With the World Adventure Golf Masters a little over six weeks away in Kungalvs, Sweden, we at MInigolfnews are very much looking forward to it. Editor Pat Sheridan and reporter Steve Lovell have both been selected to take part so you can expect a lot of material from Minigolfnews. The past eight runnings of the event have given six different winners. Martin Stoeckle (three times), Gerrit Below and Oleg Klassen of Germany, Derice Shumilov Susoho and Gunnar Bengtsson of Sweden as well as the defending champion, Daniel Moser of Switzerland. Steve thought he would try and devise a ranking system, based on performance per round against the lowest score in the round. Below are the top 100 from the 260 who have taken part in any of the previous World Adventure Golf Masters, who are the surprises in there and who do you rate as the best adventure golfers. Let us know.
Top 100
100 Rene Schappi (SUI)
99 Robert Skyttberg (SWE)
98 Huub Bottenberg (NED)
97 David Kubin (CZE)
96 Vaclav Svarc (CZE)
95 Izedin Thaci (KOS)
94 Danny Hence (GER)
93 Nick Sandqvist (SWE)
92 Seth Thomas (GBR)
91 Markku Sillman (FIN)
90 Pierre Zetterlund (SWE)
89 Will Donnelly (GBR)
88 Christian Gobetz (AUT)
87 Marielle Svensson (SWE)
86 Aapo Siurola (FIN)
85 Reine Niord (SWE)
84 Michael Thewys (BEL)
83 Cameron Couper (NZL)
82 Rainer Henseler (GER)
81 Brad Shepherd (GBR)
80 Jan Donini (CZE)
79 Nuno Cunha (POR)
78 Karsten Hein (GER)
77 Johannes Lieber (GER)
76 Tony Kelly (GBR)
75 Sebastian Heine (GER)
74 Torgny Kjellstrom (SWE)
73 Carl-Johan Ryner (SWE)
72 Luka Peros (CRO)
71 Marvin Below (GER)
70 Filip Johansson (SWE)
69 Manuel Szabikowski (GER)
68 Aki Sillman (FIN)
67 Sebastian Peffer (GER)
66 Matt Male (USA)
65 Rick Baird (USA)
64 Karl Lakos (AUT)
63 Steve Lovell (GBR)
62 Lucas Scholz (GER)
61 Eetu Ikola (FIN)
60 Marc Chapman (GBR)
59 Tommi Lantta (FIN)
58 Juergen Grill (AUT)
57 Sean Homer (GBR)
56 Nderim Mustafa (KOS)
55 Mark Harmening (GER)
54 Tomas Sennerby (SWE)
53 Jens Bergstrom (SWE)
52 Erwin Ottaviani (BEL)
51 Rick Culverhouse (USA)
50 Norbert Wagenhofer (AUT)
49 Veronika Reed (CZE)
48 Michal Stach (CZE)
47 Sebastian Schrobiltgen (BEL)
46 Erik Seljelid (SWE)
45 Craig Patterson (GBR)
44 Lubos Donini (CZE)
43 Jan-Peter Lichtenberg (GER)
42 Milan Provaznik (CZE)
41 Alexander Dahlstedt (SWE)
40 Mickael Petit (BEL)
39 John McIver (GBR)
38 Bjorn Dinau (SWE)
37 Melanie Hammerschmidt (GER)
36 Chris Harding (GBR)
35 Matej Vlcek (CZE)
34 Lukas Neumann (GER)
33 Pasi Aho (FIN)
32 Lars Brown (SWE)
31 Vullnet Mustafa (KOS)
30 James Rutherford (GBR)
29 John MIttler (FIN)
28 Harald Exl (AUT)
27 Geoff Mosk (USA)
26 Mike Johnson (USA)
25 Anders Lonnkvist (SWE)
24 Ricard Lockner (SWE)
23 Patrick Riener (AUT)
22 Derice Shumilov Susoho (SWE)
21 Greg Newport (USA)
20 Philipp Lewin (GER)
19 Sebastian Kube (GER)
18 Adam Kelly (GBR)
17 Oliver Rathjens (GER)
16 Christoph Fischer (GER)
15 Christian Zielaff (GER)
14 Brian Johnson (USA)
13 Daniel Moser (SUI)
12 Oleg Klassen (GER)
11 Daniel Vlcek (CZE)
10 Filiph Svensson (SWE)
9 Gunnar Bengtsson (SWE)
8 Marc-Dominik Klemm (GER)
7 Peter Eisenschmidt (SWE)
6 Thomas Giebenhein (GER)
5 Marko Nuotio (FIN)
4 Michael Smith (GBR)
3 Liridon Mehmeti (KOS)
2 Gerrit Below (GER)
1 Martin Stoeckle (GER)
Most appearances
7 Sean Homer (GBR)
6 Mark Wood (GBR)
6 Martin Greenhead (GBR)
6 Martin Stoeckle (GER)
5 Dave Donnelly (GBR)
5 Jens Bergstrom (SWE)
5 Michael Smith (GBR)
5 Will Donnelly (GBR)
4 Adrian Amey (GBR)
4 Anders Lonnkvist (SWE)
4 Daniel Vlcek (CZE)
4 James Rutherford (GBR)
4 Karl Lakos (AUT)
4 Karsten Hein (GER)
4 Michal Stach (CZE)
4 Paul Preston (GBR)
4 Tiger Pragnell (GBR)
Most participants (26 different nations have competed)
Great Britain 42
Sweden 39
Germany 32
Austria 15
Kosovo 15
Slovakia 15
United States of America 15
Czech Republic 13
Finland 13
Ghana 11
Tournament bests
Hastings: Gerrit Below (GER) 24, Michael Smith (GBR) 24, Oleg Klassen (GER)
Gothenburg: Michael Smith (GBR) 28
Prishtina: Vullnet Mustafa (KOS) 47
Nin: Marko Nuotio (FIN), Brian Johnson (USA), Milan Provaznik (CZE), Derice Shumilov Susoho (SWE) 27
Horni Bezdekov: Martin Stoeckle (GER) 27
The official website of the World Adventure Golf Masters 2019 is www.wagm2019.com