All credit book payouts for both the 2022 Match Play and Points Chase final results have been distributed to all MGA member accounts. A big thank you to Pete for taking care of these distributions throughout the year!
Credit Book Carryover into 2023
All credit book balances that have been accumulated in 2022 will be carried over into 2023. Credit book balances can be found by logging into the NGC Member Billing Portal, selecting My Profile and viewing the Account Summary → Credit Book Balance section.
We would like to thank all of our MGA members for their outstanding participation this season. We had 88 MGA members take part this year over the course of 9 tournaments and 30 Men’s Nights. Overall, the MGA collected and distributed $16,940 in credit book payouts for 2022.
Congratulations to our 2022 MGA Points Chase Senior Champion, Ed Clark, and 2022 MGA Points Chase Champion, Weston Happ.
Thank you again to all our members who make the MGA the awesome group that it is — we are already looking forward to the 2023 season!
Once again for this season, in lieu of a winter awards banquet, we will hold a “Champions Dinner” for the 2022 season on Thursday, April 6th, 2023 in conjunction with the 1st Men’s Night of the 2023 season and the 1st Round of the Masters. Is it April yet?
The 2022 edition of our Match Play tournament is now officially in the books. A big thank you to all the competitors who participated this year and did a great job of getting all the rounds of matches completed by our deadline dates. We had 59 players to start the tournament making the Match Play our largest field of the season and, in the end, 2 men stood atop their respective brackets.
On Saturday, October 22nd, Phil Martin & Matt Doherty took to the course to play the Main Bracket Final. In another epic match, Matt birdied the 16th hole to bring the match to all square. This also meant the match was guaranteed to go all 18 holes and, on the 18th green, Mr. Doherty captured the victory and is our 2022 MGA Match Play Champion. Well played to both our finalists and congrats to Matt Doherty on completing his 6-0, six-win run to stand alone as our only undefeated Match Play player of 2022.
And in the Wildcard Bracket Final, Jim Sussmann took on Erik Rosales to determine the final MGA tournament result of the season. When all was said and done, Erik Rosales put together a great round and took the 2022 Wildcard Bracket win.
Although the official 2022 MGA season has come to a close, the camaraderie and competition continues this Thursday, November 3rd with FootGolf at the East Potomac Golf Links. We have 3 tee times booked starting just after 3:00 PM on Thursday and we’re putting together a count to see if we need to add more times.
With the final tournament of the 2022 MGA season in the books, we’d like to thank all those who made this a fantastic year. Over the course of the season, we had 88 MGA members participate in our 9 tournaments and 30 Men’s Nights, none of which would have been possible without all the NGC staff who truly make our home course the place we all love. Thinking of where we were last year vs. where we are today should bring a smile to all! And finally, thank you to all the MGA members for always bringing the competition and camaraderie on (and off) the course.
Closing Day Results
31 players came out for our final Stableford battle of the season and we couldn’t have asked for better weather or fellowship. Thank you to John and all the grounds crew for all your hard work getting the greens rolling fast and true for our final event!
In the Net Division, Matt Nolan ended his 2022 season in style with a stellar 38 Stableford points, collecting the win and 1st place points (as well as big $ for a skin on #1 — one of only 2 skins on the day with the other being Ed Clarke on #3). Well played Matt! With very solid 36 Stableford points Micah Busbee finished 2nd and Carl Ford & Kevin Gates ended T-3rd at a tally of 34 — great playing gentlemen.
In the Gross Division, a very close leaderboard throughout the day came down to the final holes where Patrick Escalambre, who played the final 8 holes at 1-under, got up and down for 2-point pars on both #17 and #18 to secure the victory at 33 Stableford points. Finishing 2nd was Jared Powell at 32 points and Dave Krukowski was 3rd with 31 — a fun battle all the way to the end!
In a very fitting end to our Men’s Night season, a classic E9 with 20 players and 4 5-man teams reminded us all why NGC is such a special place. Thank you to all the players who participated last night and in all our Men’s Nights throughout the entire year!
