Ugly Sweaters, Golf & Joy on a Beautiful Day at NGC
With the 2023 edition of the Ugly Sweater Scramble in the books, a huge thank you goes out to our whole NGC family who came out in force for a spectacular day of sweaters, golf, and cheer. Thank you to Tiffany and Rahel for all their help and for making sure all the fantastic attire from every group was remembered! Thank you to Donnee for keeping us all in line and to his wife for the homemade treats! Thank you to Tsehaye for fully embracing the family spirit that makes NGC the place that we all truly love. Finally, thank you to all our members who made the day one to be remembered! As a group, thanks to the foundations built so many years ago by Blake and Alison Jones, we were able to raise $1,005 to donate directly to the Toys For Tots Foundation.
On the course, we had a very fun and exciting day of reading comprehension and golf action. Birdies, Eagles, Albatrosses, and a Condor(?!) flew while strategies of aiming out of bounds and into the trees were debated. We even had a Hole-In-One on #18 by Monica Gonzales when her kick found the bottom of the cup!
Overall we couldn’t have asked for a better day of pure joy to wrap up the 2023 tournament season. (And we don’t have to wait long for the first tournament of 2024!)
All credit book payouts for the 2023 MGA Points Chase have been distributed to MGA member accounts. Well played to all those who made the Top 20!
A big thank you goes out to Pete for taking care of these distributions and for all his meticulous accounting throughout the year!
2024 Credit Book Carryover
All credit book balances that have been accumulated in 2023 will be carried over into 2024 — Thank you to Tsehaye for ensuring this for us. Credit book balances can be found by logging into the NGC Member Billing Portal, selecting My Profile and viewing the Account Summary → Credit Book Balance section.
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?
Last Saturday provided us with an absolutely fantastic weather day and, along with the course looking awesome, our final tournament of the 2023 MGA season played out in epic style. Before we get to the results, we’d like to thank all those who made this such a tremendous year. Over the course of the season, we had 109 MGA members participate in our 9 tournaments and 28 Men’s Nights, none of which would have been possible without all the NGC staff who truly make our home course our home away from home. It’s this group and the golf family that we represent collectively that make NGC a place unlike any other.
With the last chance for glory on the line, both the Net and Gross Divisions saw some great play and very exciting finishes right down to the final shots. On the Net side, Daryl Stone collected a very impressive 40 Stableford points to take the win just edging out Adam Miller and Ed Clarke who tied for 2nd with Stableford scores of 39. In the Gross competition, 4 players — Jared Powell, Matt Doherty, Patrick Escalambre & Weston Happ — shot rounds of 72 and ended the day with tallies of 36 Stableford points to share 1st place. Well played everyone and cheers to all for a great 2023 MGA season of competition and camaraderie!
The 2023 edition of our MGA Match Play tournament is now officially in the books. A big thank you to all the competitors who participated this year and did a great job of getting matches completed by the deadline dates. We had a full field of 64 players to start the tournament making the Match Play our largest tournament field of the season and, in the end, 2 men stood atop their respective brackets.
On Saturday, October 28th, Torey Diggs took on Jack Sullivan in the Wildcard Bracket final. When all was said and done, Jack Sullivan put together a great round and took home the 2023 Wildcard Bracket win. Well played Jack!
Yesterday, Calvin Harkless & Scotty Kimmel squared off in the Main Bracket final to decide this year’s Match Play Main Bracket champion. A tip of the hat to both our finalists for their great (and entertaining!) play throughout the tournament. Congrats to Scotty Kimmel on completing the run to stand alone as our 2023 MGA Match Play Champion!
In a fantastic conclusion to the 2023 MGA major season, our diehard MGA crew of golf fanatics battled through the weather conditions on Saturday and played extra holes on Sunday to complete an awesome tournament.
