Our next events:
May 11, 2024 2-Man Better Ball Tournament
We are playing the BALL DOWN AS IT LIES
2024 President’s Cup Signup Sheet is up
Congratulations to Ron Cantor who won the Blue Flight with Net 72, Charlie Kelly, Kevin Kett, and Gary Bley tied for 2nd with Net 73’s. Paul Spafford won the White Flight with Net 69, Bill Ashman had a Net 72 for 2nd, and Tim Watson had Net 73 for 3rd. Nice playing!
Congratulations to Ron Cantor and Doug Bock for tying for 1st in the Blue Flight with Net 69’s, Rob Day had Net 70 for 3rd. Bill Ashman won the White Flight with Net 72, Paul Spafford took 2nd with Net 73, and Bill Grigsby & Jimmy Kutzler tied for 3rd with Net 76’s. Great scoring guys!
**Please remember if you can not make your tee time,
email [email protected] or call or text 650-556-3004 or the shop, before to your time.
Otherwise you will be charged a walking rate.**
March 16, 2024 Chief’s resulted winners: In the Blue Flight John Webster and Brian Patterson tied for 1st with Net 69’s, Doug Bock had Net 72 for 3rd, Paul Spafford had a nice Net 68 to win the White Flight, and Tim Caton and Tim Watson tied with Net 69’s. Great playing guys!
February 17, 2024 Mission Trails defeated Cottonwood 30 to 18!!!
February 17, 2024 Chiefs winners – Congratulations Dennis Glow who won the Blue flight with Net 71, Doug Bock had Net 74 for 2nd, and our newest member Kevin Birningham took 3rd with Net 76!
Congratulations to Jimmy Kutzler & Paul Spafford who tied for 1st with Net 72’s and Tim Watson came in 3rd with Net 74!
January 27, 2024 Chief’s winners – Congratulations JR Stewart who won the Blue flight with Net 76, Maison Henderson had Net 77 for 2nd, and Troy Grave had Net 83 for 3rd.
Congratulations to Nick Nixon & Paul Spafford who tied the White Flight with Net 73’s and Tim Watson had Net 74 for 3rd.
Welcome new members JR Stewart, Maison Henderson, Scott Mitchell, Troy Graves and Raymond Lee. I hope you all have fun in our club!
Members,
The Men’s Club conducts at least one tournament per month. The majority of the tournaments are “Chiefs” tournaments and the others are a 5-Club, the 2-Man Best Ball SCGA Qualifier and Club Championship. The Chiefs Tournament is an individual low net tournament usually split into flights. Each month’s winner of the Chiefs qualifies to play in the Super Chiefs tournament (tournament of Chief’s champions) at the end of our Golf fiscal year (September).
Mission Trails Men’s Golf Club!
January 2024
Local Rules,
Rules Sheet – Mission Trails Men’s Golf Club
1. Distance measuring devices which measure distance ONLY are permitted.
2. The inside edge of the fence posts at ground level along the left side of hole #1 is the out of bounds line.
3. All concrete drainage ditches are lateral penalty areas, (however the bridges over them are part of the cart path, not the hazard).
4. If not staked or marked with red lines, the concrete edge defines the hazard line.
5. If your ball is NOT in the hazard, but the concrete interferes with either stance or lie, you may take relief with no penalty. Remember, hazard lines are within the hazard, so if your ball is touching the concrete it is in the hazard.
6. The maintenance road bordering the left side of hole #8 and the maintenance road connecting #8 surfaced cart path to hole #10 surfaced cart path are deemed Obstructions and you may take relief without penalty.
7. Stones in the bunkers are moveable obstructions and may be removed without penalty.
8. If your ball strikes a power/telephone line, pole or support/guide wire which is in bounds, you MUST rehit from the same spot with no penalty. (Holes 13 &14 being the most frequent cases…)
9. On hole #17, if your ball is in the hazard, you may either follow the usual procedure for relief or use the Drop Area in front of the Forward Tee Box. Both, of course, incur a one stroke penalty. If your tee ball is hit out-of-bounds to the right, or long you may also either follow the usual stroke and distance procedure and rehit from the tee box or advance to the drop zone.
*10. On hole 13, if your tee ball is lost right or left on the hole before the wires, you must drop at the first drop area; incur a one stroke penalty.
Current rules and policies applied that may change in the future.
11. Lift, Clean and Place – If your ball finds a poor lie in the fairway (dirt patch, large piece of crab grass, etc…) you may follow the lift, clean and place procedure; In FAIRWAYS ONLY. This does NOT include a divot. One club length. You must consult with your group
12. Bunkers – Currently, there are rakes, so no adjustments can be made.
13. If you hit your golf ball out of bounds (white staked area) you have the following two options:
- Play your shot again under stroke and distance with a one stroke penalty.
- **new** Advance to where your ball crossed the out of bounds line and visualize a triangle from that point, to the edge of the fairway (1 club length into the fairway), and back to the tee box. Drop anywhere in the triangle that is formed. Two stroke penalty.
So if you hit your tee shot OB and decide to utilize this rule you would be 4.
How to join:
- Link to join: https://membership.scga.org/start/join/?cid=177
- You can also join on our website and click “join/renew” www.missiontrailsmensclub.com
- When you join online the fee is $125. Membership is good for a year from the day you join. The current renewal is $100.
- If you would rather join in the Pro-Shop you can ask for a membership application and pay the $100. Ask for Paul or Jeremy.
Mission Trails Men’s Golf Club Members,
Link to the SCGA page with additional information.
https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2339289
After our Two-Man Qualifier, the winning teams will have the option to play at one of the following courses in an effort to advance to the Championship round.
Penalty Area Changes on holes 13 and 17
To make an effort to speed up play, the board has implemented a few new rules that we think will speed play up on a couple of the harder holes that consistently slow play down.
This includes looking for lost balls, confusion over where to drop and play a shot from, going back to the tee to re-hit a shot, etc…
Hole 13:
We have changed the OB on the left of the hole to a Red Lateral Penalty area. Previously it was White. Now, the marking of the left of 12 and 13 fairways are consistent.
We have added a drop area approximately 170 yards from the green that will be used anytime a ball is lost to the left, or to the right on the hole.
So, for instance:
If you hit your drive to the right, down in the ditch, and it’s unplayable, or if you can’t find your ball off to the right, instead of dropping it down by the creek, you will now just proceed to the designated drop area and play your third shot. (1 stroke penalty)
*** The mandatory re-tee if you hit the wires on your drive is still the rule.
Hole 17
The entire hole is marked RED now.
If you hit your ball out to the left side of the ditch, or short of the landing area, way right, or over the green long…. proceed to the drop area, or re-Tee.
Our goal is to speed up play, make the rules easier to follow, and as always, make the game as enjoyable as possible.
Thanks!