With the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur underway, we have officially made it Masters week. And with Masters week, comes our MGA traditions of Masters Men’s Night and our Champions Dinner. For this coming Thursday, April 11th, we invite all MGA members, especially all the new MGA members for the 2024 season, to come out for a great day of golf and celebration at the club. We’ll have the 2023 MGA Champions trophies to hand out so we hope to have a fantastic turnout.
Our Champions Dinner “Tapas y Pintxos” buffet (inspired by some other guy’s menu) will be available starting around 5:30 PM on April 11th. Mid-afternoon will be a great time to play your Masters-themed Men’s Night round — then come enjoy some food and camaraderie!
Masters Men’s Night: Play anytime on Thursday, April 11th Champions Dinner: Tapas y Pintxos buffet starting at 5:30 PM
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.
1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season — Stableford Front 9
We have officially made it to the eve of the 2024 MGA season. For our 1st Men’s Night tomorrow, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Front 9. In addition to the Stableford competition, we’ll be playing a re-run of our free-to-enter Gross/Net skins game based on all submitted Front 9 Stableford scorecards.
Let’s have some fun and get the season started with some low scores!
Men’s Night Groups
Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursdays with an accompanying MGA member. Men’s Night groups are formed in an impromptu manner with MGA players who arrive around the same time on Thursdays playing together. Most players play their Men’s Night 9-holes around 3PM but we most often have guys playing throughout the day, including some players going off early and some players playing later in the afternoon / early evening. For tomorrow, several MGA Board members will be around the club and course most of the afternoon to introduce themselves to new MGA members and we can help facilitate groups. We hope to keep the camaraderie going after Men’s Night rounds this season with poker and/or other shenanigans around the clubhouse!
GHIN Handicaps
All Men’s Night play (and MGA tournament play) is with handicaps which means all players will need an active GHIN handicap account. If you do not have a GHIN account, let us know at [email protected] and we’ll help you get one set up with the club. Starting April 15th, we will maintain our 2-in-30 posting requirement for 2024. To compete in MGA net competitions with your GHIN handicap, players must maintain 36-holes of posted scores (either full 18 or 9-hole scores) from NGC in the last 30 days. See the “Season Specific Guidelines” within the MGA Handicap Rules & Procedures.
Stableford Format
For this week, points will be awarded based on the standard Stableford scoring breakdown using 100% of individual Front 9 handicaps.
Net Double Bogey or higher: 0 points
Net Bogey: 1 point
Net Par: 2 points
Net Birdie: 3 points
Net Eagle: 4 points, and so on.
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. There is no entry fee for Men’s Night. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field for Stableford placement and credit book will be awarded to skins winners.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 4/4
For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play our Stableford format on 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. Additionally, we’ll be playing a free-to-enter Gross/Net Skins Game on the Front 9 with credit book payouts awarded to skin winners.
Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
With all the rain we have received this week, we will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole.All BUNKERS will be played as GROUND UNDER REPAIR. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may either rake and place within the bunker or take free relief outside the bunker. 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.
All Holes — Shots that land in play but cannot be found because the ball has plugged may be replaced (by dropping a replacement ball) without penalty at the most likely landing spot as determined by the consensus of the player’s fellow group members. For this rule to apply, you must be virtually certain of your landing location and this landing zone cannot be within one club-length of a penalty area or out of bounds.
Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any aeration holes or “Dollar Spot” fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” brown-patch areas on the green larger than 2 feet may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
Bare areas larger than one club-length, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under Repair. DROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, 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.
Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
This week’s format allows for the completion of a 9-hole round that is valid for handicap posting purposes. Men’s Night scores must be posted promptly to your handicap account. Any player who places but has not posted will have their score disqualified from placement consideration.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 4th — 1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season: Stableford on the Front 9 + Gross/Net skins
April 7th — A-Team Match vs. GC at South River
April 11th — Masters Men’s Night & 2023 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open
NGC App
As an additional note for all our new MGA members, the club has an app which they use for sending out club-related notifications. We will also use the app for tournament scoring once we get started with our weekend events (starting April 20th). The app can be found here for iPhone and here for Android.