The true highlight of the weekend was Mr. Stearns’ presence at NGC on Sunday with his family. Once again, it was an absolute honor for all of us to spend the day with a true NGC and golfing legend and cap off the festivities listening to his tremendous stories about caddying in the post-war 1947 Ryder Cup and playing in multiple U.S. Senior Opens. His grandson, Ryan, also hit one hell of a ceremonial opening tee shot off #10!
Before we get to the results, a huge thank you must go out to all those who made the weekend a great success. Thank you to Scotty Kimmel for coordinating with Mr. Stearns (and for naming the Stearns Cup so many years ago!) Thank you to Donnee, Tiffany, Pete, and all the Pro Shop staff for their tireless dedication getting things set up for us. Thank you to Mimi, Christine, and all the F&B crew for the awesome post-golf food and hospitality. And thank you to John Burns and his grounds crew for the great October course conditions (and for preserving the pin integrity for us between Round 1 and Round 2!)
Net & Gross Division Results
In a fantastic year for participation, we had 48 players make up our 24 teams that battled it out for the 2023 Championship. Thank you to this group of guys who make the MGA and NGC the uniquely special place that it is.
In the Net Division, one team just could not be stopped and finished with a stellar final tally of -18 to capture a 4-shot victory. Edging out 2nd – Mike Reynard & Viktor Grinev (-14) and 3rd – Andrew Neill & Ryan White (-11), congrats and very well played to the team of Bruce Sedlak & Kevin Dick!
And, in the Gross Division, the team that asked the question about winning 4 in a row was able to answer and capture the 2023 title. The leaderboard couldn’t have been much tighter all day with 2nd – Sam Bowmer & Scott Redmond (-8) and Adam Miller & Patrick Escalambre (-5). In the end, with clean, bogey-free, team scorecards for the weekend to finish at -9, James Hsiao & Weston Happ added their names to the Cup once again.
1st – Bruce Sedlak & Kevin Dick (-18) – 110 Chase Points – $70.00 each 2nd – Mike Reynard & Viktor Grinev (-14) – 95 Chase Points – $55.00 each 3rd – Andrew Neill & Ryan White (-11) – 80 Chase Points – $43.00 each T-4th – Matt Nolan & Jim Prendergast (-9) – 65 Chase Points – $16.00 each T-4th – Ron Turner & Eric Stephens (-9) – 65 Chase Points – $16.00 each 6th – Mark Matava & Kyle VonEnde (-8) – 35 Chase Points 7th – Erik Rosales & Edward Clarke (-6) – 20 Chase Points
24 players came out Thursday for a Chicago showdown on the Back 9 and two men reached +3 Chicago points to share 1st place honors. Well played to Bruce Sedlak and Kyle Armstrong!
T-1st – Bruce Sedlak (+3 Chicago) – 30 Chase Points T-1st – Kyle Armstrong (+3 Chicago) – 30 Chase Points 3rd – Joe Lapan (+1 Chicago) – 24.29 Chase Points T-4th – Kevin Dick (-1 Chicago) – 21.43 Chase Points T-4th – Adam Miller (-1 Chicago) – 21.43 Chase Points 6th – Matt Doherty (-2 Chicago) – 15.71 Chase Points 7th – Leo Goff (-3 Chicago) – 12.86 Chase Points T-8th – Dan Ryan (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points T-8th – Matt Nolan (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points T-8th – Calvin Harkless (-4 Chicago) – 10 Chase Points
For Men’s Nights, your 5 lowest scoring weeks (or weeks you missed) have been dropped.
For our 1-day, 80-point events (Play It Again, 2-Man Team Shamble, NGC Cup), 1 low points-earned tournament has been dropped with our Closing Day Stableford (10/28) still to be played.
The same applies to our multi-day / major tournaments (Match Play, Memorial Cup, RW&B, Club Championship) where 1 low has been dropped with Stearns Cup (10/14-10/15) still to be played.
Match Play points have been awarded through all current matches played and, for those who continue to advance, points will be updated as the remaining matches are completed.
