NGC Ugly Sweater Scramble — Saturday, December 14th
As we move into the holiday season, we’re very excited to announce the return of our Ugly Sweater Tournament which will be played Saturday, December 14th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start.
For this year’s tournament, we’ll be playing a 4-Player Scramble with specific and fun formats for each hole. More to come on our 2024 formats setup but here’s a preview of what’s in store. Awards and bonuses will be given out to the team with the best ugly sweaters!
Please sign up with your team of 4 at https://bit.ly/2024-ngc-ugly-sweater
If you do not have a complete team of 4, please let us know at [email protected] and we’ll get you set up with a team!
Toys For Tots Cash (Venmo) Collection
Because we’re playing abit later this season, we will not be collecting physical toys for donation. In lieu of toys, we will be collecting Venmo payments for donation on the morning of the tournament and a group contribution will be sent directly to the Toys for Tots Foundation. Last year we donated $1,005 as a group — can we surpass that total this season?!
NGC Ugly Sweater Scramble: Saturday, December 14th — 9:30 AM shotgun start Format: 4-player scramble teams, guests are welcome Online Registration Portal: https://bit.ly/2024-ngc-ugly-sweater Registration Deadline: Thursday, December 12th @ 8:00 PM
To confirm your sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
On another fantastic day at NGC, we had an awesome turnout for the 2024 edition of the NGC Turkey Shootout. A huge thank you goes out to all our staff, members, and guests who made the day a great success! Thank you to Tiffany, Rahel, Donnee, Mimi, and all the pro shop, F&B, and grounds crew for all their energy and hard work. We are truly thankful for the joy we are all able to share at our little club where our golf family comes together for some of our best days of the year.
We saw some great play across 4 divisions and 8 (giant) turkeys were awarded to this year’s champions! We also had 1 great looking pilgrim and 2 perfectly festive turkeys for our best dressed awards!
First and foremost, we want to thank all of our MGA members for their outstanding participation this season. We had 111 MGA members take part this year over the course of 9 tournaments and 29 Men’s Nights for a grand total of 1,420 MGA rounds played. Overall, the MGA distributed $13,921.88 in credit book payouts for 2024.
It is the competitive spirit between and camaraderie amongst our members that make this group and our club truly special — And we are already looking forward to next year! We will hold our Champions Dinner for the 2024 season in the spring in conjunction with the start of the 2025 season. Is it Masters Men’s Night yet?
On Tuesday, James Hsiao took on Jack Sullivan in our final official MGA round of the 2024 season to determine the champion of the Wildcard Bracket. Over the course of 18 holes, another epically close match played out with neither player gaining more than a 1-up advantage. In the end, with a clutch putt on #17 and a very solid par on #18, Jack Sullivan defended his title as Wildcard Bracket Champion securing this year’s win. Well played Jack!
Another fantastic October weather weekend gave us the perfect backdrop for the conclusion to our 2024 MGA season. Before we get to Saturday’s results for our Closing Day Stableford, a huge thank you goes out to all the NGC staff who made this year an amazing one! Additionally, thank you to all our MGA members whose competitive spirits and camaraderie make this group and our club truly special. Over the course of the year, we had 111 MGA members participate in events and we are all already counting the weeks until April 2025 and next year’s season!
Closing Day Stableford Results
In the Net Division, 2 players tallied very impressive totals of 39 Stableford points to share the win. Great playing to Bill Buffington and Paul Weidenfeld who enjoyed each other’s company and the win — well deserved gents!
In the Gross Division, another epically close battle came down to the very last hole of the day for players in the same group and, in the end, 2 players stood atop the leaderboard with tallies of 34 Stableford points. Well played and congrats to Jim Prendergast and Matt Nolan!
Congratulations to Leo Goff as our 2024 MGA Points Chase Champion. An absolutely terrific season and a well deserved permanent nameplace on the Jonnie Martin Cup!
*Our final 2024 Points Chase payout results will be distributed later this week
Men’s Night 10/24 — E9 Team Scramble on the Front 9
25 players came out yesterday afternoon (+ night) for our E9 E8 extravaganza to conclude the 2024 Men’s Night season. 5 teams of 5 made birdies, eagles, and shared tremendous camaraderie mixed with the golfing joy that the MGA is all about. In the end, we even got a taste of night golf as we played down the 9th hole to the final rays of an amazing sunset. It’s hard to imagine any other club in the world allowing a 25-some to have as much fun as we do at our little club — And for that we are truly grateful.
The competition came to a crescendo with phone flashlights on to watch the final putts drop for both winning teams. With zero light left and all carts overdue, we finished with 2 teams at -7 for shared 1st place points. Tremendous Thursday season gentlemen!
Attached you’ll find the Groups Sheet with starting holes as well as Tournament Rules Sheet for our MGA Closing Day Stableford tomorrow. Play will begin at 9:30 AM with a shotgun start.
Groups for tomorrow’s round were set by the current 2024 Points Chase Standings so that all participants have a chance to battle their direct competition in the final event of the season.
Gross & Net Skins
For any players who would like to buy into the Skins pot (we’ll be playing for both Gross & Net skins), please Venmo $20 to @Weston-Happ (6520) tonight or tomorrow before we tee off.
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 26th
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 this Saturday, October 26th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. All groups for Saturday will be determined by Points Chase standings so that all participants have a chance to battle their direct competition in the final event of the season.
To confirm your sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
For this 1-Day event, we’ll have both Gross and Net divisions and use the standard Stableford scoring breakdown:
MGA Closing Day Stableford: Saturday, October 26th — 9:30 AM shotgun start Cost: $25 — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/MGA-Closing-Day-Stableford Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 24th @ 8:00 PM
Men’s Night 10/24 — E9 Team Scramble on the Front 9 @ 4:15 PM
For our final Men’s Night of the 2024 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!
The 1st place team will receive 30 Chase Points each, 2nd place 25 Chase Points each, and 20 Chase Points for all other participants.
Please be around the putting green by 4:00 PM to help facilitate the creation of teams.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 10/24
All players meet on the putting green at 4:00 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 2024!
MGA Closing Day Stableford — Saturday, October 26th
Sign-ups close tomorrow at 8:00 PM for the final MGA tournament of the season, our Closing Day Stableford, which is set to be played this Saturday, October 26th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. All groups for Saturday will be determined by Points Chase standings so that all participants have a chance to battle their direct competition in the final event of the season.
To confirm your sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
For this 1-Day event, we’ll have both Gross and Net divisions and use the standard Stableford scoring breakdown:
MGA Closing Day Stableford: Saturday, October 26th — 9:30 AM shotgun start Cost: $25 — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/MGA-Closing-Day-Stableford Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 24th @ 8:00 PM