World Adventure Golf Masters

World Adventure Golf Masters
Reigning WAGM Champions
Date2024
Medalists
  Jiří Kratochvil
  Jiří Kocián
  Dušan Fusek
Champions
Team Czech Republic

The World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM) is an annual miniature golf competition held by the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF). Founded in Hastings, England, in 2011 with 30 competitors from 6 countries.[1] In 2019, it was hosted in Kungälv, Sweden, with 93 competitors from 14 countries including Sweden, Germany, New Zealand,[2] and the United States.[3]

Rules

The WAGM is played on an adventure-style miniature golf course with miniature golf balls. Categories include a women's and men's category, as well as senior men and senior women (46 years and older), male and female youth (up to 19 years), and an overall category. In addition, there's a team competition where countries compete in teams of four and a mixed pairs' competition.

History

For its first three years (2011–2013), the WAGM was played in Hastings, England. Participants were mostly from the UK and Germany, with a small number of participants from other countries in Europe, like Sweden and Finland.[4]

In 2014, the competition was held in Gullbergsbro, Gothenburg, Sweden and 50 competitors participated.[5]

In 2016, the competition was held in Pristina, Kosovo.[6] The number of competing countries rose to 15, from 8 the year before.

In 2023 (June 16–18), the World Adventure Golf Masters were played in Gumpoldskirchen, outside of Vienna, Austria.[7]

In 2024 WAGM championship was played in Brno, Czech Republic, June 14-16 2024. One of the new features of this WAGM was that it, for the first time ever, was played on two different 18-hole courses. [8]

WAGM 2025 will be held in Askim, Sweden on June 13-15, 2025. [9]

WAGM Results 2011 to 2024

Year Location Competitors Countries Overall Winner Overall Second Overall Third Team Winner Results
2024 Brno 75 8 Jiří Kratochvil Jiří Kocián Dušan Fusek Czechia [10]
2023 Gumpoldskirchen 105 11 Patrick Riener Fabian Spies Kevin Sundström Austria [11]
2022 Kuopio 75 10 Aki Sillman Tom Ahlberg Tommi Lantta Finland [12]
2021 Kuopio* Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 Gumpoldskirchen* Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2019 Kungälv 93 14 Gunnar Bengtsson Jens Bergström Hans Olofsson Sweden [13]
2018 Horni Bezdekov 95 16 Daniel Moser Martin Stöckle Daniel Vlcek Czech Republic [14]
2017 Zaton 94 19 Gunnar Bengtsson Marko Nuotio Harald Exl Germany [15]
2016 Pristina 62 15 Derice Susoho Shumilov Daniel Vlcek Liridon Mehmeti Sweden [16]
2015 Hastings 47 8 Martin Stöckle Michael Smith Oliver Raatjens Germany [17]
2014 Gullbergsbro 53 7 Oleg Klassen Lars Brown Filiph Svensson Germany [18]
2013 Hastings 37 4 Gerrit Below Martin Stöckle Michael Smith Germany [19]
2012 Hastings 20 4 Martin Stöckle Michael Smith James Rutherford Germany [20]
2011 Hastings 30 6 Martin Stöckle Sebastian Kube Michael Smith Germany [21]

References

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  2. ^ "World Adventure Golf Masters 2019". New Zealand Mini Golf. June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "US Minigolf Team competes against 18 countries in WAGM 2019". Chromax. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ "World Adventure Golf Masters 2013". Kent Minigolf Club. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Report from the WMF World Adventure Golf Masters in Sweden". Sports Market Intelligence. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Minigolf History Made at The 2016 WMF World Adventure Golf Masters in Kosovo". Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ "World Adventure Golf Masters 2023". Adventure Golf Gumpoldskirchen. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Adventure Golf Tournament Updates". Minigolf News. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Svenska Bangolfförbundet och Askims Bangolfklubb arrangerar World Adventure Golf Masters 2025". Bangolf. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 WAGM Results". minigolf-live.com. 2024.
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  12. ^ "2022 WAGM Results". minigolf-live.com. 2022.
  13. ^ "2019 WAGM Results". wagm2019.com. 2019.
  14. ^ "2018 WAGM Results". minigolflive.com. 2018.
  15. ^ "2017 WAGM Results". WMF. 2017.
  16. ^ "2016 WAGM Results". kosovominigolf.com. 2016.
  17. ^ "2015 WAGM Results". BMGA.co.uk. 2015.
  18. ^ "2014 WAGM Results" (PDF). Svenska Bangolfförbundet. 2014.
  19. ^ "2013 WAGM Results". BMGA.co.uk. 2013.
  20. ^ "2012 WAGM Results". BMGA.co.uk. 2012.
  21. ^ "2011 WAGM Results". BMGA.co.uk. 2011.


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