World Adventure Golf Masters
Current WAGM Champions
Date	2011–2023
Medalists
Patrick Riener   Fabian Spies   Kevin Sundström
Champions
Team	Austria

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.^[1] In 2019, it was hosted in Kungälv, Sweden, with 93 competitors from 14 countries including Sweden, Germany, New Zealand,^[2] and the United States.^[3]

Gold, silver and bronze medals for World Adventure Golf Masters in Kungälv, Sweden, 2019

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.^[4]

In 2014, the competition was held in Gullbergsbro, Gothenburg, Sweden and 50 competitors participated.^[5]

In 2016, the competition was held in Pristina, Kosovo.^[6] The number of competing countries rose to 15, from 8 the year before.

In 2023 (June 16–18), the World Adventure Golf Masters were played in Gumpoldskirchen, outside of Vienna, Austria.^[7]

The upcoming WAGM championship is set to be played in Brno, Czech Republic, June 14-16 2024. One of the new features of the next WAGM is that it, for the first time ever, will be played on two different 18-hole courses. ^[8]

WAGM Results 2011 to 2023

Year	Location	Competitors	Countries	Overall Winner	Overall Second	Overall Third	Team Winner	Results
2023	Gumpoldskirchen	105	11	Patrick Riener	Fabian Spies	Kevin Sundström	Austria	[9]
2022	Kuopio	75	10	Aki Sillman	Tom Ahlberg	Tommi Lantta	Finland	[10]
2021	Kuopio*	Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020	Gumpoldskirchen*	Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2019	Kungälv	93	14	Gunnar Bengtsson	Jens Bergström	Hans Olofsson	Sweden	[11]
2018	Horni Bezdekov	95	16	Daniel Moser	Martin Stöckle	Daniel Vlcek	Czech Republic	[12]
2017	Zaton	94	19	Gunnar Bengtsson	Marko Nuotio	Harald Exl	Germany	[13]
2016	Pristina	62	15	Derice Susoho Shumilov	Daniel Vlcek	Liridon Mehmeti	Sweden	[14]
2015	Hastings	47	8	Martin Stöckle	Michael Smith	Oliver Raatjens	Germany	[15]
2014	Gullbergsbro	53	7	Oleg Klassen	Lars Brown	Filiph Svensson	Germany	[16]
2013	Hastings	37	4	Gerrit Below	Martin Stöckle	Michael Smith	Germany	[17]
2012	Hastings	20	4	Martin Stöckle	Michael Smith	John McIver	Germany	[18]
2011	Hastings	30	6	Martin Stöckle	Sebastian Kube	Michael Smith	Germany	[19]

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