Rules and Bylaws

Rules of Play

Every year it is the objective of the board to create a fair and level playing field for every member at every tournament. As a result, we will continue to monitor scores and penalize golfers who breach the following.

First, understand these terms (I'm not going to define them all, i.e., Adjusted Gross Score (AGS), Playing Conditions Calculation (PCC), etc.):

USGA Handicap Index (HI) Simplified in 2020, USGA calculates a player's HI by averaging the lowest 8 out of the player's last 20 score differentials. Other factors come into play like Playing Conditions Calculation, Exceptional Scores, Soft Cap, Hard Cap, but basically lowest 8 of the player's last 20 differentials).

Score Differential 113/Course&Tee Slope Rating) X (Adjusted Gross Score - Course&Tee Rating - PCC).

Course Handicap Strokes given for the course you are playing: Round(Handicap Index X Slope Rating/113) + (Course Rating - Par))

Playing Handicap Strokes given for the competition you are playing, e.g.,  ERMC allows 95% for Individual Stroke Play events. Careful where you apply the 95% in the Playing Handicap calculation. It should not be applied after calculating course handicap is calculated, it should be inside the calculation (preventing double rounding). I've even seen golf software like the one Eagle Ridge uses for corporate tournaments (Vision Perfect) calculates this wrong. 

     Correct: Round(Handicap Index X Slope Rating/113) + (Course Rating - Par) X 95%)) 

     Not Correct: Round(Course Handicap X 95%)

Additional ERMCHandicap Index Rules (really, really important, so I underlined it)

Rule 1: A maximum of 36 strokes will be allowed in all our tournaments for net stroke and net skins contests.

Rule 2: A player who records 3 net scores of 70 or below will have his handicap index adjusted by -2 strokes for the remainder of the year.

Rule 3: A player who records 2 net scores of 68 or below will have his handicap index adjusted by -2 strokes for the remainder of the year.

Rule 4: A player who records 1 net score of  66 or below will have  his handicap index adjusted by -2 strokes for the remainder of the year.

Rule 5: Obsolete - N/A

Rule 6: Including events dating back to the previous season, average lowest 2 differentials (including PCC, Exceptional Score, etc.) out of the previous 5 ERMC events (3 or 4 if player has less than 5 ERMC events). If a player has less than 3 ERMC event scores, the lowest 1 will be used. The lower of the ERMC Handicap Index and the USGA Handicap Index will be used.

Rule 7: For new or returning members who do not have an ERMC event score in the previous season, the player’s USGA Low Handicap Index for the previous 12 months will be used for their first event.

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The Eagle Ridge Mens Club was founded in 2004 and is a registered NCGA Associate Club. Club membership, tournaments, ERMC Code of Conduct Dec-2021-pdf.pdfhandicap administration, club rules, code of conduct and by laws are managed by a board of directors.

ERMC Code of Conduct-BOD adopted December 13, 2021

ERMC-Code-of-Conduct-Dec-2021-pd

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