Tournament News

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2012 2-Man Scramble
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Tee Times starting at 10:00AM

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. The Championship Flight plays to scratch. Team handicaps (as described below) will be subtracted from gross scores in the A and B Net flights.

2011 Defending Champions
Championship Flight: Greg Jacobs & Tim Dudek "63"
A-Flight: Eric Diaz & Davis Barker "60"
B-Flight: Scot Samuelson & Sean Galleher "60"
C-Flight: John Georgeson & Don Western "59"

Reserve your spot today!

Tournament Results

2012 Stroke Play Tournament

Results

Championship Flight

1st Place Dennis Aiken "74"
2nd Place Ken Merscheim "75"
3rd Place Brad Baumann "76"

Longest Drive: Dennis Aiken
Closest to the Hole: Dennis Aiken

A Flight

1st Place Ray Chandler "69"
2nd Place John Opferkuch "70"
3rd Place Greg Hamilton "70"
4th Place David Barker "70"

Longest Drive: Eric Bader
Closest to the Hole: Dale Kelly-Cochrane

B Flight

1st Place Bob Burke "66"
2nd Place Ed Brookins "67"
3rd Place Daniel Silverstein "67"
4th Place Mark Grassi "69"

Longest Drive: Sean Galleher
Closest to the Hole: Mark Weber

C Flight

1st Place Jim Tindaro "65"
2nd Place Peter Sertic "68"
3rd Place Jeff Turner "69"
4th Place Mark Neumann "69"

Longest Drive: Hank Jones
Closest to the Hole: Mark Neumann

Click here for complete results

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 - "73" Flint Locke (1/11/12)
B Flight - "76" Gary Bader (1/11/12)
C Flight - "84" Robert Detrich (1/11/12)

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Recent Rulings

18-6/1 Ball Moved in Measuring to Determine If Re-Drop Required

Q:
A player drops his ball in accordance with the Rules. The ball rolls and the player is uncertain whether it has come to rest more than two club-lengths from where it first struck a part of the course. The player measures to determine whether he must re-drop under Rule 20-2c(vi) and in doing so accidentally causes the ball to move. What is the ruling if (a) the ball had rolled more than two club-lengths or (b) the ball had not rolled more than two club-lengths?

A:
The player incurs no penalty for causing his ball to move in either case (see Rule 18-6). If the ball had rolled more than two club-lengths, it must be re-dropped. If the ball had not rolled more than two club-lengths, it must be replaced.

Tournament News

Happy New Year everyone. We are looking forward to a great year of competition. The 2012 event schedule is now up on the website. Click Here to check on the 2012 tournament dates.

2012 Stroke Play Tournament
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Tee Times starting at 10:00AM

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

2011 Defending Champions
Championship Flight: Scott Stewart "70"
A-Flight: Alex Ortega "68"
B-Flight: Richard Beckman "67"
C-Flight: Peter Sertic "68"

Reserve your spot today!

Tournament Results

Congratulations to the 2011 Points Cup Champions (Year of the Greg)

Championship Flight
Greg Jacobs
A Flight
Greg Baumann
B Flight
Ken Wolff
C Flight
Greg Chenoweth

2011 Fall Stroke Play Tournament

Results

Championship Flight

1st Place Dennis Aiken
2nd Place Dan Bay
3rd Place Brad Baumann

Longest Drive: Brad Baumann
Closest to the Hole: Greg Jacobs

A Flight

1st Place Greg Baumann
2nd Place Eric Diaz
3rd Place Dale Kelly-Cochrane

Longest Drive: Eric Diaz
Closest to the Hole: Dale Clark

B Flight

1st Place Milo Hama
2nd Place Ken Wolff
3rd Place Ron Peterson

Longest Drive: Mark Weber
Closest to the Hole: Mark Weber

C Flight

1st Place Joseph Colarusso
2nd Place Alan Sanders
3rd Place William Gladstone

Longest Drive: Alan Sanders
Closest to the Hole: Mark Neumann

Click here for complete results

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 - "70" Doug Stark (7/13/11), (8/31/11)
B Flight - "75" Tom Moore (8/24/11)
C Flight - "81" William Gladstone (7/20/11), Len Arinello (8/10/11)

Club Membership

ATTENTION CURRENT MEMBERS
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Recent Rulings

16-1a/11 Raised Tuft of Grass on Line of Putt Brushed to Determine Whether It Is Loose

Q:
A player cannot determine whether a raised tuft of grass on his line of putt is loose or is attached to its roots. The player brushes the raised tuft lightly with his hand to make a determination and discovers that the tuft is attached. What is the ruling?

