Player Profile
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Tom Schweiss #
- American Mini Golf Alliance member
M.C. Mini Masters Champion 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Champions' Division Champion 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Most Holes-in-one trophy winner 2007
Age: 50 years, 154 days (as of June 24)
Occupation: Design engineer and Kettlebell nut
Mini golf experience: Twenty past Mini Masters tournaments, past NIMGA golfer, and many other courses I drag my wife to; proud recipient of the Ugly Jacket in 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022. Finished 5th in the final 2022 standings of the American Mini Golf Alliance.
Interesting facts: Awesome husband, dedicated daddy; a decent regular golfer; likes to toss around heavy Kettlebells
Interesting lies: Likes watching Oprah (or any other talk show); Bill Gates is his uncle; secretly wants to win the next American Idol; accepted by Dancing with the Stars TV program but had to pull out with a twisted ankle (during warm-ups)
Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2023: 41-45-44-39-40-38--247 (- 9) (9th/41 overall, 3rd/4 Puttz Division)
2022: 41-46-38-39-43-35--242 (-21) (1st/42 overall, 1st/3 Puttz Division)
2021: 44-45-41-38-43-46--257 (+ 2) (T-2nd/28 overall, T-1st/2 Puttz Division)
2019: 41-40-38-44-38-39--240 (-33) (1st/46 overall, 1st/4 Puttz Division)
2018: 40-42-37-42-38-33--232 (-41) (1st/32 overall, 1st/4 Puttz Division)
2017: 39-44-42-42-41-38--246 (-27) (1st/40 overall, 1st/3 Puttz Division)
2016: 43-49-35-49-47-37--260 (-13) (5th/42 overall, 3rd/4 Puttz Division)
2015: 40-44-39-43-40-40--246 (-21) (2nd/38 overall, 2nd/5 Puttz Division)
2014: 47-40-42-44-42-38--253 (-2) (4th/39 overall, 4th/4 Puttz Division)
2013: 43-40-40-40-44-40--247 (-8) (1st/32 overall, 1st/2 Puttz Division)
2012: 44-36-41-44-41-46--252 (-14) (3rd/38 overall, 3rd/5 Puttz Division)
2011: 51-38-36-47-40-35--247 (-23) (T-2nd/30 overall, T-2nd/4 Puttz Division)
2010: 46-40-37-40-43-41--247 (-23) (2nd/29)
2009: 45-40-39-39-35-42--240 (-28) (1st/29)
2008: 40-45-40-42-41-38--246 (-23) (1st/24)
2007: 41-40-42-41-47-45--256 (-19) (3rd/25)
2006: 43-45-40-45-42-44--259 (-16) (3rd/26)
2005: 45-50-39-44-45-41--264 (-6) (2nd/37)
2004: 43-46-47-43-46-42--267 (-10) (T-4th/36)
2003: 41-49-35-37-42-50--254 (-26) (1st/32)
2002: 49-45-46-41-37-46--264 (-16) (5th/27)
Course Championships
Lighthouse, 2002 (37) [tied]
Sisolak's East, 2003 (35)
Sisolak's West, 2003 (37)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee, 2005 (39)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee, 2006 (40)
Congo River, 2007 (41) [tied]
Action Territory, 2007 (40)
Libertyville, 2007 (45) [tied]
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee, 2008 (40) [tied]
Par-King Red, 2008 (38)
Lighthouse, 2009 (39)
Par-King Black, 2009 (35)
Sisolak's West Round 1, 2010 (40)
Sisolak's West Round 2, 2010 (37) [tied]
Sisolak's West Round 2, 2011 (36)
Par-King Red, 2011 (35)
Sisolak's West, 2012 (36) [tied]
Lighthouse, 2013 (40)
Congo Rapids, 2013 (40) [tied]
Aloha Falls, 2015 (43)
Lighthouse, 2016 (35)
Wisconsin Adventure, 2017 (39)
Aloha Falls, 2017 (42)
Par-King Red, 2017 (38) [tied]
Lighthouse, 2018 (37) [tied]
Aloha Falls, 2018 (42)
Par-King Black, 2018 (38) [tied]
Par-King Red, 2018 (33)
Wild West, 2019 (40)
Lighthouse, 2019 (38) [tied]
Congo Falls, 2021 (38)
Kristof's [round 1], 2022 (38)
Par-King Red, 2022 (35)
Hole-in-one history
Action Territory: 1st, 4th (2), 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 16th (2)
Aloha Falls/Libertyville: 5th, 9th, 14th
Ballybunion: 18th (2)
Congo Falls: 4th, 8th, 16th
Congo Rapids: 7th, 9th, 12th, 17th
Congo River: 2nd, 4th (2), 5th, 8th, 14th, 15th
Harry Semrow: none
Kristof's: 1st (2), 11th, 13th, 15th, 18th
Lighthouse: 3rd (2), 4th, 7th (2), 8th, 9th (2), 11th (2), 12th (2), 13th, 16th (6), 17th (3), 18th (3)
Par-King Black: 1st, 3rd, 6th (3), 7th, 9th (3), 10th (3), 18th (2)
Par-King Red: 1st (2), 2nd, 3rd, 6th (4), 9th, 11th (5), 12th (2), 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: 3rd
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: none
