Player Profile
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Ben Lee #
- Spirit of the Game Award 2010
Most Sixes 2010, 2023
Most Improved 2015
Ben Lee
Age: 24
Occupation: Law student, Lego master
Mini golf experience: Ben had his 9th birthday party at Golf & Games. He takes his mom mini-golfing for Mother's Day each year and is looking forward to playing both courses at Par-King again this year. He has been intentionally scoring badly on some courses the last few years for reasons unknown. Perhaps he is a spy...
Interesting facts: Ben has every Lego Mars Mission set except for one. In his spare time he enjoys playing soccer and burning pinecones. He is also a Polar Bear Plunge veteran, completing his first plunge 1/1/2009!
Interesting lies: Ben has 14 cats and likes to wrap them up and give them away as gifts. On the weekends he dances with his cats and teaches them how to make a shiv out of a bedpost.
Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2023: 49-60-65-74-75-85--408 (+125) (41st/41 overall, 32nd/32 Putterz Division)
2022: 53-53-41-49-80-40--315 (+ 52) (39th/42 overall, 34th/35 Putterz Division)
2021: 41-56-53-44-50-48--292 (+ 37) (19th/28 overall, 17th/23 Putterz Division)
2015: 42-57-55-54-42-44--294 (+ 27) (T-24th/38 overall, T-17th/30 Putterz Division)
2010: 77-72-74-58-55-58--394 (+124) (29th/29)
2009: 77-70-57-62-64-54--384 (+116) (28th/29)
Course Championships
None
Hole-in-one history
Action Territory: none
Aloha Falls/Libertyville: 6th
Ballybunion: none
Congo Falls: 1st
Congo Rapids: 6th
Congo River: none
Harry Semrow: none
Kristof's: 1st, 13th, 16th (2)
Lighthouse: 4th (2)
Par-King Black: 6th, 7th, 9th, 16th, 18th
Par-King Red: 15th, 17th
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: none
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: none
Sisolak's East: none
Sisolak's West: 18th
Wild West (Action Territory): 1st, 11th (2), 13th
Wisconsin Adventure (Action Territory): 2nd, 8th, 15th
Personal records by course
Action Territory: 77 (2009, 2010)
Aloha Falls: 54 (2015)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: 44 (2021)
Congo Rapids: 53 (2021)
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Harry Semrow: 56 (2021)
Kristof's: 41 (2021, 2022)
Lighthouse: 55 (2015)
Par-King Black: 42 (2015)
Par-King Red: 40 (2022)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: n/a
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 62 (2009)
Sisolak's East: n/a
Sisolak's West: 70 (2009)
Wild West: 53 (2022)
Wisconsin Adventure: 42 (2015)
Unique Aces (only ace in MCMM history at a given hole)
None
Career Highlights
2015: Tied for 24th out of 38 players overall and tied for 17th out of 30 players in the Putterz Division...Won the Most Improved trophy by cutting 89 strokes off his previous low score, the largest margin ever by a Most Improved player...Tied for low front 9 at Wisconsin Adventure (20)...Posted a new personal best at Lighthouse (55)...Tied for the high back 9 at Aloha Falls (29)...Beat his previous best score at Par-King Black by 13 (55 to 42) and at Par-King Red by 10 (54 to 44)...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 at both Wild West and Lighthouse...Led all players with 5 holes-in-one during the first two rounds (typing for the most at each course), and eventually tied for fourth overall with 8 aces...Scored the most fours at Aloha Falls (7)...Tied for the most twos at Wild West (2)...Led all players in total eagles (6) and double bogeys (14)...Had two of the field's five eagles at Wisconsin Adventure...Tied for the most eagles (2) and triple bogeys (2) at Wild West...Tied for the most double bogeys at Lighthouse (2) and led all players in double bogeys at Aloha Falls (6)...
2010: Finished 29th out of 29 players...Has the highest score in the field in four of the day's six rounds: Action Territory (77), Sisolak's West round 1 (72), Sisolak's West round 2 (74), and Par-King Red (58)...Won the Most Sixes trophy with 17 maximum hole scores...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 in the same round for three consecutive rounds (SW2, LH, PKB)...Had the fewest total twos (25) and the most fives (14) in the tournament...Was alone or tied for the fewest twos in four rounds (AT, SW1, SW2, PKR), had the most fours at Par-King Red (7, an MCMM record for the course), was tied for the most fives (3) in each Sisolak's West round, and led all players in fives at Action Territory (5)...Also had the most sixes in each Sisolak's West round (4 & 5)...Totaled the fewest birdies (11), the fewest pars (28), and the most triple bogeys (18) in the tournament...Managed the rare feat of "putting for the cycle" when he scored an eagle, birdie, par, bogey, double bogey, triple bogey, and quadruple bogey in the same round at Par-King Black...Tied for the high front 9 (35) and led all alone for high back 9 (37) at Sisolak's West round 1...Tied for the high front 9 (35) and led all alone for high back 9 (39, tying an MCMM record) at Sisolak's West round 2...Improved upon his 2009 score at Par-King Black by 9 strokes (64 to 55).
2009: Placed 28th out of 29 players and 8th out of 9 rookies...Finished third in the race for the most sixes (11)...Had the highest score in the field at Action Territory (77) and Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (62)...Had the second-highest score in the field at Par-King Black (64) and Par-King Red (54)...Had the third-highest score at Sisolak's West (70)...Carded the high front 9 at Action Territory (40) and Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (33)...Earned the first hole-in-one of his MCMM career at Par-King Black's 7th hole...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 at Par-King Black...Had the fewest twos (22) and most fives (16) of any player...Led all putters in fives at Action Territory (5), Sisolak's West (3), and Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (4)...Tied for the most fours at Par-King Red (4) and the most threes at Par-King Black (3)...Had the fewest twos at Action Territory (2), Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (4), and Par-King Red (5)...His round at Action Territory was only the third twoless round in MCMM history and only the second with no twos or holes-in-one...Led all players in triple bogeys (12)...Tied for most bogeys (7) and triple bogeys (4) at Action Territory, while scoring 0 birdies...Scored the most triple bogeys at Sisolak's West (4)...Tied for the most bogeys at Lighthouse (5)...Recorded the most double bogeys at Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (5) while tying for the most triple bogeys (1)...Tied for the fewest pars (5) and birdies (0) at Par-King Black...Led all players with three quadruple bogeys at Par-King Black (3)...Had the most double bogeys at Par-King Red (3).
