Born: 1981
Occupation: Computer tech
Mini golf experience: Many years spent making my friends and family duck at the windmills! Being any good at the game itself? I have fun!
Interesting facts: I can make one helluva cup of coffee! Related to the founder of the IRA... Met Ozzy backstage once!
Interesting lies: I taught Sean Connery everything he knows! I can outdrink Peter O'Toole!
Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2015: 54-62-60-47-38-39--300 (+33) (29th/38 overall, 22nd/30 Open Division)
2014: 63-58-57-58-50-42--328 (+73) (36th/39 overall, 30th/31 Open Division)
2013: 55-61-47-51-46-46--306 (+51) (26th/32 overall, 22nd/26 Open Division)
2012: 62-58-55-71-52-39--337 (+71) (35th/38 overall, 27th/30 Open Division)
2010: 66-57-61-66-60-49--359 (+89) (27th/29)
2009: 65-71-64-53-56-49--358 (+90) (27th/29)
Course Championships
Par-King Red, 2012 (39) (Open Division)
"Most Improved" Course Trophies
Lighthouse, 2012
Aloha Falls, 2013
Hole-in-one history
Aloha Falls: 15th
Ballybunion: none
Congo Falls: none
Congo Rapids: 7th, 12th, 16th
Congo River Kenosha: none
Harry Semrow: none
Kristof's: none
Lighthouse: 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 13th, 18th
Lost Falls: none
Par-King Black: 3rd, 15th
Par-King Red: 6th (2), 11th (2), 12th, 16th (2), 18th (2)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: none
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: none
Sisolak's East: none
Sisolak's West: 4th, 7th, 18th
Wild West: none
Wisconsin Adventure: none
Personal records by course
Aloha Falls: 47 (2015)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: 51 (2013)
Congo Rapids: 47 (2013)
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Harry Semrow: n/a
Kristof's: n/a
Lighthouse: 55 (2012)
Lost Falls: 62 (2012)
Par-King Black: 38 (2015)
Par-King Red: 39 (2012, 2015)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: n/a
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 53 (2009)
Sisolak's East: n/a
Sisolak's West: 57 (2010)
Wild West: 62 (2015)
Wisconsin Adventure: 54 (2015)
Career highlights
2015: Finished 29th out of 38 overall and 24th/30 in the Putterz Division...He beat a higher number of players overall, and in the Putterz Division, than in any of his previous MCMM appearances...Recorded a 38 at Par-King Black to finish just a stroke behind the course winner...Followed that up with a 39 at Par-King Red to tie for sixth at that course and become the only player in MCMM history to record two rounds of 60 or more and two rounds in the 30s in the same tournament...His score of 60 at Lighthouse tied for the highest tally in the field, as did his 62 at Wild West...Tied for the highest total in the field in all of the following categories: fives at Wisconsin Adventure (2), sixes at Wild West (2), sixes at Lighthouse (3), and twos at Par-King Red (14)...Had the fewest twos of any player at Lighthouse (4)...Placed second in the race for the Most Sixes trophy with 5...Also tied for the lead among all players in the following categories: double bogeys at Wisconsin Adventure (3), triple bogeys at Wild West (2), quadruple bogeys at Wild West (1), triple bogeys at Lighthouse (3), pars at Aloha Falls (11), and pars at Par-King Red (11)...His total of 77 at the two Par-King courses was good for second-best among all players.
2014: Finished 36th out of 39 overall and 30th/31 in the Putterz Division...Scored back-to-back holes-in-one at Par-King Red's 11th and 12th holes...Led the field in threes (10) and had the fewest twos (3) at Congo Rapids, setting a new MCMM record in the latter category for that course...Led the field in sixes at Congo Falls (3), tying the MCMM course record...Had the fewest threes at Congo Falls (2)...Tied for the fourth-most total fives (7) and had the third-most total sixes (7) on the day...Tied the record for most bogeys in a round at Congo Rapids (10).
