January 2026 SCGA Handicap and Delegate Report

SCGA Delegate Report

The SCGA has individual outings as well as team events throughout 2026. You can go online to scga.org, then click on Golf with Us. There you will find all the events for the year. You can play private courses throughout southern California as well as public courses. Team Play, see George Gonzalez for details. A One-Day Series where you can accumulate points. 

Rules of Golf

You’re playing great, and on the 18th tee, you slice your ball towards the out-of-bounds markers. You tell your partners, “I’m playing a provisional,” you re-tee the ball and stripe it down the middle. You proceed down the fairway, and a player in your group spots your first ball. In-bounds, but unpayable. What are your options? 

Once you find your first ball, the provisional must be discarded. Now you have 3 options:

1. Play it as it lies. No penalty.

2. Go back to the tee and re-tee your ball. One-stroke penalty.

3. Using two club lengths, drop the ball no closer to the hole. One stroke penalty.

Wishing all Men’s Club members a very Happy New Year and many better rounds of golf throughout 2026.

Tom Richey - Handicap Chairman - 714-412-3615 - tsrichey@yahoo.com