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Men’s Night 5/1 Results 🪜

​Men’s Night 5/1 — Tee Ladder on the Front 9

29 players came out yesterday for the inaugural playing of our new Tee Ladder Men’s Night format and, overall, it was very fun to see players playing a wide variety of tees as they traversed the Front 9 up and down the 🔴🟡⚪️🔵 Tee Ladder. On the net leaderboard, with an impressive 33 that included birdies on #1 and #5, Leo Goff took home 1st place points. And on the gross leaderboard, Joe Lapan and Weston Happ got in the house with 1-under par 35s to secure the shared W. Well played to all!

Complete Results

Gross:
T-1st – Joe Lapan (35) – 30 Chase Points
T-1st – Weston Happ (35) – 30 Chase Points
3rd – Kyle Armstrong (36) – 23.33 Chase Points
4th – Matt Nolan (38) – 20 Chase Points
5th – Dave Krukowski (39) – 16.66 Chase Points
T-6th – Nat Burgess (40) – 13.33 Chase Points
T-6th – Royce Huffaker (40) – 13.33 Chase Points

Net:
1st – Leo Goff (33 Net) – 30 Chase Points
T-2nd – Calvin Harkless (36 Net) – 26.66 Chase Points
T-2nd – James Hsiao (36 Net) – 26.66 Chase Points
T-2nd – Matt Doherty (36 Net) – 26.66 Chase Points
T-2nd – Bill Murray (36 Net) – 26.66 Chase Points
6th – Julian Castro (37 Net) – 13.33 Chase Points
T-7th – John Jay Sergent (38 Net) – 10 Chase Points
T-7th – Joe Reid (38 Net) – 10 Chase Points
T-7th – Steve Naugle (38 Net) – 10 Chase Points

2025 Points Chase
https://mga.golf/points-chase

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Men’s Night 5/1: 🔴🟡⚪️🔵 Tee Ladder on the Front 9 — Competition Rules

Men’s Night 5/1 — Tee Ladder on the Front 9 🪜

For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing a new format called Tee Ladder on the Front 9. Here’s how it works:

All players start on the Red Tees for Hole #1. If you make a gross par or better on a hole, you move up the tee ladder for the next hole:

  •  The “tee ladder” progresses from Red Tees 🔴 → Gold Tees 🟡 → White Tees ⚪️ → Blue Tees 🔵

If you make a gross bogey or worse, you reset and return to the Red Tees for the next hole.

Progression Example:

  • Make gross bogey on Hole #1 → Remain on Red Tees for Hole #2
  • Make gross par on Hole #2 → Move to Gold Tees on Hole #3
  • Make gross par again on Hole #3 → Move to White Tees on Hole #4
  • Make gross bogey on Hole #4 → Return to Red Tees for Hole #5
  • Make gross birdie on Hole #5 → Move to Gold Tees on Hole #6
  • and so on…

Rule of 75 Players (age + handicap index ≥ 75): The highest tee you can reach is the White Tees. Even if you continue making par or better, you will not move back to the Blue Tees.

Scoring:

  • We will have both Gross and Net leaderboards using standard stroke play scoring.
  • Net scores will be calculated using players’ Front 9 Gold Tee handicaps.

Competition Rules for Men’s Night 5/1

  • For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Tee Ladder format on the Front 9 using gross and net stroke play scoring for our final leaderboards. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
  • Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
  • We will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker, one club-length, no closer to the hole.
  • Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any “Dollar Spot”, dead patches, “Crabgrass” weed patches, and/or fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” areas, dead/diseased patches, or “Crabgrass” weed patches on the green may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
  • Bare areas larger than one club-length, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under RepairDROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, netting in re-sodded areas, drain trenches, and exposed rocks added as topper for drainage systems should be considered Ground Under Repair from which free relief may be taken, no closer to the hole.
  • Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, the hill between the 7th and 8th holes, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
  • Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.
  • This week’s format is NOT valid for handicap posting purposes.
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Memorial Cup Sign-Ups + Match Play Round 1

2025 Memorial Cup

Sign-ups continue for our first MGA major of the year, the Memorial Cup, which is set to be played Saturday and Sunday, May 17th + 18th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start both days. Please sign up via the online registration portal

The format for Memorial Cup is 2-day, 36-hole stroke play with both gross and net divisions. To compete in the NET division, all players must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement.

