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2026 MGA Season & Dues

MGA Membership at NGC

It’s been a long and snowy winter but, with hints of spring emerging, it’s time to start thinking about the golf season!

On behalf of the Men’s Golf Association (MGA) at National Golf Club, we’d like to invite you to join the MGA for 2026. Our $85 yearly membership dues—to be billed February 28th by the club—allow the MGA to conduct organized golf and golf-related social activities for the benefit, pleasure, and recreation of all MGA members. Last year, we had 92 MGA members take part over the course of 9 tournaments and 31 Men’s Nights for a grand total of 1,358 MGA rounds played. Our 2026 Schedule is attached below and we are excited for an exceptional 2026 MGA season!

All MGA members who opted into the MGA last season will be signed up in the NGC billing system for 2026 and will be billed at the end of this month. To change your MGA membership status, please contact [email protected] and [email protected] before February 26th.

Starting in April and running through October, the MGA will host eight weekend tournaments as well as a season-long Match Play bracket. While MGA tournaments are generally on weekends, they are open to full as well as weekday members. In addition to weekend tournaments, we conduct a robust program of Men’s Nights held every Thursday. All MGA play includes net divisions with handicaps and the Rule of 75 for gold tee players. More information about the MGA can be found on our website: https://mga.golf/

The MGA is here to enhance your experience at NGC and we are open to more suggestions on sponsored golf or social events. For additional information, questions, or to join our MGA email list for the latest tournament and event updates, send a note to [email protected] — We hope to make 2026 a fantastic year at NGC and hope that you will join the MGA!

Sincerely,

– Your 2026 MGA Board

Weston Happ – MGA Chairman
James Hsiao – Vice Chairman
Patrick Escalambre – Social Chair
Will Keyes – Handicap Chair
Mike Reynard – Treasurer
Leo Goff – SMGA Representative
Members At Large:
   Tom DePonty
   Matt Doherty
   Silas Nichols

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2026 MGA Schedule 📆

Countdown to the 2026 MGA Season…

We hope everyone has been staying warm as the days slowly get longer and we count down to the start of the MGA season.

Attached you’ll find the 2026 MGA Schedule, which is also available on the MGA website: https://mga.golf/schedule/

A few notes for 2026: Based on how the holidays and A-Team fall this year, we’ve swapped our Team Shamble and RWB dates​. Additionally, our Closing Day Stableford will be played on Sunday, November 1st.

  • 2-Man Team Shamble: June 20
  • R​ed, W​hite & B​lue: July 25–26
  • ​Closing Day Stableford: November 1

We’re very excited for all that 2026 has in store for the MGA and for NGC as a club — here’s to an early spring!

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🍾 2026 Mike Miller Results ⛳️

The Start to 2026: Another New Year’s Day in the History Books at NGC

Last week, New Year’s Day at NGC brought the cold, but it also brought the best kind of turnout: true golf nuts. Our golf family showed up strong for another memorable Mike Miller Tournament and officially launched the 2026 season with joy, cheer, and plenty of hand warmers. Now in its 14th year as the Mike Miller, and with over half a century of New Year’s Day golf behind it, this tradition truly captures what makes NGC special. Champagne was popped, spirits were high, and the day delivered plenty of laughs along with some very solid golf.

Thank you to every member, former member, guest, and staff member who helped make the day such a success. Extra thanks to Christine, Tiffany, Meilani, and Danny for all the care and coordination that kept everything running smoothly.

Here’s to a great year at the club and a 2026 to remember!

10 skins @ $40 each
Gross: 
#4 – Carlstrom (Eagle)
#7 – Powell (Birdie)
#10 – Powell (Birdie)
#11 – Clarke (Birdie)
#16 – Adams (Eagle)
Net: 
#4 – Carlstrom (Albatross)
#10 – Powell (Eagle)
#11 – Clarke (Eagle)
#13 – Zoski (Eagle)
#18 – Sullivan (Eagle)

9-Hole Division
And smartest team award…
1st – Joint Task Force Golf (-1) – Jay “Hoser” Aanrud, Tom “Vulture” Lawhead, Jordan “Jordo” Thomas & Greg “Kermit” Walls

Individual
Gross: 1st – Sam Bowmer (70)
Won on 1st playoff hole with a birdie on #18 vs. Jared Powell
Net: 1st – Greg Morris (60)

Team Net
1st – Auld Fore Syne (52) – Ryan Dierker, Natasha Tutt, Camille Wright & Ed Clarke

Team Gross
1st – Par Is Lava 🌋 (64) – Weston Happ, Calvin Harkless, Patrick Escalambre & Will Keyes

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🎊 2026 Mike Miller’s Eve — Starting Holes + Rules Sheet

​Happy New Year’s Eve NGC!

