- The first major championship of the year will start on June 16 with the President’s Cup Qualifier. The President’s Cup is a handicapped match play bracketed tournament funded by the Men’s Club. Members that qualify will be seeded in a single elimination bracket. Members must have played in at least one Men's Club tournament in 2024 to participate in the President's Cup. Click here to read the rules of the 2024 President's Cup.
- The Spoto/Ebert Invitational in Laughlin, NV is less than a month away! There are 66 registered players. Trip details have been posted. Click here to view the event's webpage. Hotel confirmations and pairings will be posted soon. Tim Carlisle from the Yucaipa Valley Men's Golf Club is coordinating an skins game on Friday, May 31 at Laughlin Ranch Golf Club. There are a few spots still open. For those interested in the skins game, please contact Tim (909-553-4985 atcarlisle@verizon.net).
- The the year to date points have been updated through the tournament on 4/21/24. Click here to view the leaderboard.
- Beginning January 1, 2019, the USGA amended the Rules of Golf to allow the use distance measuring devices (DMDs). DMDs include laser rangefinders, GPS watches, handheld GPS units, mobile phones, tablets, and similar devices. Some of these devices have functionality that are not allowed under the Rules of Golf. The following functions are not allowed to be accessed during a round.
- Displays of effective playing distances (e.g. slope)
- Club recommendations
- Processed or analyzed club distances from current round
- Gauged or measured variable environmental conditions such as wind speed or altitude
- Analysis or display of swing, set-up or other swing mechanics
- The first breach of this rule is loss of hole in match play and a two stroke penalty in stroke play. The second breach of this rule is disqualification. Click here to read the complete rule on DMDs.
- The Board has had discussions over the last year or so about tournament payouts and gift cards. If our Club had a permanent home course, this would be a non-issue. However, as it stands today and moving forward, our Club will continue to play tournaments are multiple golf courses. With that in mind, it doesn't make sense to play a tournament at one course and purchase gift cards at another course not knowing when the next opportunity will be to redeem the gift card. Additionally, there can be significant delays in getting the gift cards issued for many reasons, most of which is out of the Board's control. The Board has proposed a plan where in lieu gift cards being issued for each tournament, gift cards would be issued at the end of each quarter. The gift card value would be the some of the tournament payouts won in the previous quarter for each Member. Additionally, Members can select where they would like the gift card issued from. For instance, a Member plays in six tournaments in the first quarter of 2024 at Soboba Springs Golf Club and earns $80. The next four tournaments the Member plans on playing in will be at Hemet Golf Club. The Member would like an $80 gift card issued from Hemet Golf Club. All of this would be a significant time savings and less of a headache for our Tournament Chairman, Doug Owens. The Board would like Member feedback before the proposed plan described above is piloted.
- Several Members have brought to my attention that they are receiving phishing emails. The typical email appears to from me (Michael Ebert) stating I'm no longer in the state and need help. The email is usually requesting the purchase of gift cards or to send money. Please know these emails were not sent by me. They are spam/phishing emails. If you look at who the email is from, it will say Michael Ebert followed by a fraudulent email address. Emails I send will always come from CalimesaMensGolfClub@gmail.com or MichaelEbert32@gmail.com. Please report these spam/phishing emails to your email service provider.
Michael Ebert
President
NEWS - May/June 2024
The Calimesa Men's Golf Club