We had a fantastic turnout of 38 players last Thursday for a pre-major Stableford battle on the Front 9. When all the points had been counted, two men shared first place honors. With 20 Stableford points, well played to Micah Busbee and Matt Nolan and congrats on taking home the W!
36 players came out yesterday to try their luck using only 3 clubs and a putter on the Back 9. In the end (as we always do on 3-club day), we saw some great scoring! 4 players tied with net 34s to share 1st place honors this week. Congrats and well played to Torey Diggs, Ryan White, Ryan Dierker, and Nathaniel Burgess — will our winners show up with a lighter set this weekend?!
Although no poker was played this week, it was great to see everyone hanging out at the range and around the clubhouse after the round. Also, thank you to our MGA raking crew‡ for cleaning up all the leaves in the landing area on the hill between #4 and #5!
‡ Mr. Matt “Minister of the weekend 9AM tee time” Doherty, Mr. Ryan “Wins Men’s Night then puts in work” White, and Mr. Weston “Carries a carabiner” Happ
Men’s Night 5/2 Results — Choose Your Own Adventure RWB on the Front 9
For the first Men’s Night of May, the temperature was turned up and we had a fantastic turnout of 42 players who all took their chance at the best possible RWB routing on the Front 9. When all the strokes had been counted, one man stood atop the leaderboard with an impressive net 31. Well played to Bruce Sedlak on capturing this week’s Choose Your Own RWB victory!
We now have a 2 week consecutive streak of poker games played, let’s keep the momentum rolling. In the end, we obtained proof of concept for a “bomb pot” and Susan Dick re-raised Donnee with the line of the night!
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 26th through June 9th — Match Play Tournament 1st round matches. Match dates + times scheduled directly between opponents
May 9th — 3-Club Challenge: Back 9
May 16th — Stableford: Front 9
May 18th + 19th — Memorial Cup: first MGA major of 2024
May 23rd — Chicago: Back 9
May 30th — Shootout: Front 9 — all players tee off #1 at 4:45 PM
We had an awesome turnout of 35 players last night for our Chicago battle on the Back 9 and, when all the shots had been counted, two men used 8-point, gross eagles to propel themselves to the top of the leaderboard. On a night of great scoring where you had to at least reach your hurdle to place, Ryan White and Kyle Armstrong both tallied +4 Chicago points to share the win. Well played gentlemen!
In a great kickoff to a (hopefully) weekly, post-Men’s Night poker game, laughs were had all around and rusty poker logistic skills were slightly sharpened. In the end, Jim Sussmann had the most fun of all and Ed Clarke battled gravity to a solid draw. Let’s play again next week!
On a gorgeous day at NGC, we had a fantastic turnout for our 1-Man Scramble challenge and it was great to see a bunch of new MGA members playing their first Men’s Night. In the end, 38 MGAers took to the Front 9 to determine if 2 shots were better than 1 and the answer was a resounding yes! After all the shots were completed, one man walked away with an awesome score of 29. Proving that he was his own best teammate, Will Keyes took home the well deserved victory for his 1st career Men’s Night win — well played sir!
Thank you all our MGA members who came out yesterday for our Masters 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 big thank you to Tsehaye and Donnee for the state of the course update, and to Christine, Mimi and all the NGC staff for a great night of hospitality. Does it get better than enjoying Tiras de Pollo Crujientes while watching golf until dark?! Congratulations once again to all our 2023 MGA Champions and we look forward to a fantastic season of champions in 2024.
On the course, 28 players came out for a battle vs. Tiger’s opening round Back 9 at Augusta which we all got to watch wrap up this morning! With bogeys on #14 and #18, Tiger made the scoring interesting and, in the end with a stellar round in which he did not lose a single hole to Tiger, one man came out victorious. Scoring 15 Vs. Tiger points, well played and congrats to Leo Goff, our 2024 Masters Men’s Night winner!
