2019 Silver Oak Men’s Club (SOMC)
Welcome to the web portal of the Silver Oak Men’s Club. SOMC offers players 18 and over, of varying abilities, an environment of friendly competition. Prospective members are welcomed to browse our web portal and contact us for additional information you may need. The 2019 season runs from March 17 to October 27. Benefits of membership include:
- Reduced green fees
- GHIN service for 2019
- Tournament games (mandatory) and optional gross and net skins
- Range balls on tournament day
- FredEx Cup points race and qualification for annual NNGA 6-man team event
- Web portal access to tournament results, seasonal points race, player stats and more
- Awards banquet
Annual club dues are $55 ($65 after March 17, 2019). A secondary club membership is available for $40 to players who choose to maintain an active GHIN handicap (and pay their service fee) at another NNGA-affiliated club. All returning members should have received their application and membership information for the 2019 season by e-mail. New members may download the packet by visiting the Silver Oak Golf and Event Center website at http://www.silveroakgolf.com under Sunday Men’s Club.
Congratulations to our 2018 Champions
FredEx Cup: Jim Sapien - 6803 points
Club Championship: Jim Sapien – 69, 72 (gross); Ben Gelbaum – 67, 66 (low net over field)
President’s Cup: Chuck Spencer (Flight 1); Robert Martin (Flight 2)
2019 SOMC Board
President - Evan Shane (775) 220-6212 ecshane77@att.net
Vice-President - Dan Wilson (415) 385-1164 downtowncoin@gmail.com
Treasurer - William Kapczynski (775) 720-5979 wmkapczynski@yahoo.com
Secretary/PR – Dennis Baughman (775) 434-4838 dbaughman775@charter.net
Handicap Chair - Eric Fujita (775) 544-5938 ericmfujita@gmail.com
Tournament Director - Bert Wells (775) 881-8040 cbwellsemail@gmail.com
General Member – Larry Johnson (775) coastman06@yahoo.com
General Member - Mike Matuska (775) 671-2009 michaelmatuska@sbcglobal.net
2018 Tournament and Handicap Committee: Eric Fujita, Bert Wells, Dan Wilson, Robert Mason (adviser and Head Pro); Scoring Team – Eric Fujita, Bert Wells and Dennis Baughman.
2019 Tournament and Handicap Committee: Eric Fujita, Bert Wells, Larry Johnson, Dan Wilson, Robert Mason (adviser and Head Pro); 2019 Scoring Team – Eric Fujita and Bert Wells (backup – Dan Wilson).
SOMC would not exist without the volunteer efforts of your Board members. If you want to contribute, the SOMC Board is seeking volunteers to join the Tournament and Handicap Committee (and scoring team) for the 2020 season. Volunteers will need to acquire a working knowledge of the USGA Tournament Management software by Golf Genius, GHIN Handicap Program, and Excel spreadsheets for calculating local handicaps and tournament payouts. We will provide the necessary training during the off season between 2019 and 2020. Please contact Eric Fujita during the 2019 season if you’re interested.
Club Rules and Policies
Tournament Schedule and Format
Club tournaments are scheduled each Sunday from March 17 to October 27, 2019. Click on Calendar under the Home Page tab for the 2019 tournament schedule. “More Info” specifies the tournament format for the day and the applicable handicap percentage and FredEx Cup points. Individual stroke play is the most common format during the season. Descriptions of other tournament formats can be found in the membership packet.
Tournament Signups
Tournament signups are by tee times for most tournaments. Tee times may be booked at the Silver Oak Pro Shop (775-841-7000, ext 2) up to two weeks in advance. Groups of less than four will be deemed open spots to fill by other members calling in for a time. Ten tournaments will have shotgun starts including the 2-round President’s Cup, 2-round Club Championship, and Playoffs. First round pairings for major championships are according to the usual signup procedure, but first-hole tees will be assigned according to the aggregate handicap index of the group. Second round pairings are by order of finish after the first round. Similarly, accumulated FredEx points determine pairings for the playoffs. Players will need to have played in a minimum of three club events to qualify for entry into the President’s cup and a minimum of five events for the Club Championship. In order to facilitate the Tournament Committee’s preparation for the tournament, we request that all players book their tee times or, if necessary, cancel no later than Friday noon prior to the next Sunday tournament.
