Members,
Good news! The Blue Course Silver teeing areas are approved for play. Thank you to the EGC Staff.
If you have declared Silver or the Gold/Silver combo, you can now play them on both courses. The tee boxes for the Blue Course Silver teeing areas are not built-up but will be maintained and on the same mowing schedule as the other teeing areas. There are plans, most likely not this year, to develop the Silver teeing areas. The Silver teeing areas are in front of the Gold tees and marked with two paint dots. They may not be ideal but are very usable and meet many of the member’s needs who may want to play it forward.
A word of caution for members playing the combo tees. Please look at the scorecard to make sure you’re teeing from the correct teeing area for each hole. The Gold/Silver combo on the Silver course uses Gold, Silver or some unique specific Gold/Silver teeing areas. They are marked on the scorecard, just be aware. It’s a 2-stroke penalty from hitting from the Wrong Place (rule 14.7), and if not corrected before teeing off on the next hole it turns into a disqualification.
If you are playing the Gold/Silver combo tees on the Blue course, here’s the holes and which teeing area will be used. Attached is a screenshot for highlighting which teeing area to use for the Gold/Silver combo. Please print to help keep track of which tees to use on which holes. An official scorecard from the course is not yet in the works. Golf Genius and GHIN will reflect the right Course Rating and Slope.
Gold Holes: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17
Silver Holes: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18
The table below shows three players, Player A with a 6 Handicap Index, Player B with a 16 Handicap Index, and Player C with a 24 Handicap Index and their corresponding strokes for each of the teeing areas.
Larry Walker, President EMGA
PS. For OPCs you are allowed to play from any of the teeing areas and not required to declare, other than the day of. Additionally, you can change from week to week which set of tees you want to play from.
P.S.S. Make sure you let Ron Schilling ([email protected]) be aware of your declared tees for tournaments.
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