Latest BMGA Tour Rankings - Richard & Emily Gottfried

Following the recent BMGA British Doubles Championship in Boscombe the latest BMGA Order of Merit Rankings have been published and I am now ranked 18th of 80 players with 1,475 points.

Emily is ranked 43rd with 201 points.

The full ranking list can be found at:
http://www.minigolf.org.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137%3Aofficial-player-rankings-updated-following-the-doubles-tournament&catid=34%3Arankings&Itemid=60

Gottfried’s 2009 Tour in the Luton News

The Luton News has been a great supporter of me and Emily’s Mini and Crazy Golf Career.

The latest tournament reports to appear in the Luton News and Dunstable Gazette have been:

"Disappointing English Open finish for Gottfried"
http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut/Disappointing-English-Open-finish-for.5257989.jp

"Ninth place for Gottfried"
www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut/Ninth-place-for-Gottfried.5374035.jp

From the archives

Minigolf & Crazy Golf Rankings

Minigolf & Crazy Golf Rankings for Richard & Emily Gottfried as at 16th June 2009.

Richard Gottfried
2008-2009 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 17th of 70 Players*
2009 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 27th of 71 Players**
2007-2008 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 14th of 68 Players
2008 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 8th of 129 Players
2008 WMF World Minigolf Ranking – 425th of 433 Places (443 Players)***
2003-2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Ranking - 45th of 217 Places ****
2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships – 17th of 68 Players*****
2008 AIMG League Ranking – 2nd of 8 Players******

Emily Gottfried
2008-2009 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 43rd of 70 Players
2009 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 57th of 71 Players
2007-2008 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 46th of 68 Players
2008 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 29th of 129 Places
2008 WMF World Minigolf Ranking – 115th of 120 Places (129 Players)
2003-2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Ranking - 82nd of 217 Places
2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships – 43rd of 68 Players
2008 Castle Golf Women’s World Crazy Golf Championships – 3rd of 9 Players

Notes on the Rankings Systems:
* The BMGA Order of Merit Ranking System is calculated by adding a player’s top four scores of the current season to the top two scores from the previous season. BMGA competitions are played on Minigolf Open Standard (MOS) courses.
** The BMGA Season Only League Table Ranking System began on 16/03/2008 following the first event of the 2008 Tour (the PHCGC Open). These rankings are separate to the official BMGA Order of Merit Rankings and are based only on the current season’s results. Points are scored only in official BMGA events and will not be carried forward to the next year. Points are awarded in multiples of 5, starting at 10, up to the second placed player when the difference to the winner will be 10.
*** The WMF World Minigolf Rankings are those of the World Minigolfsport Federation and are published twice annually. Competitions that earn WMF Ranking Points are predominantly played on Eternit, Beton and Swedish Felt Courses.
**** The Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Rankings contain ranking details for the 217 players who have competed in the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships, held in Hastings, between 2003 and 2008.
***** The 2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships Rankings are based on the annual World Crazy Golf Championships that take place in Hastings, rules dictate that all players must use only one type of ball for play (Minigolf tournaments allow players to choose from a number of different balls of varying properties). In 2008 a Women’s Championship was introduced and competed for in parallel with the main tournament.
****** The AIMG League Ranking is based upon weekly competition in 2008 at the Adventure Island Mini Golf Courses at Star City, Birmingham.

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Rankings 2003-2008

Miniaturegolfer.com has published a new Ranking List - the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Rankings.

The list contains ranking details for the 217 players who have competed in the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships, held in Hastings, between 2003 and 2008.

I am currently ranked 45th of 217 with 87.1 ranking points from my two appearances in 2007 and 2008.

Emily is currently ranked 82nd of 217 with 47.6 points from her two appearances in 2007 and 2008.

The full ranking list can be seen at: http://www.miniaturegolfer.com/castle_golf_world_crazy_golf_rankings.html

In the 2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships Richard finished in 17th place of 68 players and Emily was 43rd. Emily was also ranked in 3rd place in the 2008 Castle Golf Women's World Crazy Golf Championship.