Guest Policy
In addition to the annual member/guest event, members may invite guests to play in any of our regular club event (i.e., excluding Club Championship, President’s Cup, Playoffs and Monthly Masters) throughout the year. The guest invitations are intended to allow prospective new members to evaluate SOMC membership and will be extended once per guest. A guest with an active GHIN handicap index may enter into game and skins using his lowest index in the past 12 months. Guests without an active handicap index may enter gross skins only. Calloway scoring will be used only in the annual member/guest event.
Tournament Flights and Tees
Tournaments consist of three flights with equal numbers of players. Handicap cutoff between flights will vary with the number of players in the field. All play is from the blue tees unless specified by the tournament format.
Tournament Entry Fees
There is a mandatory entry fee of $10 for the game associated with the weekly tournaments. The club retains 15% of the total mandatory entry fees to cover costs for year-end awards, hole-in-one insurance (up to $100) and club events throughout the season. Separate $5 entry fees for gross and net skins are optional. Maximum handicap for net skins is limited to 18. Place your entry fees in an envelope at the golf shop when you check in and drop it in the fee/scorecard bin.
Course Handicap
A “course handicap” indicates the number of handicap strokes a player receives from a specific set of tees at the course being played to adjust the player’s scoring ability to the level of zero-handicap golf. A course handicap is determined by applying the player’s handicap index to a course handicap table (see http://cdn.cybergolf.com/images/1587/Mens-Slope-Tables.pdf)
Handicap Policy
A local handicap index (LHI), which is based on scores from only SOMC events, will be used if it differs from the player’s GHIN HI by more than one stroke. This change addresses past concerns about potential advantage for some players who consistently posts higher scores outside of our club events. The proposal to use a local index was approved by the general membership on September 16, 2018. The requirement for an active GHIN handicap remains with this new policy and the Tournament Committee will continue to post all scores from club events to GHIN.
The Handicap Committee may also adjust the LHI for a player who shoots two exceptional scores that exceed a probability, as defined in the USGA Handicap Manual, of 1 in 200 within a rolling period of six months. The full SOMC Handicap Policy may be downloaded from the Silver Oak website at http://www.silveroakgolf.com under Sunday Men’s Club.
Play by the Rules of Golf
Members are expected to know and play by the rules of golf. This is particularly important next season as several changes to USGA rules take effect on January 1, 2019. A summary of the more commonly applied USGA and local rules can be downloaded from the Silver Oak website at http://www.silveroakgolf.com under Sunday Men’s Club.
Pace of Play
All groups are expected to play ready golf and complete their rounds in less than 4½ hours. Groups are encouraged to book tee times according to their usual pace of play to reduce potential backups on the course and to enable compliance with the pace-of-play policy by all. The Tournament Committee will enforce the guidelines for penalizing slow groups as described in the SOMC Pace-of-Play Policy, which can be downloaded from the Silver Oak website at http://www.silveroakgolf.com under Sunday Men’s Club.
Score Cards and Posting Scores
- First and last name (legible)
- All scores must be dated, signed and attested.
- For holes that are unfinished, post your “most likely score,” which is the actual number of strokes taken plus the number of strokes, in the player’s best judgment, which would be needed to finish the hole from that position more than half of the time. The score for those holes should be preceded by an X on the scorecard.
- Incomplete or unreadable cards will be disqualified.
- Scorecards are exchanged prior to play for Club Championship and President’s Cup. You will be keeping the score for another person in your foursome.
The Tournament Committee will post scores to the Golf Handicap and Information Network (GHIN) for SOMC sponsored events. Members are expected to post all other 9-hole (7 to 12 holes completed) or 18-hole (13 holes or more completed) scores of stroke play throughout the year as governed by USGA posting procedures. Score holes that are not played as par plus the number of strokes that you are entitled to according to your handicap. Don’t forget to apply the appropriate Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) adjustments. ESC is the downward adjustment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make a handicap index more representative of a player’s potential ability. The maximum score on any hole is: double bogey for course handicap of 9 or less; 7 for 10 through 19; 8 for 20 through 29; 9 for 30 through 39.
