Tournament Chairman
Don Didier VP & Tournament Chairman
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
Entertainment
Steven Cook Entertainment Chairman
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.
Rules

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
Bob Livingstone Treasurer
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