Player Profile
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R.J. Dusak #
- American Mini Golf Alliance member
M.C. Mini Masters Champion 2005
Most Holes-in-one trophy winner 2000
Rookie of the Year 1999
Age: 43
Occupation: Who knows?
Mini golf experience: Enough.
Interesting facts: Likes to squash bugs, driver for the UPS Big Brown Truck racing team, all-around nice guy.
Interesting lies: What is a lie, really? Come on, you think you have some secret, infallible method of lie detection? RJ bets $100 that you don't.
Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2023: 41-43-38-42-41-40--245 (-11) (6th/41 overall, 2nd/4 Champions Division)
2019: 37-47-41-48-40-37--250 (-23) (2nd/46 overall, 2nd/4 Champions Division)
2018: 43-45-37-43-39-36--243 (-30) (2nd/32 overall, 2nd/4 Champions Division)
2016: 47-42-42-47-42-36--256 (-17) (T-3rd/42 overall, 2nd/4 Champions Division)
2015: 40-47-49-46-40-42--264 (- 3) (9th/38 overall, 5th/5 Champions Division)
2014: 42-44-41-46-39-35--247 (- 8) (3rd/39 overall, 3rd/4 Champions Division)
2012: 54-45-44-44-40-41--268 (+ 2) (7th/38 overall, 5th/5 Champions Division)
2007: 41-44-37-41-43-45--251 (-24) (2nd/25)
2005: 38-46-44-42-41-52--263 (- 7) (1st/37)
2004: 45-46-42-44-46-46--269 (- 8) (6th/36)
2003: 45-45-39-38-49-52--268 (-12) (T-5th/32)
2002: 42-49-45-43-48-44--271 (- 9) (T-7th/27)
2001: 42-52-42-43-45-47--271 (- 6) (11th/35)
2000: 43-47-45-44-41-49--269 (- 8) (3rd/18)
1999: 49-52-38-47-39-45--270 (- 7) (3rd/26)
Course Championships
Sisolak's East, 1999 (38)
Lighthouse, 1999 (39)
Libertyville, 2002 (44) [tied]
Lighthouse, 2004 (42) [tied]
Congo River, 2005 (38)
Congo River, 2007 (41) [tied]
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee, 2007 (37)
Libertyville, 2007 (45) [tied]
Aloha Falls, 2014 (42) [tied]
Par-King Red, 2014 (35)
Wild West, 2016 (42) [tied]
Par-King Red, 2016 (36) [tied]
Lighthouse, 2018 (37) [tied]
Wisconsin Adventure, 2019 (37)
Par-King Red, 2019 (37)
Hole-in-one history
Action Territory: 4th, 8th, 16th, 18th
Aloha Falls/Libertyville: 10th, 11th, 15th (2), 18th
Ballybunion: 2nd
Congo Falls: 14th
Congo Rapids: 5th, 12th, 13th
Congo River: 5th, 8th (2), 10th, 11th, 12th
Kristof's: 1st, 6th, 7th (2), 9th, 15th (2), 17th, 18th
Lighthouse: 1st, 3rd, 4th (4), 5th, 12th, 16th (6), 18th (2)
Par-King Black: 8th, 9th, 18th
Par-King Red: 3rd (2), 4th, 5th, 6th (2), 11th (4), 18th (3)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: 12th
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: none
Sisolak's East: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 12th, 15th
Sisolak's West: 1st, 4th (2), 8th, 9th, 17th
Wild West (Action Territory): none
Wisconsin Adventure (Action Territory): 5th, 11th, 15th
Personal records by course
Action Territory: 44 (2007)
Aloha Falls: 42 (2014)
Ballybunion: 41 (2005)
Congo Falls: 42 (2023)
Congo Rapids: 38 (2023)
Congo River Kenosha: 38 (2005)
Kristof's: 42 (2005)
Lighthouse: 37 (2018)
Par-King Black: 39 (2014, 2018)
Par-King Red: 35 (2014)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: 37 (2007)
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: n/a
Sisolak's East: 38 (1999)
Sisolak's West: 38 (2003)
Wild West: 42 (2016)
Wisconsin Adventure: 37 (2019)
Career Highlights
2016: Tied for 3rd out of 42 players overall, placing 2nd out of 4 Puttz Division competitors...His total of 17 under was his best final tally since his runner-up year of 2007 (-24)...Tied for the course titles at Wild West (42) and Par-King Red (36)...Tied for 2nd place at Lighthouse (42)...Scored the most twos at Wild West (12)...Tied for the most holes-in-one at Par-King Red (3)...Tied for third in total holes-in-one (7) and was 4th in total twos (63)...Tied for the most birdies (7, an MCMM course record) and fewest pars (3) at Wisconsin Adventure...Recorded the most birdies at Wild West (8)...Led all players in total birdies on the day (35)...His ace at Wisconsin Adventure's 11th hole gave him holes-in-one on 14 different MCMM layouts...Tied for both the low front 9 (22) and low back 9 (20) at Wild West as he beat his 2015 total at the course by 5 strokes...Was tied for 21st after the first round before making his way steadily up the leaderboard...His ace at Lighthouse's 4th made him the first MCMM player with 4 holes-in-one at that specific hole...His back 9 total of 16 at Par-King Red was the 14th 9-hole total of 16 at any course (front or back 9) in MCMM history...Earned a wacky ace by holing Par-King Red's 3rd hole in one stroke with a broomball broom...Started the final round down by seven but pulled within two strokes by the end.
