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2025 MGA Match Play Tournament

1 Sign-Up Spot Left!

We currently have 63 players signed up for the 2025 edition of our season-long Match Play tournament so we are leaving the sign-up open until tomorrow to see if we can get to a complete field of 64 — once the 64th player signs up, registration will close.

Registration Linkhttps://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/

The following list of 63 are the currently registered players. Please let us know immediately at [email protected] if you are no longer able to play.

  • Andrew Neill
  • Andrew Patton
  • Arthur Scott
  • Bill Murray
  • Brad Adams
  • Cal Harkless
  • Carl Ford
  • Chuck Roster
  • Dan Hearn
  • Daniel Ryan
  • Daryl Stone
  • Dave Krukowski
  • David Capps
  • David Rapp
  • Ed Clarke
  • Erik Rosales
  • Erik Simonds
  • Ernest Brooks
  • Greg Morris
  • Hassan El-Amin
  • Jack Sullivan
  • James Hsiao
  • Jared Powell
  • Jim Beals
  • Jim Prendergast
  • Jim Sussmann
  • Joe Lapan
  • Joey Jewell
  • John Jay Sergent
  • Jon Roff
  • Joseph Reid
  • Julian Castro
  • Kevin Dick
  • Kevin Gates
  • Kevin Williams
  • Kristian Lacot-Figueroa
  • Kyle Armstrong
  • Kyle Whitehead
  • Leo Goff
  • Logan Schultz
  • Mark Seidel
  • Matt Doherty
  • Matt Dove
  • Matt Nolan
  • Mel Kince
  • Micah Busbee
  • Michael Helmer
  • Mike Hanpeter
  • Nathaniel Burgess
  • Oral Pottinger
  • Paul Weidenfeld
  • Ron Turned
  • Royce Huffaker
  • Ryan Dierker
  • Ryan White
  • Sam Bowmer
  • Sedric Morgan
  • Shane Rutherford
  • Theodore Pearson
  • Tom DePonty
  • Torey Diggs
  • Weston Happ
  • Willie Barnhill
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Final Call for Match Play Tournament Sign-Ups

2025 MGA Match Play Tournament — Sign-Ups close 4/24 @ 5PM

2 spots remain and sign-ups close today at 5PM (or once the field is full) for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament. The cost to participate is $30 and the bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, April 24th. The field will be limited to the first 64 entrants so please sign up ASAP using the online registration portal. All players will be responsible for scheduling their own match dates and times in coordination with their opponents once the brackets have been drawn.

To confirm your sign-up, please check the online registration list here.

All participants will need valid handicaps that are active within the GHIN handicap system. Additionally, prior to the start of any given match, competitors must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement. If a participant does not meet this requirement on the date of a scheduled match, the player who has not posted two 18-hole or combined rounds in the last 30 days will play as scratch (0 handicap) for that day’s match.

Complete information and guidelines for the 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play/

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 24th at 5:00 PM
Field Size: Limited to 64 players — $30 entry fee
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/

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Men’s Night 4/24: Stableford Back 9 — Competition Rules

Men’s Night 4/24 — Stableford Back 9

For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Back 9. Points will be awarded based on the standard Stableford scoring breakdown using 100% of individual Back 9 handicaps.

  • Net Double Bogey or higher: 0 points
  • Net Bogey: 1 point
  • Net Par: 2 points
  • Net Birdie: 3 points
  • Net Eagle: 4 points, and so on.

All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (age + handicap >= 75) may play golds. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop. There is no entry fee for Men’s Night. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field for Stableford placement.