A:
A player is entitled to touch and move a natural object on his line of putt for the specific purpose of determining whether the object is loose, provided that if the object is found not to be loose, (1) it has not become detached and (2) it is returned to its original position before the next stroke if failure to do so would result in a breach of Rule 13-2. The touching of the line of putt in these circumstances is not a breach of Rule 16-1a.

Except as otherwise permitted in the Rules (e.g., in repairing a ball mark), if a player touches or moves a natural object on his line of putt other than to determine whether it is loose and it is found to be attached, the player cannot avoid a breach of Rule 16-1a by returning the object to its original position.

Tournament News

Fall Stroke Play

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tee times starting at 10:00AM

This is a stroke or medal play event. Each player will play 18 holes of golf and their handicap will be subtracted from their score. The low net score in flights A, B and will win. In Championship flight the lowest gross score will win.

2010 Defending Champions
Championship Flight: Bret Farnum "76"
A-Flight: Greg Hamilton "71"
B-Flight: Milo Hama "69"
C-Flight: Rich Busby "68"

Reserve your spot today!

Tournament Results

2011 Stableford Golf Tournament

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Results

Championship Flight

1st Place Greg Jacobs
2nd Place Dennis Aiken
3rd Place Dan Bay

Longest Drive: Greg Jacobs
Closest to the Hole: Dan Bay

A Flight

1st Place Ray Chandler
2nd Place Mike Forslund
3rd Place Dale Clark

Longest Drive: Greg Baumann
Closest to the Hole: Dale Clark

B Flight

1st Place Scott Gunderman
2nd Place Ray Nosse
3rd Place Daniel Silverstein

Longest Drive: Ken Wolff
Closest to the Hole: Greg Hamilton

C Flight

1st Place Paul Latchford
2nd Place Alan Sanders
3rd Place William Bettis

Longest Drive: Greg Chenoweth
Closest to the Hole: Phillip Graham

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

Overall

1 RAY NOSSE 116
2 GREGORY JACOBS 112
3 MILO HAMA 95
4 GREG BAUMANN 93
5 RICHARD A BECKMAN 93
6 DALE KELLY-COCHRANE 89
7 ALVIN PAK 89
8 TIM A DUDEK 88
9 KEN MERSCHEIM 88
10 RONALD PETERSON 88

Championship Flight

Greg Jacobs 106 points
Tim Dudek 80 points
Dan Bay 74 points

A Flight

Dale Kelly-Cochrane 84 points
Alvin Pak 83 points
Eric Diaz 65 points

B Flight

Ray Nosse 116 points
Richard Beckman 85 points
Ron Peterson 73 points

C Flight

Peter Sertic 78 points
Greg Chenoweth 69 points
John Georgeson 64 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 - "70" Doug Stark (7/13/11), (8/31/11)
B Flight - "75" Tom Moore (8/24/11)
C Flight - "81" William Gladstone (7/20/11), Len Arinello (8/10/11)

Club Membership

ATTENTION CURRENT MEMBERS
Sponsor a new member and receive a $25 credit toward a future tournament!

Annual Membership Dues:

Renewals for the 2012 season will start on October 1st, 2011 and will close on December 10th 2011.

The renewal fee is $75. New member fee is $95.

Any renewals processed after the deadline will be subject to a new member fee. All past and new members may join at this time and play the remainder of the 2011 season and all of the 2012 season.

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

13-2/1.1 Player Attempts to Take Stance Fairly But Improves Line of Play by Moving Interfering Growing Object

Q. A player's ball lies under the branch of a tree. In attempting to take his stance fairly, the player improves his line of play by moving the branch with his body. Before playing, he realizes he could have taken his stance without moving the branch. He abandons his stance and the branch returns to its original position or is returned to its original position by the player. The player then approaches the ball from a different direction, takes his stance without disturbing the branch and makes his stroke. What is the ruling?

A. There is no penalty. When fairly taking his stance the player is required to take his stance in the least intrusive manner that results in the minimum improvement in the position or lie of the ball, area of intended stance or swing or line of play. However, as the branch moved as a result of the player's attempt to take his stance fairly and was returned to its original position before the stroke was made, there is no penalty. Any doubt as to whether the branch returned to its original position should be resolved against the player.

