Lisa Curran

Most Improved 2000, 2004

Most Sixes 1997, 1998, 1999

Born: 1977

Occupation: Underpaid babysitter (or math teacher)

Mini golf experience: Yes.

Interesting lies: Lisa was once Rick Moranis's character in an off-Broadway production of Ghostbusters on Ice. She also enjoys combing lint out of lampshades with a tuning fork.

Player History

Past MC Mini Masters Results

2016: 46-52-48-47-55-48--296 (+23) (28th/42 overall, 24th/38 Open Division)

2012: 53-45-47-57-43-46--291 (+25) (15th/38 overall, 10th/30 Open Division)

2011: 59-45-50-46-45-45--290 (+20) (17th/30 overall, 13th/22 Open Division)

2010: 57-44-44-46-45-46--282 (+12) (10th/29)

2009: 56-44-47-44-50-43--284 (+16) (12th/29)

2008: 48-51-49-50-49-48--291 (+22) (14th/24)

2007: 48-61-48-42-41-54--294 (+19) (T-11th/25)

2006: 50-53-51-46-48-62--310 (+35) (19th/26)

2004: 55-48-43-50-52-50--298 (+21) (T-14th/36)

2003: 47-65-60-44-44-58--318 (+38) (27th/32)

2001: 55-58-46-52-47-44--302 (+25) (21st/35)

2000: 55-62-53-43-47-49--309 (+32) (14th/18)

1999: 61-77-50-62-50-55--355 (+78) (26th/26)

1998: 58-77-58-49-58-72--372 (+95) (11th/11)

1997: 70-81-51-62-62-66--392 (+115) (12th/13)

Course Championships

Kristof's, 2007 (41) [tied]

Hole-in-one history

Aloha Falls: 15th

Ballybunion: none

Congo Falls: none

Congo Rapids: none

Congo River Kenosha: 3rd, 4th, 7th
Harry Semrow: none

Kristof's: 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th (2), 9th (2), 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th

Lighthouse: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (3), 7th, 9th (2), 11th, 15th, 16th (2), 18th (3)

Lost Falls: 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th

Par-King Black: 1st, 3rd (2), 7th, 10th, 11th, 14th

Par-King Red: 4th (3), 7th, 18th (2)

Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: 18th

Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 18th

Sisolak's East: 7th, 18th (2)

Sisolak's West: 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 18th (3)

Wild West: none

Wisconsin Adventure: 12th

Personal records by course

Aloha Falls: 47 (2016)

Ballybunion: 50 (2004)

Congo Falls: n/a

Congo Rapids: n/a

Congo River Kenosha: 47 (2003)
Harry Semrow: n/a

Kristof's: 41 (2007)

Lighthouse: 42 (2007)

Lost Falls: 48 (2004)

Par-King Black: 43 (2012)

Par-King Red: 43 (2009)

Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: 48 (2007)

Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 44 (2009)

Sisolak's East: 46 (2001)

Sisolak's West: 43 (2000)

Wild West: 52 (2016)

Wisconsin Adventure: 46 (2016)

Career Highlights

2016: After a four-year hiatus, returned to place 28th out of 42 players overall, 9th among the 15 female competitors, and 24th out of 38 in the Putterz Division...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 in the same round at Par-King Black, extending her MCMM career record to 10 such rounds...Led all players with four 4s at Par-King Black...Tied for the fewest pars at Aloha Falls (4)...With a hole-in-one at Wisconsin Adventure's 12th hole, added a 12th course to her career aces list...Sliced 5 strokes off her previous career low at Aloha Falls (52 to 47)...Posted the high back 9 at Par-King Black (29).

2012: Placed 3rd among the day's 14 female putters...Led the field with nine 3s at Par-King Black, and was one of only 4 players with no 4s at the course...Was only one three off of tying for the tourney lead in total threes, scoring 46 threes on the day...Only had 11 hole scores over 3 all day, a mark that was beaten by only 6 players...Tallied a career-high 58 pars on the day, leading the tourney field...Scored a personal low of 43 at Par-King Black.

2011: Tied for the most pars in the first round at Sisolak's West's 1st round (10)...Tied for the lowest score (17) on the back 9 at Lighthouse...Tied for the lowest score on the front 9 at Par-King Red (18)...Finished 7th out of the 12 female competitors...Tied her career high in 2s (58) and her career low in 5s (3) and set a new career low in triple bogeys (2).

2010: Finished 4th out of the 13 female competitors...Became the second former Most Sixes winner to finish in the top ten of the field...Bettered her previous career best score by 4 strokes...Tied for the most pars (12) and eagles (1) at Par-King Black and most eagles (1) at Par-King Red...One of only two players with an eagle at both Par-King courses...Set a new career high in 2s (58) and pars (54) and a new career low in 4s (6) and double bogeys (4).

