13 players came out to brave the passing storms and collect some Stableford points on the Back 9 this afternoon. After all the points had been tallied, with an impressive 2-under, clean scorecard and 21 stableford points, Kyle Armstrong took home the W for this week. Well played sir!
Men’s Night 5/15 Results — 1-Man Scramble Front 9
22 players came out last Thursday for a 1-Man Scramble showdown on the Front 9 and one man proved he was his own best teammate. With a stellar net 30, Leo Goff took home the Men’s Night win. Well played Leo!
28 players came out on Thursday to try and surpass their Chicago hurdles and, in the end, one man was able to achieve the bar and reach positive figures. With a 65 foot putt holed on #16 for birdie, Chuck Roster proved he had the right stuff to take the W this week. Well played, Chuck!
29 players came out yesterday for the inaugural playing of our new Tee Ladder Men’s Night format and, overall, it was very fun to see players playing a wide variety of tees as they traversed the Front 9 up and down the 🔴🟡⚪️🔵 Tee Ladder. On the net leaderboard, with an impressive 33 that included birdies on #1 and #5, Leo Goff took home 1st place points. And on the gross leaderboard, Joe Lapan and Weston Happ got in the house with 1-under par 35s to secure the shared W. Well played to all!
22 players came out on Thursday for a Stableford showdown on the Back 9 and one man continued his amazing start to his rookie MGA season! With a very impressive 21 Stableford points, Julian Castro took the W for this week and held strong at his pace atop the 2025 Points Chase. Well played sir!
34 players came out yesterday on a beautiful afternoon for golf for our largest Men’s Night turnout of the 2025 season. When all was said and done, 4 players were able to surpass their hurdles and reach positive points but only one man stood atop the leaderboard with a stellar +4 Chicago points. With a very Rory-esque round, Jared Powell proved that the power of birdies can outweigh an unexpected double — great playing sir!
First and foremost, thank you to everyone who made Thursday such a success and another memorable edition of our Masters Men’s Night and Champions Dinner tradition. Special thanks to Mimi, Christine, Sheka, Raven, and the entire F&B team for helping create a fantastic evening. With an epic Sunday ahead at Augusta, Rory’s Thursday back nine already feels like a distant memory—but we hope our 2024 Champions and all MGA members carry lasting memories for years to come.
28 players came out on Thursday to battle vs. Rory’s Back 9 score at Augusta and, with a couple of hiccups on #15 and #17, Rory made it interesting for all of us. When all the shots had been counted and all the scorecards compared, one man stood atop the leaderboard (or as the Masters would spell it Leader Board) and captured the Masters Men’s Night win. With a very impressive back 9 in which he tied or beat Rory on every hole, Chuck Roster collected 14 vs. Rory Points and took home the win this week — well played Chuck! And great drive on #11 to win the Long Drive too!
1st – Chuck Roster (14 vs. Rory Points) – 30 Chase Points T-2nd – Erik Rosales (12 vs. Rory Points) – 27.5 Chase Points T-2nd – Andrew Neill (12 vs. Rory Points) – 27.5 Chase Points T-4th – Joe Lapan (11 vs. Rory Points) – 22.5 Chase Points T-4th – Colin Zoski (11 vs. Rory Points) – 22.5 Chase Points T-4th – Ron Turner (11 vs. Rory Points) – 22.5 Chase Points T-4th – Paul Weidenfeld (11 vs. Rory Points) – 22.5 Chase Points T-4th – Viktor Grinev (11 vs. Rory Points) – 22.5 Chase Points T-9th – Jim Prendergast (10 vs. Rory Points) – 10 Chase Points T-9th – Matt Nolan (10 vs. Rory Points) – 10 Chase Points T-9th – Brad Adams (10 vs. Rory Points) – 10 Chase Points T-9th – Bill Buffington (10 vs. Rory Points) – 10 Chase Points T-9th – Kyle Armstrong (10 vs. Rory Points) – 10 Chase Points
Masters Men’s Night Side-Contests
Long Drive – Chuck Roster – $35 credit book
Skip Closest to the Pin – Julian Castro (28 feet) – $35 credit book
Putt – Jim Sussmann (Made putt for the 2nd year in a row!) – $35 credit book
Thank you to our photographer extraordinaire, Vivianne, for another amazing set of photo captures. No geese were harmed! (Although they were certainly in harm’s way for a minute!)
Men’s Night 4/3 — Stableford Front 9 + Gross/Net Skins
22 players came out yesterday for our first Men’s Night of the season and, in perfectly fitting fashion for our opener, one of our new MGA members took home the win! With a great Stableford score of 20 points, Julian Castro proved he is ready to rock at NGC in 2025 — well played sir!
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?
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!