Sisolak's East: 4th
Sisolak's West: 2nd, 11th (3), 13th (2), 16th, 17th, 18th (2)
Wild West (Action Territory): 12th, 14th, 17th
Wisconsin Adventure (Action Territory): 1st, 9th, 12th (3), 13th
Personal records by course
Action Territory: 40 (2007)
Aloha Falls: 41 (2005)
Ballybunion: 43 (2004)
Congo Falls: 38 (2021)
Congo Rapids: 40 (2013)
Congo River Kenosha: 40 (2008)
Harry Semrow: 45 (2021)
Kristof's: 38 (2022)
Lighthouse: 35 (2016)
Par-King Black: 35 (2009)
Par-King Red: 33 (2018)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: 39 (2005)
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: 39 (2009)
Sisolak's East: 35 (2003)
Sisolak's West: 36 (2011, 2012)
Wild West: 40 (2019)
Wisconsin Adventure: 39 (2017)
Career Highlights
2016: Placed 5th out of 42 overall, 3rd out of 4 in the Puttz Division...Won the course title at Lighthouse with a new MCMM record for the layout (35)...Tied for 3rd place at Par-King Red (37)...Had four individual rounds with no hole score over 3...Tallied four holes-in-one at Lighthouse to tie for the lead in that stat, but only had one other hole-in-one on the other five courses combined...Was one of three players with no fives all day...Tied for third in total twos (61)...Tied for the most eagles at Lighthouse (3) and the most bogeys at Par-King Black (8) while leading all players in pars at Par-King Red (14)...Posted bogeyless rounds at both Lighthouse and Par-King Red, giving him eight such rounds in his MCMM career...All other players in MCMM history had 14 such rounds combined through 2016, no one player with more than 3...It was Schweiss's second time with multiple bogeyless rounds in one tournament; no one else has ever accomplished the feat...Had the fewest total double bogeys of any player for the day (1)...One of only two players with only two hole results worse than a bogey all day...Scored a 6 at Wild West's 5th hole, ending his sixless streak at 503 holes, the third-longest in MCMM history...His 37 threes tied his career high for an MCMM...Posted both the low front 9 (19) and low back 9 (16, tying the MCMM record) at Lighthouse.
2015: Finished in a tie for 1st after 108 holes but lost on the first hole of sudden death to place 2nd out of 38 players overall, 2nd out of 5 in the Puttz Division...Won the course title at Aloha Falls (43)...Placed 2nd at Lighthouse (39) and tied for 2nd at Wisconsin Adventure (40)...Tied for 3rd at Wild West (44) and Par-King Black (40)...His only round not in the top 3 for that course was a 40 at Par-King Red that tied for 8th but was only 4 strokes back of the winning score...Tied for the most twos at three courses: Wild West (12), Lighthouse (14), and Par-King Red (14) en route to leading all players with a record-tying 77 total twos...Also had the fewest threes (27) and the fewest fours (a record-tying 1)...Tied his own record with just two hole scores over 3 all day (one 4, one 5)...Tied for the most birdies at Wild West (9) and led all players in birdies at Lighthouse (12)...Tied for the most pars at Aloha Falls (11) while leading all players in pars at Par-King Black (13)...Tied for the overall lead in birdies (36) while leading all players in total pars (58)...Had just one hole worse than a bogey all day, the fifth time in his career he's accomplished that feat...Recorded the low back 9 at Wild West (19)...Tied for the low front 9 at Aloha Falls (21) and Par-King Black (19)...Had just two holes-in-one, matching a career low...Went without an eagle for the first time in an MCMM...Pulled into a tie for the lead after the third round and took the lead on his own after the fourth round...Carried a 4-stroke lead into the final 18 holes and expanded to a five-stroke lead after the 1st hole at Par-King Red, continuing to lead until Michael Cullen pulled even with three holes to go...Participated in the first sudden-death playoff in MCMM history, facing off against Michael Cullen on the 3rd hole at Par-King Black, as dictated by course owner George Bonzos...Lost the playoff hole after hitting his tee shot into the water and seeing Cullen make a two to finish it out.
