Masters Men’s Night 4/10 — Beat Rory’s Round 1 Back 9 at Augusta
With Rory set to take his 11th crack at completing the career grand slam at Augusta and at least one MGA Masters insider rooting strongly for him, we’ll all be taking on Rory for Men’s Night this week. For each hole on the Back 9 at NGC on Thursday, you’ll compare your net score to Rory’s on his live Back 9 for Round 1 at the Masters. Using net scores relative to par, each time you tie him, you’ll earn 1 point. Each hole you beat him you’ll earn 2 points. When Rory’s score (relative to par) is better than your net score on a hole, you get 0 points.
*If for any reason Rory does not complete the Back 9 holes at Augusta for his first round, we’ll use defending champion Scottie Scheffler’s Back 9 score.
Side-Contests for Masters Men’s Night: Drive, Skip & Putt
Before, after, or during your Men’s Night round, the following side-contests will be set up and all Men’s Night participants are encouraged to partake! Signage and markers for the side-contests will be in place by noon on Thursday.
Drive: On #11 — longest drive in the fairway wins
Skip: Across #12 pond — 3 chances per Men’s Night participant, closest to the pin wins. Bring some extra shag balls!
Putt: Long putt on the putting green — best of 3 chances. Who can make a 40 footer?
Credit book will be awarded to our side-contest winners!
MGA Champions Dinner — Buffet for all starting at 5:30
For this Thursday, April 10th, we invite all MGA members, especially all the new MGA members for the 2025 season, to come out for a great day of golf and celebration at the club. We’ll have the 2024 MGA Champions trophies to hand out so we hope to have a fantastic turnout.
Our Champions Dinner buffet (with inspiration from some other guy’s menu) will be available starting around 5:30 PM on April 10th. Come enjoy some food and camaraderie!
Masters Men’s Night: Play anytime on Thursday, April 10th Champions Dinner: Buffet starting at 5:30 PM
With the 2025 Drive, Chip & Putt in the books and Live From on nearly 24/7, we have officially made it Masters week. And with Masters week, comes the MGA traditions of Masters Men’s Night and our Champions Dinner. For this Thursday, April 10th, we invite all MGA members, especially all the new MGA members for the 2025 season, to come out for a great day of golf and celebration at the club. We’ll have the 2024 MGA Champions trophies to hand out so we hope to have a fantastic turnout.
Our Champions Dinner buffet (with inspiration from some other guy’s menu) will be available starting around 5:30 PM on April 10th. 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 10th Champions Dinner: Buffet starting at 5:30 PM
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A-Team Wrap-Up
On Saturday, the NGC A-Team took on Swan Point with all 24 players (6 2v2 matches) playing at National. With some great play across the board, we proved that home course advantage around our track is definitely a thing and our A-Team took a decisive 12-6 win to move into the round of 32.
Vs. University of Maryland on Sunday, with all 6 matches again hosted at NGC, our fortunes were not as great but overall it was an awesome weekend and one that already has us looking forward to the Summer A-Team season.
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MGA Tournament Sign-Ups
Sign-ups continue for both the MGA Play It Again tournament which will be held Saturday, April 19th and the MGA Match Play which has a field size limited to the first 64 players so be sure to sign up soon!
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MGA Play It Again Tournament — Saturday, April 19th
Sign-ups continue for our first weekend event of the season, the 2025 Play It Again Tournament, which will be played Saturday, April 19th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. All weekend MGA tournaments are open to full and weekday NGC members who have paid their $85 MGA dues for the year.
For this tournament, each player’s handicap is used to determine how many mulligans will be allotted during their round. Using their allotted mulligans, each player records their best possible gross score. Net scores will also be calculated by the scoring app for a Net Division. The Rule of 75 (Age + Handicap >= 75) applies for gold tee players. Please sign up using the online registration link.
To confirm your sign-up, double check for your name on the online leaderboard here.
MGA Play It Again: Saturday, April 19th — 9:30 AM shotgun start Cost: $25 — All players must be MGA Members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/MGA-play-it-again Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 17th @ 8:00 PM
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2025 MGA Match Play Tournament
Sign-ups are now open for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament. The cost to participate is $30 and the bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, April 24th. The field will be limited to the first 64 entrants so please sign up ASAP using the online registration portal. All players will be responsible for scheduling their own match dates and times in coordination with their opponents once the brackets have been drawn.