Tournament Results and Payouts
Tournament game winnings are paid out to the lowest net scores for a quarter of the field in each flight (except major championships) plus $20 for low gross and $15 for closet to the pin. Championship winnings are paid to low gross and net over field and to the lowest net scores for a quarter of the remaining field in each flight. Payouts (except skins) are in scrips redeemable for green fees, merchandise, lessons, food and beverages at the Silver Oak Pro Shop (excludes food service on the second floor). FredEx Cup points are allocated according to the tables in the membership packet. Players who submit scores for unfinished rounds or with an X on any hole will be disqualified from the game without refund of the mandatory entry fee, but will be eligible for skins and FredEx Cup points. For purposes of awarding points, unfinished holes will be counted as par plus the extra strokes based upon the player’s handicap.
The Scoring Team (Larry Johnson and Dan Wilson in 2019) will post the preliminary tournament results for review on the web portal after conclusion of play. Click on results tab and select a date. Results for tournament and skins games are shown on separate pages. Reveal individual score cards by clicking on a player’s name and click on expand all in the skins sections for details of each winning skin. Contact the Scoring Team if you suspect an error in the scoring. Challenges to a posted score will be rejected if it matches the score on the signed and attested score card. The schedule for posting of results, review and challenges, and collection of game and skins awards will be announced prior to the start of the season.
FredEx Cup, Playoffs and Annual Awards
FredEx Cup, named after our club’s founding member Fred Coons, is a season long points race from March 17th through September 1st culminating in a one-day playoff on September 8th to determine qualifiers for the NNGA 6-Man Team event in September 2019. Points are awarded every week with each flight playing for first place points. Points range up to 500 points for regular tournament, up to 1000 for Monthly Masters, and up to 2000 for major tournaments (Club Championship and President’s Cup). Winners of the Monthly Masters in each flight gain entry into the Master of the Masters, a parallel tournament during the playoff. The top 20 point earners and ties qualify for the playoff with the Club Champions (low gross and low net over field) and President’s Cup Champions (flights 1, 2 and 3) gaining automatic entry. Accumulated points reset to zero for the playoff and the field is divided equally into two flights.
SOMC plans to enter two six-man teams consisting of the qualifiers in Team 1 and 2, shown below. While entry for Team 1 is assured, Team 2 is contingent upon acceptance of the second team based on the number of teams that have entered. Team 1 will represent SOMC if NNGA accepts only one team from our club.
Team 1
1. FredEx Cup Champion (automatic qualifier)
2. Player with lowest gross in playoffs.
3. Player with lowest net over field in playoffs.
4-6. Players with lowest net score in flight 1, 2 and 3 among remaining players. Additional players may qualify for Team 2 if one or more automatic qualifiers for Team 2 earn spots on Team 1.
Team 2 – Automatic qualifiers for Team 2 if not already qualified for Team 1.
1. Club Champion, low gross
2. Club Champion, low net over field
3. President’s Cup Champions, low gross
4. President’s Cup Champions, low net over field
5. Master of the Masters, low gross
6. Master of the Masters, low net over field
The NNGA limits the allowable handicap for all of its events to a maximum of 27. Therefore, only players with course handicaps of 27 or less will be eligible for Team 1. Players with a course handicap greater than 27 will be placed on Team 2 and replaced on Team 1 with an automatic qualifier on Team 2 in the order listed, if not already qualified for Team 1
Annual Awards
- FredEx Cup Champion (personalized golf bag)
- Club Championship – low gross (personal trophy and name on perpetual plaque)
- Club Championship – Flight 2 (personal trophy and name on perpetual plaque)
- Club Championship - Flight 3 (personal trophy and name on perpetual plaque)
- President’s Cup Champion – flight 1 (name on perpetual plaque)
- President’s Cup Champion – flight 2 (name on perpetual plaque)
- President’s Cup Champion – flight 3 (name on perpetual plaque)
- Master of the Masters – flight 1 (name on perpetual plaque)
- Master of the Masters – flight 2 (name on perpetual plaque)
- Master of the Masters – flight 3 (name on perpetual plaque)
- NNGA Six-Man Team 1 and 2 (team cap)
- Most club events played
- Most improved player