For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Front 9. 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 this week and only Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
Team sign-ups continue for the final MGA major of the season, The Stearns Cup, which is set to be played Saturday & Sunday, October 14th + 15th.
The format for Stearns Cup is 2-man teams playing 2-day, 36 hole, best ball for both gross and net awards. 100% of handicaps apply for net play. MGA tees, with Rule of 75 for gold tee players.
To confirm your team’s sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
Stearns Cup: Saturday & Sunday, October 14th + 15th — 2-man teams with 9:30 AM shotgun start each day Cost: $30 per player — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2023-Stearns-Cup
Another truly memorable night is now forever in the NGC history books! Before we recap, we have some wholehearted thank yous to send out for all those that made our Night Golf event a great success. First and foremost, thank you to all the NGC staff who gave us such a magical night. To Tsehaye, Donnee, Mimi and all her F&B staff, Christine, Tiffany, Rahel, and everyone who works to make NGC what it is for all of us, we are so thankful. An awesome dinner followed by great times on the course is exactly what we all love about NGC. A huge thank you goes to Leo Goff who’s idea, dedication, and hard work made Night Golf and the fellowship that ensued a reality for a second year in a row. We salute you sir! Finally, a huge thank you Chuck Roster and Kyle Armstrong who, along with Leo, made the logistics of lighting up the night happen! Thank you Chuck and Kyle!
Night Golf Results
Glow balls lit up the dark while birdies and eagles flew in the 2023 playing of NGC Thursday Night Golf® last night. With real-life shot-tracer-mode activated, all shots earned oos, ahs, and lots of laughs. Several teams reached deep into red figures but, when all the glow-shots had been struck, one team stood atop the leaderboard with a net total of 24.55. Well played to the team of James Hsiao, Adam Miller & Silas Nichols — And cheers to all on a fantastic night!
We have reached a very special time…Night Golf Eve! Attached you’ll find the groups and starting holes for our 9-hole, NGC Night Golf Course™ setup. We did our best to pair up players that requested to play together while maintaining the ABCDE handicap algorithm.
Steak & Spuds starts at 6:00 PM tomorrow and Night Golf will follow once it gets dark.
Format
We’ll be playing a 4/5-player scramble (teams of 4 get one extra shot from each scramble playing location) with a shotgun start and the NGC Night Golf Course™ 9-hole layout below:
#1: par 5
#2: par 4
#3: par 3
#5: par 4
#9: par 4
#9.5 – special driving range hole
#10: par 4
#11: par 4
#18: par 3
For Men’s Night considerations, net scoring using 25% of team 9-hole handicaps will be used (with fractional scoring). The 1st place team will receive 30 Chase Points each, 2nd place 25 Chase Points each, and 20 Chase Points for all other participants. Rumor has it that the winning team will also be compensated for their victory in liquid form…
Team sign-ups continue for the final MGA major of the season, The Stearns Cup, which is set to be played Saturday & Sunday, October 14th + 15th.
The format for Stearns Cup is 2-man teams playing 2-day, 36 hole, best ball for both gross and net awards. 100% of handicaps apply for net play. Standard MGA tees, with Rule of 75 for gold tee players.
To confirm your team’s sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
Stearns Cup: Saturday & Sunday, October 14th + 15th — 2-man teams with 9:30 AM shotgun start each day Cost: $30 per player — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2023-Stearns-Cup
Sign-ups close tonight for our Night Golf extravaganza which will be held on Thursday, September 28th. Please sign up before 8:00 PM so we can plan our order for the night golf food and gear. At this time for sign-ups, all players must be NGC members. Space is limited to the first 48 players signed up.
To confirm your sign-up, please double check the online leaderboard here.
