{"id":352,"date":"2014-12-21T04:18:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sirinc2.org\/branch103\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:37:57","slug":"golf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sirinc2.org\/branch103\/golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf 103 Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notice from Golf Chairman 103
\nRoger Smith<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Sir Golfers
\n<\/span>NCGA Dues $57.00, 2026, DUE JAN 1ST, 2026
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you, Roger Smith<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>3612 Incline Ct, Riverbank, CA 95367-3123
\n209-614-8684
\nSchedule & changes &\u00a0tee times<\/span><\/span><\/a> go to<\/span><\/span>
\n\u2193.\u2193.\u2193.\u2193.\u2193<\/a><\/span>
\nwww.sirinc2.org\/area18golf<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>Golf Etiquette 101
\nhttp:\/\/www.usga.org\/etiquette\/tips\/Golf-Etiquette-101\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Spirit of the Game
\n<\/strong><\/span>Things You May Not Know About <\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Masters & Augusta National
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nOUR TWO MAN BEST BALL TEAMS PLAYING AT RANCHO SOLANO STATE TOURNAMENT MAY 29,2025<\/p>\n

JIM TANQUARY, JUAN SALINAS, ARNOLD FIDALGO AND ROGER SMITH.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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NCGA<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0USGA<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0STATE SIR<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0STATE GOLF<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There has always been an attraction for golfers towards the hallowed grounds of Augusta National.\u00a0 The Masters is one of the most unusual events in sports. It\u2019s all about tradition, and it\u2019s defined by a set of old rules and customs that just do not exist in other tournaments.\u00a0 To commemorate such an amazing place, I have collected some of the most interesting facts about Augusta National, that you can share with your friends.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0 In the Beginning<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Masters as we know it would never have been, if the USGA hadn\u2019t turned down Bobby Jones\u2019 request to host the 1934 US Open. Angry at the rebuff, Jones and Clifford Roberts decided to stage their own event.<\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0Bitter Sweet<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Course architect, Alister McKenzie, never saw his famous course completed. He died January 6th 1934, just 2 months before the Inaugural Masters Tournament.<\/p>\n

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      1. \u00a0 The Language<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You should never hear the word \u201cchampionship\u201d on the telecast. The U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA are championships held by the major ruling and organizing bodies of the sport (or a vestige thereof in the case of the PGA). The Masters is an invitational tournament held at a very pretty golf course, given prestige by the involvement of Bobby Jones. The winner is not the champion of anything.<\/p>\n

        Other words you shouldn\u2019t hear: \u201cfans,\u201d \u201cbleachers,\u201d \u201csand traps,\u201d \u201cfront\/back nine.\u201d The officially preferred words are \u201cpatrons,\u201d \u201cobservation stands,\u201d \u201cbunkers,\u201d and \u201cfirst\/second nine.\u201d That last distinction is aimed at avoiding use of the phrase \u201cfront side\u201d for the first nine holes, leading inevitably to the so, so vulgar \u201cback side\u201d for the next nine.<\/p>\n

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        1. \u00a0Respect<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Some amateurs have always been invited to the Masters, out of respect for the career of club founder Bobby Jones. But Jones himself was no longer considered an amateur by the USGA by the time Augusta National opened. He never competed for prize money, but his equipment deals and Hollywood instructional short films made him a professional in the eyes of all, except for the eyes of the Masters hierarchy, of which he was a part of.<\/p>\n

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          1. \u00a0 Ahhh\u2026the Green Jacket<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            If you just happen to be the winner of the Masters, you get the honor of topping off the standard ensemble with a shamrock green blazer. Professional golf\u2019s version of a beauty queen crowning ceremony, the presenting of the Green Jacket by the previous year\u2019s champion to the current champion at the conclusion of the tournament dates back to 1949, when Sam Snead won the Masters. However, the signature jackets started appearing at Augusta National 12 years prior, when members started sporting them during the tournament so that they would be easily identifiable by patrons in need of assistance or directions. Also, when a member hosts guests in the clubhouse, the green jacket designates who gets the bill.\u00a0 The Masters website has more on the sartorial back story:<\/p>\n

            \u201cThe club purchased the Jackets from the Brooks Uniform Company in New York and urged members to buy and wear them at the Masters. Initially, the idea met a lukewarm reception from the membership, for the heft of the coats made them warm to wear during a typical April in Augusta. Within a few years, the Club introduced a lighter-weight version more suited to the season. Today\u2019s single-breasted, single-vent Jacket bears the Club\u2019s logo on the left chest pocket and on the brass buttons adorning the front of the coat and each sleeve. The unmistakable color is known, simply, as Masters Green.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