We have officially made it to the opening week of the 2024 MGA season! To get things started this Thursday, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Front 9. In addition to the Stableford competition, we’ll be playing a re-run of our free-to-enter Gross/Net skins game based on all submitted Front 9 Stableford scorecards.
Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursdays with an accompanying MGA member. Most players play their Men’s Night 9-holes around 3PM and we hope to keep the camaraderie going after Men’s Night rounds this season with poker and/or other golf-related shenanigans.
For this week, points will be awarded based on the standard Stableford scoring breakdown using 100% of individual Front 9 handicaps.
Net Double Bogey or higher: 0 points
Net Bogey: 1 point
Net Par: 2 points
Net Birdie: 3 points
Net Eagle: 4 points, and so on.
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. There is no entry fee for Men’s Night. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field for Stableford placement and credit book will be awarded to skins winners.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 4th — 1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season: Stableford on the Front 9 + Gross/Net skins
April 7th — A-Team Match vs. GC at South River
April 11th — Masters Men’s Night & 2023 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open
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.
For tomorrow, we’ll be playing a 9-hole, free-to-enter, Gross/Net Skins Game on the Back 9 that won’t count for Points Chase points but will award credit book payouts for skin winners. Let’s have some fun and make some birdies to get us ready for April. And if the weather doesn’t cooperate, we can at least play some poker! 🂡
Gross and net skins will be awarded with credit book, net skins using 100% of individual Back 9 handicaps.
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 all completed cards to the Pro Shop.
Competition Rules for Preseason Men’s Night 3/28
For this week, all Men’s Night competitors will play a Gross/Net Skins Game on the Back 9 using 100% of their Back 9 course handicaps. There is no entry fee for Men’s Night this week. Credit book payouts will be awarded to skin winners.
Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
With rain in the forecast, we will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, 1-club length, no closer to the hole.All BUNKERS will be played as GROUND UNDER REPAIR. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may either rake and place within the bunker or take free relief outside the bunker. 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 or “Dollar Spot” fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” brown-patch areas on the green larger than 2 feet may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
Bare areas larger than a club length, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under Repair. DROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, 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.
Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
This week’s format allows for the completion of a 9-hole round that is valid for handicap posting purposes. Men’s Night scores must be posted promptly to your handicap account. Any player who places but has not posted will have their score disqualified from placement consideration.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
March 28th — Preseason Men’s Night: Freeroll Skins on the Back 9. All MGA members are welcome to participate in this free-to-enter skins game with credit book payouts.
April 4th — 1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season
April 7th — A-Team Match vs. GC at South River
April 11th — Masters Men’s Night & 2023 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups will open in April, stay tuned!
For this week, we’ve added a preseason Men’s Night on Thursday, March 28th. We’ll be playing a 9-hole, free-to-enter, Gross/Net Skins Game on the Back 9 that won’t count for Points Chase points but will award credit book payouts for skin winners. Let’s have some fun and make some birdies to get us ready for April! And if the weather doesn’t cooperate, we can at least play poker. 🂡
Gross and net skins will be awarded with credit book, net skins using 100% of individual Back 9 handicaps.
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 all completed cards to the Pro Shop.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
March 28th — Preseason Men’s Night: Freeroll Skins on the Back 9. All MGA members are welcome to participate in this free-to-enter skins game with credit book payouts.
April 4th — 1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season
April 7th — A-Team Match vs. GC at South River
April 11th — Masters Men’s Night & 2023 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups will open in April, stay tuned!
Having arrived at the official 1st day of spring, it’s time to start thinking about our upcoming MGA Schedule. To get things started, we’re adding a preseason Men’s Night on Thursday, March 28th. We’ll be playing a 9-hole, free-to-enter, gross/net skins game on the Back 9 that won’t count for Points Chase points but will award credit book payouts for skin winners. Let’s have some fun and make some birdies to get us ready for April!