Competition Rules for Men’s Night 4/24

  • For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Back 9 using 100% of their Back 9 course handicaps. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
  • Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (age + handicap >= 75) may play golds. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
  • We will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker, one club-length, no closer to the hole.
  • Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any “Dollar Spot”, dead patches, “Crabgrass” weed patches, and/or fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” areas, dead/diseased patches, or “Crabgrass” weed patches on the green may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
  • Bare areas larger than one club-length, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under RepairDROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, netting in re-sodded areas, drain trenches, and exposed rocks added as topper for drainage systems should be considered Ground Under Repair from which free relief may be taken, no closer to the hole.
  • Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, the hill between the 7th and 8th holes, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
  • Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.
  • This week’s format allows for the completion of a 9-hole round that is valid for handicap posting purposes. Men’s Night scores must be posted promptly to your handicap account. Any player who places but has not posted will have their score disqualified from placement consideration.
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Last Call for Match Play Tournament Sign-Ups

2025 MGA Match Play Tournament — Sign-Ups close 4/24 @ 5PM

Sign-ups close tomorrow at 5PM for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament. The cost to participate is $30 and the bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, April 24th. The field will be limited to the first 64 entrants so please sign up ASAP using the online registration portal. All players will be responsible for scheduling their own match dates and times in coordination with their opponents once the brackets have been drawn.

To confirm your sign-up, please check the online registration list here.

All participants will need valid handicaps that are active within the GHIN handicap system. Additionally, prior to the start of any given match, competitors must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement. If a participant does not meet this requirement on the date of a scheduled match, the player who has not posted two 18-hole or combined rounds in the last 30 days will play as scratch (0 handicap) for that day’s match.

Complete information and guidelines for the 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play/

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 24th at 5:00 PM
Field Size: Limited to 64 players — $30 entry fee
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/

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Men’s Night 4/24 + Match Play Sign-Up Deadline

Men’s Night 4/24 — Stableford Back 9

For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Back 9. Points will be awarded based on the standard Stableford scoring breakdown using 100% of individual Back 9 handicaps.

  • Net Double Bogey or higher: 0 points
  • Net Bogey: 1 point
  • Net Par: 2 points
  • Net Birdie: 3 points
  • Net Eagle: 4 points, and so on.

All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (age + handicap >= 75) may play golds. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop. There is no entry fee for Men’s Night. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field for Stableford placement.

2025 MGA Match Play Tournament — Sign-Ups close 4/24 @ 5PM

12 spots remain and sign-ups close on Thursday at 5PM for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament. The cost to participate is $30 and the bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, April 24th. The field will be limited to the first 64 entrants so please sign up ASAP using the online registration portal. All players will be responsible for scheduling their own match dates and times in coordination with their opponents once the brackets have been drawn.

All participants will need valid handicaps that are active within the GHIN handicap system. Additionally, prior to the start of any given match, competitors must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement. If a participant does not meet this requirement on the date of a scheduled match, the player who has not posted two 18-hole or combined rounds in the last 30 days will play as scratch (0 handicap) for that day’s match.

Complete information and guidelines for the 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play/

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 24th at 5:00 PM
Field Size: Limited to 64 players — $30 entry fee
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/

To confirm your sign-up, please check the online registration list here.

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⛳️ MGA Play It Again Results

Thank You NGC​ & MGA + Play It Again Results

Our 202​5 edition of the MGA Play It Again tournament is officially in the books and​, overall, it was a tremendous start to our MGA tournament season. A huge thank you goes out to Tiffany, ​Donnee, Pete​ and all the NGC staff who made the day a tremendous success. Also, we’d like to give a big shout-out to all our new members who were competing in their first MGA ​t​ournament. Here’s to a fantastic season of competition and camaraderie to come!

​Out on the course, we saw some great scores and hopefully everyone enjoyed a well executed mulligan or two! In the end, with a stellar ​4-under 6​8 which included a​ tap-in eagle on #1​6, ​E​d Clarke captured victory in the gross division. And, in the net division, ​4​ players ended the day at golf’s magic number, 59, to share the W. Well played Andrew Patton​, Julian Castro, Leo Goff, and Silas Nichols!