Attached you’ll find the starting holes and rules sheet for tomorrow’s Mike Miller Tournament which will kickoff with a champagne tee shot off #1 at 10:45 AM followed by an 11:00 AM shotgun start.

With temperatures looking frosty, we’ve added a 9-Hole Division option for any teams that would like to stay a bit warmer! If your team would like to opt for playing nine only, please proceed from #9 green to the tee on #1. Teams playing 9-holes will only enter scores in the scoring app for the Front 9.

All tournament scoring will be handled via the NGC App. The app can be found here for iPhone and here for Android. All teams will be pre-loaded into the App and we ask that one player from each team uses the App to track their team’s score.

Online Leaderboards:

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🍾 Final Call for Mike Miller Team Sign-Ups ⛳️

14th Annual Mike Miller Golf Tournament at NGC

Team sign-ups close tonight at 8:00 PM for the Mike Miller tradition which is back for this Thursday, New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026!

Please sign up with your team online here.

14th Annual Mike Miller Tournament: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 — 11:00 AM shotgun start with annual champagne tee shot off 1st tee at 10:45 AM
Format: 4-Player Shamble — All players in foursome tee off, select the best tee shot to play 2nd shots from and, from the selected tee shot, all players play their own balls into the hole recording individual gross scores. Awards in Net + Gross divisions for both Individual and Team categories.
Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Mike-Miller-Sign-Up/
Registration Deadline: Monday, 12/29 @ 8:00 PM

Please sign up online as a complete team foursome if possible. If you do not have a team of 4, sign up online with as many as you have and we will set you up with a group!

To confirm your team’s registration, please check the online leaderboard.

A famous line in golf, “A tradition unlike any other,” has been coined for the Masters, but the same can be said for the playing of New Year’s Day golf at National Golf Club. For years, players of all ages and abilities have taken to the course on January 1st to ring in the New Year with a fun 18 holes. There are stories of shoveling the driving range and impromptu get-togethers just to say golf was played on January 1st at NGC.

Mike Miller was an ambassador of the January 1st tradition and would host a party at his home following the event. Mike left us January 24th, 2013 but we continue the tradition in his memory. 
This year we celebrate the 14th annual playing of the Mike Miller Tournament. We hope you can join us — all NGC members and guests are welcome!

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Last Call for Mike Miller Team Sign-Ups

14th Annual Mike Miller Golf Tournament at NGC

Team sign-ups close tomorrow at 8:00 PM for the Mike Miller tradition which is back for this New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026!

Please sign up with your team online here.

14th Annual Mike Miller Tournament: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 — 11:00 AM shotgun start with annual champagne tee shot off 1st tee at 10:45 AM
Format: 4-Player Shamble — All players in foursome tee off, select the best tee shot to play 2nd shots from and, from the selected tee shot, all players play their own balls into the hole recording individual gross scores. Awards in Net + Gross divisions for both Individual and Team categories.
Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Mike-Miller-Sign-Up/
Registration Deadline: Monday, 12/29 @ 8:00 PM

Please sign up online as a complete team foursome if possible. If you do not have a team of 4, sign up online with as many as you have and we will set you up with a group!

To confirm your team’s registration, please check the online leaderboard.

A famous line in golf, “A tradition unlike any other,” has been coined for the Masters, but the same can be said for the playing of New Year’s Day golf at National Golf Club. For years, players of all ages and abilities have taken to the course on January 1st to ring in the New Year with a fun 18 holes. There are stories of shoveling the driving range and impromptu get-togethers just to say golf was played on January 1st at NGC.

Mike Miller was an ambassador of the January 1st tradition and would host a party at his home following the event. Mike left us January 24th, 2013 but we continue the tradition in his memory. 
This year we celebrate the 14th annual playing of the Mike Miller Tournament. We hope you can join us — all NGC members and guests are welcome!

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Happy Holidays! New Year’s Day Golf is Coming, Sign Up Soon! 🍾

14th Annual Mike Miller Golf Tournament at NGC

Hope everyone’s having an awesome holiday! As we count down to New Year’s, team sign-ups close this Monday, 12/29 at 8:00 PM for the Mike Miller tradition which is back for this New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026!

Please sign up with your team online here.

14th Annual Mike Miller Tournament: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 — 11:00 AM shotgun start with annual champagne tee shot off 1st tee at 10:45 AM
Format: 4-Player Shamble — All players in foursome tee off, select the best tee shot to play 2nd shots from and, from the selected tee shot, all players play their own balls into the hole recording individual gross scores. Awards in Net + Gross divisions for both Individual and Team categories.
Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Mike-Miller-Sign-Up/
Registration Deadline: Monday, 12/29 @ 8:00 PM

Please sign up online as a complete team foursome if possible. If you do not have a team of 4, sign up online with as many as you have and we will set you up with a group!

To confirm your team’s registration, please check the online leaderboard.

