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34 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | OCTOBER 2017 | From the President – Ron Leatherman: September was certainly a hot month. I hope everyone stayed hydrated. Our course manager of 11 years passed away in early September. We raised $5,000 for the Sunshine Club. An entire month went by without a hole-in-one. I would like to see more residents start to play with our club. We are a social club and welcome golfers of all skill levels. Hope to see you on the course. From the Tournament Chair – Addis Scott: You may sign up at our prior Tuesday golf event, or contact the Tournament Committee by email at hemet4sgc@gmail.com. Our October game schedule is: Oct. 3, 8 am: (T) – Club Championship Round 1 – Best two of three rounds; Low Net and 1st Place Low Gross by Flight – Post as tournament Oct. 5, 8 am Thursday: (T) – Club Championship Round 2 – Best two of three rounds; Low Net and 1st Place Low Gross by Flight – Post as tournament Oct. 10, 8 am: (T) – Club Championship Round 3 – Best two of three rounds; Low Net and 1st Place Low Gross by Flight – Post as tournament Oct. 17, 8 am: Individual – 3 Clubs & Putter Oct. 24, 8 am: Partners (Same Flight) - Lowest Net Score Per Hole Oct. 31, 8 am: Team Scramble (Min of 3 Tee-Shots) – Hdc = Average Handicap (Halloween – come in costume) From the Membership Chair – Elliot Yaeger: New members are always welcomed. If you would like to join, pick up an application at the Lodge front desk and return it to the Lodge when completed. The cost of membership is $66, which will include club membership as well as SCGA membership. Keep your last five scorecards and include them with your application. This way, when you get your SCGA number your handicap will be instantly established. Keep in mind a minimum of five scores are necessary to receive an established handicap. If you have any questions contact Elliot Yaeger at (951) 223 3735 or email: ey1611@gmail.com. From the Rules Chair – Tom Johnson: Let's take a look at taking relief now and then how it is proposed with the new rules (effective after Jan. 1, 2019) under consideration. If you are taking relief and moving your ball, you currently are required under the rules to drop the ball with your arm fully extended at shoulder height. You are dropping the ball over a marker, which is either one or two club lengths from where your ball was or the margin of a hazard or along a line depending on the particular type of relief (no closer to the hole). If the ball rolls away from the area of relief, you make a second attempt. If a second attempt fails, you place the ball near the marker. Under the proposed rules, the point of relief will be either 20 or 80 inches. If the relief is from a red line margin such as a water hazard or a lateral move from an unplayable ball, the distance will be 80 inches. In all other case it will be 20 inches. You will no longer be able to use the longest club in your bag to measure, and all players will have the same amount of relief. The ball will be dropped from any height so long as it is not touching anything such as grass. If the ball rolls out of the relief area, multiple attempts can be made and the ball is placed if after multiple attempts the ball will not stay in the relief area. A number of players say something like "I will hit another one" when they intend to hit a provisional ball. If you do not specifically say "provisional" then you are abandoning your ball. When you hit a provisional, you must play your original ball if it is found and in bounds. When you hit a provisional and then are able to play the original ball, you don't get any penalty strokes. If you use the provisional, you have the original stroke and one penalty stroke added to your score. You are hitting your third shot when you hit the provisional. When you do not declare a provisional, you are hitting your third shot and you must play that ball and not the original ball. If you are in doubt about where your ball is and can find it, you should play a provisional to help with speed of play. Keep in mind that you can abandon your ball and hit another remembering that you are hitting your third shot. With a provisional, you sometimes have to play the original ball from a bad lie and add many strokes recovering. Think about which strategy is likely to give you the best score. Along with rules, we have etiquette and safety. This includes pace of play, which in extreme cases can involve penalties for taking too long. We are not supposed to hit if the ball could possibly hit others. We are supposed to fix divots using sand when appropriate. We are impacted by what others do and should consider how we impact others. We all need to take time to repair the course from damage from clubs or balls. We need to take time to repair damage that others have missed or ignored. From the Handicap Chair – Lynn Smith: It has been brought to my attention that players are posting their scores when playing by themselves. Under Rule 5-1e here are Unacceptable Scores: • When fewer than seven holes have been played. • When, as conditions of the completion, the maximum number of clubs allowed is less than 14, or types of clubs are limited as, for example, in a competition that allows only iron clubs. • When a player uses non-conforming clubs, non-conforming balls, or non-conforming tees, or when a player incurs a second breach of Rule 14-3 (NEW). • When a player plays alone. (NEW). If a player needs a score correction who should the player go to - the club or the SCGA? Answer - in the Policies and Procedures, clubs should have information on who the member can go to regarding score correction or questions about their score file. The SCGA can answer basic questions about scores, but the member should always go to the club's Handicap Chair for answers and correction first.