Food: Steak & Spuds starting at 6:00 PM Night Golf: Team format starting at dark Online Sign-Up: https://mga.golf/night-golf-sign-up *Limited to the first 48 players signed up
If you would like a food option other than steak, please text Leo Goff at (703) 474-5997
Sign-ups continue for next week’s Night Golf extravaganza which will be held on Thursday, September 28th. Please sign up before tomorrow (9/24) @ 8:00 PM so we can plan our order for the night golf food and gear. At this time for sign-ups, all players must be NGC members. Space is limited to the first 48 players signed up.
To confirm your sign-up, please double check the online leaderboard here.
Food: Steak & Spuds starting at 6:00 PM Night Golf: Team format starting at dark Online Sign-Up: https://mga.golf/night-golf-sign-up *Limited to the first 48 players signed up
If you would like a food option other than steak, please text Leo Goff at (703) 474-5997
24 players came out Thursday for a Chicago showdown on the Back 9 and two men reached +3 Chicago points to share 1st place honors. Well played to Bruce Sedlak and Kyle Armstrong!
T-1st – Bruce Sedlak (+3 Chicago) – 30 Chase Points T-1st – Kyle Armstrong (+3 Chicago) – 30 Chase Points 3rd – Joe Lapan (+1 Chicago) – 24.29 Chase Points T-4th – Kevin Dick (-1 Chicago) – 21.43 Chase Points T-4th – Adam Miller (-1 Chicago) – 21.43 Chase Points 6th – Matt Doherty (-2 Chicago) – 15.71 Chase Points 7th – Leo Goff (-3 Chicago) – 12.86 Chase Points T-8th – Dan Ryan (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points T-8th – Matt Nolan (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points T-8th – Calvin Harkless (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
For Men’s Nights, your 5 lowest scoring weeks (or weeks you missed) have been dropped.
For our 1-day, 80-point events (Play It Again, 2-Man Team Shamble, NGC Cup), 1 low points-earned tournament has been dropped with our Closing Day Stableford (10/28) still to be played.
The same applies to our multi-day / major tournaments (Match Play, Memorial Cup, RW&B, Club Championship) where 1 low has been dropped with Stearns Cup (10/14-10/15) still to be played.
Match Play points have been awarded through all current matches played and, for those who continue to advance, points will be updated as the remaining matches are completed.
Drops will continue to be updated through the remainder of this year’s Men’s Nights, the closing rounds of the Match Play tournament, and the playing of our final 2 weekend tournaments in October. An exciting finish to the 2023 Points Chase is in store!
2023 Points Chase Top 10 (as of 9/23/2023)
1st – Ed Clarke – 611.00 Chase Points 2nd – Adam Miller – 607.79 3rd – James Hsiao – 588.30 4th – Weston Happ – 547.66 5th – Sam Bowmer – 538.69 6th – Kyle Armstrong – 463.43 7th – Dan Ryan – 446.23 8th – Calvin Harkless – 442.49 9th – Matt Nolan – 430.00 10th – Leo Goff – 416.66
Team sign-ups are now open for the final MGA major of the season, The Stearns Cup,which is set to be played Saturday & Sunday, October 14th + 15th.
The format for Stearns Cup is 2-man teams playing 2-day, 36 hole, best ball for both gross and net awards. 100% of handicaps apply for net play. Standard MGA tees, with Rule of 75 for gold tee players.
To confirm your team’s sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
Stearns Cup: Saturday & Sunday, October 14th + 15th — 2-man teams with 9:30 AM shotgun start each day Cost: $30 per player — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2023-Stearns-Cup
Sign-ups continue for next week’s Night Golf extravaganza which will be held on Thursday, September 28th. Please sign up ASAP and before this Sunday, 9/24 @ 8:00 PM so we can plan our order for the night golf food and gear. At this time for sign-ups, all players must be NGC members. Space is limited to the first 48 players signed up.
To confirm your sign-up, please double check the online leaderboard here.
Food: Steak & Spuds starting at 6:00 PM Night Golf: Team format starting at dark Online Sign-Up: https://mga.golf/night-golf-sign-up *Limited to the first 48 players signed up
If you would like a food option other than steak, please text Leo Goff at (703) 474-5997