A famous line in golf, “A tradition unlike any other,” has been coined for the Masters, but the same can be said for the playing of New Year’s Day golf at National Golf Club. For years, players of all ages and abilities have taken to the course on January 1st to ring in the New Year with a fun 18 holes. There are stories of shoveling the driving range and impromptu get-togethers just to say golf was played on January 1st at NGC.

Mike Miller was an ambassador of the January 1st tradition and would host a party at his home following the event. Mike left us January 24th, 2013 but we continue the tradition in his memory. 
This year we celebrate the 14th annual playing of the Mike Miller Tournament. We hope you can join us — all NGC members and guests are welcome!

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Mike Miller Sign-Ups Continue ⛳️🍾

14th Annual Mike Miller Golf Tournament at NGC

Team sign-ups continue for the Mike Miller tradition which is back for this New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026!

A famous line in golf, “A tradition unlike any other,” has been coined for the Masters, but the same can be said for the playing of New Year’s Day golf at National Golf Club. For years, players of all ages and abilities have taken to the course on January 1st to ring in the New Year with a fun 18 holes. There are stories of shoveling the driving range and impromptu get-togethers just to say golf was played on January 1st at NGC.

Mike Miller was an ambassador of the January 1st tradition and would host a party at his home following the event. Mike left us January 24th, 2013 but we continue the tradition in his memory. 
This year we celebrate the 14th annual playing of the Mike Miller Tournament. We hope you can join us — all NGC members and guests are welcome!

Please sign up with your team online here.

14th Annual Mike Miller Tournament: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 — 11:00 AM shotgun start with annual champagne tee shot off 1st tee at 10:45 AM
Format: 4-Player Shamble — All players in foursome tee off, select the best tee shot to play 2nd shots from and, from the selected tee shot, all players play their own balls into the hole recording individual gross scores. Awards in Net + Gross divisions for both Individual and Team categories.
Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Mike-Miller-Sign-Up/

Please sign up online as a complete team foursome if possible. If you do not have a team of 4, sign up online with as many as you have and we will set you up with a group!

To confirm your team’s registration, please check the online leaderboard.

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🎊 Mike Miller Sign-Ups Now Open ⛳️

14th Annual Mike Miller Golf Tournament at NGC

Team sign-ups are now open for the Mike Miller tradition which is back for this New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026!

A famous line in golf, “A tradition unlike any other,” has been coined for the Masters, but the same can be said for the playing of New Year’s Day golf at National Golf Club. For years, players of all ages and abilities have taken to the course on January 1st to ring in the New Year with a fun 18 holes. There are stories of shoveling the driving range and impromptu get-togethers just to say golf was played on January 1st at NGC.

Mike Miller was an ambassador of the January 1st tradition and would host a party at his home following the event. Mike left us January 24th, 2013 but we continue the tradition in his memory. 
This year we celebrate the 14th annual playing of the Mike Miller Tournament. We hope you can join us — all NGC members and guests are welcome!

Please sign up with your team online here.

14th Annual Mike Miller Tournament: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 — 11:00 AM shotgun start with annual champagne tee shot off 1st tee at 10:45 AM
Format: 4-Player Shamble — All players in foursome tee off, select the best tee shot to play 2nd shots from and, from the selected tee shot, all players play their own balls into the hole recording individual gross scores. Awards in Net + Gross divisions for both Individual and Team categories.
Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Mike-Miller-Sign-Up/

Please sign up online as a complete team foursome if possible. If you do not have a team of 4, sign up online with as many as you have and we will set you up with a group!

To confirm your team’s registration, please check the online leaderboard.

A Little History of January 1st Golf at NGC

Longtime NGC member and friend, Maureen Brady, put together and shared the following fantastic writeup which details the history of New Year’s Day golf at NGC:

Today, the Mike Miller Tournament is our way of welcoming the New Year.  It’s a very important welcoming too.  However, the New Year’s Day Tournament has not always been the Mike Miller Tournament.  Yes, Mike played in the tournament many times.  However, he played as a “Wet Shoe.”  It used to be the “Wet Shoes New Year’s Day Tournament.” 

Let me explain: 

In the Early 70’s the first group of men to tee off on weekends was known as the “Wet Shoes.”  It was a good name.  The course was usually still wet that early in the morning, so the name was very appropriate.  The group played every weekend, and sponsored a couple tournaments.  Their most famous tournament was the New Year’s Day Tournament.  

They played it every year.  Rain, snow, sleet, sun, had no effect.  It was 18 holes, and you played.  

There were rules.  For example, you had to drink on every hole, or you could not win.  Drinks were already on every hole by the time the group teed off.  

Originally, ladies were not allowed to play.  We ladies provided food in several fairways.  For example, I had ham biscuits on the first hole.  Carolyn Lecrone had goodies beside the 8th green.  Betsy Smith also took care of her hole which was number 10.  Eventually, we did get to play, however, not with the men.  We started on the back.  

