2009 ERMGC Tournament Season

First, we all owe Ken Wolff a huge thanks and multiple beers for his ERMGC Tournament stewardship over past several years. Thanks, Ken! It’s a big enough job that it will take two people to fill his shoes, Eric Diaz (czneko@gmail.com) and Bret Farnum (bretfarnum@roadrunner.com). We welcome your comments, input and suggestions to make the 2009 Tournaments more exciting, challenging and rewarding.

There are three tournament notes as you recover from the holidays:

1) Sign-up for the January “Individual Stroke Play” Tournament ASAP and invite a friend to join you. We’d like to see a minimum of 80 people sign up for each tournament to increase the prize pool, help the Men's Club, and qualify you for the Points Cup Championship in December, 2009. Click here to sign up NOW!

2) Speaking of the Points Cup Championship – for 2009 we will apply a 1.5 multiplier to your points earned for all “major” tournaments – currently Poinsettia Cup in May and Club Championship in September. We may sneak another major into the schedule as well.

3) For all that are signed up for Team Play on Thursday or Saturday in January/February, your team play participation counts as one tournament for Poinsettia or Club Championship qualification purposes. We realize it’s a lot of golf early in the year and don’t want your kitchen passes revoked!

Here’s to a successful 2009! Hit’em straight!

Upcoming Events

Stroke Play
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tee times starting at 10:16 am

Format – 18 holes individual stroke play. The Championship Flight plays at scratch. Net flights use handicaps based on January Current Index.

2-Man Scramble
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Tee times starting at 10:16 am

Format: 2-Man teams. Each team member hits from the tee on each hole. The team selects one of the tee shots and all team members hit from that location. The procedure is repeated until the ball is holed. The winner is the team with the lowest score for 18 holes.

2008 Points Cup

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.

Scott Stewart - Harry House - Bob Vargas - Paul Murray

For a complete list of 2008 Points cup standings and total please click here.

Wednesday Sweeps

2008 Sweeps Leaders

Lowest Gross Rounds of 2008

A Flight - ''69'' Doug Stark 09/10/08
B Flight - ''73'' Chris Wakeman 09/17/08
C Flight - ''78'' Fulton Sheen 09/10/08

Complete Results

Money Leaders of 2008

The 2009 Wednesday Sweeps Season begins on January 7

2009 Tournament Sponsor Packages

Become a Tournament Sponsor and ''Get Your Message Out''

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 760-858-7081 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 on the 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.

2009 Team Play

Handicap Report

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