Here's a second chance to qualify. NCGA Associate Club Championships will be held on August 4th and 5th at Spyglass Hill.

Here's how it goes:
We will hold our second club qualifier on Sunday, May 18th. Our qualifier will be virtual. Qualifying does not obligate you to compete, it just puts you on the list. But, if you commit to May 28th, you have to be available for the championships; there are no substitutions after the qualifier. We want to go all the way!

Once our team is together, they will compete at the qualifier on July 2nd at Mare Island
(Two Person better ball).

Those who qualify on July 2nd, advance to the Championships on August 4th and 5th at Spyglass Hill (Four Ball-Two Person better ball).

All handicaps are invited to play, but the maximum handicap played to is 18.4. In order to represent EWGA SMN, you have to have your handicap with NCGA through EWGA. Cost is $120.00 per team ($60.00 each) for Mare Island and we will all pay our own way. The cost for the championship (Spyglass) is $240.00. Usually, carts are extra.

There are 2 more competitions still to come; the Associate Club Net Amateur and the Associate Club Senior 4 ball net. I'm hoping we can use the original qualifier list to send representatives to all the competitions, but there might be another virtual qualifier in the future.

If you play on May 18th and you want to virtually qualify, email me your gross score from the round and your ghin number by Thursday, May 22nd. I will contact all who qualified by May 24th with our team for the second event.

Email Sandy Boyd at theboydz@comcast.net

Do you want an opportunity to win a $100 gift card from Golf Mart, one of our great sponsors? To be eligible, all you have to do is bring a guest with you to the May 31st event at Bennett Valley Golf Course in Santa Rosa and if your guest fills out and submits a membership application to join our chapter to the event captain, Sue Costa, before the conclusion of the event, you could win this great prize.

Click here to download the Bennett Valley Registration Form

Eligibility Requirements - All entrants must:

• Be EWGA Chapter members in good standing.
• Have a verifiable Handicap Index not to exceed 40.4.
• Have played three 18-hole or six 9-hole (or a combination thereof) posted to their handicap record prior to June 1st, 2008.
• Conform to the USGA Rules of Amateur Status as specified by the USGA Rules of Golf.
  
  

Attention Competitive Golfers - Save the Date and Important Qualifying information for the Cal Cup.

• Participant is an active member of EWGA-SMN.
• Participant will have participated in at LEAST 3 EWGA-SMN sponsored golf events by August 10 - events include: League Play Weekend and Week Day, Team Play and Scheduled Golf Outings.
• Participant will have a current handicap with a minimum of 5 rounds posted in 2008.
• Participant must qualify August 10 @ Chardonnay for a total of 12 spots - 3 low gross, 8 low net, 1 captain's pick from the qualifier participants.
• The Captain of the Cal Cup team will be chosen by the qualifiers.
• The Captain will choose the 2 alternates from the qualifiers.

Deadline to Sign up is August 3, 2008. If you are interested in participating in this qualifying event please contact Sue Thompson at sthomp2511@aol.com

• Have you seen the new feature on the EWGA website where you can easily send an email to a friend and share your passion for EWGA and golf?
• In the Members area under “My Profile” you will find the link to “Refer a Friend.” You just enter your friend's name and email, and then your name and email, and send them a quick message.
• What a convenient way to tell others about your EWGA experience!
  
  

If you were not able to make it to the Kick-Off on March 8th or you did not join our chapter until after the Kick-Off, you did not receive our 2008 Chapter Directory. Do not worry, this great directory will be available at our upcoming events so if you did not already need a reason to sign up for our events, now you
have one.