All participants will need valid handicaps that are active within the GHIN handicap system. Additionally, prior to the start of any given match, competitors must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement. If a participant does not meet this requirement on the date of a scheduled match, the player who has not posted two 18-hole or combined rounds in the last 30 days will play as scratch (0 handicap) for that day’s match.
Complete information and guidelines for the 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play/
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 24th at 5:00 PM Field Size: Limited to 64 players — $30 entry fee Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/
To confirm your sign-up, please check the online registration list here.
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!
We have officially made it the eve of the 2025 MGA season! To get things started tomorrow, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Front 9. In addition to the Stableford competition, we’ll be playing a free-to-enter, Gross/Net skins game (with credit book payouts from the MGA) based on all submitted Front 9 Stableford scorecards.
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 4/3
For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Front 9 using 100% of their Front 9 course handicaps. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
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.
We will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker, no closer to the hole. As the exception, the front right bunker on #5 may be played as Ground Under Repair.
Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any “Dollar Spot”, dead patches, “Crabgrass” weed patches, and/or fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” areas, dead/diseased patches, or “Crabgrass” weed patches on the green 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, the hill between the 7th and 8th holes, 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.
Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.
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.
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 Thursday, 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 2025. 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 or contact [email protected] for an exemption. See the “Season Specific Guidelines” within the MGA Handicap Rules & Procedures.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 3rd — First Men’s Night of the 2025 Season
April 5th — A-Team Match vs. Swan Point (all matches at NGC — April 6th match if we win on the 5th)
April 10th — Masters Men’s Night & 2024 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 19th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open!
Having made it to April, the countdown is officially on for the MGA traditions of Masters Men’s Night and our Champions Dinner. For next week, on Thursday, April 10th, we invite all MGA members, especially all the new MGA members for the 2025 season, to come out for a great day of golf and celebration at the club. We’ll have the 2024 MGA Champions trophies to hand out that night so we hope to have a fantastic turnout.
Our Champions Dinner buffet will be available starting around 5:30 PM on April 10th for all MGA members. 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 10th Champions Dinner: Appetizers buffet starting at 5:30 PM
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 3rd — First Men’s Night of the 2025 Season
April 5th — A-Team Match vs. Swan Point (all matches at NGC starting @ 12:30 PM — April 6th match if we win on the 5th)
April 10th — Masters Men’s Night & 2024 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 19th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open!
The MGA Season Starts with Men’s Night this Thursday, April 3rd
We have officially made it to the opening week of the 2025 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 free-to-enter, Gross/Net skins game (with credit book payouts from the MGA) based on all submitted Front 9 Stableford scorecards.
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 Thursday, 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 2025. 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 or contact [email protected] for an exemption. See the “Season Specific Guidelines” within the MGA Handicap Rules & Procedures.
Stableford Format for Thursday
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 3rd — First Men’s Night of the 2025 Season
April 5th — A-Team Match vs. Swan Point (all matches at NGC — April 6th match if we win on the 5th)
April 10th — Masters Men’s Night & 2024 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 19th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open!
We are now just one week away from the 1st Men’s Night of the 2025 MGA Season which will be played next Thursday, April 3rd. Attached you’ll find the complete 2025 MGA Schedule — golf buzz is in the air, let’s keep on dancing!
All the latest MGA updates and tournament sign-ups throughout the year can always be found at https://mga.golf/
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 3rd — First Men’s Night of the 2025 Season
April 5th — A-Team Match vs. Swan Point (all matches at NGC)
April 10th — Masters Men’s Night & 2024 Champions Dinner: Masters themed Men’s Night with MGA Awards & Appetizers
April 19th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups open soon, stay tuned!
With the handicap system now open for Maryland for 2025, I wanted to send a quick note out in anticipation of the upcoming MGA season. I am really excited to get the season underway and we are going to continue to work hard to protect the integrity of the field for all MGA events. The 2025 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 which can be set up with NGC or by emailing [email protected]
All MGA members 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 2025 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.
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!
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!
