Rusty Silber

American Minigolf Alliance member
Rookie of the Year 2015

Born: 1963
Occupation: Sports Director at WRLR, broadcaster, journalist
Mini golf experience: Never before dinner, thanks
Interesting facts: Once invited MCMM founder Mick Cullen to be his color man for a high school football playoff game; Mick successfully predicted a fake punt during the broadcast
Interesting lies: Rusty is a big-time fan of multiple-Guinness-record-holding competitive eater Peter Dowdeswell!

Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2026: 42-40-43-48-43-46--262 (E) (16th/37 overall, 13th/30 Open Division)
2025: 42-39-43-46-49-41--260 (- 2) (T-12th/51 overall, T-9th/43 Open Division)
2024: 43-43-43-41-44-43--257 (+1) (16th/54 overall, 11th/45 Open Division)
2023: 40-49-37-38-47-41--252 (-4) (T-11th/41 overall, T-7th/32 Open Division)
2022: 45-45-46-44-42-41--263 (E) (T-13th/42 overall, T-10th/35 Open Division)
2021: 44-44-37-46-43-45--259 (+4) (5th/28 overall, 3rd/23 Open Division)
2018: 46-40-40-45-45-42--258 (-15) (6th/32 overall, 2nd/27 Open Division)
2017: 44-48-38-49-41-41--261 (-12) (5th/40 overall, 2nd/37 Open Division)
2016: 41-47-42-49-39-38--256 (-17) (T-3rd/42 overall, 2nd/38 Open Division)
2015: 38-44-51-53-37-37--260 (-7) (T-5th/38 overall, T-2nd/30 Open Division)

Course Championships
Wisconsin Adventure, 2015 (38)
Par-King Black, 2015 (37)
Lighthouse, 2017 (38)
Wild West (40) [tied]
Congo Rapids, 2021 (37)
Congo Falls, 2023 (38) [tied]

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

Personal records by course
Aloha Falls: 45 (2018)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: 38 (2023)
Congo Rapids: 37 (2021, 2023)
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Harry Semrow: 44 (2021)
Kristof's: 43 (2025, 2026)
Lighthouse: 38 (2017)
Lost Falls: 46 (2025)
Par-King Black: 37 (2015)
Par-King Red: 37 (2015)
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 (2018)
Wisconsin Adventure: 38 (2015)

Unique Aces (only hole-in-one in MCMM history at a particular hole)
Harry Semrow 2nd

Career highlights
2016: Tied for 3rd place out of 42 overall; took 2nd out of 38 in the Putterz Division, finishing as runner-up in the division for the second straight year...Tied for 2nd place at Lighthouse (42) and Par-King Black (39)...Tied for 4th at Wisconsin Adventure (41)...Tied for 5th at Par-King Red (38)...Was one of ten players to go sixless for the day...His 216-hole scoreless streak was tied for the 6th-longest active streak through 2016...Tied for most holes-in-one at Wisconsin Adventure (2)...Led all players in twos at both Par-King Black (15) and Par-King Red (16), coming one short of the course record for total twos at each layout...Tied for the most total twos on the day (67)...Tied for the fewest bogeys at Wisconsin Adventure (2) and Wild West (0)...Tied for the fewest total bogeys all day (14)...Beat his previous Lighthouse score by 9 strokes (51 to 42)...Lowered his Aloha Falls score by 4 strokes (53 to 49)...Tied for the low front 9 at Par-King Black (20) and Par-King Red (18).
2015: Tied for 5th place out of 38 overall and tied for 2nd out of 30 in the Putterz Division...Took the Rookie of the Year trophy with his total of 7 under par, 42 strokes better than the next-best rookie...Won the course title at Wisconsin Adventure, his first MCMM round, with a 38...Also took the course title at Par-King Black (37)...Tied for 2nd place at Par-King Red (37)...Tied for 3rd at Wild West (44)...Was one of 14 players to go sixless...Tied for second in total holes-in-one (9), leading all players with 3 aces at Par-King Black and tying for the lead with three at Wisconsin Adventure...Tied for the most twos at Wild West (12) and the most fives at Lighthouse (2)...Had seven birdies each at Par-King Black and Red to lead all players at both courses...Tied for the most birdies at Wisconsin Adventure (6)...Tied for the most double bogeys at Lighthouse (2)...Tied for the overall lead in birdies (36)...Scored the lowest back 9 at Wisconsin Adventure (16, tying for the lowest back 9 at any MCMM course)...Aced back-to-back holes at Wisconsin Adventure's 12th and 13th...Tied for the low front 9 at Wild West (21)...Posted the low back 9 at Par-King Black (17) and the low front 9 at Par-King Red (17)...Had a wacky ace at Par-King Red's 3rd hole.