Since the kitchen was closed, Frank Bryan, a wet shoe, took care of lunch.  He worked for a food service company, and as soon as he finished playing, he went in a warmed up soup, and put out sandwiches.  

Mike Miller was a part of this. Not in the early 70’s, but as soon as he became a Tantallon member he joined the wet shoes.  And, as time progressed, and we were not allowed to use the club’s kitchen, Mike invited us to lunch at his house.  

Some memories still make us smile.  Dick Ruane (lived on the 8th green) hit his tee shot on 18 and then walked straight out to the green.  Thank God the pond was frozen. When he teed off, Tom Nunno still had on his Tux from the New Year’s Eve party. There was no time to change before teeing off. 

I don’t know how many decades the Wet Shoes lasted.   Members moved, passed away, or were unable to play golf in their twilight years.  However, I am happy that the Mike Miller Memorial Tournament keeps the Wet Shoes’ Tradition going forward.  

Happy New Year.  Enjoy.  Mike is proud of us.   

Thank you so much, Maureen — this is the NGC history that we all cherish as we celebrate by playing golf on January 1st!

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🎁 NGC Wraps Up 2025 in Style, Joy & Giving — 2025 Ugly Sweater Scramble Results

Ugly Sweaters, Golf & Holiday Cheer 🤶🎄🕎☃️🎁🎅 Happy Holidays, NGC! 

Over the weekend, we had another tremendous edition of the NGC Ugly Sweater Scramble and we owe it all to the amazing NGC family who turned out in style for a day filled with laughter, golf, and joy. A huge thank you to Tiffany and Ryan for getting everything set up and serving as our sweater judges! A big shoutout and thank you to Kyle Armstrong for providing his collection of crazy clubs and to Christine, Mimi and Germame for embracing the golf spirit that makes NGC so special. And thank you to all our members and guests who made the day a true highlight of our 2025 season at NGC.

Most importantly, thanks to the legacy established by Blake and Alison Jones many years ago, we are very happy to share that together we raised $1,605 for the Toys For Tots Foundation surpassing last year’s total! This contribution wouldn’t have been possible without the amazing generosity of our NGC golf family. Thank you to all those who contributed! 🚂

On the course, the day was as entertaining as it was spirited, with plenty of birdies, eagles, and even albatrosses flying amidst lots of creative strategies and trying to figure out why heavy golf balls even exist…

It was the perfect way to close out the 2025 tournament season — And, as always, we won’t have to wait long to tee off in 2026…team sign-ups for the Mike Miller Tournament on New Year’s Day are now open!

Warmest holiday wishes to the entire NGC family!

Tournament Results

Net
Team Ugly Old Guys
Buffington, Sullivan, Kusseling & Ewalt (-19)

Gross
Two and a Half Men
White, Powell, Busbee & Mattis (-12)
⁠ Still Making a List
Happ, Hsiao, Martin & Stone (-12)

Best Dressed Teams
1st – Chicks and Dicks
Dick, Aycock, Doherty & Kumor 
2nd – Sweater Together
Doherty, Armstrong, Bowmer & BurgessUgly Sweater

Ugly Sweater Individual Awards
Most Tacky Sweater: Mike Hanpeter
Best Couple Sweaters: Kyle + Sandra
Ugly Sweater: Jim Prendergast
Best DIY Sweater: Jim Ewalt
Most Over-the-Top Sweater: Jim Sussmann
Funniest Sweater: Patrick Escalambre
Best Color Coordination Winner: Daryl Stone
Most Creative Sweater: Phil Martin

Skins Gross
#1 – That’s Not a Candycane
Dove, Prendergast, Clarke & Adams (Eagle)
#11 – That’s Not a Candycane
Dove, Prendergast, Clarke & Adams (Eagle)
⁠#14 – Still Making a List
Happ, Hsiao, Martin & Stone (Birdie)
#15 – Santa’s Ho Ho Hoes
Sussmann, Escalambre Carlo & Ross (Birdie)
⁠#16 – Effing Delights
Dick, Soloweigh, Nichols & Cuevas (Eagle)
⁠#18 – Effing Delights
Dick, Soloweigh, Nichols & Cuevas (Birdie)

Skins Net
⁠#1 – That’s Not a Candycane
Dove, Prendergast, Clarke & Adams (Eagle)
#5 – Still Making a List
Happ, Hsiao, Martin & Stone (Birdie)
#12 – Team Ugly Old Guys
Buffington, Sullivan, Kusseling & Ewalt (Albatross)
#14 – Still Making a List
Happ, Hsiao, Martin & Stone (Birdie)
#16 – Effing Delights
Dick, Soloweigh, Nichols & Cuevas (Albatross)
#18 – Effing Delights
Dick, Soloweigh, Nichols & Cuevas (Birdie)

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