2021 Newsletters

Happy New Year to All.

Well here I am back filling in for Dennis, as he has moved to the desert. It is always an honor to serve all of you guys once again. I will only be here a year. The Board of Directors has been working, trying to get some golf for the members, Steve Cook has an away trip this month, Team Play is trying to figure out a way to play. We also still have a Golfer of the Month each month. Hopefully, we well have tournaments back by March or April.

I was a Director last month and ran the Golfer Of The Month. We only had 3 cards turned in. Omar Diaz wins Gross Golfer of the Month over Steve Giroux. They both shot 71, but Omar had 35 on back 9, but Steve had a 36. But Steve wins Net with and net 66. Corey Smith turned in the other card with a net 70. Make sure you turn your good scores in for GOM.

Stay Safe and see at the course,
Terry

Happy New Year to all!

Haven't seen any of you at the last 9 General Meetings so calling hundreds of names until I got to mine has been very stressful for me, but at least I'm $450 ahead.

Just a quick reminder to remember to renew your membership when it comes due. SCGA should remind you 30 days prior to the due date with an email and for all those whose renewal date is between December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2021 (which is everyone in the Club) the annual dues include a one-time rebate of $30 so you should only be charged $80. If for some reason you renewed on time but were erroneously charged $110 please contact our esteemed Treasurer Bob Livingstone and he'll be glad to reimburse you.

Unfortunately if you forgot to renew in a timely manner you are considered a New Member and will be charged $130. And 50 bucks will still buy at least 4 rolls of toilet paper so pay attention.

Hope to see you all soon.

Gentlemen,

2021 is here and we’re anxiously hoping to have a Men’s Club tournament at El Dorado. As your Board of Directors, we have been meeting regularly in an effort to conduct as many events as possible. It’s difficult to anticipate when that will happen and under what restrictions we will be under, but we will be ready to go!

Please keep in mind you must be a current member to participate in our monthly tournaments when we resume. If you are up for renewal, now’s the time to renew at a reduced rate!

Fairways and greens!
Don Didier

Happy New Year and good riddance to 2020! We have had some very good results collecting winnings out of the Blue Box; down to 66 left to be collected, started with 112. To be clear, the 90-day count down (to collect scrip/winnings) has not begun and will not start until monthly meetings resume. Everyone stay safe out there and play Golf!

Brad

Happy New Years to all. Redhawk is a go and we are about 3/4 full. I have room for a couple foursomes and it looks like a couple singles or a 2-some. If you are going, please signup ASAP and send $$$$$.

Treasurer's Report - December 31, 2020

Balance on November 30, 2020		26,502.28
Income
Memberships	19,080.00
Interest	0.00
Total December Income	19,080.00
Expenses
Membership Dues - SCGA		8,208.00
Pros Shop Thank You		150.00
Stamps		11.00
Website Hosting Fee		295.75
T of CC Entry - N. Busch		150.00
Geek Squad Computer Protection		99.99
Club Champion Trophy		139.30
Flights Trophies		525.65
GOM Plaques		151.58
Total December Expenses		9,731.27
Balance on December 31, 2020		35,851.01

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone, Treasurer

Year End Notes:

We have $580 in pre paid 2021 expenses for Away Trip Deposits.

The Hole In One Insurance is currently $855 (of which $300 is in the scrip box for use on the day of a Hole In One).

We have approximately 28 previously purchased Club Logoed Shirts available for re-sale at cost.

Since September, we have received $23,010 in new members (less $9,396 in SCGA dues); that $13,614 will go to the 2021 budget.

We will be carrying forward $21,382.01 in funds that were unused in 2020 into 2021, in hopes of resuming normal subsidized activities.

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Hope this letter finds everybody healthy and safe.

We as a Board are doing everything possible to get our members some kind of tournament, but we are having no luck with our home tournaments with the City not allowing any gatherings. We had an away tournament to Redhawk with a good turnout of 48 players. We still have Golfer of the Month each month, so if you shot a good round make sure to turn your card in to the Pro Shop.

We are keeping are fingers crossed, hoping to have a tournament as soon as April but feel confident we well have one in May. We are working on a ways to pay online as we have no idea when we can have a general meeting.

Any questions fell free to e-mail me, hope to see you at the course.

Terry

Congratulations to Steve Cook for putting together our 1st Men’s Club tournament of 2021 at Redhawk in Temecula. Great turnout, beautiful day and a reminder of my love/hate relationship with that golf course!

I’m anxious to have a home tournament as soon as the city/county/state (pick your level of frustration) Health Department allows.

Until then, fairways and greens!

Don Didier

Ok, here we go, the 2021 season has begun with the first away tournament @ Redhawk. I think everything went well with no reported injuries or arrests! We had good weather & decent course conditions. For those who attended please send me any feedback, good or bad. Results will be out soon and this round will qualify for the first event of the coveted "Little Brown Jug" competition.

Next up we have Goose Creek on Sunday, March 28th followed by the Weekender @ San Vicente the weekend of April 9-10-11 (Masters Weekend). The "optional" Friday event will be at Mt. Woodson which is only about 20 minutes from San Vicente. Details & sign-ups will be on the Eldo Website soon.

Thank you to all that attended the Redhawk Trip. See Ya all soon.

