Player Profile
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Eli Cullen #
- Most Sixes 2016
Age: 17
Occupation: student
Mini golf experience: Typically hates miniature golf after 18 holes of it, but for some reason is willing to play 108 on tournament day for a sixth time.
Player History
Past MC Mini Masters Results
2021: 51-58-42-44-56-48--299 (+44) (20th/28 overall, 18th/23 Putterz Division)
2019: 53-56-63-60-41-44--317 (+44) (37th/46 overall, 33rd/40 Putterz Division)
2017: 53-60-65-51-47-49--325 (+52) (37th/40 overall, 34th/37 Putterz Division)
2016: 59-79-60-59-46-45--348 (+75) (42nd/42 overall, 38th/38 Putterz Division)
2015: 47-62-51-50-51-44--305 (+38) (T-31st/38 overall, 3rd/3 Junior Division)
2014: 62-58-57-56-53-49--335 (+80) (37th/39 overall, 3rd/4 Junior Division)
Course Championships
None
"Most Improved" Course Trophies
Lighthouse, 2015
Congo Falls, 2021
Congo Rapids, 2021
Hole-in-one history
Action Territory: none
Aloha Falls/Libertyville: none
Ballybunion: none
Congo Falls: none
Congo Rapids: none
Congo River: none
Harry Semrow: none
Kristof's: none
Lighthouse: 3rd (2), 14th, 16th
Par-King Black: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th (3), 18th
Par-King Red: 4th, 6th, 18th
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: none
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: none
Sisolak's East: none
Sisolak's West: none
Wild West (Action Territory): none
Wisconsin Adventure (Action Territory): 12th (2), 14th, 15th
Personal records by course
Action Territory: n/a
Aloha Falls: 50 (2015)
Ballybunion: n/a
Congo Falls: 44 (2021)
Congo Rapids: 42 (2021)
Congo River Kenosha: n/a
Harry Semrow: 58 (2021)
Kristof's: 51 (2021)
Lighthouse: 51 (2015)
Par-King Black: 41 (2019)
Par-King Red: 44 (2015, 2019)
Rocky's Fun House Gurnee: n/a
Rocky's Fun House Waukegan: n/a
Sisolak's East: n/a
Sisolak's West: n/a
Wild West: 56 (2019)
Wisconsin Adventure: 47 (2015)
Career highlights
2016: Placed last among 42 players overall and out of 38 in the Putterz Division...His 79 at Wild West was not just 17 strokes worse than his score last year, not just the highest score of anyone at any course all day, but also the 4th-highest round in Mini Masters history...Had the fewest total birdies of any player in the field (13)...Scored 1-2-3-4-5-6 at Wisconsin Adventure and Lighthouse...At Wisconsin Adventure, actually scored the six different hole scores in a six-hole span (5-3-6-2-1-4) at the 10th-15th holes...Led or tied for the lead in sixes at each course except Par-King Black, with a high of 6 at Wild West...Led all players with 15 total sixes to win the birdhouse...His 15 sixes were more than he had in his first two Mini Masters appearances combined...Scored the fewest twos at Wild West (1) while tying for the most fours (6)...Putted for the cycle at Wisconsin Adventure, scoring an eagle, a birdie, 5 pars, 7 bogeys, a double bogey, 2 triple bogeys, and a quadruple bogey; it was the 24th cycle in MCMM history...Was not under par on any hole at Wild West, tying for the lead at the course with four double bogeys and leading all players with four triple bogeys (a new MCMM record for the course)...Also tied for the lead in triple bogeys at Lighthouse (3) and Aloha Falls (1) en route to leading all players in total triple bogeys (11)...His hole-in-one at Lighthouse's 3rd hole gave him multiple aces at the same hole for the first time in his MCMM career...Was one of just four players with more triple bogeys than double bogeys...Scored the highest back 9 at Wisconsin Adventure (33)...Recorded the highest front 9 (42) and back 9 (37) at Wild West...Scored a new personal best at Par-King Black by 5 strokes (51-46) and beat his previous low at Par-King Red by 6 shots (51-45)...Set new personal highs in total pars (45) and triple bogeys (11) while hitting new personal low marks in total threes (35) and bogeys (23).
2015: Finished T-31st out of 38 overall and 3rd out of 3 in the Junior Division...Improved upon each of his 2014 scores at the four courses played in both 2014 and 2015...Finished second in the race for the Most Improved trophy, slicing 42 strokes off his previous finish...Tied for the most fives at Par-King Black (2)...Finished tied for 4th in total bogeys (34)...Won the trophy for Most Improved at Lighthouse, beating his 2014 score by 7 strokes...Beat his previous Aloha Falls low score by 12 strokes, finishing 2nd in the race for that course's Most Improved trophy...Established a new personal 18-hole low for any MCMM course by finishing with a 44 at Par-King Red, capping it off with an ace on the roulette wheel.
2014: Finished 37th out of 39 overall and 3rd out of 4 in the Junior Division in his first Mini Masters appearance...Improved upon his score each and every round, starting the day with a 62 and ending with a 49...Earned his first Mini Masters hole-in-one with an ace on Lighthouse's 3rd hole...Posted the high back 9 at Congo Falls (34), setting a new MCMM record...Scored 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the same round at Lighthouse...Tied for most 4s at Congo Rapids (5) and most 5s at Par-King Red (2)...Tied for fewest bogeys at Congo Falls (2) and most bogeys at Par-King Black (9)...Had just seven birdies all day to tie Becca Klunder for fewest in the field and set a new MCMM record, but did manage two eagles on the day (as did Klunder)...Finished 2nd in total sixes (9)...Tied for 4th in total bogeys (34).
