Team sign-ups continue for the final MGA major of the season, the Stearns Cup, which is set to be played Saturday & Sunday, October 5th + 6th.
The format for Stearns Cup is 2-man teams playing 2-day, 36 hole, best ball for both gross and net awards. 100% of handicaps apply for net play. Standard MGA tees, with Rule of 75 for gold tee players.
To confirm your team’s sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
Stearns Cup: Saturday & Sunday, October 5th + 6th — 2-man teams with 9:30 AM shotgun start each day Cost: $25 per player — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Stearns-Cup-Sign-Up Team Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 3rd @ 8:00 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. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
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Match Play Next Round Deadline 9/29
The deadline for Elite Eight matches in the Main and Wildcard is this Sunday, September 29th. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
All Club Championship $25 entry fees and credit book prize distributions will be processed next week when our Tournament Accountant Extraordinaire, Mr. Pete Strass, is back in the office. All cart charges from the weekend have already been processed to accounts with credit book used if available — thank you Tiffany and Donnee! Finalized leaderboards (without inadvertent copy & paste duplication) are included below.
What a fantastic weekend of Championship golf! And one that was wholly made possible by the amazing enthusiasm of our NGC golf family. Thank you to all the members who participated, spectated, laughed, (gambled?), and brought the joy that our club is truly about. And thank you to all the NGC staff who made the weekend a great success!
Club Championship Results
Over the entire field, which consisted of 6 Flights and 71 players, we saw some awesome battles and very exciting finishes!
In the Women’s Club Championship, first and foremost, we saw some very fast play! Championship golf with sub-4-hour pace of play across all groups is glorious — well done ladies!
We also saw two defending champions, Vivianne Couts and Betty Sussmann, successfully defend their 2023 titles to continue their reigns as 2024 Champions! Very well played and congratulations to both of you!
Vivianne also made a hole-in-one on #15 on Sunday — What an epic way to cement the championship win! (And thank you for the free drinks!)
In the Gold Flight, a very tight battle was competed eye to eye in the final group on Sunday and, in the end, another defending champion completed his quest to hold his title for another year! Well played to our Gold Flight champion, Jerome Lofton, who played a tremendous final round and came in at -6 net for the weekend — just edging out Robert Straughter (-5 net) and Carl Brown (-2 net).
1st – Jerome Lofton (-6 net) – $60 2nd – Robert Straughter (-5 net) – $40 3rd – Carl Brown (-2 net) – $25
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Moving on to our Men’s net flights, in the National Flight, we saw a new member who joined just this summer, Erik Simonds, come from 7 shots behind on Sunday to capture a 5 shot victory at Even par net for the tournament. Fantastic playing Erik! Willie Barnhill played great to finish 2nd at +5 net followed by our 2023 Champion, Mike Reynard, in 3rd at +8 net.
In the Tantallon Flight, an epic battle in the final group came down to the last few holes of the tournament. Proving to be the pivotal hole, this year’s champion, Matt Dove, made a clutch birdie on #16. He then finished the day with a 4-footer for the win on #18 capping off a 2-day total of -5 net. At -4 net, Michael Helmer took home 2nd place with Jim Prendergast and Micah Busbee finishing at -3 net for T-3rd.
Finally, in the Men’s Championship Fight, once again, the finishing stretch of holes designed by Ted Robinson in 1965 were decisive in determining parking spot rights. Our defending champion, Scott Redmond, made birdies on #13 and #16 which were crucial and, with rock solid pars on #17 and #18, he finished the day in style for a repeat victory at +4 for the tournament. A very well deserved W, Mr. Redmond! And well played to those who pushed him right to the very end — Clay Thatcher (+8) was 2nd and Sam Bowmer (+9) was 3rd, great fight gentlemen.
The driving range will be open today for those participating in the Club Championship.