2009: Finished 5th out of 14 female players...Improved her previous career low total by 3 strokes...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 at two courses (Action Territory & Par-King Black)... Finished with only one fewer hole-in-one and one fewer eagle than the tourney leader...Set a new career high in 2s (58)...

2008: Finished 6th out of 11 female putters...Tied for most triple bogeys at Rocky's Fun House Gurnee (2)...Tied for most 4s at Par-King Red (3)...Tied for most birdies at Par-King Red (4)...Tied career low total in 5s (3)...Set new career high in pars (47).

2007: On the fourth tiebreaker, Lisa took home the course title at Kristof's over Michael Cullen with a 41...In doing so, she became the first former Most Sixes winner to take a course title trophy...Tied for the low back 9 at Kristof's (21)...Finished 5th out of 12 female players...Set career low at Lighthouse (42)...Bettered her previous career low total by 2 strokes...Tied for the most holes-in-one at Kristof's.

2006: Finished 7th out of 12 female players...Tied for most 5s at Congo River (2) and Kristof's (2)...Set a career high in total eagles (5)...Extended her career-best sixless streak to 178 holes before recording a six.

2004: Became the first former Most Sixes winner to go sixless for an entire tournament, just five years after winning her third straight Most Sixes trophy...Finished just one stroke off the low score at Lighthouse...Placed 3rd out of 12 female putters...Led the field in 4s at Congo River (8) and 3s at Lighthouse (10) and Ballybunion (12), the last of which still stands as an MCMM record...One of four players with 2 eagles at Congo River...Tied for the lead in pars at Lighthouse (10)...Set career low at Action Territory (48).

2003: Had highest score on both back 9 and front 9 at Sisolak's East...Had the lowest score on the back 9 at Lighthouse (16), which remains tied for the all-time MCMM record...Finished 9th out of 11 female players...Tied for the tourney lead in triple bogeys (9)...Posted career-low score at Congo River (47).

2001: Finished 10th out of 18 female competitors...Tied for the tourney lead in 2s at Kristof's (13)...Tied for the fewest 3s (1) at the same course...Tied for the tourney low in total holes-in-one (2...Led the field in bogeys at Sisolak's West (7).

2000: Avoided taking the Most Sixes trophy for the first time in MCMM history after winning the first three...After posting 24, 21, and 16 sixes in her first three years, tallied only 5 in this edition...Had highest back-9 score at Congo River (33)...Posted her first career under-par round at Sisolak's West (43), tying for the 3rd-lowest score at the course...Finished 6th out of 8 female players...Tied for most holes-in-one (2) and eagles (2) at Congo River...Led in threes at Kristof's (9)...Scored the most bogeys at Action Territory (6) and Kristof's (8)...Tied for lead in pars at Sisolak's West (13).

1999: Had highest score on front 9 at Congo River (34)...Had high score on front 9 (39) and back 9 (38) on her way to the high score (77) at Action Territory...Posted a still-record-tying 8 sixes at the same course...Followed that up with her first career sixless round at Sisolak's East...Tied for highest back 9 at Sisolak's West (31)...Posted first par round of career at Lighthouse...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 in same round on each of the day's last 3 courses...Led or tied for the lead in sixes at four of the day's courses...Posted new career low in sixes (16) but still took her third Most Sixes trophy, more than doubling the players tied for second (7)...Led the field in triple bogeys (13) and quadruple bogeys (6).

1998: Posted high score on front 9 (28) and back 9 (39) at Action Territory while posting the high score of the day (77)...Tied for high front 9 (33) and back 9 (25) at Sisolak's East while posting the field's highest score at the course (58)...Claimed high back 9 at Lighthouse (34) and Kristof's (42)...Overall, had high score at 4 of the day's 6 courses...Took her second Most Sixes trophy by recording 21 of the field's 49 total sixes...Also tied for the high total in fours (18)...Led the field in triple bogeys (14) and quadruple bogeys (8).

1997: Posted first six in MCMM history at Congo River's 3rd hole...Posted her first career hole-in-one on the 3rd hole at Sisolak's West...Finished 6th out of 7 female players...Claimed the high score on 4 of the day's six courses...Took the first Most Sixes trophy in MCMM history with 24 sixes, which remains tied for the all-time one-tourney record...Had the fewest threes in the field (25)...Led the field in triple bogeys (18) and quadruple bogeys (9) but also tied for the lead in eagles (4).