12 April 2025 — At Army Navy CC and Dominion Valley CC:  The A-Team of Dominion Valley CC (DVCC) won its first title in the annual Spring Northern Virginia A-Team Championship over Army Navy CC (ANCC) by a score of 11-7.  This team competition has been held since 1971.  By earning its first win in this event, DVCC prevented ANCC’s quest to achieve a rare “three-peat” since they had won the title in 2023 and 2024.

L-R:  Bryan Brotchie, PGA, Mark Hudenburg, Jordan Pastor, Steve Lutkehus (Team Captain), Wes Stone, and Mark Fegani.  (DVCC team that played at ANCC)

Not pictured:  Dan Schulte, Adam Natysin, Doug Callison, Brendan Pastor, Todd Solomon, and Brad Farrell.  (DVCC team that played at DVCC)

The A-Team matches consist of 12 players from each club with half playing on their home course and half playing away at the opposing team’s course. The matches are played from the Championship tees in a 4-ball match play format with Nassau scoring (1 point front nine, 1 point back nine, 1 point for all 18 holes) and played at scratch. One player on each team’s roster may be a professional while all others must be amateurs.

All six of the matches in this contest were very close, with the final difference in the winning margin coming down to just one hole won or lost and the DVCC team managing to win the decisive holes and swing the outcome in their favor.

At DVCC:  In match 1, the front nine was tied; the back nine was tied coming to the 18th hole which DVCC won with a birdie to win the back nine- and 18-hole points 1-up.  The result was DVCC 2.5, ANCC 0.5.  In match 2, one side won the front nine by 1 hole and the other side won the back nine by 1 hole, with the 18-hole point tied.  Result:  DVCC 1.5, ANCC 1.5.  In match 3, ANCC won the front nine 1-up but the DVCC team rallied to win the back nine 2-up and thus won the 18-hole point.  The result was DVCC 2, ANCC 1.  Total score at Dominion Valley:  DVCC 6, ANCC 3.

At ANCC:  In match 4, the front nine was tied and DVCC won the back nine 1-up and won the 18-hole point 1-up.  The result was DVCC 2.5, ANCC 0.5.  In match 5, ANCC won the front nine 2-up by the DVCC team rallied to win the back nine 1-up.  The result was DVCC 1, ANCC 2.  In match 6, DVCC won the front nine 1-up and ANCC won the back nine 1-up, with the 18-hole point halved.  The result was DVCC 1.5, ANCC 1.5.  The total score at ANCC:  DVCC 5, ANCC 4.

The overall total score was DVCC 11, ANCC 7.

Congratulations to the Dominion Valley CC team on winning the 2025 Northern Virginia A-Team championship!  Well done to the Army Navy CC team that had a string of 17 A-Team victories in a row and reached the finals match in each of the last 3 years.

A summary with photos and more details of the individual matches will be posted later.