2014: Placed 4th out of 39 overall, 4th out of 4 Puttz Division players...Tied for 5th at Aloha Falls (47)...Finished 3rd at Lighthouse (40), just one stroke behind tying for the course title...Posted the low back 9 at Lighthouse (20)...Was the only player to ace Lighthouse's 12th hole...Tied for 4th at Congo Rapids (42) while tying for most twos at the course (13)...Tied for 5th at Congo Falls (44)...Tied for 3rd at Par-King Red (38)...Had only one five and no sixes all day, extending his sixless streak to 373 holes--the second-longest active streak and the fourth-longest all-time...Tied for most birdies at Lighthouse (10), recording his all-time-record sixth bogeyless round, his third such round at Lighthouse...Tied for most birdies at Par-King Black (5).
2013: Won his fourth Mini Masters, trailing only Michael Cullen for the most MCMM titles all-time, as he was the only player to finish with an under-par total for the day (-8)...It was Schweiss's second-largest margin of victory ever, trailing only his 16-stroke victory in 2009...Recorded the low score at Lighthouse (40) and tied for the low round at Congo Rapids (40)...With four rounds of 40, became the second player in MCMM history with four identical round scores in one tournament (Jon Rasmussen, 1999, 53)...Had the second-lowest score at Aloha Falls (43), tied for 2nd at Par-King Red (40), and was 3rd-lowest at Congo Falls (40)...Posted the second-lowest combined total at the Congo courses (80, trailing Dianne Cullen's 79)...Posted the low front 9 at Lighthouse (19)...Tied for low back 9 at Congo Rapids (18)...Recorded consecutive holes-in-one at Par-King Red's 11th and 12th holes...Tied for most 2s at Aloha Falls (12) and Congo Falls (14) en route to leading the tourney field in total sixes (66)...Was one of six players to go sixless for the day, recording just one five and one four...The singular four marked the third time Schweiss has had just one four in 108 holes, a feat no other MCMM player has accomplished even once...The mere two holes with a score higher than three was a personal best and an MCMM record...Joined Mick and Xavy Cullen as the only players with no scores over three at the 36 Congo holes...Tied for most pars at Aloha Falls (13) and Congo Falls (14) en route to leading all players in total pars (63)...Had only one hole with a worse result than a bogey all day.
2012: Entered the final round just one stroke out of first place, but fell off the pace at Par-King Red, still finishing in 3rd place in the Puttz Division (and overall) with a 14-under 252...Finished 2nd at Action Territory (44)...Tied for the low back 9 at Action Territory (22)...Tied the course record of 36 in tying for the title at Sisolak's West, but lost the trophy in a tiebreaker...Tallied the low back 9 at Sisolak's West (17)...Tied for 4th at Lighthouse (41)...Scored the low front 9 (21) at Aloha Falls while finishing second with a 44, one stroke behind victor Jason Gola...Tied for the low front 9 at Par-King Black (19)...Led all players in twos at Action Territory (12) and tied for most twos at Sisolak's West (16), co-establishing a new course record at Sisolak's West...Also tied for most twos at Aloha Falls (11)...Tied for first among all players in total twos (71) and was one of two players to have no single hole score over four all day...Tied for most birdies (9) at Sisolak's West...Recorded the day's only bogeyless round (no holes over par), accomplishing the feat at Lighthouse for the second time in his career and his fifth time in the Mini Masters overall, two more than any other player through 2012...Had only one hole worse than a bogey all day (Par-King Black's 12th).