In the side-contests, new MGA member Brad Adams hit an absolute bomb on #11 to win the Long Drive contest and, rumor has it, it was only a 3-wood off the tee!
When it came to the Ball Skipping contest, laughs were had all around and one man hit the shot we were all trying for. With a great skip to 22 feet, well done Jay Aanrud!
Finally, in the Putting Contest, one man only needed one putt to knock it to 6 inches and capture the victory. Great putt Jim Sussmann!
1st Men’s Night 4/4 Results — Stableford + Skins Front 9
26 players took to the Front 9 yesterday to get the 2024 MGA season started with a Stableford battle. Despite a brief burst of snow/sleet/hail, a great time was had by all and we’d especially like to acknowledge all our new MGA members who came out. It’s absolutely fantastic to see the growth of our membership with Tiffany’s help!
As for the results, when all was said and done, one man reigned supreme collecting a very impressive Stableford tally. With 25 points, well played Bruce Sedlak and congrats on taking the 1st Men’s Night W of the new season!
For our gross/net skins game, we had 5 skins hold up, 4 gross and 1 net. Well done to our skins winners! Credit book payouts will be applied next week.
Preseason Men’s Night 3/28 Results — Gross/Net Skins Back 9
7 players came out yesterday for our freeroll skins game on the Back 9 to get the competitive juices flowing for the upcoming 2024 MGA season. With a double skin on #12 (gross birdie, net eagle) after draining a fantastic birdie putt, Colin Zoski was the night’s big winner. Weston Happ also made the only gross 3 on #15 for a rare par-skin and Matt Dove collected a skin for his net birdie on #16.
We would like to thank all of our MGA members for their outstanding participation this season. We had 109 MGA members take part this year over the course of 9 tournaments and 28 Men’s Nights for a grand total of 1,388 MGA rounds played. Overall, the MGA distributed $9,908.00 in credit book payouts for 2023 with an additional $10,590.00 spent on F&B.
Congratulations to our 2023 MGA Points Chase Senior Champion, Ed Clark, and our 2023 MGA Points Chase Co-Champions, Adam Miller & Weston Happ.
Thank you again to all our members who make the MGA the truly one of a kind group that it is — we are already looking forward to next year! We will hold our Champions Dinner for the 2023 season in the spring in conjunction with the start of the 2024 season. Is it April yet?
Final Men’s Night Results — E9 (E8) on the Front 9
2̶0̶ 22 MGAers came out for our final Men’s Night of the 2023 season and a classic NGC E9 essued. Thank you to all who took part on Thursdays this year — over the course of 28 Men’s Nights, we had a total of 712 rounds played!
With cheers, laughs, and camaraderie all around, our 8-hole routing (with #5/#6 played as a hybrid par 4) gave us a memorable battle. As the sun set, Team 4 closed out their round in style with a birdie on #9 to reach -7 for the E8 and capture the victory. Congrats to our final Men’s Night winners of 2023, James Hsiao, Sam Bowmer, Matt Dove, Erik Rosales, Bruce Sedlak & Micah Busbee — as always, well played gentlemen!
1st – Team 4 (-7) – James Hsiao, Sam Bowmer, Matt Dove, Erik Rosales, Bruce Sedlak & Micah Busbee – 30 Chase Points each
2nd – Team 1 (-6) – Calvin Harkless, Ted Pearson, Matt Doherty, Andrew Neill, Dan Ryan & Joe Lapan – 25 Chase Points each
T-3rd – Team 2 (-5) – Will Keyes, Brad Thaxton, Matt Nolan, Chuck Roster & Mike Lyons – 20 Chase Points each
T-3rd – Team 3 (-5) – Weston Happ, Adam Miller, Ed Clarke, Leo Goff & Colin Zoski – 20 Chase Points each
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In one of the closest Points Chase finishes in memory, all will be decided on Saturday. Pairings for our Closing Day Stableford will be based on the latest Points Chase standings. Let’s wrap up an epic season in style!
