World Adventure Golf Masters
Annual miniature golf competition
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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]
Czech Republic| World Adventure Golf Masters | |||||||
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 Reigning WAGM Champions | |||||||
| Date | 2024 | ||||||
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| Champions | |||||||
| Team | Czech Republic | ||||||
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 |
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| 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] |