2013: Beat his previous best at Aloha Falls by 16, taking the Most Improved trophy for the course...Was the only player with three holes-in-one in the initial MCMM round at Congo Rapids, including the field's only ace at that course's 7th hole...Tied for low back 9 at Par-King Black (20) en route to beating his previous MCMM best at the course by 6 strokes...Tied for second in the race for the overall Most Improved trophy, improving his overall score by 20 strokes over his previous best...Tied for fewest threes at Lighthouse (3), fewest twos at Congo Rapids (4), most double bogeys at Congo Falls (4), fewest threes at Par-King Black (2), most double bogeys at Par-King Red (2), and most fours at Par-King Red (3)...Posted career highs in total twos (48) and birdies (19) and career lows in total threes (30), fives (2), sixes (5), triple bogeys (3), and quadruple bogeys (2).
2012: Won the Most Improved course trophy at Lighthouse by posting a 55, nine strokes lower than his previous career best...Tied for the high front 9 (29) at Par-King Black...Stunned the field by recording a 39 at Par-King Red, ten strokes lower than his previous career best, tying for the low back 9 (18) and taking the course trophy over Puttz Division player Mick Cullen, who recorded a 38 but had already won a course trophy earlier in the day...Had scored just seven birdies all day but carded five of them at the course...Became by far the lowest overall finisher (35th/38) to win a course trophy...Also became the first player to record a round in the 70s and a round in the 30s in the same tournament, or in the same MCMM career...Had no rounds in the 40s despite his 39 at Par-King Red...Finished third in the overall Most Improved trophy competition, shaving 18 strokes off his previous MCMM best while James Morren (21) and Tommy Schweiss (20) showed slightly larger improvements...Recorded the most 3s (10) at Lighthouse while tying for fewest 2s (4) and fours (0)...Achieved a birdieless round at Aloha Falls, one of 12 players to do so...Tied for fewest birdies (1) at Par-King Black and most birdies (5) at Par-King Red...Scored the fewest total birdies in the field (12).
2010: Recorded six sixes at Action Territory while totaling 66 strokes. He scored no fives in the round...Five of those sixes came on par-2 holes, making Chris the first player ever with five quadruple bogeys in one round...Repeated his 2009 feat of recording just one par at Sisolak's West, tying a tourney record for any course..."Putted for the cycle" in his second round at Sisolak's West, recording an eagle, birdie, par, bogey, double bogey, triple bogey, and quadruple bogey in the same round, becoming just the 15th person in MCMM history to accomplish the feat...Repeated the rare accomplishment in his very next round at Lighthouse, becoming the first person ever to record two "putting for the cycle" rounds in a Mini Masters career, let alone in consecutive rounds...Scored four straight sixes at Lighthouse's 4th-7th holes, tying the consecutive sixes record, on his way to carding another 66...Scored every possible hole score (1-6-4-3-2-5) in a 6-hole span from the 9th to 14th holes at Lighthouse, becoming the first player in MCMM history to accomplish the 6-hole feat twice...Recorded four triple bogeys at Par-King Black to set a single-round MCMM record at that course...Recorded an ace at five of the day's six courses, one of only 3 out of 30 players that day to do so...Recorded second-fewest twos (30) and tied for second-most sixes (15) in tourney field.
2009: Set the still-standing tourney record for fewest pars (4) and most bogeys (10) in one round at Rocky's Fun House Waukegan...His 39 on Sisolak's West's back 9 set a new all-time tournament high, since equaled by Ben Lee...Recorded only one par at Sisolak's West, tying Kate Bieda for an all-time tourney record on any course...Carded six double bogeys at Sisolak's West, setting a new MCMM record for the course...Recorded his first career hole-in-one at Lighthouse's 2nd hole...That hole was his ace in a six-hole span (1st-6th holes) where Chris became the 16th player in MCMM history to record all six possible hole scores in a six-hole span...Recorded only five pars at Par-King Red, tying Lisa Curran's tournament record...Finished 7th out of the day's 9 rookies...Led the field's rookies in fours (23)...Finished second in the race for the birdhouse with twelve sixes...Had the fewest pars (26) and the most bogeys (38) in the tournament, tying for the second-most triple bogeys (10).