The Calimesa Men's Golf Club
- The annual Spoto/Ebert Invitational in Laughlin, NV was a great trip! Check out pictures from the event posted above. Team Solano/Rodriguez won the event by beating Team Hansen/Ledesma one card off. Team Solano/Rodriguez won the Spoto/Ebert Invitational in 2015 in Mesquite, NV. Four other teams finished within three shots of the winners. It was a highly competitive event. Click here to view the complete tournament results. The 2022 Spoto/Ebert Invitational is booked and will be held in Mesquite, NV at the Palms and Conestoga golf courses. Flyers will be posted soon.
- During some tournaments played Hemet Golf Club, there have been questions about water on the course. Is the water temporary that has pooled as a result of rain, sprinklers or drainage? Is the water part of the penalty areas? If there's red or yellow stakes and a ball comes to rest within the stakes, the ball is in the penalty area and a player must proceed under USGA Rule 17.1. If a ball comes to rest in water that is not defined by red or yellow stakes, a player may take relief under USGA Rule 16.1. Sometimes water from the penalty area may spill out of the penalty area and/or connect with temporary water from rain. In these instances, the player and group he's playing with must use their best judgement when determining whether the ball has come to rest in water that is temporary or part of the penalty area defined by red or yellows stakes.
- Please be aware that Hemet Golf Club has established environmentally sensitive penalty areas. These areas are defined by green stakes with a red top. No golfers are allowed to enter these areas. When a ball comes to rest in an established environmentally sensitive penalty area, a player must proceed under USGA Rule 17.1 with no option for playing the ball as it lies.
- Due to COVID-19 and at the direction of golf courses, the Board had decided to require all flagsticks remain in cups during tournament play. As golf courses have lifted restrictions, the Board has voted on and removed the restrictions on flagsticks. Players now have the option to leave flagsticks in or remove them.
- In January 2019, the Board adopted USGA Model Local Rule E-5 as an alternative option to the Stroke-and-Distance procedures under USGA Rule 18.2. To clarify, when proceeding under USGA Model Local Rule E-5 when a ball is hit out of bounds, a ball must be dropped within the fairway nearest to the point where the ball last crossed the edge of the course boundary to go out of bounds and no nearer the hole.
- The Bobby (Spoto) Longo Memorial Monument that was located at Calimesa Country Club no longer exists but the Board continues to vote on and honor Members that have passed away. Members are added to the Memorial virtually on our Club website. This year the Board unanimously voted in Bobby Trask, Daryl Ritchie, and Bobby Arcadi. Click here to view the virtual Bobby (Spoto) Longo Memorial Monument.
- It's time for the Club Championship! The tournament will be held on August 21 & 22 at Hemet Golf Club and Seven Hills Golf Club. This is the second of the three annual majors sponsored by the Men's Club. This is a two day aggregate score tournament played from the blue tees and is flighted. There are three flights (Championship, First, and Second) and all members participating will be assigned to their flight based on their current handicap index as of 8/20/21. Regardless of flight, any member is eligible to win the Club Championship. Eligible members must have played in at least two Club tournaments in 2021 in order to be eligible to participate in the Club Championship. There will be 7:30 am shotgun on Saturday and an 8:00 am shotgun start on Sunday. Saturday pairings will be assigned by flight and handicap index. Sunday pairings will be assigned by flight and order of finish on Saturday. An optional skins game (gross and net skins) will be played for $20.
Michael Ebert
President