12 players stepped onto the 10th tee on Thursday afternoon for a classic Shootout battle and, at the end of the nine, one man stood victorious. With a strong wedge game (off and on the green), James Hsiao showed he had all the shots to take home July’s Shootout victory.
1st – James Hsiao – 30 Chase Points – $33.60 2nd – Matt Downey (eliminated on #18) – 25 Chase Points – $27.60 3rd – Jim Sussmann (eliminated on #17) – 20 Chase Points – $22.80 4th – Brennan Knaresboro (eliminated on #16) – 15 Chase Points – $19.20 5th – Dave Krukowski (eliminated on #15) – 10 Chase Points – $16.80
Two Sundays ago, the NGC A-Team matched up vs. Piedmont Club and collected 7 points in a 7-11 loss and, over the weekend, the team completed its final two matches of the WMGA summer competition. On Saturday, the team took on Trump National DC and battled to a 7.5-10.5 final tally. On Sunday, Washington Golf & CC was our final opponent of the year and, in some hard fought matches, NGC came away with 5 points. NGC’s 19.5 points collected total over the 3 matches this season was a big step up from the total of 7 points from 2021.
Thank you to all the NGC staff who helped to make the matches we hosted at home a success!
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Men’s Night 7/21 — 1-Man Scramble Front 9
For Men’s Night this week, 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.
Upcoming Men’s Nights Schedule
7/21 — 1-Man Scramble: Front 9 7/28 — Shootout: Back 9 – All players start on #10 tee at 4:45 PM
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Match Play — July 31st Deadline
The deadline for Main Bracket Round 2 and Wildcard Bracket Round 1 matches has been extended to Sunday, July 31st. Please contact [email protected] (email subject: “Match Play”) or call the Pro Shop 301-292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
If your match has been completed, please make sure the results have been reported to [email protected] so we can update the online brackets.
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 30th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start. Please sign up as a team of 2 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 30th Cost: $20 for all MGA Members Online Registration Portal: https://bit.ly/2022-Shamble Registration Deadline: Thursday, July 28th @ 8:00 PM
To confirm your Shamble sign-up, please double check for your team on the online leaderboard.
The 2022 edition of the MGA Red, White & Blue tournament is officially in the books. We’d like to thank all the NGC staff who helped to make the weekend a great success. Thank you to all the players who came out to both compete and take part in the camaraderie that makes the MGA the great group that it is.
To turbocharge the weekend, on Saturday, Mike Helmer made a hole in one on #15 from 178 yards with a 6-iron. Cheers to you Mike!
After surviving white & blue Saturday and an all red tee Sunday shootout, when all was said and done, Jack Sullivan and Patrick Escalambre stood alone as our 2022 RWB Champions. In a dominant performance, with accurate drives and precision iron play, Jack Sullivan took the win in the Net Division at -25. In the Gross Division, after an exciting final few holes, Patrick Escalambre took the well deserved major victory at a very impressive score of -1 overall for the tournament. Well played!
The 2022 Memorial Cup is officially in the books and it was a great success. We’d like to send a huge thank you to the NGC grounds crew who came out early this weekend to get the course ready for play. Additionally, a giant thank you goes out to all the NGC staff who worked this weekend to keep things running smoothly — long live the Bev Cart! Also, thank you very much to Chef Lois and her staff, the food was awesome! Finally, thank you to all the MGA Members, especially those competing in their first major, for coming out to take part and enjoy the camaraderie. Cheers to all who make up our NGC family. 🙌
Memorial Cup Results
In the Net Division, several players finished in red figures and Derek Ward fired rounds of net 73 and 67 to capture 1st place at a -4 tally. And in the Gross Division, with rounds of 74 and 72, Weston Happ finished at +2 for the weekend to take the win.
18 players came out last night to make our 1st Shootout and Steak & Spuds Night of the season a great success. The MGA would like to send a special thank you to Mike Lyons for refereeing the festivities, to Leo Goff for making the Steak Night dream a reality, to Chef Lois and all the kitchen staff for the delicious food, and to the NGC front of house staff who always make NGC a great place to gather with friends.
After the many ups and downs, pressure packed moments, chip-offs, and even a 56º wedge to the shin that was survived by Ed Clarke, Weston Happ walked away as the last man standing and took the Shootout victory.
1st – Weston Happ – 30 Chase Points – $45.00 2nd – Adam Miller (eliminated on #18) – 26 Chase Points – $36.00 3rd – Calvin Harkless (eliminated on #17) – 22 Chase Points – $32.40 4th – James Hsiao (eliminated on #16) – 18 Chase Points – $27.00 5th – Ed Clarke (eliminated on #15) – 14 Chase Points – $21.60 6th – Will Keyes (eliminated on #14) – 10 Chase Points – $18.00
Poker Wrap-Up
In the (quickly becoming) Thursday night tradition like no other, Calvin Harkless, Jared Powell, and Dave Krukowski walked away from the poker shootout cash positive and we all walked away with a new perspective on Kevin Costner.
