Tournament News

2011 SCGA Better Ball

Tee Times starting at 10:00am on Sunday, June 12

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Two-man teams, 18 holes of stroke play, with the better net score of the partners to count as the team score on each hole. All flights will use handicaps based on June Current Index. The maximum allowable handicap differential between partners is eight strokes. If the higher handicap of partners is more than five strokes greater than the lower handicap, the higher handicap will be reduced. The team with the best NET score total from the BLUE TEES will have the opportunity to represent ERMGC in the SCGA 4-Ball Tournament Qualifier in August.

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Support the Club

ERMGC Members:

Please take time for thoughtful consideration of your opportunity to make our July Member-Guest event “extra special” in the history of our Men’s Club.

We need your help to create a fund of donated gifts to award to attendees in our traditional random drawings at the Member-Guest dinner.

In past years, we have been able to purchase prizes and gifts with Men’s Club funds budgeted for this purpose. In the current economic conditions, these funds simply do not exist, and we are looking for club members to assist in maintaining the appeal and value of the total experience for participants in the Member-Guest tournament.

Please help us showcase our club by contributing as you are able to make this a special event. If you can personally contribute a gift or prize to our drawing, please step forward. If you work for a company that might contribute an award, please ask. If you know someone who could contribute, please make the request. We will acknowledge you or the contributor on our website and at the event.

This is your club and my club. This is a personal appeal for generosity and creativity. Right now, I pledge my support as follows:

1. A wine basket donated at my expense.
2. A $100 cash contribution toward prizes purchased to award in random drawings.

I invite you to explore your own opportunities to contribute to the prize fund for this premier Men’s Club event. Please respond as you are able. Together, we can elevate the status and create new buzz for our club and the ERMGC Member-Guest event.

For follow up, please email Tournament Chairman Eric Diaz (czneko@gmail.com) or me rbeckman@san.rr.com with your commitments, questions, or ideas.

We are counting on members like you to “give back” in support or our Men’s Club and make this event something special.

In appreciation,
Dick Beckman
ERMGC President

Tournament Results

2011 Poinsettia Cup

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Thank You Paul Ecke Jr and John White of the Carltas Company for their sponsorship of this years Poinsettia Cup. They have been continuous supporters of the Men’s Club for over 7 years.

Results

Championship Flight

1st Place "142" Greg Jacobs
2nd Place "143" Scott Stewart
3rd Place "154" Lawrence Freeman

Longest Drive: Scott Stewart & Greg Jacobs
Closest to the Hole: Don Hubbard & Lawrence Freeman

A Flight

1st Place "144" Greg Baumann
2nd Place "145" Bob Burke
3rd Place "145" Dale Kelly-Cochrane

Longest Drive: David Barker & Dale Clark
Closest to the Hole: Alan Bretschneider (round 1 & 2)

B Flight

1st Place "136" Ken Wolff
2nd Place "139" Richard Beckman
3rd Place "141" Dennis Moser

Longest Drive: George Scharrenweber & Ronald Peterson
Closest to the Hole: Milo Hama & George Scharrenweber

C Flight

1st Place "128" John Georgeson
2nd Place "129" David Benjamin
3rd Place "134" Kevin Murphy

Longest Drive: William Gladstone & Kevin Murphy
Closest to the Hole: John Georgeson & Don Western

Click here for complete results

2011 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.

Current Standings

Championship Flight

Greg Jacobs 73 points
Scott Stewart 55 points
Ken Merscheim 49 points

A Flight

Greg Baumann 57 points
Eric Diaz 44 points
Dale Kelly-Cochrane 39 points

B Flight

Richard Beckman 51 points
Ray Nosse 39 points
Ken Wolff 38 points

C Flight

John Georgeson 48 points
Peter Sertic 47 points
Don Western 45 points

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. All sign-ups must be members of the Men’s Club. All participants pay an entry fee of $5. Each participant signs up for his appropriate flight and tee.

Every golfer can win a gift certificate redeemable at the pro shop for placing in their flight.
In addition, every player 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:

Flight Tees Index Scores
Championship Blue N/A Gross
A Net Blue 10.0 and lower Net
B Net Green 10.1 to 15.0 Net
C Net White 15.1 and higher Net

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

2011 Sweeps Low Gross Leaderboard

A Flight - "71" Flint Locke (5/14/11)
B Flight - "77" Matt Vanderhorst (2/23/11)
C Flight - "82" William Gladstone (3/23/11)

New Members

Please join us in welcoming the following new and returning members to the Club
new and returning members:

Larry Gale

Club Membership

Annual Membership Dues:

Starting April 1 - June 30 memberships for 2011 will be $75 for the remainder of the year.
Sign up early to take advantage of our club events.

The Encinitas Ranch Men's Golf Club (ERMGC) is open to all applicants, 18 years of age and older. The $95 membership fee includes membership in the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA) and a handicap index. All applicants, NEW and RENEWALS, must fill out this online form completely every year and all application fees are valid for the entire 2011 calendar year.

Recent Rulings

27-2c/3 Provisional Ball Played from Point Nearer Hole Than Original Ball Because Player Erroneously Thought Original Ball, Which Was Visible, Was Out of Bounds

Q:
A player's ball came to rest 20 yards over a green and beyond a white stake which the player's caddie said was a boundary stake. The player played a provisional ball which came to rest short of the green, but closer to the hole than his original ball. The player played the provisional ball onto the green. At that point, he walked behind the green towards his original ball, which had been visible all along, and discovered that the white stake was not a boundary stake and that his original ball was in bounds. What is the ruling?

A:
The player should have determined the status of his original ball before playing a second stroke with the provisional ball and, since the original ball was not out of bounds, he should have abandoned the provisional ball. When he failed to do so, the second stroke with the provisional ball was a stroke with a wrong ball -- Rule 27-2c.

In match play, the player lost the hole (Rule 15-3a).

In stroke play, he incurred a two-stroke penalty (Rule 15-3b) and was required to hole out with the original ball.