Nate Blazier

Most Holes-in-one trophy winner 2014
M.C. Mini Masters Match Play Invitational champion 2022
Chicago Mini Golf Open champion 2024

Born: 1984
Occupation: Ne'er-do-well, flamingo constructionist caterer
Mini golf experience: Scored the 2,000th hole-in-one in Mini Masters history (in his rookie year of 2013). Partnered with Justin Gutche to win the Chicago Mini Golf Open in Bolingbrook in 2024; lost a 17-hole sudden-death playoff as they tried to repeat for that title in 2025. Won the MCMM Match Play Invitational title at Congo River in 2022!

Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2026: 42-40-43-45-43-42--255 (- 7) (7th/37 overall, 4th/30 Open Division)
2025: 45-42-44-46-41-42--260 (- 2) (T-12th/51 overall, T-9th/43 Open Division)
2024: 42-47-39-43-47-40--258 (+2) (T-17th/54 overall, T-12th/45 Open Division)
2023: 43-44-46-48-43-51--275 (+19) (T-27th/41 overall, T-25th/32 Putterez Division)
2022: 43-40-45-48-46-36--258 (- 5) (8th/42 overall, 6th/35 Putterz Division)
2019: 51-43-47-47-45-43--276 (+ 3) (11th/46 overall, 7th/40 Putterz Division)
2018: 47-43-51-49-48-39--277 (+ 4) (14th/32 overall, 10th/27 Putterz Division)
2017: 48-54-50-48-40-46--286 (+13) (18th/40 overall, 15th/37 Putterz Division)
2016: 43-53-45-49-43-41--274 (+ 1) (12th/42 overall, 8th/38 Putterz Division)
2015: 52-50-44-50-49-43--288 (+21) (22nd/38 overall, 15th/30 Putterz Division)
2014: 59-55-46-48-43-39--290 (+35) (22nd/39 overall, 16th/31 Putterz Division)
2013: 54-49-49-47-44-40--283 (+28) (T-14th/32 overall, T-10th/26 Putterz Division)

Course Championships
Wild West, 2022 (40)

"Most improved" course trophies
Par-King Black, 2017
Congo Falls, 2024

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

Personal records by course
Aloha Falls: 47 (2019)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: 39 (2024)
Congo Rapids: 42 (2026)
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Kristof's: 43 (2026)
Lighthouse: 44 (2015)
Lost Falls: 45 (2026)
Par-King Black: 40 (2017)
Par-King Red: 36 (2022)
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: 40 (2022)
Wisconsin Adventure: 42 (2024, 2025, 2026)

Career highlights
2016: Placed 12th out of 42 players overall, 8th out of 38 in the Putterz Division, both personal bests...His total of 1 over par was 20 strokes better than his previous personal record, placing him 4th in the race for the Most Improved trophy...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 at Wild West...Scored one of the eight eagles at Wisconsin Adventure...Recorded the most pars (12) and tied for the fewest bogeys (2) at Wisconsin Adventure as well...Posted the lowest front 9 at Wisconsin Adventure (19), setting a new MCMM record for the course, en route to beating his 2015 score at the course by 9 strokes (43 to 52)...Set a new personal best at Aloha Falls (49)...Equaled his previous best at Par-King Black (43)...Set new personal highs in total twos (55), eagles (4), and pars (59), and new personal lows in total fours (8), bogeys (17), and double bogeys (4).
2015: Finished 22nd out of 38 overall and 15th out of 30 in the Putterz Division...It was his second straight year finishing 22nd overall and his second time in three years placing in the top half of Putterz players...Scored a 44 at Lighthouse to post a new personal best by five strokes...Also beat his previous low score at Aloha Falls by recording a 50, four strokes lower than his prior record...His overall total of 21 over par was a new personal record...Was one of six players who did not score a five all day...Tied for most double bogeys at Wisconsin Adventure (3) and Par-King Black (3)...Tied for most pars at Aloha Falls (11).
2014: Placed 22nd out of 39 players overall, 16th out of 31 in the Putterz Division...Won the Most Holes-in-one Trophy, tying Matthew Cullen for the lead in the field (9) and winning the trophy in a tiebreak by virtue of never having won it before...Raised his average to 1.25 holes-in-one per 18 holes through 2 years of MCMM play...His aces included the wacky hole #11 at Lighthouse...Recorded three aces in his final 12 holes of the day, one of just three players with three aces at Par-King Red...Tied for the fifth-lowest score at that course as he posted his first career sub-40 MCMM round.
2013: Tied for 14th out of 32 players overall, finishing 3rd out of 7 rookies (+28)...Scored his first two MCMM holes-in-one on back-to-back holes (Lighthouse's 1st and 2nd)...The aces helped him to his first under-par MCMM round (a 1-under 49)...Became the first player in MCMM history to record a hole-in-one at Congo Falls' 14th hole...That ace marked the 2,000th Mini Masters hole-in-one, a feat that earned Nate a trophy...His 40 at Par-King Red tied him for 2nd in the tourney field...Led all players in fours (4) and bogeys (7, tied) at Lighthouse while tying for fewest twos at the same course (4)...Also scored the fewest threes at Par-King Red (2).