Men’s Night 5/4 Results — 3-Club Challenge Front 9
31 players came out for our 3-Club Challenge on the Front 9 and 2 men proved they could get around just fine with a far lighter golf bag! With scores of net 35, Micah Busbee and Leo Goff shared the win this week and collected 1st place Chase points. Well played gentlemen!
Sign-ups continue for our 1st MGA Major of the year, the Memorial Cup, which is set to be played Saturday and Sunday, May 20th + 21st with a 9:00 AM shotgun start both days. Please sign up via the online registration portal.
The format for Memorial Cup is 2-day, 36-hole stroke play with both gross and net divisions. To compete in the NET division, all players must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement.
Memorial Cup: Saturday and Sunday, May 20th + 21st Sign-up Deadline: Thursday, May 18th @ 8:00 PM Cost: $30 — all participants must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2023-Memorial-Cup/
To confirm your Memorial Cup sign-up, please double check for your name on the online leaderboard.
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our our 3-Club Challenge format on the Front 9. Before the round, each player will select 3 clubs + their putter to use exclusively. 100% of Front 9 course handicaps apply, low net score wins. All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (Age + Handicap >= 75) may play golds.
Please clearly identify your chosen 3 clubs + putter to your playing partners before teeing off #1 (4 clubs total with putter as 1 of the 4). Record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 5/4
For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play 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.
Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. Please check in with the Pro Shop before you tee off. For this week, all players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (Age + Handicap >= 75) may play golds.
Clearly identify your chosen 3 clubs + putter to your playing partners before teeing off #1 (4 clubs total with putter as one of the 4). Any of your chosen clubs (including putter) can be used at any time from any position during your round.
We will be playing the ball DOWN EVERYWHERE. As the exception, all bunkers will be played as Ground Under Repair. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may either play your ball as it lies (rake and place) or take free relief. 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.
Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any aeration holes, no closer to the hole.
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. Additionally, tire tracks, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and bare areas larger than a club-length should be considered Ground Under Repair. DROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole.
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.
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our our 3-Club Challenge format on the Front 9. Before the round, each player will select 3 clubs + their putter to use exclusively. 100% of Front 9 course handicaps apply, low net score wins. All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (Age + Handicap >= 75) may play golds.
Please clearly identify your chosen 3 clubs + putter to your playing partners before teeing off #1 (4 clubs total with putter as 1 of the 4). Record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop.
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Match Play Round 1
The deadline for Round 1 matches in the Main Bracket is June 11th. Please be in touch with your Round 1 opponent ASAP about scheduling your match. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
Sign-ups are now open for our 1st MGA Major of the year, the Memorial Cup, which is set to be played Saturday and Sunday, May 20th + 21st with a 9:00 AM shotgun start both days. Please sign up via the online registration portal.
The format for Memorial Cup is 2-day, 36-hole stroke play with both gross and net divisions. To compete in the NET division, all players must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement.
Memorial Cup: Saturday and Sunday, May 20th + 21st Sign-up Deadline: Thursday, May 18th @ 8:00 PM Cost: $30 — all participants must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2023-Memorial-Cup/
To confirm your Memorial Cup sign-up, please double check for your name on the online leaderboard.
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Upcoming MGA Schedule
5/4 — 3-Club Challenge: Front 9
5/11 — Chicago: Back 9
5/18 — Stableford: Front 9
5/20 + 5/21 — Memorial Cup: 2-day MGA Major
5/25 — Shootout: Back 9 — all players meet on #10 tee at 4:30 PM
Sign-ups are now open for our 1st MGA Major of the year, the Memorial Cup, which is set to be played Saturday and Sunday, May 20th + 21st with a 9:00 AM shotgun start both days. Please sign up via the online registration portal.
The format for Memorial Cup is 2-day, 36-hole stroke play with both gross and net divisions. To compete in the NET division, all players must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement.