2015: Placed 9th out of 38 overall, 5th out of 5 Puttz Division players...Tied for 2nd at Wisconsin Adventure (40)...Tied for 3rd at Par-King Black (40)...Tied for 5th at Aloha Falls (46)...Scored the most twos at Wisconsin Adventure (14) while tying for the most deuces at Par-King Black (15)...Had the fewest holes-in-one in the field (1) and was one of six players with no fives all day, his third straight tournament without any fives...Matched his career high with three sixes for the day...Tied for the fewest bogeys at Par-King Black (1)...Was one of four players to record just one double bogey.
2014: Finished 3rd out of 39 overall, 3rd out of 4 in the Puttz Division with a career-low stroke total of 247...Posted the low front 9 (20) while tying for the course title at Aloha Falls with a 42...Was the only player to ace Aloha Falls' 15th hole...Placed 3rd at Congo Rapids with a 41...Tied for the low front 9 at Par-King Black (19) as he tied for 4th place with a 39...Won the course title at Par-King Red with a 35, his lowest-ever MCMM round...Was one of three players to lead the pack with three holes-in-one at Par-King Red...Was the only player not to have a single hole score over 4 all day, and had only 3 fours, tying him for the fewest holes with a score over 3 all day...Tied for most birdies at Aloha Falls (4), Par-King Black (5), and Par-King Red (5)...Only had one double bogey, and nothing worse, making him the only player with only one hole result worse than a bogey all day.
2012: Returned from a five-year hiatus and finished 5th in the 5-man Puttz Division, 7th out of 38 overall with a 2-over 268...Tied for low back 9 (19) at Lighthouse...Finished just one stroke off the low score at Aloha Falls with a 44...Tied for 4th at Par-King Black (40) and 3rd at Par-King Red (41), one of just four players to post an under-par total for the two layouts...Tied for low front 9 at Par-King Black (19)...Tied for most twos (11) and fewest fours (1) at Aloha Falls...One of five players with no fives on the day.
2007: After becoming (in 2006) the first MCMM champ not to attempt to defend his title, Dusak returned to challenge 2001 champ Matthew Cullen down to the wire, eventually finishing a stroke behind him with a career-best 24 under par, 12 strokes under his previous best...Fell three strokes behind after the first hole of the final round but came back and actually led by a stroke in the overall standings with 6 holes to go...Lost a stroke on each of the next two holes before tying Matthew Cullen each of the final four holes...Tied for the course title at Congo River (41)...Placed 3rd at Action Territory (44) and tied for the low front 9 at the course (20)...Posted the low back 9 (18) while taking the course title at People's Choice (37)...Tied for 4th at Lighthouse (41)...Came in 4th at Kristof's (43)...Finished in a three-way tie for low round al Libertyville (45) and tied for the low back 9 at the course (22)...Finished tied for third in the most Improved trophy race, one stroke out of 2nd and ten strokes behind trophy winner Dan Lee.