Our first weekend MGA tournament of the 2022 season was a great success yesterday. Beautiful weather, fun on the course, great food, and camaraderie was enjoyed by all. Thank you very much to all the players who came out to take part and to all the NGC staff who helped make the day awesome.
We saw some very good play over the course of the day with 6 players shooting even par or better. With rounds of 72 and a tie for 5th, Steve Cuevas and Ted Pearson kicked off their 2022 seasons even with Mr. Par. With a stellar score of 70, Kyle Armstrong reached red figures and got into the house at -2 for the day. Rounds of 68, including 7 birdies from Jared Powell and an eagle on #1 from Adam Miller, gave these two 2021 champions a tie for 2nd. And with a well used mulligan on his birdie putt on #10, Weston Happ shot a 5-under 67 to take the W in the 2022 Play It Again Tournament.
A great field of 29 players came out for our Chicago Men’s Night yesterday and, when all the strokes had been counted, one man came out on top. As the only competitor to surpass his Chicago hurdle and reach +1 point, Adam Miller took home the well deserved victory and 1st place points this week.
In another successful edition of the 2022 post-Men’s-Night festivities, wings were enjoyed, stories were told, cards were dealt, and an interesting theory on how straights may or may not work was proposed. Thank you to all the NGC staff for making Thursdays feel like Thursdays of old and we look forward to seeing everyone next week (4/28) for the Shootout and Steak & Spud Night!
We’d like to say a big thank you to all the players who came out this afternoon to brave the rain and enjoy some Champions Dinner food and camaraderie. It was really great to see everyone out at the club and congratulations again to all our 2021 Champions!
Master Men’s Night Vs. Tiger Results
In a strong showing at Augusta today, Tiger came out and shot even on the Front 9 with 1 birdie (#6) and 1 bogey (#8). After all was said and done at NGC, 3 players were able to best Tiger on his opening 9 and score 10 total points. Adam Miller, Matt Doherty, and Weston Happ all beat Tiger 1-up in their 9-hole heads-up matches. Congrats to our first Men’s Night winners of the 2022 season.
We also had a fantastic turnout for the #12 Ball Skipping contest which was great fun. After a first attempt that may have landed on the 10th green, Ed Clarke stepped up and skipped his second attempt to 24 feet and took the $50 credit book prize. Well done Mr. Ed!
Thank you again to all our MGA members and NGC staff who make our home club such a special place.
We’d like to send out a huge thank you to all the members who came out today to help with our Green for the Greens course maintenance and cleanup initiative! As a group, we were able to spread over 125 gallons of sand into divots throughout the course. A special thanks goes out to Leo Goff, Dave Rapp and Ron Turner who skipped playing altogether just to facilitate the efforts — kudos to you gentlemen! Also, a big thank you goes to Chef Lois for her delicious Corned Beef meal and to all the NGC Staff who truly make our home course feel like a home away from home.
We hope the course itself was the biggest winner for today but we also have some credit book prizes to give out!
Closest to the Pins #3 – Jim Prendergast (13’10”) – $30 #6 – Seth Barradas (13’2″) – $30 #15 – Weston Happ (8’7″) – $30 #18 – Andrew Neill (5’3″) – $30
E9 Long Drive on #1 Dave Krukowski (297 yards) – $30
E9 Winners: -9 on the Front 9 Jim Sussmann – $30 Jim Prendergast – $30 Mike Helmer – $30 Weston Happ – $30 Dave Krukowski – $30
Thank you again to everyone who made today a great success and here’s to an awesome 2022 season!
Thank you to all the players and staff who came out to brave the rain and make the playing of this year’s Mike Miller Tournament a great success! And thank you to NGC for being the perfect home for such an awesome New Year’s Day tradition to honor Mr. Miller.
Congratulations to our individual champions, Jack Sullivan, who took the net division win with a very impressive 60, and Matt Hollerbach, who eventually came out on top after an exciting 2-hole playoff vs. Rob Yeakel. The team of Jared’s Down For Whatever — Adam Miller, Jared Powell, Nick Consler & Rob Yeakel — won the team gross division with a stellar score of 60 and four teams tied for 1st in the team net competition with 54s!
T-1st – Carla’s Bowdick (54) Silas Nichols, Sam Bowmer, Kevin Dick & Carlo Ross – $15 each T-1st – GOLDEN OLDIES (54) Bob Debold, Chuck Roster, Greg Morris & Pete Sorge – $15 each T-1st – Judge & Jury 2022 (54) Hassan El-Amin, Steve Shea, Bill Buffington & Jack Sullivan – $15 each T-1st – Probably Hungover (54) Jim Prendergast, Eric Fleming, Brennan Knaresboro & Ed Clarke – $15 each
