Last updated on November 14th, 2024 at 11:41 am
The British Open Speedgolf Championships is ready to return in 2021 with a 36-hole championship as a consequence of be held at The Springs Resort & Golf Membership in Oxfordshire from September 19-20.
The fast-growing sport, which mixes the variety of photographs with the time it takes to finish the spherical for a ultimate rating, will see opponents decide up the tempo around the venue’s course because the contenders battle it out for the titles over two rounds.
Champions might be topped within the elite, novice and girls’s classes. The final match was held at Foxhills in 2019 – no occasion final yr as a consequence of Covid – when New Zealand’s Jamie Reid took the title. He shot 81 in 40 minutes and 57 seconds for a Speedgolf Rating of 121.57. Chris Benians (GB) and Mikko Rantanen (Finland) each shot 74 to take second and third place respectively. Benians, defending his males’s novice title after claiming the honours at Piltdown in 2018, shot 80 in simply 43 minutes and 41 seconds to win the novice title, whereas girls champion Liz McKinnon shot 76 in 50.41 minutes for a speedgolf rating of 126.41.
Scorers in golf buggies will observe the sector, which set off at intervals as they full their spherical on foot, jogging between holes and saving time by eliminating time consuming apply swings and different rituals related to the common recreation. Speedgolfers additionally carry fewer golf equipment – as much as 7 – however usually this implies they must be extra artistic with their photographs.
Ashley Pheasant, Head of Golf at The Springs, which is owned by Darwin Escapes, mentioned: “We’re very a lot about delivering venues which can be fashionable and thrilling and we imagine Speedgolf does this too and is unquestionably blazing its personal path. It will likely be a thrill to look at the perfect of their discipline deal with our improbable golf course in a really totally different means.”
Pam Painter, co-founder of British Speedgolf, added: “Speedgolf continues to evolve, however retains the camaraderie of a grass roots area of interest sport. We hope that the transfer to a 36-hole occasion this yr will set up the championship as a must-play match while proving to others simply what is feasible in the event you decide up the tempo.”