Memorial Cup: Saturday and Sunday, May 17th + 18th
Sign-Up Deadline: Thursday, May 15th @ 8:00 PM
Cost: $30 — all participants must be MGA members
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/memorial-cup-sign-up


Match Play Round 1

The deadline for Round 1 matches in the Main Bracket is June 8th. Please be in touch with your Round 1 opponent ASAP about scheduling your match. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.

Main Bracket: https://challonge.com/2025_MGA_Match_Play
Complete Information & Guidelines: https://mga.golf/match-play

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​Men’s Night 5/1 — Tee Ladder Front 9 🪜

​Men’s Night 5/1 — Tee Ladder on the Front 9

For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing a new format called Tee Ladder on the Front 9. Here’s how it works:

All players start on the Red Tees for Hole #1. If you make a gross par or better on a hole, you move up the tee ladder for the next hole:

  •  The “tee ladder” progresses from Red Tees 🔴 → Gold Tees 🟡 → White Tees ⚪️ → Blue Tees 🔵

If you make a gross bogey or worse, you reset and return to the Red Tees for the next hole.

Progression Example:

  • Make gross bogey on Hole #1 → Remain on Red Tees for Hole #2
  • Make gross par on Hole #2 → Move to Gold Tees on Hole #3
  • Make gross par again on Hole #3 → Move to White Tees on Hole #4
  • Make gross bogey on Hole #4 → Return to Red Tees for Hole #5
  • Make gross birdie on Hole #5 → Move to Gold Tees on Hole #6
  • and so on…

Rule of 75 Players (age + handicap index ≥ 75): The highest tee you can reach is the White Tees. Even if you continue making par or better, you will not move back to the Blue Tees.

Scoring:

  • We will have both Gross and Net leaderboards using standard stroke play scoring.
  • Net scores will be calculated using players’ Front 9 Gold Tee handicaps.
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Memorial Cup Sign-Ups Now Open

2025 Memorial Cup

Sign-ups are now open for our first MGA major of the year, the Memorial Cup, which is set to be played Saturday and Sunday, May 17th + 18th with a 9:30 AM shotgun start both days. Please sign up via the online registration portal

The format for Memorial Cup is 2-day, 36-hole stroke play with both gross and net divisions. To compete in the NET division, all players must meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting requirement.

Memorial Cup: Saturday and Sunday, May 17th + 18th
Sign-Up Deadline: Thursday, May 15th @ 8:00 PM
Cost: $30 — all participants must be MGA members
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/memorial-cup-sign-up

To confirm your Memorial Cup sign-up, please double check for your name on the online leaderboard.

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2025 Match Play Bracket

Gentlemen —

Our 2025 Match Play Main Bracket has been set by random draw and attached here. We have a full 64 player field and, consequently, no Round 1 byes. All players who do not win their Round 1 match in the Main Bracket will form our secondary Wildcard Bracket which will be drawn after all Round 1 matches have been completed.

2025 Main Brackethttps://challonge.com/2025_MGA_Match_Play/

The deadline for Round 1 matches in the Main Bracket is June 8th. Please be in touch with your Round 1 opponent ASAP about scheduling your match. Contact [email protected] or call the Pro Shop (301) 292-1100 if you need your opponent’s contact information.

Match Play Competition Notes

  • Match scheduling should be determined via direct communication between opponents.
  • Matches are to be played using standard, 18-hole, match play format.
  • All Match Play matches should be played from white tees. Rule of 75 players (age + handicap > 75) may play gold tees.
  • Prior to the start of a 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.
  • Please check in with the Pro Shop before starting your match so that handicap strokes for the match can be determined and finalized. 
  • Please report final results of all matches promptly to [email protected]
  • Complete information and guidelines for the 2025 MGA Match Play can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play
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​Men’s Night 4/24 Results

​Men’s Night 4/24 — Stableford Back 9

22 players came out on Thursday for a Stableford showdown on the Back 9 and one man continued his amazing start to his rookie MGA season! With a very impressive 21 Stableford points, Julian Castro took the W for this week and held strong at his pace atop the 2025 Points Chase. Well played sir!