            So does the Masters winner get to take home that fetching piece of outerwear? He sure does. After the presentation ceremony, a custom version of the Green Jacket is tailored to the champ\u2019s exact measurements and he gets to call it his own for an entire year. So, to be clear, a single jacket isn\u2019t passed on from winner to winner.\u00a0 During the following year\u2019s tournament, he must return to Augusta National and relinquish the Green Jacket, at which point it\u2019s placed in a locker but available any time he returns to play at the club.\u00a0 Seve Ballesteros famously challenged the decision by saying to the Augusta committee: \u201cIf they want it, they can fly to Spain and come and get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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            1. \u00a0The Template<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              The Masters invented the template for what we know as tournament golf. It was the first 72-hole four day event and the first to use the over\/under par system. The Masters also saw the first grandstands for viewers.<\/p>\n

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              1. \u00a0Strict But Polite <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                The level of respect that the patrons of The Master\u2019s have is only surpassed by their understanding of the game. It is awesome to witness. In the 10+ years I have been to this tournament, I have never seen a single spectator get out of line, say something in appropriate or make a scene. It is as if everyone has collectively agreed to be on their best behavior. There is no need for marshals to hold \u201cQuiet Please\u201d signs because everyone respects the tournament so much.<\/p>\n

                As mentioned earlier, they are not fans, they are not a crowd or even a gallery. They are patrons. You\u2019ll hear it often during the CBS broadcast.\u00a0 Also, while on the grounds, patrons are told not to run. Walking only.<\/p>\n

                If you watch any pro tournament, behind the golfers you\u2019ll see a cadre of sign-bearers, reporters, photographers, broadcast personnel and cameramen. Not at Augusta. Between the ropes, competitors, caddies and rules officials only.<\/p>\n

                Patrons who show up early and place their chairs and leave will find their chairs waiting for them when they return.\u00a0 Try that at any other PGA event and let me know what happens<\/p>\n

                More than 40 years ago, during one tense moment, CBS commentator Jack Whitaker used the term \u201cmob\u201d to describe the scene around a green. The Masters leadership let his bosses know that he wouldn\u2019t be invited back, and he wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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                1. \u00a0Value<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  It\u2019s one of the best-kept numbers in sports\u2014the initiation fee to Augusta National. With barons like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, among others, as members it goes without saying that money isn\u2019t the object. And it isn\u2019t. To join is reportedly under $100,000, which might be one-tenth of other high profile clubs in the country.\u00a0 And if you were lucky enough to play the course with a member, you can probably afford it. Guest fees are said to be about $40.<\/p>\n

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                  1. \u00a0The Reagan Appointment<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    On October 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan was playing at Augusta National as a guest of his secretary of state (and club member) George Schultz when his round was interrupted at the 16th hole by a disgruntled local named Charles Harris, who had crashed his truck through the gate and was demanding to see the President. Harris held hostages at gunpoint in the pro shop for two hours before Secret Service agents subdued him.<\/p>\n

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                    1. \u00a0Clifford Roberts\u2019 Demise<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Augusta National\u2019s co-founder Clifford Roberts, a quiet investor turned autocrat, was at turns beloved and despised. In the fall of 1977, at age 83 and in failing health, Roberts walked to a slope next to Ike\u2019s Pond and ended his own life with a single pistol shot to the temple.<\/p>\n

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                      1. \u00a0The Crow\u2019s Nest <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Located above the main clubhouse at Augusta, this is where the amateurs stay for the Masters week.\u00a0 Bobby Jones spawned the idea and the rest is quite literally history, lots of it. Eight youngsters who stayed in this infamous bedroom and gone on to win the green jacket; Nicklaus, Aaron, Watson, Crenshaw, Stadler, O\u2019Meara, Mickelson and Woods \u2013 that\u2019s quite a list.\u00a0 There are four beds, a bathroom and a living area which is lined with paintings of historical moments at the Masters and books about the history of the game.<\/p>\n

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                        1. \u00a0Sweet Georgia Peaches<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          The history of Augusta is much more than golf; it was once home to Fruitland Nurseries. Owned and operated by P.J. Berckmans and his family the nursery was one of the most successful horticultural sites of its time in the South. Located on Washington Road, approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown Augusta, Fruitland planted millions of peach trees in the 1800s and early 1900s and made Georgia famous for its sweet Georgia peaches. In 1931, the land was purchased and transformed into the most famous golf course in the world, Augusta National.\u00a0 The Berckmans\u2019 family home still remains on the Augusta National property and serves as the clubhouse.<\/p>\n

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