Welcome to the Quail Men’s Golf Association!
2024 promises to be another year of great camaraderie and friendly but spirited competition, a trademark of the MGA. 2024 promises to be an exciting tournament season with fine tuning of the best features of some of our tournaments and enhancements to others. For example, "Old Buddy" has been completely revamped into a two-day tournament with a format of flighted 9 hole matches and a horse race. Food and drink will be provided both days.
The 2024 Member-Member, an MGA Major is scheduled for October 18th, 19th and 20th. This event is being enhanced. Players can look forward to a quality Tee Prize memorializing their participation in the event as well as a significant upgrade in food and beverage. Stay tuned for the Tournament Format!
April begins the 8 Man Interclub Matches open to all Quail members. Look for the schedule to come out in March. The NCGA sponsored 12 Man Interclub matches, also open to all Quail members, will begin at the end of May or in early June. This schedule should hit at the end of April or the early part of May.
Annual Dues for 2024 - $225 with checks payable to “The Quail Club”. Checks may be left at the golf desk or mailed to: P.O. Box 222396, Carmel CA 93922. To pay by PayPal, send $231.93 (includes the PayPal fee) to QuailclubMGA@gmail.com.
2023 Club Champions
Fifty Quail members competed for the Club Championship on July 14-15. The format was 36 holes of stroke play over two days. There were three flights and a final day back-nine card off was used as a tie breaker.
Congratulations to Ryan Dority, Ray Hamilton and Charles Yager for winning their flights. Ryan captured the Gross Flight and title of Club Champion with a score of 150 (+8), three strokes better than runner-up Brad Marcus and six better than third place finisher Joe Aaron.
The winning margin in Net Flight A was one stroke with Ray scoring an even part 142 compared to Donn Wilkinson’s 143. Steve Mitchell was third with 145 (+3).
Net Flight B resulted in the playoff between Charles Yager and Marty Livingston who finished at 145 (+3). The title was decided by a day-two back 9 card-off. Michael Blas was third at 148.
Support Our Community
The Scholars’ Cup at the Quail Lodge & Golf Club experienced another record-breaking year in 2023. Thanks to your generosity and the support of sponsors from the community, the Cup’s Community Impact Fund grew by at least $150,000. The final total will be reported once year-end giving is tabulated.
The Scholars’ Cup originated in 2006 when a long time Quail member, Wayne Sargent, wanted to leave a modest educational legacy. He pledged $1,000 per year for five years to award two annual scholarships. He encouraged his fellow members to compete in an annual golf tournament to raise additional scholarship funds. The first scholarships were awarded in 2009. Since its inception, the Scholars’ Cup has awarded $261,500 in scholarships to 28 men and 21 women.
2023 Player of the Year
Congratulations to Brad Marcus for an impressive win in the Player of the Year competition. His 406.3 points came from participate in most MGA and club tournaments and high finishes including winning the Match Play title, his flight in the Quail Invitational, second place in the Club Championship and a first plaace tie in the Member-Member. The other top ten finishers were Gene Vanhootegem (285), Joe Arron (258.8), Bob Daw (250.5), defending champion Jim Pierce (232.5), Jason Sims (230), Dan Quilici (215), Alton McEwen (207.5), Jeff Saper (200.5) and Chuck Yager (200).
Most Improved
The Most Improved Player is determined by a USGA/NCGA formula: add 12 to the player’s January 1 index (value A), add 12 to the players December 31 index (value B), divide value A by value B, calculating to three decimal points. Forty-egiht members indexes in 2023. The top three, who will receive cash awards from the MGA prize fund, are Jim Pierce 9.4 to 4.4, Greg Northcraft 8.4 to 4.5, and Kasey Dority 9.8 to 6.8.
Upcoming Events
Visit our calendar page for currently scheduled events. Here’s the direct link to the Quail Lodge Event Portal at Golf Genius. View the 2024 Quail Lodge & Golf Club Calendar including Quail, MGA and WGA events.
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