Complete Results

1st – Julian Castro (21 Stableford) – 30 Chase Points
T-2nd – Sam Bowmer (20 Stableford) – 27.14 Chase Points
T-2nd – Erik Rosales (20 Stableford) – 27.14 Chase Points
T-4th – Joe Lapan (19 Stableford) – 21.43 Chase Points
T-4th – Jared Powell (19 Stableford) – 21.43 Chase Points
T-6th – James Hsiao (18 Stableford) – 15.71 Chase Points
T-6th – Micah Busbee (18 Stableford) – 15.71 Chase Points
T-6th – Chuck Roster (18 Stableford) – 15.71 Chase Points

2025 Points Chase
https://mga.golf/points-chase

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2025 MGA Match Play Tournament

1 Sign-Up Spot Left!

We currently have 63 players signed up for the 2025 edition of our season-long Match Play tournament so we are leaving the sign-up open until tomorrow to see if we can get to a complete field of 64 — once the 64th player signs up, registration will close.

Registration Linkhttps://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/

The following list of 63 are the currently registered players. Please let us know immediately at [email protected] if you are no longer able to play.

  • Andrew Neill
  • Andrew Patton
  • Arthur Scott
  • Bill Murray
  • Brad Adams
  • Cal Harkless
  • Carl Ford
  • Chuck Roster
  • Dan Hearn
  • Daniel Ryan
  • Daryl Stone
  • Dave Krukowski
  • David Capps
  • David Rapp
  • Ed Clarke
  • Erik Rosales
  • Erik Simonds
  • Ernest Brooks
  • Greg Morris
  • Hassan El-Amin
  • Jack Sullivan
  • James Hsiao
  • Jared Powell
  • Jim Beals
  • Jim Prendergast
  • Jim Sussmann
  • Joe Lapan
  • Joey Jewell
  • John Jay Sergent
  • Jon Roff
  • Joseph Reid
  • Julian Castro
  • Kevin Dick
  • Kevin Gates
  • Kevin Williams
  • Kristian Lacot-Figueroa
  • Kyle Armstrong
  • Kyle Whitehead
  • Leo Goff
  • Logan Schultz
  • Mark Seidel
  • Matt Doherty
  • Matt Dove
  • Matt Nolan
  • Mel Kince
  • Micah Busbee
  • Michael Helmer
  • Mike Hanpeter
  • Nathaniel Burgess
  • Oral Pottinger
  • Paul Weidenfeld
  • Ron Turned
  • Royce Huffaker
  • Ryan Dierker
  • Ryan White
  • Sam Bowmer
  • Sedric Morgan
  • Shane Rutherford
  • Theodore Pearson
  • Tom DePonty
  • Torey Diggs
  • Weston Happ
  • Willie Barnhill
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Final Call for Match Play Tournament Sign-Ups

2025 MGA Match Play Tournament — Sign-Ups close 4/24 @ 5PM

2 spots remain and sign-ups close today at 5PM (or once the field is full) for our season-long, NCAA-bracket-style, 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament. The cost to participate is $30 and the bracket will be set via a random draw on Thursday, April 24th. 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.

To confirm your sign-up, please check the online registration list here.

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 2025 MGA Match Play Tournament can be found here: https://mga.golf/match-play/

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 24th at 5:00 PM
Field Size: Limited to 64 players — $30 entry fee
Online Registration Portalhttps://mga.golf/match-play-sign-up/

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Men’s Night 4/24: Stableford Back 9 — Competition Rules

Men’s Night 4/24 — Stableford Back 9

For Men’s Night this week, we’ll be playing our Stableford format on the Back 9. Points will be awarded based on the standard Stableford scoring breakdown using 100% of individual Back 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. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field for Stableford placement.

Competition Rules for Men’s Night 4/24

  • For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Back 9 using 100% of their Back 9 course handicaps. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
  • Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. 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.
  • We will be playing LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker, one club-length, no closer to the hole.
  • Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any “Dollar Spot”, dead patches, “Crabgrass” weed patches, and/or fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” areas, dead/diseased patches, or “Crabgrass” weed patches on the green may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
  • Bare areas larger than one club-length, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under RepairDROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, netting in re-sodded areas, drain trenches, and exposed rocks added as topper for drainage systems should be considered Ground Under Repair from which free relief may be taken, no closer to the hole.
  • Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, the hill between the 7th and 8th holes, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
  • Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.
  • This week’s format allows for the completion of a 9-hole round that is valid for handicap posting purposes. Men’s Night scores must be posted promptly to your handicap account. Any player who places but has not posted will have their score disqualified from placement consideration.