Gross Division Results

1st – Ed Clarke (68) – 80 Chase Points – $135.13
2nd – Kyle Armstrong (69) – 70 Chase Points – $105.75
3rd – Patrick Escalambre (70) – 60 Chase Points​ – $82.25
4th – Matt Doherty (71) – 50 Chase Points​ – $64.63
T-5th – James Hsiao (73) – 40 Chase Points – $48.47
T-5th – ​T​ed Pearson (73) – 40 Chase Points​ – $48.47
T​-7th – Matt Nolan​ (74) – 20 Chase Points – $25.70
T​-7th – Sam Bowmer​ (74) – 20 Chase Points – $25.70
T​-7th – Shane Rutherford (74) – 20 Chase Points – $25.70
T​-7th – Weston Happ​ (74) – 20 Chase Points – $25.70

Net Division Results

T-1st – Silas Nichols (59 net) – 80 Chase Points – $105.75
T-1st – Leo Goff (59 net) – 80 Chase Points – $105.75
T-1st – Julian Castro (59 net) – 80 Chase Points – $105.75
T-1st – Andrew Patton (59 net) – 80 Chase Points – $105.75
​T-5th – Chuck Roster​ (62 net) – 40 Chase Points – $41.12
​T-5th – Jack Sullivan​ (62 net) – 40 Chase Points – $41.12​
T-5th – Jerome Lofton​ (62 net) – 40 Chase Points – $41.12​
T-5th – Thurston Spaulding Jr.​ (62 net) – 40 Chase Points – $41.12

Gross​ Skins

  • #1 – Jim #73 Sussmann (eagle) – $45
  • #5 – Matt Doherty (birdie) – $45
  • #12 – Matt Doherty (birdie) – $45
  • #13 – Matt Doherty (eagle) – $45
  • #15 – Eden Rutherford (birdie) – $45
  • #16 – Ed Clarke (eagle) – $45
  • #17 – Julian Castro (birdie) – $45

Net​ Skins

  • #4 – Mike Reynard (albatross) – $45
  • #7 – Andrew Patton (eagle) – $45
  • #11 – Dan Hearn (eagle) – $45
  • #15 – Eden Rutherford (albatross) – $45
  • #17 – Julian Castro (eagle) – $45

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2025 Points Chase
https://mga.golf/points-chase

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Men’s Night 4/17 Results

​Men’s Night 4/17 Results — Chicago Front 9

34 players came out yesterday on a beautiful afternoon for golf for our largest Men’s Night turnout of the 2025 season. When all was said and done, 4 players were able to surpass their hurdles and reach positive points but only one man stood atop the leaderboard with a stellar +4 Chicago points. With a very Rory-esque round, Jared Powell proved that the power of birdies can outweigh an unexpected double — great playing sir!

Complete Results

1st – Jared Powell (+4 Chicago) – 30 Chase Points
T-2nd – Calvin Harkless (+1 Chicago) – 28.18 Chase Points
T-2nd – Matt Doherty (+1 Chicago) – 28.18 Chase Points
T-2nd – Leo Goff (+1 Chicago) – 28.18 Chase Points
T-5th – Dan Ryan (-1 Chicago) – 22.73 Chase Points
T-5th – Weston Happ (-1 Chicago) – 22.73 Chase Points
T-7th – Julian Castro (-2 Chicago) – 19.09 Chase Points
T-7th – Royce Huffaker (-2 Chicago) – 19.09 Chase Points
T-9th – Micah Busbee (-3 Chicago) – 15.46 Chase Points
T-9th – Ron Turner (-3 Chicago) – 15.46 Chase Points
T-9th – Ernest Brooks (-3 Chicago) – 15.46 Chase Points
T-12th – Ed Clarke (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
T-12th – Patrick Escalambre (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
T-12th – Mike Hanpeter (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
T-12th – Chuck Roster (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
T-12th – Bill Murray (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
T-12th – Jon Roff (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
T-12th – Steve Naugle (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points

2025 Points Chase
https://mga.golf/points-chase

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Play It Again Tournament: Groups + Rules Sheet

Attached you’ll find the groups + starting holes for tomorrow’s 2025 MGA Play It Again Tournament which will begin with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. Additionally, you’ll find the Tournament Rules Sheet which includes the general MGA Tee locations.

Tournament Scoring

All tournament scoring will be handled via the NGC App. The app can be found here for iPhone and here for Android. All groups will be pre-loaded into the App and we ask that each group uses the App to track their group’s scores.

