World Adventure Golf Masters

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 2019, it was hosted in Kungälv, Sweden, with 93 competitors from 14 countries including Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, and the United States.



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.

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

In 2024 WAGM championship 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, played on two different 18-hole courses.