Held every year on the Crazy golf and mini golf courses on Hastings seafront, the World Crazy Golf Championship is the highlight of the season and the third and final major of the year. With a top prize of £1000 it is also the biggest minigolf event in the UK and attracts large worldwide media coverage.
This event was the reason I started playing competitive minigolf. My target set the year before was to reach the 'super-final' of the top 18 players after 6 rounds. In reality I had set a second target after the previous two majors where I had finished in the top 8 British players. This was to also finish in the top 8 overall and perhaps win some cash.
Day 1 went to plan and I knew that two good rounds on Sunday would put me high up in the top 18 players. A solid 38 & 34 see me rise up the leaderboard as others faded away.
In the super-final 7th round my playing partners were Andy Exall and Ted McIver playing under special crazy golf rules where all three balls were in play at the same time.
A fantastic tactical battle ensued with alternating playing orders on each hole. Ted was crapped on by a seagull by hole 2 as I stormed ahead with an under par score as I aced the first hole! Hole 10 gave me an opportunity to destroy the chances of Ted by holing out for a two whilst cannoning his ball away from the hole - he scored a four.
Finishing the event with a 35 left me in 8th place on +5 for the tournament, one shot of a play-off for 6th place and some cash over £100.
Rank Start no Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Average Diff Tot Par
1 156 Keith Kellard 34 33 40 36 36 35 33 35.3 7 247 -5
2 107 Peter Emmerson 34 39 32 37 37 37 36 36.0 7 252 ±0
3 195 John Mittler 35 39 33 39 38 34 35 36.1 6 253 +1
4 113 Tim Davies* 34 34 37 37 43 34 35 36.3 9 254 +2
5 104 Sean Homer 37 36 39 32 37 37 36 36.3 7 254 +2
6 115 Jo Williamson* 34 36 34 38 46 33 35 36.6 13 256 +4
7 129 Anthony Pope 40 33 38 31 38 37 39 36.6 9 256 +4
8 131 Marc Chapman 39 35 36 40 38 34 35 36.7 6 257 +5
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