January 2025

Happy New Year!

 

We hope that you have taken advantage of the pleasant weather and gotten some winter rounds played.

 

We have a full year of events set up for our members. In addition to the usual events, we are adding multiple tee options starting with the April home event: Tournament and White tees, and possibly the Blue tees.

 

With the addition of new members to the club, in addition to the old-timers, some are asking about regular group events that guys run. If you would like to bring in new players, I can set up a page on this site where we list your schedule and contact info. We can help bring new guys to your groups, if you are open to that. Let me know (brian.ermgc@gmail.com)

 

Membership Update

Thank you to all who renewed this year, and welcome to all of our new members! As of 1/26/25, our club now has 727 members!

 

Reminder: All ERMGC members can call the pro shop at ER eight (8) days out to make a tee time, rather than the seven (7) day public advance tee time. Another member benefit is the 15% discount on many items in the pro shop.

 

If you have friends or acquaintances who might like to join, send them to the registration link:

https://empireranch.memberplanet.com/v2app/#/register

 

Club Events

Club Tournaments

 

  • Feb 8th: Super Ball @ ER, 8am shotgun start. The regular home event is open to every member. The NCGA fourball qualifier running concurrently has eligibility requirements of 4 events in the past 12 months
  • Feb 24th: Winter Classic at Granite Bay, shotgun start at 10:30am
  • March 8th: home event March Madness & NCGA 4 man Zone qualifier. All members are eligible to play in the regular home event. To be eligible for the NCGA Qualifier part, members need 4 events in the past 12 months. 8am Shotgun start at Empire
  • March 24th: away event at Cameron Park, with some of the area's most diabolical greens! 9am shotgun start
  • April 12th: The Spring Fling is our first tee-time start event of the year, starting at 7:30am and going until the last group tees off, usually after 11am
  • April 28th: Return to Winchester CC for a challenging round in the Auburn foothills. 9am shotgun start

 

Team Match Play (TMP)

 

Our club participates in the popular NCGA Team Match Play event, hosting both Thursday and Saturday teams. This is a unique team and individual event where we compete against 2 or 3 local clubs, playing matches both at home and at the other courses. Play is match play.

Look for a separate communication in April about this event specifically.

Team match information: https://ncga.org/team-match

 

Summer-long Match Play

 

Our very popular, summer-long Match Play Championship will kick off in mid- to late-April, with a Match Play draw party where the initial pairings are drawn. This year we return to single-elimination bracket play for the 128 player field. Win your first 2 matches and you are guaranteed winnings! Members must have two (2) ERMGC events played in the 12 months prior to the first round of MP. More info to come.

NCGA Events

NCGA Tournament Schedule

 

In addition to the many events your club puts on, there are other options as well, most of them run by the NCGA. Sample events:

 

  • Team Match Play
  • Numerous scratch level events
  • Numerous net events
  • Senior (55+) events
  • Weekend Net Tour (WNT)
  • Senior Series (55+) - usually mid-week events
  • Many others!

 

Check out the schedule from the link above for info and registration

 

ERMGC Election Season

Club election season kicks off in April with the nomination period were we identify and nominate members in good standing, who have been with us for at least two years. In May, we vote electronically and the results are announced at our June General Membership meeting.

Look for more information on this topic in late March/early April.

Election info: https://ermgc.golfgenius.com/pages/5119981075501718526

 

 

If you have any questions about our events, our club or whatever, contact one of us via email.

 

Thank you being a member of our club!!

See you out there.

 

Shout-out to the guys doing the heavy lifting for the club:

  • Don Hale (haledon1@att.net) - Home Tournament Chairman
  • Chas Prior (chasprior51@gmail.com) - Away Tournament Chairman
  • Doug Graf (doug.ermgc@gmail.com) - Secretary and Handicap Chairman
  • Ryan Young (ryan.ermgc@gmail.com) - Finance Chairman

 

On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you

 

Brian McClintock (brian.ermgc@gmail.com), President/Membership Chairman