Leaderboard Links (handicaps/mulligans listed in parenthesis):

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Final Call for Play It Again Tournament Sign-Ups

MGA Play It Again Tournament — Saturday, April 19th

Sign-ups close tonight at 8PM for our first MGA weekend event of the season, the 2025 Play It Again Tournament, which will be played this Saturday, April 19th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. All weekend MGA tournaments are open to full and weekday NGC members who have paid their $85 MGA dues for the year.

To confirm your sign-up, double check for your name on the online leaderboard here.

For this tournament, each player’s handicap is used to determine how many mulligans will be allotted during their round. Using their allotted mulligans, each player records their best possible gross score. Net scores will also be calculated by the scoring app for a Net Division. The Rule of 75 (Age + Handicap >= 75) applies for gold tee players. Please sign up using the online registration link.
All participants must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy.

MGA Play It Again: Saturday, April 19th — 9:30 AM shotgun start
Cost: $25 — All players must be MGA Members
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/MGA-play-it-again
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 17th @ 8:00 PM

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Men’s Night 4/17: Chicago Front 9 — Competition Rules

Men’s Night 4/17 — Chicago Front 9

For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our Chicago format on the Front 9. All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (age + handicap >= 75) may play golds. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop.

Chicago Format: Players start with a negative number of points (based on 18-hole course handicaps) then add positive points during their round. The idea is to get from the negative to the positive, clearing your “hurdle” by as many points as possible.

0 & 1 handicaps start with -20
2 & 3 start with -19
4 & 5 start with -18
6 & 7 start with -17
8 & 9 start with -16
10 & 11 start with -15
12 & 13 start with -14
14 & 15 start with -13
16 & 17 start with -12
18 & 19 start with -11
20 & 21 start with -10
22 & 23 start with -9
24 & 25 start with -8
26 & 27 start with -7
28 & 29 start with -6
30 & 31 start with -5
32 & 33 start with -4
34 & 35 start with -3
36+ start with -2 points

During the round, positive points are added on the following basis using gross hole scores

  • Double Bogey or worse = 0 points
  • Bogey = 1 point
  • Par = 2 points
  • Birdie = 4 points
  • Eagle = 8 points
  • Albatross = 16 points

Competition Rules for Men’s Night 4/17

  • For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Front 9 using 100% of their 18-hole course handicaps converted to Chicago starting points. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
  • Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (age + handicap >= 75) may play golds. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
  • We will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker, one club-length, no closer to the hole.
  • Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any “Dollar Spot”, dead patches, “Crabgrass” weed patches, and/or fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” areas, dead/diseased patches, or “Crabgrass” weed patches on the green may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
  • Bare areas larger than one club-length, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under RepairDROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, netting in re-sodded areas, drain trenches, and exposed rocks added as topper for drainage systems should be considered Ground Under Repair from which free relief may be taken, no closer to the hole.
  • Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, the hill between the 7th and 8th holes, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
  • Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.
  • This week’s format allows for the completion of a 9-hole round that is valid for handicap posting purposes.Men’s Night scores must be posted promptly to your handicap account. Any player who places but has not posted will have their score disqualified from placement consideration.

Men’s Night Groups 

Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursdays with an accompanying MGA member. Men’s Night groups are formed in an impromptu manner with MGA players who arrive around the same time on Thursdays playing together. Most players play their Men’s Night 9-holes around 3PM but we most often have guys playing throughout the day, including some players going off early and some players playing later in the afternoon / early evening. For Thursday, several MGA Board members will be around the club and course most of the afternoon to introduce themselves to new MGA members and we can help facilitate groups. We hope to keep the camaraderie going after Men’s Night rounds this season with poker and/or other shenanigans around the clubhouse!

GHIN Handicaps

All Men’s Night play (and MGA tournament play) is with handicaps which means all players will need an active GHIN handicap account. If you do not have a GHIN account, let us know at [email protected] and we’ll help you get one set up with the club. Starting April 15th, we will maintain our 2-in-30 posting requirement for 2025. To compete in MGA net competitions with your GHIN handicap, players must maintain 36-holes of posted scores (either full 18 or 9-hole scores) from NGC in the last 30 days or contact [email protected] for an exemption. See the “Season Specific Guidelines” within the MGA Handicap Rules & Procedures