Memorial Cup: Saturday and Sunday, May 20th + 21st Sign-up Deadline: Thursday, May 18th @ 8:00 PM Cost: $30 — all participants must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2023-Memorial-Cup/
To confirm your Memorial Cup sign-up, please double check for your name on the online leaderboard.
We had an awesome 45 players come out for our 1-Man Scramble on the Back 9 yesterday — way to show out MGAers, let’s keep the great participation rolling!
In the end, when all the strokes had been counted, 29 proved to be the magic number giving us a 4-way tie for 1st place this week. Well played Calvin Harkless, Adam Miller, Sam Bowmer, and Leo Goff — you proved that when Player B is along for the ride, anything is possible!
Our 2023 Match Play Main Bracket has been set by random, blind draw and attached here. For the first time in recent memory, we have a full 64 player field and, consequently, no Round 1 byes. All players who do not win their Round 1 match in the Main Bracket will form our secondary Wildcard Bracket which will be drawn after all Round 1 matches have been completed.
The deadline for Round 1 matches in the Main Bracket is June 11th. Please be in touch with your Round 1 opponent ASAP about scheduling your match. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
Match Play Competition Notes
Match scheduling should be determined via direct communication between opponents.
Matches are to be played using standard, 18-hole, match play format.
All Match Play matches should be played from white tees. Rule of 75 players (age + handicap > 75) may play gold tees.
Prior to the start of a 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.
Please check in with the Pro Shop before starting your match so that handicap strokes for the match can be determined and finalized.
Please report final results of all matches promptly to [email protected]
Complete information and guidelines for the 2023 MGA Match Play can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our 1-Man Scramble format on the Back 9. For this format, you get 2 shots off the tee and choose the best one, you then get 2 shots from the next position, choose the best, and so on until you have completed the hole.
Please record gross, individual scramble scores on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop. 50% of Back 9 course handicaps apply to calculate net scores — low net score wins.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 4/27
For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Back 9 with our 1-Man Scramble format. 50% of Back 9 course handicaps will be used to calculate net scores. 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.
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.
With the nature of our 1-Man Scramble format, we will be playing lift, clean, and place EVERYWHERE for all shots including within penalty areas, 1-club length, no closer to the holeand RAKE and PLACE for all bunkers. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker taking as much relief as necessary to place your ball on a playable bit of sand, no closer to the hole.
Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any aeration holes, no closer to the hole.
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. Additionally, tire tracks, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and bare areas larger than a club-length should be considered Ground Under Repair. DROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole.
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.
Our 1-Man Scramble format is NOT valid for handicap posting purposes.
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our 1-Man Scramble format on the Back 9. For this format, you get 2 shots off the tee and choose the best one, you then get 2 shots from the next position, choose the best, and so on until you have completed the hole.
Please record gross, individual scramble scores on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop. 50% of Back 9 course handicaps apply to calculate net scores — low net score wins.
We have reached a full field of 64 players for the 2023 Match Play Tournament and registration is now closed — well done everyone who signed up! Because we are now full, the bracket drawing will happen one week early, this Thursday, April 27th. Once the bracket is set by random, blind draw, it will be sent out via email and all participants will have from April 28th through June 11th to complete their 1st round matches. All players will be responsible for scheduling their own match dates and times in coordination with their opponents once the brackets have been drawn.
The complete list of all participants for the 2023 Match Play can be found here. Complete information and guidelines for the Match Play Tournament can be found at https://mga.golf/match-play.
Senior A-Team
Our Senior A-Team took on Belle Haven yesterday in the elimination round of the WMGA team tournament. Although NGC was unable to advance, we’d like to send out a huge congratulations to our Senior A for advancing to the Final 8. Well played gentlemen!
Men’s Night 4/27 — 1-Man Scramble Back 9
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our 1-Man Scramble format on the Back 9. For this format, you get 2 shots off the tee and choose the best one, you then get 2 shots from the next position, choose the best, and so on until you have completed the hole.
Please record gross, individual scramble scores on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop. 50% of Back 9 course handicaps apply to calculate net scores — low net score wins.