Well, if you watched the Farmers Insurance Open, you got to see a little bruhaha involving Patrick Reed and an embedded ball! As part of the Rules of Golf changes in 2019, some things changed about embedded ball (as well as ball that is cut or cracked, which with today's ball has become very uncommon). In the past, if someone wanted to check a ball for any of those things, he or she had to offer their marker or a fellow competitor the ability to watch the process and inspect the ball.

Now, however, under Rule 16.4, a player can lift his or her ball to check those things so long as there is a reasonable belief that the ball could be embedded or cut or cracked. Since the ball Reed hit left on #10 was a high shot that he could not see bounce, and since the volunteer who had marked its position with an irrigation flag responded to a question from him that she had not seen the ball bounce (remember, neither Reed nor the volunteer was watching the CBS telecast) he had a reasonable belief that the ball could have been embedded.

Based on that reasonable possibility, he yelled to his two fellow competitors that he was going to check if it was embedded. He marked the position of the ball (which you must do anytime the ball could have to be replaced on a spot) and lifted it to check the lie. He believed a part of the ball was "below the level of the ground" but wasn't sure, so he called for an official to verify that he was entitled to relief. The official verified this, determined Reed's relief area - which for an embedded ball is a spot directly behind the embed mark and then one club length in any direction not nearer the hole - and dropped the ball. All good!

Read Rule 16.3 and take a look at Diagram 16.3a to understand when a ball is embedded.

See you at the course, Omar

Treasurer's Report - January 31, 2021

Balance on December 31, 2020		35,851.01
Income
Memberships	3,710.00
Redhawk Away Trip	4,765.00
Interest	1.15
Total January Income	8,476.15
Expenses
SCGA Dues		1,800.00
GOM Trophies		75.79
Refund Membership (less SCGA dues)		94.00
Total January Expenses		1,969.79
Balance on January 31, 2021		42,357.37

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hi Guys,

Hope this letter finds everybody healthy and safe, getting your Covid shot when they become available.

We are hearing some promising news from the city, they are allowing youth sports to start playing. So we are preparing in anticipation of having a tournament in April on the 18th, so save the date and wait for further info from the tournament chairman.

We are having a couple away trips, one this month at Goose Creek and the Weekender at San Vicente on first part of April.

Looking forward to seeing everybody soon.

Terry

Congratulations to the January Golfers of the Month:

Gross - Omar Diaz - 71
Net - Greg Englant - 65

If you have a good round at El Dorado, and you played from at least the white tees and with another member of the Club, turn in a GOM card! You need to have your name, your GHIN Number, the date and the tees you played, your 6 month Low Index (which can be found on the Club Website) and whether you want to win Net, Gross or "either" listed on the scorecard.

The card must be signed by you and another member of the Club who played with you. Have the starter place the completed card in the Men's Club Drawer in the Golf Shop.

We hope that the County and City will lift the prohibition on group play in early March. In anticipation of that, we are planning to have the Golfer of the Year Tournament on Sunday, March 21. If you won a GOM last year you should have received an email from Bob Livingstone to sign up for this; the Club picks up the greens fees for this event. If you did not get that email, let him or me know.

Good Luck,
Ziggy

This marks the 12th consecutive month we will not have a men’s club home tournament. Pretty sad. Hoping on (but not counting on) a return to tournament golf soon. We are prepared to have a home tournament as soon as the county and city allow. Covid-19 restrictions aside, we’ve now hear concerns that tournaments would further burden already busy golf courses.

Frustrated, but still trying,
Don Didier

February we got our first away tournament in the books in over 12 months, a big thank you to Mr. Cook for a great job in getting us out there. I have all the winnings (RedHawk) that have not been passed out yet, I will be emailing those of you still waiting to collect. With any luck we can get a tournament in at El Do with in the next couple of months, fingers crossed.

Stay Safe

Brad

Now that we have one event under our belts it's time to focus on Goose Creek. This event is full with 40 players. Currently we have 3 on the waiting list. Goose Creek would not give us any more tee times, sorry! First I want to apologize for not providing clear instructions on signing up for away tournaments online. I will try to clear it up here.

1. ALL players need to sign up online (some are having trouble logging on). Please try a couple times & if it still doesn't work let me know.

2. Use the special request space to tell me who you're playing with or anything else I need to know.

3. San Vicente is filling up fast. You need to sign up by March 12th to guarantee a spot and a room. After that I need to release the un-booked rooms back to SV.

4. Mt. Woodson - Friday, April 9th. This is the "optional" event for the Weekender.

It is open to all members whether you are going to the Weekender @ San Vicente or not! Format is still to be determined based on participation.

5. The next 2 events "The Golf Club @ Rancho California" & "Soboba" are booked for 60 players.

If you have any questions feel free to give me a call.

Thanks, your not so entertaining "Entertainment Chairman".

Treasurer's Report - February 28, 2021

Balance January 31, 2021		42,357.37
Income
Member Dues	1,080.00
Interest	0.68
Total February Income	1,080.68
Expenses
Redhawk Greens Fees		3,080.00
Redhawk Prize Fund		960.00
Redhawk Skins		445.00
Redhawk Subsidy from Club*		200.00
Board Meeting		67.00
USGA Membership		150.00
SCGA Dues		396.00
Total February Expenses		5,298.00
Balance on February 28, 2021		38,140.05

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

NOTES: The Club added $200 to the purse of the Redhawk Drive Trip