We’d like to send out a thank you to all competitors for completing their matches to get us to the semifinals in both the Main and Wildcard brackets. Congrats and well played to all those who have now reached the Final 4:
Main Bracket Final 4:
Phil Martin vs. Calvin Harkless
Daryl Stone vs. Matt Doherty
Wildcard Bracket Final 4:
Erik Rosales vs. Bob DeBold
Jim Sussmann vs. Steve Cuevas
The next round deadline for Final 4 matches is Monday, October 10th.
Match Play Entry Fee
The $30 entry fee for the 2022 Match Play will be charged to all competitors’ accounts this week.
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 (10/29) 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 (10/15-10/16) 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 all 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 2022 Points Chase is in store!
2022 Points Chase Top 10 (as of 9/23/2022)
1st – Weston Happ – 747.38 Chase Points 2nd – Adam Miller – 736.59 Chase Points 3rd – Ed Clarke – 634.73 Chase Points 4th – Patrick Escalambre – 630.66 Chase Points 5th – Kyle Armstrong – 586.77 Chase Points 6th – Jim Sussmann – 546.16 Chase Points 7th – Leo Goff – 467.50 Chase Points 8th – Jack Sullivan – 466.66 Chase Points 9th – Kevin Dick – 429.14 Chase Points 10th – Matt Doherty – 424.50 Chase Points
With the 2022 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 Terry and Donnee for the great 1st tee announcing and all the Pro Shop’s help throughout the weekend. Thank you to Basil, Jada, Chef Lois, Christine, and all the clubhouse staff who make NGC the place we want to spend our best days. Thank you to John Burns and all the course maintenance crew who got the course into excellent condition for the weekend’s play. Thank you to Mary Ann for being a truly helpful and member-focused GM. Finally, thank you to all the members who not only took part in playing but also hung out to enjoy the NGC camaraderie we all love and watch some great golf.
Club Championship Results
In all three of our flights, we saw some fantastic golf and tight battles down the stretch. In the Second Flight, Kevin Dick and Jack Sullivan both finished at +7 net for the weekend to share 1st place honors. In the First Flight, Leo Goff took the well deserved victory coming in at even par net total for the weekend and just edging out Daryl Stone who finished 2nd at +1 total. And in the Championship Flight, some very good golf across the board on Saturday carried into Sunday with a tight leaderboard down the stretch. On the 36th hole of the Championship, Kyle Armstrong stood on the 18th tee with a 1-shot lead over Patrick Escalambre, who had parred 7 holes in a row on the back, and a 2-shot lead over Jared Powell and Weston Happ, who had birdied #16 and #17 respectively. With the Championship on the line, Kyle hit a beautiful 6-iron to 15 feet and, like a true champion, rolled in the final birdie putt for a 2 to close out the Club Championship in style. Great finish and enjoy the parking spot sir!
We ask that all players who competed this weekend post their tournament rounds to GHIN as Tournament Scores. Any scores that have not been posted by midnight tonight will be posted by NGC this week.
A big thank you goes out to all the playing participants and NGC staff who helped make the 2022 version of the NGC Cup a great competition and fantastic day of MGA camaraderie. We’d like to say a special thank you and all the best to Seth as he heads back to his senior year at Temple.
Over the course of the day birdies flew and, in the end, Blue reigned supreme capturing a 16-11 overall victory. Congratulations to Team Blue who holds the bragging rights for the 2022 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)
For Men’s Night this week, both the temperature and points tallies soared and, in the end, one man stood alone atop Mt. Stableford. With a very impressive 5 birdies on the Front 9, Jim Prendergast kicked off August in style with 23 Stableford points, beating the storms and the field to take home the victory.
Thank you to all the teams that came out yesterday for the 2022 version of our MGA Shamble to make some birdies and show the true camaraderie that the MGA is all about. Also, a big thank you to the NGC staff who helped make the day a great success.
In the net division, with some stellar play, Chester Taylor & Brennan Knaresboro let the good times roll and shot 58 to take the well deserved win. And, in the gross division, three teams—Jim Sussmann & Matt Downey, Kyle Armstrong & Calvin Harkless, and Weston Happ & Patrick Escalambre—made birdie on their final hole to end the day at -7 and split 1st place honors.
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.