2005: Became the fifth different person to win an M.C. Mini Masters championship, edging Tom Schweiss by a stroke with a total of 7 under par, the lowest winning score in MCMM history...Dusak held a seven-stroke lead going into the final round at 12-under, but struggled to a 52 at Libertyville as Tom Schweiss posted a 41 to move from even par to 6 under...Stood over the tee shot at the 18th needing a two to force sudden death and a hole-in-one to win, and nailed the only ace on that hole by any of the 37 amateur entrants that day to set off a raucous celebration...Scored the low back 9 (19) at Congo River and was the low amatuer on the course, with a round of 38...Tied for third at Action Territory (46)...Placed fifth at Monster Golf (44)...Tied for the low front 9 (18) and tied for 5th overall (42) at Lighthouse...Finished 2nd among amateurs at Ballybunion with a 41, one stroke behind the course leader...Tied for the most twos at Congo River (14) and fewest threes (2) at Kristof's...Scored the most twos at Ballybunion (14)...One of three players with two eagles at Action Territory...Tied for the most total eagles all day among amateurs (4).
2004: Finished 8 under par and in sixth place, 12 strokes behind the tourney champ...Tied for the low front 9 (20) and tied for 4th overall at Action Territory (46)...Tied for the course title at Lighthouse (42)...Tied for the low back 9 (21) and placed 5th overall (44) at Ballybunion...Tied for 4th at Libertyville (46)...Recorded the most twos (12) and birdies (6) at Action Territory...Posted the fewest total fours on the day (4)...Tied for the most pars (10) at Lighthouse.
2003: Again posted a new career best, 12 under par, to place in a tie for fifth out of 32...Tied for third at Action Territory (45) and Sisolak's East (39)...Tied for second at Sisolak's West (38), one stroke behind the leader...Tied for the low back 9 (22) at Libertyville...Scored a career low of two holes-in-one...Posted the most twos (13) and tied for the fewest threes (3) at Action Territory...Tied for the most birdies at Congo River (7) and Sisolak's West (9) and led the field in birdies (7) at Action Territory...Was one of four players with no eagles all day, but tied for the tourney lead in birdies (42).
2002: Posted a new career-best total of 9 under par, tying for 7th out of 27...Again tied for third at Congo River with a 42, one stroke behind the leaders...Tied for the low back 9 (20) at Congo River...Tied for the course title at Libertyville in the course's first year in the MCMM (44)...Was one of four players with two aces at Congo River...Led the field in twos at Libertyville (10)...Tied for the fewest total fours on the day (5)...Tied for the fewest bogeys at Congo River (2) and Sisolak's West (1)...Posted the most birdies at Libertyville (6)...Led the tourney field in total pars (56).
2001: Tied for third at Congo River (42), one stroke behind the leaders...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 at Action Territory...Tied for fewest threes (2) at Sisolak's East...Tied for most birdies (7) at Congo River...Tied for fewest pars (3) at Lighthouse...Was one of three players with no eagles all day...Led the tourney field in total birdies (40).
2000: Again finished 3rd, lowering his rookie year total by a stroke, finishing 2 strokes out of 2nd place and 19 strokes out of first...Finished 3rd at Congo River (43), Lighthouse (41), and Action Territory (47)...Was one of just two players with two holes-in-one at Congo River and was the only player with two aces at Sisolak's West...Led the field in twos at Lighthouse (11)...Tied for the overall Holes-in-one Trophy with 8, taking the title in a tiebreaker...Scored eagles on four of the day's six courses, including 2 at Congo River to tie for the lead in that category...Tied for most pars (10) at Lighthouse, posting his first career bogeyless round, joining Mick Cullen at the same course to post the second and third such rounds in MCMM history.
1999: Was the lowest scorer of the 17 rookies, finishing 3rd/26, just 6 strokes back of champion Michael Cullen...Scored the first two holes-in-one of his MCMM career at Sisolak's East (4th and 12th holes) en route to winning a course title in just the third round of his rookie year...Was one of just three players that day with two aces at that course...Carded both the low front 9 (20) and back 9 (19) as he won the Lighthouse course title with a 39, setting a course record that stood until 2002...Tied for 4th at Kristof's (45)...Tied for the lowest toal number of threes all day (27)...Led the field in birdies (9) at Sisolak's East and tied for the lead in birdies (6) at Sisolak's West...Was one of four players with two eagles at Lighthouse...Led the field in total birdies (35).
Random Stat
R.J. is the only player in MCMM history to win Rookie of the Year, the Most Holes-in-one Trophy, and a tournament title in his career.
