This scorecard is a prime example of what can happen when individuals are deemed competent enough to handle the running of a enterprise venture such as Erie Golf Club with no preconceived notion of how to do it.

Frame 1 - The cover - has a compelling picture of one of the new holes, #3 which is 321 yards from the back (blue ) tee box.  This is unfortunately the only visual that I possess of any hole at Erie Golf Club.  It should be noted that the card states that Tillinghast designed the course in 1921.  I have no additional info beyond that.  I do recall from a recent newspaper article that the course was deeded to the City in 1926.  This would indicate that the course was in operation prior to the transfer.

Frame 2 & 3 deal with the actual card of the course and there is some interesting tidbits that can be gathered here. The new holes on this nine are: 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. It is my belief that whomever designed this card did not assign the handicap values correctly.  Based on my experience with handicaps at other courses in the region, The Raptor feels that the correct handicaps should be: 11, 1, 5, 15, 9, 3, 7, 17 and 13.  The reader will note that it is common practice to put odd handicap values on the front nine and even values on the back nine.  Note that the card designer ha the front nine values as 11, 8 (wrong), 2 (wrong), 14 (wrong), 12 (wrong), 4 (wrong), 17, 13, and 7.

Also interesting are the yardages on holes 15 & 17.  I would estimate the the yardages from the blue tees are 355 and 150, respectively.  As is typical with scorecard designers, hole lengths are embellished to give the course a feeling of strength.  The Raptor recalls that years ago, the 18th hole was measured at 425 yards.  This was so bogus it is not even funny.  The hole played about 370 yards and maybe less.  Regarding the back nine handicap values, The raptor would assign them at 4, 2, 16, 14, 8, 10, 6, 18, 12.

Lets also take a moment to review the rules:

Rule number 2 - which states that "White stakes or fences define out of bounds" - comical.  The grounds crew never did stake the golf course in 2006, so the course never received a course rating.  Bill Hogenmiller of the EDGA, called on the course several times but to no avail.

The same can be said for the yellow and red stakes.

Rule 6 "Embedded Ball Rule"  - The course was under water for most of the golf season - this was a very widely used rule.

Rule 7 - "Golfers only - No spectators"  - This can also be called the Kupieniewski Rule - ask Don Fessler about that one.

Rule 8 - "A single player has no standing" - What the hell does that really mean?

Rule 9 - Players looking for a lost ball must allow others to play through." It should be noted that based on what the Sinnott Administration told you, there was nobody playing there so the rule was not necessary.