2011: Tied for 2nd at 23 under par, 11 strokes out of first place...Tied for low back 9 in the first round at Sisolak's West (17) while placing 2nd at the course overall (38)...Won the 2nd round at the course with a course record-tying 36...Tied for third at Par-King Black (40)...Posted the lowest round at Par-King Red (35), including a record-low-tying 16 on the back 9...Tied for the most aces in the second round at Sisolak's West (3)...Was one of two players with no fives...Tied for most pars at Action Territory (11) and Lighthouse (9)...Scored the most birdies at Sisolak's West round 2 (10, tied) and Par-King Red (7)...Was the only player without a double bogey all day.
2010: Entered the final round with a three-stroke lead in his bid to become just the second player to win three MCMMs in a career, let alone consecutively, but lost it all on the 2nd hole of the round...Found himself in a tie with eight holes to go before Matthew Cullen aced three holes in a four-hole span to take control...Tied for 2nd at Action Territory (46) while tying for the low front 9 (22) at the course...Won the first round at Sisolak's West (40) while tying for the low back 9 (19)...Also tied for the low round in the second round at the course (37) while posting the low back 9 (17)...Posted the low front 9 (18) while tying for 2nd overall at Lighthouse (40)...Tied for 5th at Par-King Black (43)...Tied for the most aces at Lighthouse (2) and Sisolak's West round 2 (3) and the most 2s at Sisolak's West round 1 (14)...Posted the most 2s at Par-King Red (15) and the most 3s at Par-King Black (9)...Tied his own record for fewest fours in a complete tournament (1)...Was one of six players to go sixless, his fifth suxh tournament...Scored the most birdies at Action Territory (7) and tied for the most birdies at Sisolak's West round 2 (9) and Lighthouse (10)...Scored the most pars at Par-King Red (14)...Recorded the most eagles (5) and tied for the fewest double bogeys (1).
2009: Became only the second player to win back-to-back MCMM tournaments, joining Michael Cullen...Came one stroke short of tying Michael's record for largest victory margin, scoring 28 under par to beat runner-up Mick Cullen by 16 strokes...Scored the low front 9 (18) at COngo River while tying for 3rd at the course...Tied for 2nd at Sisolak's West...Posted the low back 9 (17) while winning the course title at Lighthouse (17)...Tied for 2nd at Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (39)...Set a new record with a 35 at Par-King Black while posting both the low front 9 (17) and low back 9 (18)...Tied for the most holes-in-one in the field (7)...Was the only player with two aces at Action Territory...Scored the most twos at Rocky's Fun House Waukegan (15)...Tied his own record for twos in one tournament (77)...Scored the fewest threes (21) and set a new record for fewest fours in a tournament with just one (Action Territory's 13th)...Was one of two players with no fives...Tied for most birdies (7) and fewest bogeys (2) at Action Territory...Posted back-to-back bogeyless rounds, the first player in MCMM history to do so, at Lighthouse and Rocky's Fun House Waukegan...Led the field in birdies at Par-King Black (7)...Scored the most pars at Par-King Red (14)...Led the field in birdies (36) and pars (62), the first player in MCMM history to lead the tourney in both categories the same year...Set a new all-time record low (since equaled) with just five bogeys.
2008: Claimed his second Mini Masters championship, scoring 23 under par to beat runner-up Matthew Cullen by four strokes...Tied for third at Congo River (40)...Tied for low back 9 (22) and finished 2nd overall (45) at Action Territory...Tied for low back 9 (20) and low total score (40) at Rocky's Fun House Gurnee...Placed 4th at Lighthouse (42)...Tied for 3rd at Par-King Black (41), one stroke back of the winner...Won the first-ever MCMM course title at Par-King Red (38)...Tied for the most twos at Lighthouse (13), Par-King Black (13) and Par-King Red (14)...Not surprisingly, also led in total twos with 77, an MCMM record total...Scored the fewest fours (3) and was one of three players with no fives or sixes...Tied for most pars at Congo River (12)...Was the only player with two eagles at Action Territory...Tied for most birdies at Lighthouse (10) and Par- King Red (4)...Tied for the overall lead in pars (56) and posted the fewest bogeys all day (12)...Was one of two players with no triple bogeys.
