This page was last updated on December 19, 2023

18-Hole golf memberships are available to all SIR Branch 116 Members who are also members of the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA).  Weekly tournaments are held at private and public courses throughout the Bay Area, generally on Mondays. Memberships include eligibility to play in all 9-hole events.  Separate 9-hole memberships do not require NCGA membership.  Coordination of the 18-hole group is under the leadership of Chairman Bernie Wroblewski and Vice-Chairman Jim Johnson.  Please check out the Membership Q&A by clicking on the menu below the header and navigate to Administrative/Membership Q&A.

You may sign-up for Boundary Oak & Paid-in-Advance tournaments on this website. Simply navigate to 18-Hole Schedules & Signups and choose either Boundary Oak Signups or Paid-in-Advance.   Please follow the instructions when signing up.

Navigation is easiest on a desktop or laptop computer.  You can also navigate on a mobile device by using your finger to click on the gray area just beneath the SIR Branch 116 Golf heading.  Depending on your monitor, or what type of mobile device you may be using, some pages may require you to scroll either horizontally (by going to the bottom of the page) or vertically (on the right edge of the page).  Any concerns, questions or suggestions about the website should be directed to Kevin Donahue.

9-hole tournaments are on Wednesdays.  Coordination of the 9-hole group will continue under the leadership of Dick Chaffee and Darrell McClaughry. The $5.00 Hole in One insurance for 9 hole golf is paid directly to Dick Chaffee.

From the Office of the Chairman….  

A special thanks to the entire Golf Committee for all their hard work.  Also, a very special debt of gratitude goes out to Kevin Donahue for maintaining this golf website, to David Harris for his continuing efforts to establish flights, forms and other administrative requirements.

The 4 competitive flights for 2024 were determined following the release of the January 2024 indexes.  Those not wanting to compete for points were assigned to a non-competitive flight, enabling them to play in any tournament.

Those assigned to Flight 1 have the option to play from either the white or forward tees.  The decision as to which tee to play was made at the beginning of the year and may be changed at the mid-year break.  Handicaps at the course being played will take into account the slope differential for white/forward tees for that course.  Scoring shall be based on NCGA Rules Section 3-5 for playing from different tees.  All those in Flights 2, 3, and 4 must play from the forward tees.

The Monterey outings will continue in 2024.  As each outing approaches, information will be posted on this website. The current schedule for 2024 is posted on this website.

Improvement of “pace of play” generated the most input from the survey.  Guidelines are available on the “Pace of Play” page on the website.  We all need to do our part to enhance “ready golf”.  So let’s do all we can to keep up with the group ahead of us, limit the time looking for lost balls, limit practice swings, and keep moving in the fairways and from green to tee.

Bernie