Ed Montano

Most Holes-in-one trophy winner 2009
Rookie of the Year 2009

Ed Montano
Age: 37
Occupation: Popeye the sailor man
Mini golf experience: He's strong to the finish
Interesting facts: 'Cause he eats his spinach
Interesting lies: He's Ed-eye the sailor man

Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2016: 39-52-44-52-40-45--272 (-1) (T-10th/42 overall, T-6th/38 Putterz Division)
2009: 53-44-47-37-39-44--264 (-4) (T-4th/29)

Course Championships
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan, 2009 (37)
Wisconsin Adventure, 2016 (39)

Hole-in-one history
Action Territory: none
Ballybunion: none
Congo Falls: none
Congo Rapids: none
Congo River: none
Kristof's: none
Libertyville: none
Lighthouse: 4th
Par-King Black: 3rd, 6th, 15th
Par-King Red: 5th, 9th
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: none
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 2nd, 7th
Sisolak's East: none
Sisolak's West: 12th
Wild West: 12th
Wisconsin Adventure: 12th, 16th

Unique Aces (only ace in MCMM history at a given hole)
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan 2nd

Personal records by course
Action Territory: 53 (2009)
Aloha Falls: 52 (2016)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: n/a
Congo Rapids: n/a
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Kristof's: n/a
Lighthouse: 44 (2016)
Par-King Black: 39 (2009)
Par-King Red: 44 (2009)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: n/a
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 37 (2009)
Sisolak's East: n/a
Sisolak's West: 44 (2009)
Wild West: 52 (2016)
Wisconsin Adventure: 39 (2016)

Career Highlights
2016: Tied for 10th out of 42 overall and 6th out of 38 in the Putterz Division...Started the day off with a bang by winning the title at Wisconsin Adventure with a 39...Got down to 6 under par with an eagle on the first hole of Wild West before falling out of the lead with a triple-bogey 6 on the 2nd hole, his first six in MCMM competition; took a second six just four holes later...Tied for 4th at Par-King Black (40)...Tied for the fewest total fours (3) all day...Tied for the most holes-in-one (2) and most birdies (7) at Wisconsin Adventure...Tied for the most eagles at Wild West (2)...Earned the most pars at Lighthouse (11)...Tallied the most pars at Par-King Black (15), tying the MCMM record for that course...His hole-in-one at Par-King Red's 9th was a rare one--through 2016, that hole had surrendered just 4 aces in 301 MCMM attempts (1.33%)...Led all players with 60 total pars while his 14 bogeys were the fewest in the field...Recorded a new personal best for Lighthouse by 3 strokes (44 to 47).
2009: Finished tied for 4th out of 29 overall in his first Mini Masters, topping the nine-rookie field to take the Rookie of the Year trophy...Was the first rookie to finish under par since 2003; through 2017, it's the fifth-best total by a rookie (excluding 1997) in tournament history...Also tied for the overall lead in holes-in-one with 7, winning the Most Holes-in-one Trophy in a tiebreak...Won the course title at Rocky's Fun House Waukegan in the only year the course was in the Mini Masters, posting a 37...Placed second at Par-King Black (39)...At Rocky's Fun House Waukegan, was the only player with multiple holes-in-one (2), tied for the fewest threes (3), and was one of just three players with no hole score over 3...Also led all players with three aces at Par-King Black...Was one of five players to go sixless on the day...Was the only player to earn an eagle on four different courses, and tied for the overall lead with four total eagles on the day...Earned his first MCMM hole-in-one with an ace at Sisolak's West's 12th hole...Recorded the lowest back 9 at Sisolak's West (17)...Went the entire day without farting more than once at any individual course...His front 9 score of 16 at Rocky's Fun House Waukegan tied the lowest front 9 on any course in MCMM history...Became the first rookie to play in the final foursome since Dale Hanson in 2002.