2018 Season News & Notes

Member Guest Open - Date Change

The Member Guest Open will be played on Saturday 9/22.  This change was made to eliminate conflict with the Senior Club Championship and the second interclub matches at Candlewood.  Sign up is open for all Members and their guest or play with another Member. 

• Associate Members and their guests are welcome
  
• Entry is $260 per team
• Includes green and cart fees
• Sit down awards luncheon with choice of Filet, Chicken or Salmon and prizes.
• Format is Two Man Better Ball with teams being flighted.
  
• An optional skins game will be done for the field (players will be flighted individually). NOTE - ONLY SELECT SKINS FOR THE MEMBER - NOT THE GUEST.  Skins must be entered in advance and no money will be collected at the tournament.

Interclub @ Candlewood

The second interclub match is scheduled for September 16th at Candlewood Valley.  Richter will be matched up against Candlewood.  Tee times will start around 11:30 and go until 2:00.
In the first event hosted at Richter, Candlewood beat Centennial and the RPMC squad clobbered Ridgefield.

Complete match results can be viewed here.

See this flyer for future interclub events.

CSGA Scholarship Tournament @ Ridgewood  September 24th

The Connecticut State Golf Association will have it's annual scholarship tournament at Ridgewood Country Club on Monday September 24th.  Format is Best Ball of each Foursome (Gross and Net).  Entry fee of $250 per player includes golf, lunch, dinner and contests and prizes.  Event signup can be reached here.

• CSGA One Day Tournaments are a great opportunity to compete at different courses across the state.  Check out the schedule here

Important Renewal Procedures

Here's a quick screencast video to demonstrate the process.
Please follow these steps to renew your membership:

1. Login using your email address you registered with last year.  If you have never logged in, use the "Forgot Password" link near the sign in box to receive a new password.
2. After logging in, click View Profile, you will see a message that you are already a member - click on "Edit your member profile".  Review and update your contact information if necessary - do not modify your GHIN or local number.
3. Confirm or modify your membership level and continue through to payment.
4. Remember your login information and use it to sign up for events throughout the season.

The RPMC Board reviews various aspects of the club operations and policies and will make changes from time to time.  The policy to allow players to use the Gold Tees was implemented a few years ago to permit maximum participation in our events.  This should be seen as an accommodation for eligible players and not an advantage.  Accordingly, after reviewing results from 2016 and discussion among the Board the eligibility criteria remain:

• Players of Minimum Age of 65 years
  
• GOLD Course Minimum Handicap of 22 (Index of 21.4)
  

Equitable Stroke Control & Posting Scores

Once in a while during a round, there may be one or two holes that can just make a mess of your scorecard.  If you don't believe it, play in the Danbury Amateur or watch the 8th or 15th holes during the event.   A loose swing here, rinse a ball there, trouble in the bunker, three-jack on the green and all of a sudden it's a big number on the card.

Equitable Stroke Control is a procedure for adjusting your gross score for posting.  This procedure places a maximum on the score recorded for any hole.  First convert your handicap index to the COURSE HANDICAP.  This can be done through the course handicap charts at the golf course, the GHIN app or by the following calculation HcpIndex x Course Tee Slope/113 and round accordingly.  For example, an index of 11.7 converts to a COURSE HANDICAP on the WHITE TEES of 14.  Using ESC for a COURSE HANDICAP of 14 is 7.  So any score higher than a 7 should be reduced to a 7 for posting purposes.