We had 27 players that participated in the tournament. Thanks to all our members that played. Please follow the link below for full results.

We had 28 players for the Poppy Hills tournament, weather was cool and overcast the entire day.  Please follow the link below for results: 

The away tournament at Poppy Hills is on Monday 8/16.  Everyone has prepaid the $85 which includes green fees, cart & prize fund.  If you paid $95 you also have $10 in the gross skins game.

At the 17 Mile Drive guard gate tell them you have a tee time at Poppy Hills and you won't have to pay the entrance fee.  When you arrive at the course please check in at the golf shop counter.  Peter Petit will be running the tournament and doing scoring at the end, please turn in your scorecard to Peter at the end of the round. 

If you have any questions please contact Tim Ogles at tim@metrogolfclub.com or 510-517-8923.

CHANGE:  There will be one flight due to the small number of players and everyone is playing from WHITE tees. 

Click below for tee times:

Isaac Hau moves into the POY points lead with his win at the August Club Medal.  There's only one points event left - The Zone Qualifier in September.  The Zone Qualifier is a Double Points event with a win paying 500 points.  Player of the Year will be announced on Sunday at the conclusion of The Zone Qualifier.  There are still a number of members in the hunt for Player of the Year, it will be tight finish!

Click below for the latest points update:

Next weekend - Saturday, August 7th (3pm - 5pm) we will be having a MGC member only 2 Hour Clinic. Instruction will be provided by Metropolitan Teaching Professional - Gene Bakkum. Additional staff will be provided depending on clinic turnout to ensure proper instructor/student ratio.

This clinic is designed to help you manage your game on the course and plot a strategy for your round. Subject will include planning how to play each hole according to your shot making ability by pitting your strengths against the course's weaknesses.

The clinic will be conducted on-course with the first half being discussion and demonstration. In the second half the group will split up as necessary, depending on turnout, and play as a group with individual strategy provided by instructor staff. As always there is a tremendous amount of content in this clinic, so please bring a notebook.

The cost for this 2 Hour clinic is $40 and is for MGC members only. You must prepay your entry to confirm your spot.

For more information and to signup follow the link below:

The 2010 Club Championship is complete.  48 members particpated, and good weather greeted players on both days.  Bob Schoenfield successfully defended his 2009 victory to once again win Metropolitan Golf Club Club Champion.  Congratulations Bob!

John Rampa put together two excellent rounds to take the win the President's Cup.  Congratulations John! 

Gil Olachea beat out Jerry Clem by one stroke to win the 2010 Director's Cup.  Congratulations Gil!

In addition, Chris Hansell made a hole in one on #5 today.  Congratulations Chris!

The next tournament is a one-day stroke play tournament to be held Sunday morning August 8.  Signup info will be posted on the website shortly.

Click below for complete results:

Apologies to all, but I have totally botched the determination of tie-breaks at the ‘Net Amateur’ event. Typically this wouldn’t be much of an issue but we had a huge number of ties which when correctly calculated using the USGA tie-break process ‘dramatically’ changed the results of the event.

The correct use of the USGA process is that ties are broken by who wins last 9 holes, last 6 holes, last 3 holes and finally if still tied who wins last hole (18th hole).

All incorrect payouts will still stand but those players that were incorrectly placed below their correct finishing place will be compensated.

Again – I’m very sorry for the inaccurate scoring and the resulting confusion. We will be looking at how we do the scoring post round and make whatever needed changes to avoid mistakes like this in the future.

Please review the proper results by following the link below.

When Metro opened its doors I sat down with the GM and we negotiated a great package deal for our members, as you know we have a great rate of $45. We do not have to sign a contract nor are we required to take a golf cart as other tournaments do. However, I must address a problem that is affecting the golf course.  And that is slow play. This matter has been brought to my attention many times to see how we can improve pace of play at our tournaments. We as a club & I as your President must understand that we are first off in the morning and if we play a 5 1/2 to 6 hour round we have sent the course back the whole day which creates frustration for the customer who is paying $82. Metro's staff is hit with complaints from customers regarding the slow play at Metro. I understand that there are times when we can fall back but it is our responsibility to be conscientious and that we use common sense to try and keep up. Any suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you all again from your tall, good looking Latino President,

Sal Gomez