2024 MGA Season Premier Dogfight Results

2024 Season Premier MGA Dogfight Wrap Up
The decision to go ahead and have the MGA Season Premier this Saturday turned out to be the correct thing to do. We did not get the 1 to 3 inches of rain that was forecast for Friday and the course was in good condition for golf.
The MGA provided a breakfast buffet and a hotdog lunch for all the golfers and the Alpine staff. The girls in the grille did a wonderful job.
We had 12 (4 man teams) teams to compete. The golfers were divided into four divisions depending on their handicap and then the names were drawn randomly to determine the teams. There was also a Yellow Ball competition within the dogfight.
Immediately after the results were in, we took the five golfers that were most over their dogfight points in the tournament and had a shootout. There was a tie for 5th so we had six golfers in the shootout.
Results:
DOGFIGHT RESULTS: We had a tie for 1st place at +11 points between the teams of (Ray Ferguson, Cory Baird, Jimbo Williams & Mathu Travis) and ( Harry Gaither, Jim Gorman, John Harris & Chris Palmer). These two teams split 1st & 2nd place money. 3rd place went to the team of Moses Ngirailab, Mike Sweatman, Andy Payant & Steven Powell. Their team finished at +9 above their point quota.
YELLOW BALL RESULTS: Yellow Ball winning teams were 1st place (Gaither, Gorman, Harris & Palmer) 2nd place (Jeff Bullen, Jimmy Ray, Craig Herrod & Jamie Kimberly) and 3rd place was (Ngirailab, Sweatman, Payant & Powell).
The shootout was between (Moses Ngirailab, Mike Sweatman, Doug MacMurdo, JImbo Williams, Harry Gaither and Skeet Harper). The shootout takes place exclusively on hole #18 so that the gallery on the porch can watch and cheer. Skeet and Moses were eliminated in the 1st round. Doug was out on the 2nd round and Sweaty was eliminated in the 3rd round. Jimbo and Harry had to play two additional rounds before Harry was able to take the overall shootout championship. Harry received $300 for 1st and Jimbo received the $200 2nd prize.
The entry fees totaled $940.00. Our payback total was $1820.00. That is a 193% payback. Thanks to the MGA, we are able to have these tournaments at the beginning and at the end of the year as well as provide financial relief and assistance to some local charities or families.
If you are a member of Alpine Bay, we would like for you to join our MGA (Men’s Golf Association) and take part in our tournaments and dogfights. The cost to join is $25 annually.