Thank you to all the teams that came out on Saturday for the 2024 edition of our 2-Man Team Shamble for a day of the true camaraderie that the MGA is all about. Despite the dry conditions, birdies, eagles, and albatrosses flew and we saw a great competition right down to the very last shots.
In the net division, some great scoring overall was topped by a very impressive net 53 (-19) by the team of Shane Rutherford & Ryan Dierker. Well played gentlemen!
In the gross division, with a birdie on their closing hole of the day, the team of Sam Bowmer & Scott Redmond carded a clean 62 (-10) to take home the victory!
Match Play Round 2 + Wildcard Round 1 — July 28th Deadline
The deadline for Main Bracket Round 2 and Wildcard Bracket Round 1 matches is set for this Sunday, July 28th. All matches should be scheduled to be completed by the deadline unless you have arranged an official extension. Contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
Thank you to all matches who have played and reported their results. If you do not see your match result listed in the online bracket, please let us know the result via email.
Yesterday, the NGC A-Team took on Hawthorn CC in its final pool play match of the WMGA Team Championship. With great play from both the home and away teams, NGC captured a 14-4 win! A big thank you goes out once again to all the NGC staff and members for their support throughout our A-Team play. We look forward to building on the wins from this year’s results in the seasons to come!
Men’s Night 7/18 — 1-Man Scramble Back 9
For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our 1-Man Scramble format on the Back 9. For this format, you get 2 shots off the tee and choose the best one, you then get 2 shots from the next position, choose the best, and so on until you have completed the hole.
Please record gross, individual scramble scores on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop. 50% of Back 9 course handicaps apply to calculate net scores — low net score wins.
Match Play Round 2 + Wildcard Round 1 — July 28th Deadline
The deadline for Main Bracket Round 2 and Wildcard Bracket Round 1 matches is set for July 28th. Please be in touch with your opponent ASAP about scheduling your match. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop at 301-292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
Sign-ups continue for our next weekend MGA 1-Day tournament, the 2-Man Team Shamble, which is set to be played on Saturday, July 27th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. Please sign up as a team of two and, if you are in need of a partner, let us know at [email protected] and we will help to pair you up.
To confirm your Shamble sign-up, please double check for your team on the online leaderboard.
For our 2-Man Shamble format, both players tee off, pick the best tee-shot, and each man then plays their own ball into the hole from the chosen tee shot location. Individual best ball scoring determines your team score for the hole for both gross and net.
2-Man Team Shamble: Saturday, July 27th Cost: $25 for all MGA Members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/shamble-sign-up Registration Deadline: Thursday, July 25th @ 8:00 PM
We hope that everyone had an awesome 4th of July holiday! With temperatures soaring, summertime golf is now in full swing with team play front and center this month.
A-Team Results
In two hard fought matches over the weekend, the NGC A-Team took on Army Navy CC and Belle Haven CC in opening pool play of the WMGA Team Championship. We’d like to send out a big thank you to the NGC staff and all our members for their support throughout the weekend. Although we were unable to capture a victory in either match, it was great to see the home course advantage that NGC is all about.
Let’s take it to Hawthorne when we recommence the fight this coming Saturday, July 13th!
Men’s Night 7/11 — Stableford Front 9
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. 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.
Match Play Round 2 + Wildcard Round 1 — July 28th Deadline
The deadline for Main Bracket Round 2 and Wildcard Bracket Round 1 matches is set for July 28th. Please be in touch with your opponent ASAP about scheduling your match. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop at 301-292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
Sign-ups are now open for our next weekend MGA 1-Day tournament, the 2-Man Team Shamble, which is set to be played on Saturday, July 27th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. Please sign up as a team of two and, if you are in need of a partner, let us know at [email protected] and we will help to pair you up.
For our 2-Man Shamble format, both players tee off, pick the best tee-shot, and each man then plays their own ball into the hole from the chosen tee shot location. Individual best ball scoring determines your team score for the hole for both gross and net.
2-Man Team Shamble: Saturday, July 27th Cost: $25 for all MGA Members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/shamble-sign-up Registration Deadline: Thursday, July 25th @ 8:00 PM
To confirm your Shamble sign-up, please double check for your team on the online leaderboard.
The 2024 edition of the Red, White & Blue Tournament is in the books and, before we get to the results, we’d like to send a huge thank you to all those who made the weekend an awesome one! Thank you to Donnee, Tiffany, Lauren, Rahel, Christine, and all the NGC staff for being the heartbeat of the club we all truly love. And thank you to all our MGA members who, through competition and camaraderie, make NGC the place we all want to spend our best days.
Happy 4th of July week to all! 🇺🇸
RWB Results
Over the course of the weekend, we had the chance to play each hole from the red tees (odd numbered holes on Saturday and even numbered holes on Sunday) and, from all reports, some new areas of course were explored while some very good scores were recorded. In the end, even scorching feels-like temps and a burst water main on #7 couldn’t slow down our 2024 Champions.
In the Net Division, Logan Schultz recorded two stellar rounds and finished at -15 net to edge out Hassan El-Amin who finished 2nd at -13 and Micah Busbee who finished 3rd at -11. Well played Logan!
On the Gross Division side, Adam Miller put on a dominating performance finishing as the only player in red figures at 5-under par and winning by 6 shots overall. With clutch up-and-down on #15, an eagle 3 on #16, and two solid pars to finish the day, Mr. Miller closed the door on Clay Thatcher and James Hsiao who both shot under par rounds on Sunday to finish tied 2nd at +1 for the tournament.
