The World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM) is an annual miniature golf competition held by the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF). Founded in Hastings, England, in 2011 with 30 competitors from 6 countries.
In 2026 the last WAGM under the original rules and conventions were held in Winterberg, Germany.
Rules The WAGM is played on an adventure-style miniature golf course with miniature golf balls. Categories include a women's and men's category, as well as senior men and senior women (46 years and older), male and female youth (up to 19 years), and an overall category. In addition, there's a team competition where countries compete in teams of four and a mixed pairs' competition.
History
For its first three years (2011–2013), the WAGM was played in Hastings, England. Participants were mostly from the UK and Germany, with a small number of participants from other countries in Europe, like Sweden and Finland.
In 2014, the competition was held in Gullbergsbro, Gothenburg, Sweden and 50 competitors participated.
In 2016, the competition was held in Pristina, Kosovo. The number of competing countries rose to 15, from 8 the year before.
The 2019 competition was hosted in Kungälv, Sweden, with 93 competitors from 14 countries including Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, and the United States.
In 2023 (June 16–18), the World Adventure Golf Masters were played in Gumpoldskirchen, outside of Vienna, Austria.
In 2024 WAGM championship was played in Brno, Czech Republic, June 14–16, 2024. One of the new features of this WAGM was that it, for the first time ever, was played on two different 18-hole courses.
WAGM 2025 was held in Askim, Sweden on June 13–15, 2025.
WAGM Results 2011 to 2026 Year Location Competitors Countries Overall winner Overall Second Overall Third Team Winner Results2026 Winterberg 120 15 Lukáš Kučera Jesper Lindberg Seve Kukielka Sweden (4)2025 Askim 105 14 Erik Hjalmarsson Mathias Jagschitz Patrick Riener Sweden (3)2024 Brno 75 8 Jiří Kratochvil Jiří Kocián Dušan Fusek Czechia (2)2023 Gumpoldskirchen 105 11 Patrick Riener Fabian Spies Kevin Sundström Austria 2022 Kuopio 75 10 Aki Sillman Tom Ahlberg Tommi Lantta Finland 2021 Kuopio* Canceled. 2020 Gumpoldskirchen* Canceled. 2019 Kungälv 93 14 Gunnar Bengtsson (2) Jens Bergström Hans Olofsson Sweden (2) 2018 Horni Bezdekov 95 16 Daniel Moser Martin Stöckle Daniel Vlcek Czechia 2017 Zaton 94 19 Gunnar Bengtsson Marko Nuotio Harald Exl Germany (6) 2016 Pristina 62 15 Derice Susoho Shumilov Daniel Vlcek Liridon Mehmeti Sweden 2015 Hastings 47 8 Martin Stöckle (3) Michael Smith Oliver Raatjens Germany (5) 2014 Gullbergsbro 53 7 Oleg Klassen Lars Brown Filiph Svensson Germany (4) 2013 Hastings 37 4 Gerrit Below Martin Stöckle Michael Smith Germany (3) 2012 Hastings 20 4 Martin Stöckle (2) Michael Smith James Rutherford Germany (2) 2011 Hastings 30 6 Martin Stöckle Sebastian Kube Michael Smith Germany
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