Saturday, October 12, 2019

Eleven years ago today...

...I won the Weymouth Open minigolf tournament.


Richard Gottfried, the 2008 Weymouth Open minigolf champion
Weymouth Winner

What a day!


The inaugural Weymouth Open minigolf competition was held on the 18-hole Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park.


Pirate Adventure Mini Golf at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park
One of the holes on the incredibly tricky layout

I had a very good record in Weymouth Open events. As well as winning the individual title in 2008 my team-mate Chris Harding and I were the Weymouth Open doubles champions in 2011.

Richard Gottfried and Chris Harding, the 2011 Weymouth Open doubles champions
The Weymouth Open team champs

I was also runner-up in the 2009 and 2011 events and seventh in 2010. In the 2009 tournament Kevin Moseley and I were tied after two rounds and it took 4-holes of a sudden-death play-off to separate us.

Pirate Adventure Mini Golf at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park
Putting aboard a pirate ship

I've heard that the Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre has undergone some changed over the last few years. It'll be interesting to revisit the layout on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The course was the 77th played on our travels. We've now been to 925 courses since September 2006.

Pirate Adventure Mini Golf at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park
Playing in the 2010 edition of the competition

1 comment:

Richard Gottfried said...

12 years ago today!