Derek Hartmann

American Mini Golf Alliance member
M.C. Mini Masters champion 2025
Open Division Champion 2023
Rookie of the Year 2017
Looniest Mini Golf Open champion 2026
Illinois Open champion 2026
Chicago Mini Golf Open champion 2026

Age: Over 30, under 271.3
Occupation: Financial planner
Mini golf experience: 8 minutes
Interesting facts: Plays in an online trivia league that relies on the honor system. Knows more about hip-hop impresarios than his rival, Mick Cullen.
Interesting lies: Knows all the words to Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero." Can sing "Only You" in seven different languages. Known in the underground jazz scene as "The Velour Tremor."

Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2026: 35-36-41-42-41-41--236 (-26) (2nd/37 overall, 1st/4 Champions' Division)
2025: 40-38-36-41-39-35--238 (-24) (1st/51 overall, 1st/43 Open Division)
2024: 39-39-39-38-44-40--239 (-17) (2nd/54 overall, 2nd/45 Open Division)
2023: 40-43-39-39-45-36--242 (-14) (T-2nd/41 overall, 1st/32 Open Division)
2022: 43-50-44-41-41-41--260 (- 3) (9th/42 overall, 7th/35 Open Division)
2018: 53-40-44-47-41-37--262 (-11) (7th/32 overall, 3rd/27 Open Division)
2017: 43-51-45-46-40-38--263 (-10) (6th/40 overall, 3rd/37 Open Division)

Course Championships
Par-King Red, 2017 (38) [tied]
Wild West, 2018 (40) [tied]
Par-King Red, 2023 (36)
Lost Falls, 2025 (41)
Wisconsin Adventure, 2025 (35) [tied]
Congo Falls, 2026 (36) [tied]
Lost Falls, 2026 (42)

"Most Improved" Course Trophies
Wild West, 2018

Hole-in-one history
Aloha Falls/Libertyville: none
Ballybunion: none
Congo Falls: 1st, 5th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 16th, 17th
Congo Rapids: 4th, 7th, 9th (3)
Congo River Kenosha: none
Kristof's: 8th, 10th, 15th, 18th
Lighthouse: 3rd, 11th, 18th
Lost Falls: 11th, 12th, 14th
Par-King Black: 6th, 10th (2), 13th
Par-King Red: 4th, 6th (3), 11th (2), 12th (3), 16th
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: none
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: none
Sisolak's East: none
Sisolak's West: none
Wild West: 2nd, 7th, 8th (2), 12th
Wisconsin Adventure: 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th (3), 14th (2), 16th, 17th (2)

Personal records by course
Aloha Falls: 46 (2017)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: 36 (2026)
Congo Rapids: 35 (2026)
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Kristof's: 36 (2025)
Lighthouse: 44 (2018)
Lost Falls: 41 (2025)
Par-King Black: 40 (2017)
Par-King Red: 36 (2023)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: n/a
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: n/a
Sisolak's East: n/a
Sisolak's West: n/a
Wild West: 39 (2024, 2025)
Wisconsin Adventure: 35 (2025)

Career highlights
To be added