Members,
Welcome back for another EMGA season. We are a month out from our first Open Play. The 2026 Calendar is attached.
Hopefully you've been able to keep the rust off of your swing, and you've been participating in Tom McKernan's Winter Rules Refreshers. As in past years, we're offering many exciting tournaments and season-long events to keep up your interest. If you have not already, please drop off your check in the mail or clubhouse by 1 March. This helps the committees by giving an idea of what our budget will be for the year.
As I mentioned in my previous email on 9 Dec 2025 titled “2026 Key Updates,” we have some minor tweaks to how business ran in the past. Here's a recap, plus additional information.
1. Cashless System: All dues and fees will now be paid up front and deducted from your EMGA account as you play. Weekly account balances will be posted, and you can review the full details on this process in the 2026 Information posting in the Featured section on the EMGA website. Checks are due by 1 March 2026.
2. OPCs
A. The first flight will be Gross-only for stroke play and skins. Players wanting to be in the first flight must opt-in on the day of play, with flexibility to change week to week.
B. All other flights will be Net-only for stroke play, with both gross and net skins available within those flights.
C. All flights will have a 33% payout ratio.
D. We will be reminding everyone with our OPC emails on the process, rules, signups, etc.
3. Ike Cup: Qualifying now requires 6 rounds (previously 4). The last day to signup is 25 March 2026.
4. Match Play: Forfeits within flight play will no longer be awarded. Any forfeited match within flight play will be recorded as zero points for both players. The last day to signup is 30 Apr 2026.
5. Ringers: No changes. The last day to signup is 25 Mar 2026.
6. Tournaments: We will be hosting 11 tournaments, covered by your annual dues, with a mix of individual, two-man, and four-man tournaments with different formats. Some tournaments will have optional $5 skin games.
7. Home and Aways: The Home and Away chair, Mark Dalzell, now has a schedule and will be following up with information on how it will all work for this season.
8. Meals: No changes, your dues cover three meals as highlighted on the calendar.
9. EMGA Website: We're excited about upcoming enhancements being made to the EMGA Website, emgacolorado.org. These changes should make the site more interactive and beneficial for your use. All the Terms of Competition are on the website. We've also added a Forum section to the website where you can leave a comment, others can respond, and we hopefully create some meaningful dialog. You can comment on any golf topic, rules, course conditions, tournament formats, etc. Your username/ID is your GHIN number.
I highly recommend that you acquaint yourself to our two main sources of information. Our EMGA website (emgacolorado.org) is where you can find out about our policies, different types of competitions, etc. The EMGA Portal page (egc-2026emga.golfgenius.com) is where you'll find information about the ongoing season; signup for tournaments, Home and Away's, OPCs, meals, tournament results, calendar, and more.
We're glad that you have returned and are looking forward to another outstanding season. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
Larry Walker, President EMGA
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