The same principle would apply to fixed artificial objects (e.g., a boundary stake) if the position or lie of the ball, area of intended stance or swing or line of play is improved as a result of the player's attempt to take his stance fairly but the object is returned to its original position before the player makes a stroke.

Tournament News

Stableford

Sunday, November 13, 2011
Teetimes starting at 10:00AM

The Stableford Tournament is an individual 18-hole event. Points are added or subtracted on each hole depending on your net score for that hole (gross score in the Championship Flight). The winner is the competitor who scores the highest number of points.

2010 Defending Champions
Championship Flight: Greg Jacobs
A-Flight: John Gothard
B-Flight: Kevin Murphy
C-Flight: Greg Chenoweth

Reserve your spot today!

Tournament Results

2011 Blind Draw Best 2 of 4

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Results

1st Place
(L-R): Bob Scefonas, John Gothard, Don Western & Dale Clark

2nd Place
(L-R): Brooks Carder, Greg Buttner, Dennis Aiken & Ray Nosse

3rd Place
(L-R): Paul Latchford, Ron Peterson, Ken Merscheim & Raphael Tulino

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

Overall

1 RAY NOSSE 104
2 GREGORY JACOBS 97
3 ALVIN PAK 89
4 TIM A DUDEK 88
5 KEN MERSCHEIM 88
6 RICHARD A BECKMAN 88
7 MILO HAMA 86
8 RONALD PETERSON 86
9 GREG BAUMANN 85
10 DON WESTERN 80

Championship Flight

Greg Jacobs 91 points
Tim Dudek 80 points
Ken Merscheim 72 points

A Flight

Alvin Pak 83 points
Dale Kelly-Cochrane 75 points
Eric Diaz 65 points

B Flight

Ray Nosse 104 points
Richard Beckman 80 points
Ron Peterson 71 points

C Flight

Peter Sertic 69 points
John Georgeson 64 points
Greg Chenoweth 63 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 - "70" Doug Stark (7/13/11), (8/31/11)
B Flight - "75" Tom Moore (8/24/11)
C Flight - "81" William Gladstone (7/20/11), Len Arinello (8/10/11)

Club Membership

ATTENTION CURRENT MEMBERS
Sponsor a new member and receive a $25 credit toward a future tournament!

Annual Membership Dues:

Renewals for the 2012 season will start on October 1st, 2011 and will close on December 10th 2011.

The renewal fee is $75. New member fee is $95.

Any renewals processed after the deadline will be subject to a new member fee. All past and new members may join at this time and play the remainder of the 2011 season and all of the 2012 season.

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

18-2a/8 Ball Played from Ground Under Repair Picked Up and Relief Taken Under Ground Under Repair Rule

Q:
A player, unaware that his ball was in ground under repair, played the ball as it lay. The player then learned that his ball had been in ground under repair, picked up the ball played from the ground under repair, dropped it in accordance with Rule 25-1b and played out the hole. What is the ruling?

A:
When the player played from the ground under repair, which is permissible, relief under Rule 25-1b was no longer available and the ball was in play where it lay.

When the player picked up his ball in play, he incurred a penalty stroke -- Rule 18-2a. Since he did not replace the ball, he incurred a penalty of loss of hole in match play or a total penalty of two strokes in stroke play -- see penalty statement under Rule 18.

Club Membership

Annual Membership Dues:

Renewals for the 2012 season will start on October 1st, 2011 and will close on December 10th 2011.

The renewal fee is $75. New member fee is $95.

Any renewals processed after the deadline will be subject to a new member fee. All past and new members may join at this time and play the remainder of the 2011 season and all of the 2012 season.

Tournament News

2011 ERMGC Club Championship

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Tournament News

2011 ERMGC Combo
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Tee times starting at 10:00AM

Format: 2-Man teams, 18-holes total team score. Gross and Net competitions. * Holes 1-6 played Better Ball of Partners * Holes 7-12 played Alternate Shot * Holes 13-18 played as Scramble

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Tournament News

Happy New Year!!!

2011 ERMGC Stroke Play

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

Contact tournament chairman Eric Diaz, czneko@gmail.com, with any questions.

Tournament News

2011 2-Man Scramble
Sunday, February 20 at 10:00AM

Tournament News

2011 "39er" Golf Tournament
Sunday, March 20 at 10:00AM

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