2007: Finished in 3rd place at 19 under par, six strokes back of the tourney winner...Tied for the course title at Congo River, taking the trophy over R.J. Dusak in a tiebreaker (41)...Tied for the low front 9 (20) and posted the low back 9 (20) en route to tying Matthew Cullen's record low score of 40 at Action Territory and claiming the course title...Tied for fourth at Lighthouse (41)...Tied for the low round at Libertyville (45)...Tied for the most aces (2) and fewest threes (3) at Congo River...Scored the most twos at Action Territory (13)...Tied for the most threes at Kristof's (8)...Was the only player without a five all day, and one of six players to go sixless, his first sixless tourney since 2003...Scored the first two double eagles of his career (Congo River 14th and Action Territory 15th), tying the single-day double eagle record...Tied for the most birdies at Action Territory (5)...Scored the most pars at Libertyville (13)...One of four players with no triple or quadruple bogeys all day.
2006: Finished 3rd out of 26 players, one stroke out of 2nd and 16 strokes out of 1st...Placed 3rd at Action Territory (45)...Carded the low front 9 (19) and won the course title at Monster Golf (40)...Tied for 4th at Kristof's (42)...Finished 2nd at Libertyville, one stroke off the lead...Tied for most 2s at Libertyville (10)...Was one of two players with no fives all day...Tied for most birdies at Congo River (6)...Tied for the most total eagles (6) and birdies (59) on the day.
2005: Scored the lowest front 9 at Monster Golf (19) en route to the course title (39)...Came in 2nd at Libertyville, just one stroke shy of Dale Hanson's course-record 40...His strong finish left him just one stroke shy of tying for first place overall and forcing a sudden-death playoff, as Dusak saved himself with a 108th-hole ace...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 in a 6-hole span, Action Territory's 7th-12th holes (1-3-2-6-5-4)...Led the field in twos at Monster Golf (15) and tied for most twos at Kristof's (13)...Led the entire field in total twos (74) and tallied the fewest threes (19)...Tied for the most birdies at Monster Golf (5)...Recorded his second career bogeyless round with his 41 at Libertyville, the only bogeyless round ever recorded at the course in the Mini Masters...Tied for the fewest bogeys (14) and double bogeys (2) in the entire field.
2004: Tied for 3rd at Congo River (43)...Tied for 4th at Action Territory (46)...Tied for 2nd at Ballybunion (43)...Tied for 4th at Libertyville (46)...Placed 4th at Kristof's (42)...Finished tied for 4th overall, 10 under par, 10 strokes back of champion Michael Cullen...Led the field in twos at Congo River (12) and aces at Libertyville (2)...Was one of four players with no fives on the day...Tied for the most pars (12) and fewest bogeys (2) at Action Territory...Led all players in pars (52).
2003: Won his first MCMM title in just his second year in the tournament...Led by seven strokes after the fifth round and by six strokes with eight holes to go, but saw the entire lead vanish until he was even with Dale Hanson with three holes remaining...Closed with three straight twos while Hanson scored 3-2-2 to allow him to win by a single shot, the third one-shot victory in seven MCMMs...Finished 2nd at Congo River (41)...Scored 17 twos and one ace at Sisolak's East to score an all-time record low round of 35, winning the course title...FOllowed that up with a record-tying 37 at Sisolak's West, taking that course title as well...Scored 28 consecutive twos between the two courses...Tied for fifth at Lighthouse (42) and Libertyville (50)...Tied for the most aces at Congo River (3)...Scored the most twos at Sisolak's East (17) and West (15)...The 17 twos at Sisolak's East went unmatched at any course until 2011...Led the field in total twos for the day (66)...Tied for the most bogeys at Action Territory (8)...Tied for the most birdies at Sisolak's East (9) while posting the first bogeyless round of his career...Was the only player without a double bogey all day.
2002: Scored his first career hole-in-one on Congo River's 15th hole...Tied for 2nd at Action Territory (45), tying for the low back 9 (22)...Tied for the course title at Lighthouse (37), setting a new record for low back 9 (16) at the course...Scored back-to-back aces at the 16th and 17th holes at Lighthouse...Tied for 3rd at Libertyville (46)...Finished 2nd among rookies (-16, one stroke back of the low rookie) and 5th overall out of 27 players...Tied for most 2s at Action Territory (12)...Had no hole score over four all day, the only player other than champ Mick Cullen to accomplish the feat...One of five players with no triple or quadruple bogeys.
Random Stat
Tom is the only player ever to have back-to-back bogeyless rounds, accomplishing the feat at Lighthouse and Rocky's Fun House Waukegan in 2009. These rounds were part of a record streak of 56 consecutive holes without a bogey (SW 9 to PKB 10).