Drops will continue to be updated through the remainder of this year’s Men’s Nights, the closing rounds of the Match Play tournament, and the playing of our final 2 weekend tournaments in October. An exciting finish to the 2023 Points Chase is in store!
2023 Points Chase Top 10 (as of 9/23/2023)
1st – Ed Clarke – 611.00 Chase Points 2nd – Adam Miller – 607.79 3rd – James Hsiao – 588.30 4th – Weston Happ – 547.66 5th – Sam Bowmer – 538.69 6th – Kyle Armstrong – 463.43 7th – Dan Ryan – 446.23 8th – Calvin Harkless – 442.49 9th – Matt Nolan – 430.00 10th – Leo Goff – 416.66
With the 2023 edition of the NGC Club Championship officially in the books, we’d like to send a wholehearted thank you to all the NGC staff and members who made the weekend a fantastic success. Thank you to Tsehaye for working with the TWGA, SMGA, and MGA to raise this year’s Championship to a new high level for the club. Thank you to Donnee, Seth, and all the pro shop staff’s help throughout the weekend. Thank you to Terry for the great 1st tee announcing. Thank you to Mimi, Germami, and all the clubhouse staff for the food, hospitality, and for making NGC the place we want to spend our best days. Thank you to Jack Sullivan, Vivianne Couts, and James Hsiao for your help bringing together all our NGC golf organizations to make a truly memorable weekend. Finally, thank you to all the members who not only took part in competing but also stayed to enjoy the NGC camaraderie we all love while watching some great golf.
Club Championship Results
Across all of our flights, we saw some fantastic golf and tight battles down the stretch.
In the Women’s Club Championship, Betty Sussmann won the net division in style and Vivianne Couts defended her championship from last year going back-to-back and taking home the 2023 Championship. Vivianne now holds both the Senior Women’s Club Champion and Women’s Club Champion parking spaces!
In the Gold Flight, Jerome Lofton finished off a very impressive weekend at -2 net overall to take the victory by 1 shot over Lloyd “Stim” Stimson who finished at -1 net.
In the National Flight, Mark Matava and Mike Reynard both finished at +4 net to share 1st place honors.
In the Tantallon Flight, Scotty Kimmel captured the well deserved victory coming in at even par net total and edging out Ryan White in a playoff on #1.
Finally, in the Championship Flight, things got very interesting on the 35th hole of the tournament which left Scott Redmond with a 2-shot lead over Patrick Escalambre on #18 tee. With the 2023 title on the line, Scott hit his tee shot to the front fringe and, like a true champion, chipped in for a 2 to close out the Club Championship in style. Great finish and enjoy the parking spot sir!
Well played and congratulations to all our 2023 Champions!
Thank you to all the players and NGC staff who helped make the 2023 version of the NGC Cup a great day of competition and MGA camaraderie!
Over the course of the day birdies flew and, in the end, Blue reigned supreme capturing a 18.5-11.5 overall victory. Congratulations to Team Blue who holds the bragging rights for the 2023 season.
Chase Points have been awarded with the following breakdown:
30 points for participation
30 possible points for each individual match (10 Chase Points per match point earned)
Thank you to all the teams that came out to brave the heat yesterday for the 2023 edition of our MGA Shamble. Birdies and eagles abounded alongside the true camaraderie that the MGA is all about. We also want to send a big thank you to all the NGC staff who helped make the day a great success!
In the net division, some great scoring overall was capped off by a very impressive net 55 (-17) by the Wet Shoes team of Jim Beals & Bill Coady. Well played gentlemen!
In the gross division, the team of Bunkers Bombers The Sequel was able to defend their win from last year and repeat as our 2023 champions. Congrats to Calvin Harkless & Kyle Armstrong who carded a clean 64 (-8) to take home the victory!
– Weston Happ & Leo Goff – 65 (-7) – 70 Chase Points – $30 each
