Men’s Night 6/1 Results — Choose Your Own Adventure RWB Front 9
33 players came out on Thursday to choose their own adventure and take their shot at going low on a personalized RWB course. When all the strokes had been tallied, one man came out on top with a very impressive net 29. Collecting 1st place points and taking the win this week, Eric Stephens proved he was the RWB king. Well played sir!
25 players came out for our 1st Shootout of the 2023 season yesterday and #10 showed her teeth as one of the toughest tee shots around (especially with 24 fellow competitors watching!)… All Net 3s advanced and 3 players chipped off with Net 4s to fill the last 2 spots in the top 9 that made it through to #11. Over the next 8 holes, our eventual last man standing made clutch putts and hit the ball into the stratosphere where “there are no trees” to take the well deserved victory. Congrats and well played to the 1st Shootout victor of the year, Kyle Armstrong!
1st – Kyle Armstrong – 30 Chase Points 2nd – Jim Sussman (eliminated on #18) – 27.5 Chase Points 3rd – Matt Doherty (eliminated on #17) – 25 Chase Points 4th – Dave Krukowski (eliminated on #16) – 22.5 Chase Points 5th – Weston Happ (eliminated on #15) – 20 Chase Points 6th – Bruce Sedlak (eliminated on #14) – 17.5 Chase Points 7th – Ed Clarke (eliminated on #13) – 15 Chase Points 8th – Sam Bowmer (eliminated on #12) – 12.5 Chase Points 9th – Chuck Roster (eliminated on #11) – 10 Chase Points
36 players came out for a Stableford battle on the Front 9 this week and 3 men tallied 20 Stableford points to share 1st place honors. Well played Jack Sullivan, Thurston Spaulding, and Sam Bowmer!
A quick reminder that, for next week, we’ll be playing our Shootout format on the Back 9. All players tee off on #10 starting at 4:30 PM. Please be a few minutes early so we can organize everyone’s Back 9 course handicaps and get the festivities started on time!
31 players came out for a Chicago showdown yesterday and, after all the points had been counted, one man came out on top. With 3 birdies on the Back 9, Kyle Armstrong reached +3 Chicago Points to clear his hurdle and take the well deserved victory this week. Great playing sir!
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!
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!
On a beautiful day on the course, a season’s best 39 players came out for a 4/20 Men’s Night Stableford showdown on the Front 9. With a very impressive gross 35 and a tally of 23 Stableford points, Leo Goff played some fantastic golf and took home the well deserved Men’s Night victory this week.
31 players came out for a Chicago showdown on the Back 9 on a beautiful day at NGC. When all the scores had been counted, Derek Ward demolished his Chicago hurdle with an exceptional gross 33 on the back to reach +6 Chicago points and take 1st place for the week.
Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday for our 1st Men’s Night and Champions Dinner — it is this group of guys who all truly love golf that makes NGC such a special place! A huge thank you to all the staff who made last night absolutely awesome. The food was amazing and the camaraderie facilitated by hanging out in the clubhouse with the Masters to watch was perfect. A special thank you to Mary Ann who bought Azaleas (and added an Azalea drink for the night!) — your love for NGC always shows and we all love you. Congratulations once again to all our 2022 MGA Champions and we look forward to a fantastic season of champions in 2023!
On the course, 36 players came out for a Match Play battle vs. Tiger’s Front 9 at Augusta and, after all the strokes were counted, 3 men tallied 13 points to share 1st place honors. Well played Ed Clarke, Sam Bowmer, and Jack Sullivan — please send Stephen Ames some notes on how to play Match Play vs. Tiger! And in the 3-way tie for 1st place, it took the 3rd level of tiebreakers (first player to 2-up) to determine that Jack Sullivan won the Masters Coin. Thank you again to Mr. Masters, Matt Doherty, for his continued generous donations of Masters prizes (and remarkable stories)!
In the side-contests, Kyle Armstrong put on a strong performance winning the Long Drive with an absolute bomb off #1 and the Ball-Skip, skipping it to the crest of the back tier on #7.
When it came to the Chipping Contest, it was the tiny island itself that won the day! No attempts found 100% dry land. We’ll have to wait until another day before the island-chip can be conquered.
Finally, in the Putting Contest, one man reigned supreme with a fantastic effort to 8.5 inches. Well done Oral Pottinger on taking home the Putting Contest victory, $40 credit book, and the Masters coin!
In a strong start to a shuffle-up-and-deal tradition we hope to keep rolling through most (all) Men’s Nights this season, contemplation of condensed tourney formats for emergency purposes were discussed and laughs were had all around. Kevin Dick, with a strong final hand, was able to come out as the big winner on a truly memorable night at NGC.
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.