Minigolf Doubles - Career Win/Loss Record - 15/06/09

Career Win/Loss Record (Matchplay & Strokeplay)
Played - 22
Won - 11
Drawn - 2
Lost - 9

Minigolf Report – BMGA British Doubles Championship

15th June 2009
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – BMGA British Doubles Championship

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried competed in the BMGA British Doubles Championship at the 18-hole Minigolf course at Boscombe Chine Gardens, Dorset on Sunday 14th June. With regular doubles partner Emily Gottfried currently unable to compete due to injury Richard teamed up with Bath’s Kevin Moseley.

The tournament was played in a matchplay format over 9, 12 and 18-holes and was split into two stages, with a round robin group stage followed by knockout play-offs for positions 1-8 and 9-17.

In the group stage Richard and Kevin picked up one win, one draw and one loss for a total of four points. This was not enough to see them qualify for the 1-8 place play-offs, so the best finish available would be 9th place of 17 teams. In the knockout matches they achieved three straight wins to top the second division after victories against Adrian Jukes & Katherine Marsh (2&1), Simon Locksley & Alan Marsh (3&2), and Brad Shepherd & Chris Jones (one-up after two extra-holes).

Richard said “After the disappointment of finishing third in our group Kevin and I knew we had to play well to win the second division of play-offs and we really did pick up our game. At the end of the tournament we had a record of four wins, a draw and only one loss, so it’s a shame to have only finished 9th, but we didn’t win enough in the round robins so it was the best we could hope to achieve in the end.”

Ends

Photos from the 2009 BMGA British Doubles Championship.

Putting practice.



Hole 5 - Toadstools.



Wishing for a bit of luck before the tournament.



Team 'Squire Trelawney' - Richard Gottfried & Kevin Moseley.

Minigolf Course Visit No. 110 - Tudor Rose Inn, Fordingbridge

Following a tip-off from my Minigolf Doubles Team Mate, Kevin Moseley, we made a short detour on the journey back from Boscombe to the Tudor Rose Inn, Fordingbridge which is home to a good little 9-hole Miniature Golf course.





I scored a 21(+3) and Emily hit a 22(+4).

Minigolf Course Visit No. 109 - Southbourne / Fisherman's Walk

On Sunday 14th June 2009 we played quite possibly one of the worst Crazy Golf courses in the country - Southbourne / Fisherman's Walk, near Boscombe. The setting was good and the ideas were OK but the course played worse than many derelicts I have played.

The course also charged the strangest price for a round of Crazy Golf - £2.05 a round!?

Minigolf Course Visit No. 108 - Boscombe Chine Gardens

The 108th course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was to the home of the 2009 BMGA British Doubles Championship - the 18-hole minigolf course at Boscombe Chine Gardens.

Minigolf Course Visit No. 107 - Lower Gardens, Bournemouth

The second (playable) course of the day on Saturday 13th June 2009 was the 18-hole Mini Golf course at Bournemouth's Lower Gardens.

A very busy and popular course.

It was also Emily's 100th minigolf course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Sadly we didn't have a balloon. However, Emily did beat me by one shot with a magnificent hole-in-one on the 18th to win 39(+3) to 40(+4).










Links:
- Bournemouth Lower Gardens Mini Golf
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

A derelict Minigolf course in Bournemouth

Yet another Minigolf course bites the dust.









Such a waste.

Minigolf Course Visit No. 106 - Sandbanks

Prior to the practice rounds of the BMGA British Doubles Championship at Boscombe's Chine Gardens Minigolf course we stopped off at the 'sister' Crazy Golf course at Sandbanks, Poole for a quick round on the 18-hole Crazy Golf course. The course became the 106th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.









A great course with some tricky obstacles and it will be hosting the 2009 BMGA British Club Championships in October, where I will be helping to defend the title the Midlands Minigolf Club won in Stratford upon Avon last year.

There is no Crazy Golf course in Seaton Carew

There used to be.

Minigolf Course Visits No. 104 & 105 - Ripon, Spa Gardens

On Sunday 7th June 2009 we visited Minigolf courses 104 & 105 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Both were located at the Spa Gardens in Ripon, North Yorkshire.


Course #104 was the 9-hole Crazy Golf on which holes 2, 3 and 4 were unplayable* due to severe flooding.







* I did attempt to play the 4th hole - see the video below



Course #105 was the 18-hole Putting Course next to the Crazy Golf and play was included in the £2.00 fee for the Crazy Golf. The Putting Green was much more playable than the Crazy Golf - in fact both Emily and I Aced hole 3, and I also got a hole-in-one on the 5th.




Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour