River Oaks Golf Course

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS Horserace Saturday - January 2nd at 2pm... $18 entry includes: entry fee and golf. (If you are knocked out early, you may continue to play on the course outside of the tournament). In our horseraces, a low handicapper gets randomly partnered with a higher handicapper. Teams play alternating shot with the teams with the highest score knocked out on each hole. Last team standing wins the event. Prize money: 1st: 40% of pot, 2nd: 30%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: 10%. Call or come by to sign up in the Pro shop.

Highlights from Jr. Tournament December 2020

MASTERS CONTEST! FREE TO ENTERS & WIN FREE GOLF This year's Masters was moved to November due to the whole virus thing. It will begin on November 17th.... Each year, we do a contest for our River Oaks customers. Here is how it works. Pick 4 players as follows: An American, an international player, a player over age 50 and a 4th player as you wish. Let us know who your four players are. After the tournament, we will add up the money won by your four players. Whoever's players win the most money is our winner. In case you are wondering....players over age 50 who plan to play include: Phil Mikkelson Fred Couples Miguel Angel Jiminez Bernhard Langer Larry Mize Angel Cabrera Vijay Singh Mike Weir Sandy Lyle Jose Maria Olazabal The entire field can be found at this link: https://thegolfnewsnet.com//2020-masters-tournament-field/ Prizes: 1st place: 4 18 hole rounds of golf 2nd place: 2 18 hole rounds of golf 3rd place: 1 18 hole round of golf Email or call in your entries...before NOON on November 15th. If you are a monthly member, you may use these rounds for a friend TURKEY SHOOT (ECLECTIC)-ALSO FREE TO ENTER Starting Monday, we will have our annual Turkey Shoot Eclectic. It is free to enter. Here is how it works. Play as often as you wish. Turn in your scorecard each time. We will keep a running Eclectic score for you. In an Eclectic, you will count your best score on hole 1 of all the rounds you played...the best score on hole 2, etc. etc. Prizes: Comfort Gift Certificates for the low gross eclectic score and for the low net eclectic score....and you don't even have to use the Gift Certificates for turkey! UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS JUNIOR-ADULT PARTNERS TOURNEY, 3 P.M., NOV. 21 6 hole tournament. Partners will both tee off on each hole, then play alternating shot to conclusion of hole. $15 to walk, $20 to ride (FOR ADULTS) includes golf, tournament prize fund and a drink of your choice. $5 (FOR JUNIORS-money toward prize fund) This will be a two person alternating shot tournament. Adults are limited to their 100 yard club. Teams win points (worth $1 each to kids' accounts) for accomplishments like:Tee shot on the green. Out of bunker and on to green on first try. Chipping from off the green to within flagstick of the hole. Making a putt longer than a flagstick. Sign-up sheet is in the pro-shop. SUNDAY SCRAMBLE 1 P.M., NOVEMBER 29 $15 to walk, $20 to ride includes golf, tournament prize fund and a drink of your choice. Every Scramble we have had in the past 4 years has been a sellout, so enter as soon as possible if you want to get in. You may sign up individually, with a friend, or as a 5 person team.

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS 2 person Horserace, Saturday, January 2nd, 10 a.m. Probably the most fun you will have playing golf....as long as you enjoy having 20 people watching when you hit or unless your team is knocked out on the first hole.... Details to follow

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS SUNDAY SCRAMBLE SEPTEMBER 20 at 3:00pm... $15 to walk, $20 to ride includes golf, tournament prize fund and a drink of you choice. We have room for about 10 more players, so call to sign up individually, with a friend of if you have a team you want to enter. 2020 MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Our 2020 Match Play tournament begins October 1st. We will have both men’s and women’s flights with our winners' names being displayed on our perpetual plaque in the pro shop. Cost to enter is $10 with all proceeds being paid back to the top finishers in each flight, number depending on how many entries there are. In match play, you will be paired with an opponent for a hole-by-hole match to be played within 3 weeks of the start date. You will give or receive strokes depending on your handicap and that of your opponent. You then play your match with the person winning the most holes winning the match. Final total score does not matter. For example, you win the first hole with a 4 to your opponent’s 5. You are one hole ahead. On the second hole, you have a 7 and your opponent has a 3. You are now even in the match. The match is over when one player is ahead by more holes than there are remaining (for example, after 16 holes, you are ahead by 3 holesthe match is over). In match play, you may give putts or concede a hole (for example, your opponent hits her tee shot 6 feet from the hole on the first hole. You pump two balls out of bounds across the road. You need not play out the hole. You can concede it to your opponent and move on to the next hole. Match play is the format used in the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, US Amateur, etc., so you may be familiar with it. This tournament is open to ROGC regulars with established River Oaks handicaps (at least 5 18-hole scores turned in). Entry fee is $10. We will pay first, second and possibly more places depending on the number of players in each flight. There are some rules that are unique to match play. For example significant rules violations (like hitting the wrong ball) are penalized by loss of hole rather than with a two stroke penalty. You will receive more details on rules for match play before the matches begin. Call the Clubhouse today to sign up!

Note to self: Ricochet is ALWAYS a possibility!

