We had a gorgeous fall weather day for the 2nd round of the 2026 Combined Amateur – Senior Amateur Championships at Washington Golf & CC. The course was firm and the greens were fast which made it very challenging. Scores reflected the difficulty of the course.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Amateur Division — Scott Shingler (Dominion Valley CC) won the Northern Virginia Amateur title for the 6th time by one stroke over Muhammad Salam (Potomac Shores GC) with Colin Kent (Hidden Creek CC) taking 3rd place.
L-R: Jon Zampedro (NVGA) presents the Henry Kerfoot Trophy (dating from 1974) to Scott Shingler (Dominion Valley CC)
Senior Division: Tom Follain (International CC) won the Senior Amateur title by 3 shots over Delk Hamaker (Washington Golf & CC) with Jeff Klatt (Bristow Manor GC) taking 3rd place.
L-R: Mark Vandegrift (NVGA) presents the Senior Division trophy to Tom Follain (International CC)
Super-Senior Division: Keith Myers (Blue Hills GC) won the Super-Senior Division by one shot over Mike Johnston (Evergreen CC) with Dave Prokop (Evergreen CC) taking 3rd place.
L-R: Richard Lion (NVGA) presents the Super-Senior trophy to Keith Myers (Blue Hills GC)
Legend Division: John Hoffman (Evergreen CC) and Mike Nicewarner (Blue Ridge Shadows) tied after 36-holes and John Hoffman won on the first hole of the sudden-death playoff, with Joe Wallenfelsz (Blue Ridge Shadows GC) taking 3rd place.
L-R: Lynn Wessman (NVGA) presents the Legend Division trophy to John Hoffman (Evergreen CC)
The full field results are available at the following link: NVGA Amateur and Senior Amateur Leaderboard
Scores will be posted to the GHIN system.
VSGA ranking points will be awarded to the top 10 finishers in the Amateur, Senior and Super-Senior divisions. An update of the results with the ranking points will be sent out later.
Gift Certificates for those who won prizes and left before them up are retained in the WGCC pro shop. Stop by the club at your convenience to redeem your gift certificates in pro shop merchandise.
On a sad note, one of our players in the Legend Division and scheduled play today, Ray D’Amore (1757 Club), passed away unexpectedly yesterday. He was a real gentleman and a pleasure with whom to play. We send our sincere condolences to his friends and family.
We are so very fortunate that Washington Golf & CC’s professional staff and Board approved a rain make-up date for the 2nd round of the of the tournament! Our NVGA volunteers and the tournament players wish to express our most sincere appreciation to the entire staff at WG&CC, especially Jay Dufty, PGA (Director of Golf) and Kevin Dean, PGA (Head Golf Professional). Well done!
Your NVGA Volunteers,
Mark Vandegrift, Jon Zampedro, Lynn Wessman, Mark Rallas and Richard Lion