MAAGCS / ESAGCS Chesapeake Challenge

  • 26 May 2026
  • 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Queenstown Harbor Golf Course

Registration

  • Golf, Meeting & Lunch, Awards Reception - If you are paying for your partner, please add them as a guest. If you are paying separately, please put their name and handicap in the partner info field and ask them to register themselves.
  • Recognition as Awards Party Sponsor
    Includes One 2-Person Team
  • Recognition as Hole-In-One Sponsor
    Special Signage
    2 Reps can set up on a hole and greet players
    F&B Included
  • Recognition as a Beverage Sponsor
  • Recognition as the Bloody Mary/Screwdriver Bar Sponsor
  • Recognition as the Driving Range Sponsor
  • Recognition as the Practice Putting Green Sponsor
  • Recognition as a prize/contest sponsor
    CTP or Long Drive
  • Recognition as a longest putt contest sponsor
  • Website recoognitiont/on-site signage
  • You can attend the morning session meeting & lunch.
  • You can attend the post golf awards reception
  • Golf, Meeting & Lunch, Awards Reception - If you are paying for your partner, please add them as a guest. If you are paying separately, please put their name and handicap in the partner info field and ask them to register themselves.
  • Golf, Meeting & Lunch, Awards Reception - If you are paying for your partner, please add them as a guest. If you are paying separately, please put their name and handicap in the partner info field and ask them to register themselves.

Registration Opens Soon!

Chesapeake Challenge

Queenstown Harbor Golf Links
Queenstown, MD
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Presented by

2025 Chesapeake Challenge Team Photo

MAAGCS Red Shirts - ESAGCS Blue Shirts

ESAGCS Defending Champions

Ryan Howard, ESAGCS President with Shaun O'Connor, MAAGCS President

    VS   

The Chesapeake Challenge is a Ryder Cup style match between the MAAGCS and ESAGCS. Teams of two players from each association will play a best ball match. 1 point will be awarded to a winning  team, with 1/2 point being awarded to each team in the event of a tie. The association with the most points after all matches have been played will be declared the winners of the Chesapeake Challenge and will be awarded the President's Trophy.

The annual match takes place at Queenstown Harbor on the River Course in Queenstown, MD. ESAGCS are the defending champions.

Get your game together and make plans to play one of the most fun events of the year! Matches are handicapped so players of all levels are encouraged to play! Max HDCP is 18. 

Entry
MAAGCS PLAYERS REGISTER WITH MAAGCS - use this website
ESAGCS PLAYERS REGISTER WITH ESAGCS - 
contact admin@esagcs.org 

Morning Bar, Education, Lunch, Golf, Beverages, Reception, Proximity Prizes

Members
$100 per player - Early Bird (Register by May 16)
$120 per player - Late Registration (Register by May 21)

Non-Members
$120 per player - Early Bird (Register by May 16)
$140 per player - Late Registration (Register by May 21)

Limited Spaces Available!

This event is limited to the first 25 Teams per association

You can register as a team or as a single and be paired with a partner 

Schedule

Registration
10:00 - 11:00
Morning Bar

Joint Meeting
11:00 - 12:00

Guest Speaker

Joshua Tapp
Director of Environmental Programs, GCSAA

Bio:  TBA

Lunch Buffet/Warmup
12:00 - 1:00

Golf - Shotgun Start
1:00
MAAGCS vs ESAGCS

Four Ball Match Play
All Net

Prize Reception with BBQ Spread
Immediately Following Golf
Prizes & Presidents Trophy Presentation

Lunch Sponsor

Beverage Sponsors



Sponsorship Available!

All sponsorships include recognition on the event website, in event email, on-site and in quarterly newsletters.

Sponsorships are separate from Individual & Team Entry

Reception Sponsor: $1,000
Hole-In-One Sponsor: $1,000

(2 reps set up on a hole and greet players. Special hole-in-one signage provided. Players with a hole-in-one get $5K and the associations split $5K.)

On Course Beverage Sponsor: $500
Morning Bar Sponsor: $500
Driving Range Sponsor:
 
$500
CTP Sponsor:
 $500
Long Drive Sponsor:
$500
Longest Putt Sponsor: 
$500
Hole Sign Sponsor:
$300

Contact Tyler Eastham - tylereastham23@gmail.com with Questions

Attire

MAAGCS: Red Shirts

ESAGCS: Blue Shirts

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