British Open 2009

19th/20th September 2009

The British Open held at Strokes Adventure Golf, Margate was the second major of the year. Another two day event - My aim was to qualify for the seventh round by making the top 18 players.
After six rounds I needed an Ace on the last hole to make the cut, which I made!
A strong finish left me as the 6th Placed British player.



Rank Start no Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Average Diff Tot Par
1 125 Torgny Kjellström 35 32 32 32 31 36 34 33.1 5 232 -20
2 141 Johan Ahlander 36 34 33 35 39 31 31 34.1 8 239 -13
3 110 Björn Dinau 37 34 33 32 35 33 35 34.1 5 239 -13
4 118 Carl-Johan Spetz 32 39 34 32 34 35 34 34.3 7 240 -12
5 135 Tim Davies 35 36 34 34 33 32 36 34.3 4 240 -12
6 146 Peter Emmerson 33 35 34 36 33 37 36 34.9 4 244 -8
7 128 Pasi Aho 34 41 37 33 35 32 32 34.9 9 244 -8
8 112 Chris Harding 36 36 36 36 33 35 33 35.0 3 245 -7
17 127 Marc Chapman 39 38 36 35 40 39 35 37.4 5 262 +10

British Championship 2009

4th/5th July 2009

My first major in minigolf took place at the world famous Hastings Mini Course over an entire weekend. 4 rounds on Saturday and 3 on the Sunday. With 1000 ranking points on offer for the winner of each major, all the top players were present to test my skills against.

Rounds of 37, 38, 40 and 35 set me up for an assault up the leaderboard the following day. Sunday started well with another good 35 and 36. A final round of 39 put me in 7th Place on a score of 260 (+8). A morale boosting display which gave me confidence that I was not too far behind the leading minigolfers in the UK. More practice required...

Rank Start no Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Average Diff Total
1 103 Keith Kellard 35 32 35 33 34 36 36 34.4 4 241
2 126 Tim Davies 37 34 36 36 35 34 35 35.3 3 247
3 116 Peter Emmerson 40 36 38 32 33 37 34 35.7 8 250
4 121 Jo Williamson 35 36 38 35 37 34 38 36.1 4 253
5 120 Nick Chitty 37 35 38 32 38 38 37 36.4 6 255
6 114 Brad Shepherd 40 38 35 35 40 35 34 36.7 6 257
7 107 Marc Chapman 37 38 40 35 35 36 39 37.1 5 260
8 102 Sean Homer 36 36 36 41 37 38 38 37.4 5 262