At The Piedmont Club, Haymarker, VA — The Free State Seniors Golf Association of Maryland (FSSGAM) team narrowly defeated the Northern Virginia Golf Association (NVGA) Seniors team in the 33rd annual Potomac Challenge team competition completed on Wednesday and Thursday October 28-29 by a score of 16-14.
This was the 33rd annual Potomac Challenge team competition which consists of 12-man teams (10 seniors age 50+ and 2 super-seniors age 65+) that play four nine-hole formats over two days. Day 1 includes six 9-hole 4-ball matches and six 9-hole modified foursome matches (select drive, then alternate shot). Day 2 includes six 9-hole select shot (2-man scramble) matches followed by twelve 9-hole singles matches.
Virginia won the Fourball matches by 1 point, Maryland won the Foursome matches by 1 point, Maryland won the Select-Shot matches by 3 points, and Virginia won the singles matches by 1 point. 21 of the 30 matches came down to the last hole with 10 ending in MD’s favor, 7 ending in VA’s favor, and 4 ending in ties.
The top point winners in these matches were Mike Hollen and Rod Frank, both from the Maryland team, who were undefeated in the four formats. Good playing!
The final score was Maryland 16 Virginia 14. Congratulations to the Maryland team for winning the 33st annual Potomac Challenge! Maryland has now won the last 5 years in a row.
We would like to give our thanks and sincere appreciation to Sedrick Bailey , PGA, Head Golf Professional, Thomas Cook, PGA, Assistant Professional, and Rob Brock, General Manager at The Piedmont Club and their staff for their support and hospitality!
A detailed summary of the matches is available at the following link: 2026 Potomac Challenge Summary final
Jon Zampedro (Captain) and Lynn Wessman (Co-Captain)