Great playing and congrats to our 2024 RWB Champions, Logan Schultz and Adam Miller!
Handicap Posting + Tournament Charges & Credit Book
We ask that all players post their own tournament scores to the GHIN handicap system as “Competition” scores with GOLD TEES as the selected tee box. All postings will be double checked this week and corrected if necessary by the club.
All cart fees from Saturday & Sunday have been added to participant accounts and our $30 tournament entry fee + credit book distributions will be added next week when our MGA master accountant Pete is back in the shop!
2024 RWB Photos
Thank you to our MGA photographers extraordinaire, Rahel and Chuck for the awesome photos! All of Chuck’s RWB photos can be found here.
Thank you to all matches who have played and reported their results. If you do not see your match result listed in the updated online bracket, please let us know the result via email.
The deadline for Round 1 matches in the Main Bracket is this Sunday, June 9th. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
Wildcard Bracket — June 10th Drawing
All players who did not advance in their Round 1 matches in the Main Bracket will be added to the Wildcard Bracket which will be set by blind, random draw on Monday, June 10th. Any player who forfeits their Round 1 Main Bracket match will NOT be included in the Wildcard Bracket.
Our 2024 edition of the Memorial Cup is in the books and, despite the rain on Saturday, we had an outstanding tournament. We’d like to send out a huge thank you to all the maintenance staff, Matt Doherty, and Jim Sussmann for their tremendous efforts squeegeeing the greens on Saturday morning so we could play! Thank you to Donnee for always being there with the whistle to keep us organized, Lauren for keeping the beverage cart rolling, Terry for marking the course, Chuck Roster for the awesome photos, Silas Nichols for the post-tourney fun, and NGC for the hospitality at our home away from home. And thank you to all our MGA members, especially those playing in their first major at the club!
Finally and most importantly, thank you to all our service women and men who gave their lives for this country. It is their sacrifice that allows us to hold tournaments like the Memorial Cup at the golf club we all love — we are all truly thankful.
Memorial Cup Results
On the course, we saw some great golf played and the good and bad shots alike were surrounded with great camaraderie.
In the net division, playing in the final net group, new MGA member Brad Adams took home the victory shooting an absolutely stellar 2nd round (gross 74) to finish the week -7 net. Congrats and great playing Brad!
And, in the gross division, Clay Thatcher separated himself from the field with a tremendous 2nd round, closing with a 2-under 70 to finish at -1 for the tournament. A truly deserving champion — well played Clay!
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
Our 2024 edition of the MGA Play It Again tournament is officially in the books and we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. A huge thank you goes out to Tiffany, Pete, Rahel, Tsehaye, Christine, Mimi, and all the NGC staff who made the day a tremendous success. Also, we’d like to give a big shout-out to all our new members who were competing in their first MGA event. Here’s to a fantastic season of competition and camaraderie to come!
When it came to the golf, we saw some great scores and hopefully everyone enjoyed a well executed mulligan or two! In the end, with a stellar 7-under 65 which included an eagle on #17, Royce Huffaker captured victory in the gross division. And, in the net division, with a fantastic round that included 6 birdies and 7 mulligans left unused, Viktor Grinev took home the win with a net 53. Well played gentlemen!
With Scottie slipping on the Green Jacket last night, one of the best golf weeks of the year is in the books. We’d like to, once again, say thank you to all our MGA members who came out on Thursday for our Masters Men’s Night and Champions Dinner as well as to all the MGAers who took part in the spring A-Team matches. On Saturday, the NGC A-Team took to the links both home and away to battle Turf Valley (and the wind!) in the second round of the MSGA State Team Championship. In the end, NGC did not advance out of the round of 32 but collected 6.5 hard fought points. Having proven that we have a lineup that can win matches, we’re very excited for what the summer WMGA A-Team Matches have in store! Look for the next round of A-Team qualifying starting in June.
Men’s Night 4/18 — 1-Man Scramble Front 9
To have some fun and get a bit of a warmup for our Play It Again format on Saturday, we’ll be playing our 1-Man Scramble format on the Front 9. For this format, you get 2 shots off the tee and choose the best one, you then get 2 shots from the next position, choose the best, and so on until you have completed the hole.
Please record gross, individual scramble scores on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in all completed cards to the Pro Shop. 50% of Front 9 course handicaps apply to calculate net scores — low net score wins.
Play It Again Sign-Ups close Thursday @ 8PM
Sign-ups close in three days for our first MGA weekend event of the season, the 2024 Play It Again Tournament, which will be played Saturday, April 20th 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. All participants must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy.
To confirm your sign-up, double check for your name on the online leaderboard here.
MGA Play It Again: Saturday, April 20th — 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 18th @ 8:00 PM
2024 MGA Match Play Tournament
10 sign-up spots remain for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2024 MGA Match Play Tournament. The cost to participate is $30 and the bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, April 25th. 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 2024 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play/
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Field Size: Limited to 64 players — $30 entry fee Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/2024-match-play-sign-up/
To confirm your sign-up, please check the online registration list here.
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 today, 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.
Upcoming MGA Schedule
April 18th — Men’s Night: 1-Man Scramble on the Front 9
April 20th — MGA Play It Again Tournament: Sign-ups now open
April 25th — MGA Match Play sign-up deadline (if not already full)
