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!
The 2023 edition of the MGA Red, White & Blue Tournament is officially in the books and, what started off rainy, turned into a fantastic weekend! We’d like to thank all the NGC staff who helped to make the weekend a great success. And thank you to all the players who came out to both compete and take part in the camaraderie that makes the MGA the awesome group that it is.
After some great scores on Saturday, the final round setup for a tight finish right down to the very end. On Sunday afternoon, when all was said and done, Travis Henderson and Patrick Escalambre stood alone as our 2023 RWB Champions. In a rock solid performance, Travis Henderson took the win in the Net Division at -8. In the Gross Division, after an exciting final few holes, Patrick Escalambre took the victory to successfully defend his title from last season and go back-to-back in RWB wins. Well played to our champions!
With the 1st MGA major of the 2023 season officially in the books, we’d like to say thank you to everyone who made this year’s tournament a tremendous success!
Thank you to Tiffany for keeping everything so well organized all weekend! Thank you to Pete for always dotting all the I’s and crossing all the T’s to make sure everything is in order for us. Thank you to the whole pro shop crew for setting everything up for us perfectly both days. Thank you to Christine, Rahel, Mimi, Terry, and Tsehaye for working through all the behind the scenes logistics and thank you to the NGC F&B staff for the great clubhouse hospitality. Thank you to John Burns for coming in early Sunday morning for extra course maintenance and to all the grounds crew for all their countless hours of hard work. Thank you to our photographer extraordinaire, Vivianne, for the great tournament photos.
And finally, thank you to all our members, especially those playing in their first MGA tournament. Your wholehearted participation in MGA events make NGC the truly special place that it is!
Memorial Cup Results
In the Net Division, we had an amazingly competitive battle that came down to the final holes. When all the strokes had been tallied, 4 players—Andrew Neill, Dan Ryan, Ed Clarke, and Kevin Gates—ended at +2 net to share T-2nd honors and, finishing at even par net, Matt Nolan took home the well deserved victory. Great playing Matt!
In the Gross Division, a hard fought battle vs. the course left James Hsiao 3rd (+11), Scott Redmond 2nd (+10), and Sam Bowmer 1st (+6) — With the low round of the weekend of 70 on Saturday, very well played Sam and congrats on the victory!
For all Memorial Cup participants, we ask that everyone post their own tournament scores to the GHIN handicap system as “Competition” scores from white tees (and as gold tees for our Rule of 75 players). All postings will be double checked this week and corrected if necessary by the club.
Tournament Photos 📸
Once again, we’d like to say thank you to our awesome member, Vivianne Couts, for shooting some fantastic action shots that we’re so happy to share!
A huge thank you goes out to all the MGA players and NGC staff who came out yesterday to make our 1st weekend tournament of the 2023 season a great success! The course played fast and firm, and we were all able to beat the rain to enjoy some great post-round camaraderie in the clubhouse. Poker and more golf (that embraced the rain) wrapped up a perfect day at the course we all love. Here’s to a tremendous MGA year ahead!
In a very close battle that came down to the final putts in our newly added Net Division, Mike Reynard and Torey Diggs finished tied 3rd with net scores of 60. And, with impressive scores of net 59, Mel Kince and Bruce Sedlak shared the well deserved 1st place honors. Well played gentlemen!
In the Gross Division, the battle for the win came down to the last hole of the day and, in the end, Adam Miller finished with a 3-under 69 to just edge out Ed Clark who shot 70. Great playing Adam Miller and congratulations on the hard-fought victory!
Over the weekend, both the A-Team and Senior A-Team had matches which were competed both home and away. On Saturday, the A-Team took on Brenton Bay in a 1st round matchup of the MSGA bracket and earned 6 points in a hard fought 6-12 loss. We’re already looking forward to our Summer A-Team matches which start July 8th.
In the WMGA Senior A-Team Tournament, coming off a fantastic 6.5-5.5 win last weekend over Fort Belvoir GC, the NGC Senior A-team took on CC of Fairfax on Sunday. After an epic showdown that ended 6-6, a 3-way tiebreaker in the group advanced our Senior A-Team into the Final 8 to take on Belle Haven CC next Sunday. Well done Senior A-Team — Keep it rolling vs. Belle Haven!
Thank you to all the NGC staff who helped to make the matches we hosted at home a great success!
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Play It Again Tournament
We are counting down to the registration deadline for our 1st MGA weekend tournament of the 2023 season, the Play It Again Tournament, which is set for this Saturday, April 22nd. 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, low score wins. Rule of 75 (Age + Handicap >= 75) applies for gold tee players. Please sign up using the online registration link.
MGA Play It Again: Saturday, April 22rd — 9:00 AM shotgun start
Cost: $20 for full members / $40 for weekday members — All players must be MGA Members
Sign-ups are now open for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2023 MGA Match Play Tournament. The bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, May 4th. 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.
Complete information and guidelines for the 2023 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play
Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 4th at 5:00 PM
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Front 9. 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.
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NGC Vibe
Overall, it was a great weekend of golf at NGC and it was awesome to see all our members truly enjoying the golf course we all love. A-Teams, Skins, E9(E18?!), tendies, H vs. W, and camaraderie — long live Tantallon!
– Weston Happ & Leo Goff – 65 (-7) – 70 Chase Points – $30 each
