April 27, 2025 — At The Piedmont Club (PC) in Haymarket, VA and Washington Golf and Country Club (WGCC) in Arlington, VA: The Piedmont Club won its first Senior Team Championship over Washington Golf and Country Club by a score of 11 to 1 in today’s finals match. The Piedmont away team playing at WGCC swept all 3 points in both matches and the team playing at home got 5 out of 6 possible points adding to the total in a decisive victory.
The Washington Metropolitan Golf Association (WMGA) had organized the senior team championship competitions for senior amateur golfers ages 55 and over since 1960. From its inception through the 2013 season, the teams consisted of 12 players on each team organized in 6 pairs (sides) playing 4-ball matches at scratch (no handicaps). 3 sides played at the home course and 3 sides played at the opponent’s course. Scoring used a Nassau format — 1 point each for the front nine, back nine, and 18 holes. Beginning with the 2014 season, the teams were reduced to 8 players with 2 sides playing at home and 2 sides playing away.
Since the WMGA dissolved early in 2025, the Northern Virginia Golf Association (NVGA) volunteered to organize a senior team championship competition for the clubs located in Virginia. This year 18 clubs participated in the event. The format included 8-man teams (2 sides at home and away) like the competitions held since 2014, but the minimum age limit was changed to 50 years old consistent with other senior amateur tournaments in Virginia.
The competition began with 6 divisions of 3 teams each; each team would play the other two teams in their division in the play-in rounds. The six division winners advanced to the quarterfinals (round-of-8) plus two wild-card teams. Piedmont won its division and was automatically included in the quarterfinals. Although it did not win its division, WGCC gained the #8 seed in the playoffs by having won 14 points in its two matches with an average of 7 points per match.
WGCC advanced to the finals match by defeating #1 seed International 6.5 to 5.5 on Saturday 4/19 and then defeating #2 seed Loudoun 8 to 4 on Saturday 4/26. Piedmont, the #6 seed, advanced to the finals match by defeating #3 seed Evergreen 6.5 to 5.5 on Saturday 4/19 and then defeating #5 seed Army Navy 6.5 to 5.5 on Saturday 4/26.
Congratulations to The Piedmont Club Senior Team members for their outstanding play and their first championship in this event format! Well done to the Washington Golf & CC team for making the playoffs and defeating both the #1 and #2 seeded teams on the way to a runner-up finish!
Details of the 2 matches at each location are available at the following link: Piedmont Club Wins 2025 Northern VA Senior Team Championship
Piedmont team at WGCC L-R: Tom Jones, Chad Hess, Joe Kruper and Donny Buckingham
Piedmont team at home L-R: Jeff Hummel, Dave Gudinas, Ken Wood, and Trey Treadwell