The weekend of September 22nd and 23rd see’s the BRITISH OPEN return to Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate. The course has previously hosted the event in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and is regarded as one of the best courses in the UK, a fitting venue for our premier event of the year.
Entries for the event close on Sunday 16th September at which point the draw for day 1 groups and tee-off times will be made and the customary players pack circulated to all entrants.
If you wish to play in the event and have not already registered (full list below) then please contact Sean Homer, Chairman of the BMGA on chairman@minigolf.org.uk by 3pm on Sunday at the latest.
Course owner Matt Wood said “I am extremely pleased that Strokes will be the host venue for the BMGA British Open 2012. We originally held the competition in 2007 and 2009 was the last time we hosted the British Open and I can honestly say we have missed this event. All 3 times we have held the Open conjures up fond memories. Karsten Hein, normally being the 1st foreign participant to arrive early in the week, then the Swedish boys on a Wednesday. The best round I have ever seen would have to be Tim Davies in 2009, for its brilliance and its implosive nature, to take our course apart all the way through to hole 16 (at this point on for a round of 26 I believe) and to blow up so spectacularly on 3 easy holes takes some doing. Björn Dinau and Nick Chitty joint course record holders with scores of 30 were special moments. Most of all though for Strokes, is the general vibe and feel of the course for the whole week, having the pleasure of the foreign players over here and the British players all of them great characters and we can’t wait for the week to begin. As always we’ll make sure the course is in absolute tip top condition, we will also throw in £50 for the 1st player to go sub 30, during a British Open round.”
All players will play 4 rounds on Saturday and then there will be a cut with the top 36 players (and ties) or any player making the qualifying score (176 strokes or lower) making it through to day 2.
The sunday will see the qualifiers play another 2 rounds with the top 18 then progressing to the Super Final round to decide the winner.
Entry to the event is £35 for BMGA members and £15 for juniors (under 18's) and the application form can be found at
http://www.minigolf.org.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:forms&catid=36:tournamentsforms&Itemid=56 and non-BMGA members entry fee of £40
CONFIRMED ENTRANTS to DATE:
1) Tony Kelly (England)
2) Adam Kelly (England)
3) Seth Thomas (England)
4) Richard Gottfried (England)
5) Johan Ahlander (Sweden)
6) Torgny Kjellström (Sweden)
7) Mattias Ståhl (Sweden)
8 ) Björn Dinau (Sweden)
9) Mikael Karlsson (Sweden)
10) Jan Hedström (Sweden)
11) Maths Svensson (Sweden)
12) Leif Öhrling (Sweden)
13) Dave Donnelly (Ireland)
14) Sean Homer (England)
15) John Moore (England)
16) Pete Bradshaw (New Zealand)
17) Mandy Bradshaw (New Zealand)
18) Marc Chapman (England)
19) Staffan Lundblad (Sweden)
20) Patrik Wessman (Sweden)
21) Alex Pragnell (England)
22) Jouni Valkjärvi (Finland)
23) Petri Tossavainen (Finland)
24) Karsten Hein (Germany)
25) Gerno Grapengeter (Germany)
26) Willi Hettrich (Germany)
27) Lutz Brune (Germany)
28) Jon Angel (England)
29) Richard Linden (England)
30) James Rutherford (England)
31) Ruth Burke (England)
32) Steve Sturdy (England)
33) Will Donnelly (England)
34) Michael Smith (England)
35) Scott Lancley (England)
36) Brad Shepherd (England)
37) Chris Jones (England)
38) Alan Norman (England)
39) Gareth Holmes (England)