does not determine these ESC score posting limitations. It is your "course handicap" that applies. For example, a player with a handicap index of 8.9 may have a course handicap of 10. If that player scored 7 on any hole, he would be able to post it without adjustment--even a par 3.
ERMGC Score Posting Policy
The integrity of the handicap system is based on the accuracy of the information provided by the members. Not only is each member responsible for reporting scores for every round played under the rules of golf, each member must ensure that the score reported is accurate and timely.
Reviews of the scorecards from the monthly tournaments and the Wednesday sweeps have exposed numerous reporting errors. These include failure to post, failure to adjust, and simple addition errors. All of these errors affect the accuracy of each member's handicap and can provide members with unfair advantages or disadvantages.
In the past, we have either corrected gross errors or let other errors pass. In discussions, the board has decided to implement the following enforcement policy:
Any member who fails to post a round or posts a score that is more than 1 stroke from the proper score will be assessed a penalty round.
The handicap committee will review all scorecards and participant sheets from each Wednesday and monthly competition. Three days after the competition, the scores posted (on the local computer and on the Web) will be compared with the scores from the scorecards. If the score posted does not agree with the scorecard (within one stroke), a penalty round will be assessed. Note this will be enforced even if the score entered is lower than actually achieved.
The penalty round posted will be the equivalent of the lowest score posted from the player's current scoring record. This round will be marked with a "P" and will behave as if it were an actual score entered on the date the penalty is assessed.
Although addition errors seem to be the most common problem, failure to adjust seems to be a consistent problem. The adjustment (known as Equitable Stroke Control or ESC) limits the score a player may use for posting purposes on any hole. For players with a course handicap of 9 or less, the highest score allowed on any hole is double bogey. For players with a course handicap of 10 to 19, the highest score is 7, for Handicap 20-29, the highest score is 8. For handicap 30-39, the highest score is 9 and for handicaps of 40 or more, the highest allowed score is 10.
Please note: the "course handicap" is not the same as a player's "handicap index." It is the course handicap which determines the ESC adjustments to posted scores. Also, the ESC does not limit the score a player records for a competition. It only limits the score a player may use to post for handicap purposes.
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 2008 season offers 2 tee box signs (24X18) donated by Tom Jackse of Sign World of California. Please contact him at 760-858-7081 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 clubs 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.
Thank You
Cancellation Policy for Sunday Tournaments
Payments for tournaments are non -refundable, but will be credited to a future tournament under the following circumstances:
- The tournament director is notified in writing or by phone before the tee times are posted on the website. The tee times will be posted as of the Thursday before the tournament.If the cancellation is made between the tee time posting and the day of the tournament, the tournament fee is not refunded or credited.If a player does not show up for a tournament he will be penalized by not being allowed to play in the next scheduled tournament.
- In the case of weather conditions, if the course is open for play, the tournament will be held as scheduled.
Obviously, emergency situations come up and these will be dealt with by the tournament director, in regards of credits or refunds. If more than 3 cancellations with a 1 year period, privileges to participate in all club events may be revoked.
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