Handicap Posting to GHIN
We ask that all players post their own tournament scores to the GHIN handicap system as “Competition” scores for both Round 1 and Round 2. All postings will be double checked next week and corrected if necessary by the club.
Play well today everyone, let’s have a great Championship Sunday!
On the eve of our 2024 NGC Club Championship, we’d like to say play well and good luck to all those competing!
Please check in with the Pro Shop prior to your tee time — 100% of all $25 entry fees (charged to individual member accounts) will form the credit book prize pools for each flight. Cart fees will also be added to member accounts.
Skins Saturday
For any players who would like to buy into the Skins pot (gross skins) for the 1st Round, please Venmo $20 to @Weston-Happ (6520) before your tee time tomorrow.
Team sign-ups continue for the final MGA major of the season, the Stearns Cup, which is set to be played Saturday & Sunday, October 5th + 6th.
The format for Stearns Cup is 2-man teams playing 2-day, 36 hole, best ball for both gross and net awards. 100% of handicaps apply for net play. Standard MGA tees, with Rule of 75 for gold tee players.
To confirm your team’s sign-up, double check the online leaderboard here.
Stearns Cup: Saturday & Sunday, October 5th + 6th — 2-man teams with 9:30 AM shotgun start each day Cost: $25 per player — All players must be MGA members Online Registration Portal: https://mga.golf/Stearns-Cup-Sign-Up Team Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 3rd @ 8:00 PM
Attached you’ll find the tee sheet for this Saturday’s (9/21) first round of the 2024 NGC Club Championship. Additionally, you’ll find the Tournament Rules Sheet which includes the flights breakdown. We have an excellent turnout this year and let’s have a fantastic Championship!
Groups and tee times for Sunday’s second round will be determined by Saturday’s results.
Tournament Scoring
All tournament scoring will be handled via the NGC App. The app can be found here for iPhone and here for Android. All groups will be pre-loaded into the App and we ask that each group uses the app to track their group’s scores.
The deadline for Elite Eight matches in the Main and Wildcard brackets has been moved back 3 days to Sunday, September 29th. We will need to get all matches for this round completed by this final weekend in September so that our Final Four and Finals matches can be completed in October. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.
If you intend to play in the Gold or Blue tee flights this weekend, please make sure your name is marked with (Gold) or (Blue) on the online leaderboard and let us know at [email protected] if your flight distinction needs to be updated.
All Net Flight participants (White + Gold tees) must have active GHIN handicaps.
Final Call for Sign-Ups
Sign-ups close tonight at 8:00 PM for the 2024 NGC Club Championship which is set to be played this Saturday & Sunday, September 21st + 22nd. Please sign up online at https://bit.ly/NGC-2024
The NGC Club Championship is competed with individual stroke play over 36 holes. Tee times will be assigned each day and the field will be broken into flights.
To confirm your sign-up, please double check the online leaderboard here.
Red Tee Flight: Women’s Club Championship players will play the red tees and compete for both Net and Gross Divisions.
Gold Tee Flight: All players who have reached their 50th birthday may enter the Gold Tee Flight which will be competed with 100% of handicaps using net scoring — Rule of 90 in effect where players whose Age + Handicap >= 90 may play red tees. To register for Gold, please add “(gold)” to your last name when signing up.
White Tee Flight: The number of White Tee net flights will depend on the overall number of participants. White Tee Flight(s) will be competed with 100% of handicaps using net scoring.
Blue Tee Flight: Players with handicap indexes of 5.0 and below will be entered into the Championship Blue Tee Flight which will be competed using gross scoring. Players with handicaps above 5.0 have the option of joining the Championship Blue Tee Flight by adding “(blue)” to their last name or emailing [email protected] to opt in.
NGC Club Championship: Saturday & Sunday, September 21st + 22nd — tee times starting at 8:00 AM each day Entry Fee: $25 Online Registration Portal: Open to all NGC members — https://bit.ly/NGC-2024 Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 18th @ 8:00 PM