When all the scrambling was completed, 2 teams reached impressive E9 scores of -9. A chip-off on the 9th green ensued and, as the sunlight dwindled, Andy Westerkom’s chip just edged out the effort of Brian Carlstrom giving the team of Armstrong, Harkless, Westerkom, Nolan & Nichols the final Men’s Night victory of 2022.
1st – Armstrong, Harkless, Westerkom, Nolan & Nichols (-9, won in chip-off) – 30 Chase Points – $40 each 2nd – Powell, Carlstrom, Bowmer, Martin & Sedlak (-9) – 25 Chase Points T-3rd – Happ, Miller, Sussmann, Stone & Dove (-7) – 20 Chase Points T-3rd – Escalambre, Hsiao, Prendergast, Clarke, Zoski (-7) – 20 Chase Points
In the final table of the Men’s Night season (but certainly not the last of the year), Colin Zoski highlighted a great night with a straight flush and Calvin Harkless proved poker-Russian-roulette is the best way to play a final hand.
MGA Closing Day Stableford Tomorrow
We look forward to seeing everyone in the morning for our final tournament of the season, our Closing Day Stableford. NGC will be providing coffee & donuts prior to our 9:30 AM shotgun start.
Attached you’ll find the Groups Sheet with starting holes as well as Tournament Rules Sheet for our MGA ClosingDay Stableford tomorrow. Play will begin at 9:30 AM with a shotgun start.
All groups for tomorrow’s round were determined by the 2022 Points Chase Standings so that all participants have a chance to battle their direct competition in the final event of the season.
Food & Beer 🍻
Food will be served at the conclusion of play and a MGA keg will be available for all players.
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 for both Gross and Net Stableford scoring:
MGA Closing Day Stableford — Saturday, October 29th
Sign-ups close tonight at 8:00 PM for the final MGA tournament of the season, our Closing Day Stableford, which is set to be played Saturday, October 29th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. Please sign up ASAP if you plan to play so we can finalize our food order.
Groups for Saturday’s round will be based on the 2022 Points Chase Standings so that all participants have a chance to battle their direct competition.
For this 1-Day event we’ll have both Gross and Net divisions and use the standard Stableford scoring breakdown:
To confirm your sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
MGA Closing Day: Saturday, October 29th — 9:30 AM shotgun start Cost: $30 — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://bit.ly/MGA-Closing-Day-Stableford Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 27th @ 8:00 PM
Men’s Night 10/27 — E9 Team Scramble on the Front 9
For our final Men’s Night of the 2022 season, we’ll be having some fun and playing our traditional NGC E9 format on the Front 9. For any who have not had an opportunity to participate in an E9 extravaganza in the past, we will all meet on the 1st tee and divide into even scramble teams based on handicaps. We then play as an oversized, full group, with each 4-5 man team playing a scramble.
The team with the low scramble score wins!
1st place team = 30 Chase Points
2nd place team = 25 Chase Points
3rd place team = 20 Chase Points, etc.
Please be around the putting green by 3:45 PM to help facilitate the creation of teams and so we can start a little early if possible.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 10/27
All players meet on the putting green at 3:45 PM and 4-5 man scramble teams will be determined via handicaps.
All teams play together under traditional scramble format rules.
All players play from a selection of tees throughout the Front 9.
Rule of 75 players may play 1 tee box up.
Simultaneous shots from scramble groups are allowed and encouraged.
Let’s have some fun for our last Men’s Night of 2022!
MGA Closing Day Stableford — Saturday, October 29th
Sign-ups close tomorrow for the final MGA tournament of the season, our Closing Day Stableford, which is set to be played Saturday, October 29th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. Please sign up ASAP if you plan to play so we can finalize our food order.
For this 1-Day event we’ll have both Gross and Net divisions and use the standard Stableford scoring breakdown:
To confirm your sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
MGA Closing Day: Saturday, October 29th — 9:30 AM shotgun start Cost: $30 — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://bit.ly/MGA-Closing-Day-Stableford Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 27th @ 8:00 PM
