Minigolf Player Profile - Richard Gottfried

Richard Gottfried
Member of the Midlands Minigolf Club
Debut – 2007 BMGA British Masters – 24th Place
Putter – Funsports

2007 Tour
Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club Open – DNP
BMGA Irish Open – DNP
BMGA British Masters – 24th
BMGA English Open – 23rd
BMGA Brighton Open – 18th
BMGA Players Championship – 5th
BMGA British International Open – 29th
BMGA British Championships – 19th
BMGA Doubles Championships – DNP
BMGA Club Championships – DNP
BMGA Midland Invitational Tournament – 4th
BMGA Midland Open – 15th
Tunbridge Wells Invitational Tournament – DNP
Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships 2007 – 39th
BMGA Kent Open – 12th
2006-2007 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 34th

2008 Tour
Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club Open – 25th
BMGA British Masters – 22nd
Pleasure Beach Open – 6th
Midland Invitational Tournament – 3rd
Nations Cup (Individual) – 51st
Nations Cup (Team) – 13th
The Viking Horn – 5th
BMGA British Doubles Tournament – 11th
BMGA English Open – 4th
BMGA British Club Championships – 1st
BMGA Brighton Open – 19th
BMGA British Championships – 18th
BMGA Players Championship – 16th
BMGA British Open – 28th
Weymouth Open – 1st
Tunbridge Wells Invitational Tournament – DNP
BMGA British Matchplay Championships – 26th
Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2008 – 17th
BMGA Kent Open – 13th
2007-2008 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 14th of 68 Players
2008 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 8th of 129 Players

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Press Information
For Immediate Release
7th November 2007

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Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried sunk the final putt of his debut season on the British Minigolf Association 2007 Tour at the BMGA Kent Open last weekend (4th November). Richard finished strongly in the season finale, carding a score of 124 over three rounds, just 12 shots off the tournament winner Sean Homer, and placing 12th of 32 players in a field containing some of the best Minigolfers in Great Britain and the world.

Richard, 27 is now ranked as the 34th best Minigolfer in the BMGA 2007 Order of Merit after gaining 527 Ranking Points since making his first appearance in the BMGA British Masters in April. In total Richard has competed in ten tournaments and played 660 holes of competitive Minigolf on the 2007 Tour, which has seen him travel to courses in Brighton, Margate, Hastings, Southend and Warwick.

Among his best results this season were his 4th place in the BMGA Midlands Invitational Tournament (MIT) and his 5th place finish in the BMGA Players Championship.

Richard said “I feel this has been a great year of competition for me, I have played in some big tournaments against the top players. There have been many great moments for me this season including making the cut for the second day of the BMGA British Open; my 4th and 5th place finishes in the MIT and the BMGA Players Championship, and taking part in the World Crazy Golf Championships. I am looking forward to the start of play on the 2008 Tour and some more top ten finishes.”

Richard added “My next three goals in my Minigolf career are to win a tournament on the BMGA Tour, reach the top 20 of the BMGA British Rankings and to play for the Great Britain Team in a World or European Championship.”

Veterans of the BMGA Tour have also noticed Richard’s talents, with Four-Time World Crazy Golf Champion Tim ‘Ace Man’ Davies calling Richard “The most promising talent to arrive on the British Minigolf scene since me."

Richard’s first tournaments of the 2008 Tour include the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club Open, the BMGA Matchplay Knockout Tournament and the BMGA Irish Open in Belfast.

Below is a photo of Richard putting on the 16th hole 'Shark's Teeth’ at Margate.