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS SUNDAY SCRAMBLE, 3 P.M., AUGUST 30 Tournament is FULL. ... If you can't make it? Please be sure to call the Pro Shop to cancel. (805) 226 - 8099 Call the Pro Shop if you want to be added to a waiting list for a cancellation spot, if one becomes available. (805) 226 - 8099 See you Sunday!

SCRAMBLE: 3 p.m. Aug 30th No more smoke in the air....got a few more carts up and running after our power surge....milder temperatures....so.... We will have a Sunday Scramble at 3 p.m. on the 30th (this coming Sunday).... If you have not played in our scrambles, they are a hoot. We play with 5 person teams and handicap them so everyone has a chance to win. We also have individual prizes on each green (longest putt, closest to the hole, etc.). Cost is $15 if walking, $20 if riding, which includes your green fee, prize fund and a drink of your choice. Questions or wish to sign up? Email or call the pro shop. Sincerely, River Oaks Pro Shop Staff (805) 226-8099

Sunday Scramble Cancelled Due to a heat, smoke and a power surge knocking out several of our carts, we are cancelling this week's Scramble We will re-schedule when we have our fleet back in service.

If you find it? It's playable.

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS Sunday Twilight Scramble-4 p.m., August 23 Great news! After a week of 105+ temperatures, it is only supposed to be 98 on the 23rd! By 4 p.m., the temps should be dropping.... This Scramble is full! Call or come by to get on the waiting list. Please be sure to call if you are signed up but need to cancel.

Upcoming TOURNAMENTS JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP-AUGUST 1ST 2020 4 P.M. (or later if weather is really hot)... We have nine signups so far! Call to enter your junior golfer in this fun, yet challenging, event. The event is open to all "River Oaks Regular Juniors" Details are as follows: We will have three flights of Juniors competing (one for elementary age juniors, one for middle school age juniors and one for high school age juniors. Entry fee will be $10 per junior (plus $5 green fees for juniors who do not have summer memberships). All entry fee money will be paid back to the winners in the form of tee prizes and gift certificates that they may use for merchandise, snacks, etc. in the Pro Shop. We have three flights: Elementary (up to approximately age 10-based on age and ability). These juniors will play 6 holes from the forward tees. We will be playing "lift, clean and place" (participants may improve their lie, moving the ball no more than one club length, no closer to the hole). Maximum score on any hole will be 10. The Junior with the lowest aggregate score will be recognized on a perpetual plaque displayed in the pro shop. Middle (approx. age 10-13 depending on ability). These juniors will play holes 1-9. We will be playing "lift, clean and place" (participants may improve their lie, moving the ball no more than one club length, no closer to the hole). Maximum score on any hole will be 10. The Junior with the lowest aggregate score will be recognized on a perpetual plaque displayed in the pro shop. Open (High School age or younger juniors who have the ability to compete at this level). These juniors will play one 18-hole round. Participants WILL PLAY THE BALL AS IT LIES unless a drop is allowed under USGA rules (from a sprinkler head, etc.). If they hit into a bunker, since we are not presently raking bunkers (under the Covid 19 restrictions), they may smooth out the sand to give themselves a good lie & path to the green. Maximum score on any hole will be 10. The Junior with the lowest aggregate score will be recognized on a perpetual plaque displayed in the pro shop. Junior participants must walk. We will have one marshal assigned to each group. The marshal will help with scoring and rulings but may not give advise to any of the players. Golfers are entitled to one Caddie (parent?) who may give advise and carry the competitor's clubs. IF TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 90 DEGREES, CARTS WILL BE ALLOWED. OTHERWISE THE KIDS MUST WALK. A sign up sheet will posted in the pro shop once the date(s) are decided on. Sign up in person or by phone. Questions? Contact us at the pro shop.

In case you wondered how it's done, and yes this video IS oddly satisfying.

ANOTHER ONE? Last Saturday, Dave Hovde made his third hole-in-one, all at River oaks and all in the past three years. For this one, Dave hit a nice little 8 iron from the 9th tee to a front flagstick location. Most golfers never have an ace, so this is quite a feat!

MENS & WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIPS Our annual Mens & Womens Championships are underway. It is a 2-round event. Round one must be played during the month of June. You may play any time you want, but must be with another competitor or a member of the Pro Shop staff. Round 2 will be played between July 1 & July 15. Again, you may play any time you want, but we will try to pair you with other competitors with similar scores based on round 1.... Scoring method is Stableford. You will complete your scorecard as normal, with your gross score on each hole being recorded. We will convert your score to Stableford Points. Play is according to the rules of golf (yes we putt everything out at River Oaks) with two exceptions. If you are in a footprint or poorly raked area of the bunker, you may fix the area where your ball is and place it, giving yourself a good lie. This does not apply to a ball plugged in its own pitch mark. You may also move your ball 6 inches on the green, no closer to the hole, if there is a repaired area in your putting line. Our low gross man and woman will be our Club Champions. Lot net man and woman will be our Net Club Champions. Entry fee is $20 with all money going back to the competitors, paying approximately 1/3 of the field. Prize money will be distributed to low gross player, low net player and 2nd net, 3rd net, etc. depending on number of entries. Call or come by the pro shop to sign up of if you have questions.