Upcoming MGA Schedule
March 28th — Preseason Men’s Night: Freeroll Skins on the Back 9. All MGA members are welcome to participate in this free-to-enter skins game with credit book payouts.
April 4th — 1st Men’s Night of the 2024 Season
April 7th — A-Team Match vs. GC at South River
April 11th — Masters Men’s Night & 2023 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups will open in April, stay tuned!
With the handicap system reopening for Maryland tomorrow, March 15th, I wanted to send a quick note out in anticipation of the upcoming MGA season. I am really excited to get the 2024 season underway and we are going to continue to work hard to protect the integrity of the field for all MGA events. The 2024 MGA Handicap Rules & Procedures documentation lays out what we expect of all of you.
I will leave the highlights here for simplicity:
All MGA members will need a GHIN handicap and should be posting all rounds played while playing postable formats.
Players should post their scores whenever playing 9 or more holes, and should do so in a timely manner.
We will maintain the 2-in-30 posting requirement for 2024 starting April 15th. To compete in MGA net competitions with your GHIN handicap, players must maintain 36-holes of posted scores (either full 18 or 9-hole scores) from NGC in the last 30 days. See the “Season Specific Guidelines” within the Rules & Procedures.
If any MGA Member is unable to meet the 2-in-30 posting requirement for reasons of travel, work, injury, sickness, or the like, they may submit an appeal in writing to the MGA Handicap Committee at [email protected] to request a temporary exemption from the requirement.
Penalties will be given out for failure to post.
Players should post their own scores for all MGA events after the conclusion of play unless instructed otherwise. MGA tournaments should be entered as tournament/competition scores.
The MGA will audit all player handicaps for Men’s Nights and Tournaments. Players who do not follow the posting guidelines or do not meet the 2-in-30 will not be eligible to compete with their GHIN handicaps in net competitions.
If you have any questions about anything, please reach out and we will be happy to assist. Looking forward to another magical MGA season.
On behalf of the Men’s Golf Association (MGA) at National Golf Club, we’d like to invite you to join the MGA for the upcoming 2024 season. Our $85 yearly membership dues—to be billed February 29th by the club—allow the MGA to conduct organized golf and golf-related social activities for the benefit, pleasure, and recreation of all MGA members. Last year, we had 109 MGA members take part over the course of 9 tournaments and 28 Men’s Nights for a grand total of 1,388 MGA rounds played. With the new direction of the club, we are excited for an exceptional 2024 MGA season!
All MGA members who opted into the MGA last season will be signed up in the NGC billing system for 2024 and will be billed at the end of this month. To change your MGA membership status, please contact [email protected] before February 26th.
Starting in April and running through October, the MGA will host eight weekend tournaments as well as a season-long Match Play bracket. Our tournaments include prizes and food & beverages. While MGA tournaments are generally on weekends, they are open to full as well as weekday members. In addition to weekend tournaments, we conduct a robust program of Men’s Nights held every Thursday. All MGA play includes net divisions with handicaps and the Rule of 75 for gold tee players. More information about the MGA can be found on our website: https://mga.golf/
The MGA is here to enhance your experience at NGC and we are open to more suggestions on sponsored golf or social events. For additional information, questions, or to join our MGA email list for the latest tournament and event updates, send a note to [email protected] — We hope to make 2024 a fantastic year at NGC and hope that you will join the MGA!
Sincerely,
– Your 2024 MGA Board
Weston Happ – MGA Chairman James Hsiao – Vice Chairman Patrick Escalambre – Social Chair Will Keyes – Handicap Chair Mike Reynard – Treasurer Leo Goff – SMGA Representative
Members At Large: Brian Carlstrom Tom DePonty Matt Doherty Silas Nichols
