1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season — Stableford Front 9
We have officially made it to the eve of the 2024 MGA season. For our 1st Men’s Night tomorrow, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Front 9. In addition to the Stableford competition, we’ll be playing a re-run of our free-to-enter Gross/Net skins game based on all submitted Front 9 Stableford scorecards.
Let’s have some fun and get the season started with some low scores!
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 tomorrow, 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 2024. 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. See the “Season Specific Guidelines” within the MGA Handicap Rules & Procedures.
Stableford Format
For this week, points will be awarded based on the standard Stableford scoring breakdown using 100% of individual Front 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 and credit book will be awarded to skins winners.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 4/4
- For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play our Stableford format on the Front 9 using 100% of their Front 9 course handicaps. There is no entry fee for Men’s Night this week and only Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field. Additionally, we’ll be playing a free-to-enter Gross/Net Skins Game on the Front 9 with credit book payouts awarded to skin winners.
- Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
- With all the rain we have received this week, we will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole.All BUNKERS will be played as GROUND UNDER REPAIR. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may either rake and place within the bunker or take free relief outside the bunker. To take relief, you must find the nearest point of complete relief outside the bunker and DROP from within one club-length of that point, no closer to the hole.
- All Holes — Shots that land in play but cannot be found because the ball has plugged may be replaced (by dropping a replacement ball) without penalty at the most likely landing spot as determined by the consensus of the player’s fellow group members. For this rule to apply, you must be virtually certain of your landing location and this landing zone cannot be within one club-length of a penalty area or out of bounds.
- Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any aeration holes or “Dollar Spot” fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” brown-patch areas on the green larger than 2 feet 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 Repair. DROP 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, 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.
- 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.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
- April 4th — 1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season: Stableford on the Front 9 + Gross/Net skins
- April 7th — A-Team Match vs. GC at South River
- April 11th — Masters Men’s Night & 2023 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
- April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open
NGC App
As an additional note for all our new MGA members, the club has an app which they use for sending out club-related notifications. We will also use the app for tournament scoring once we get started with our weekend events (starting April 20th). The app can be found here for iPhone and here for Android.
