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With an ace, Novicki wins second Matterhorn Pro-Am championship

The top three professionals from the 2024 Matterhorn Pro-Am in Canton pose with their trophies. From left, David Vayda, Mark Novicki and Kyle Courcy. Novicki won his second Matterhorn Pro-Am title with an ace on the first playoff hole. (Photo courtesy American Mini-Golf Alliance)

CANTON, Sept. 21, 2024 – Mark Novicki got a hole-in-one on the first playoff hole to win the eighth annual Matterhorn Mini Golf Pro-Am in Canton.

Novicki shot a seven-under-par 38 in the fourth and final round to force a playoff with Simsbury’s David Vayda. Both shot 157 for five rounds.

For Novicki, it was his second Matterhorn Pro-Am championship. He won the first tournament in 2017. Vayda also won the tournament in 2023.

Kyle Courcy was third with a 160 while Anna Seymour was the top woman in the tournament, taking fourth with a five-round total of 162.

Courcy and Stephanie Dulmaine each had the low round of the tournament with a 37 in round two and round three, respectively. All of the professional golfers played four rounds with the top 12 golfers advancing to the fifth round.

Dulmaine, who finished tied for fifth with a 163, had the most aces in the tournament with five.

In the amateur competition, Michael Scanlon won with a two-stroke victory over Patrick Lazor and Josh Hayes. Scanlon had a three-round total of 124 with a low round of 40 in the first round. The low amateur score was a 39 by Hayes in the second round.

The Matterhorn International Pro-Am is a “blue” level event of the American Minigolf Alliance (AMA), the highest category of competition. The AMA started in 2022 and hosted 29 tournaments in 2024.  You can find out more about the AMA at www.amaminigolf.com.

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2024 tournament results

2024 results, professional
par 45 at Canton

Player Place Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Notes
Mark “Highlighter” Novicki 1st 39 40 40 38 157 Won with an ace on Hole #1 in the tiebreaker
Dave Vayda 2nd 39 40 38 40 157
Kyle Courcy 3rd 41 37 39 43 160 Tied for low round of the tournament
Anna Seymour 4th 38 42 41 41 162 Top women’s finisher
Stephane Dulmaine t5th 43 43 37 40 163 Most Hole-in-Ones: 5. Tied for tournament low round
Jeremy Inabinet t5th 41 42 40 40 163
Tom Loftus t5th 40 41 42 40 163
Justin Seymour 8th 41 39 42 42 164
Jacob Yale 9th 41 39 43 44 167
Dan Hurley 10th 40 40 44 44 168
Darren Smith t11th 41 43 41 44 169
David Biggy t11th 41 42 40 46 169
Kevin Weiss 13th 45 41 40 126
Matt Liles 14th 43 41 43 127
Nathan Fournier t15th 43 39 46 128
Bill Mezier t15th 44 46 38 128
Ed Weiss t17th 43 43 44 130
Glenda Ryning t17th 44 44 42 130
Griffin Weiss t17th 40 45 45 130
Garret Pugliese 20th 43 45 43 131
Justin Pelletier t21st 46 43 43 132
Randy Yale t21st 47 43 42 132
William McCall t23rd 45 46 46 137
Kyle Labrecque t23rd 48 47 42 137
Dan Blake 25th 47 46 47 140
Ken McCall 26th 46 48 48 142
Mark Abbott 27th 45 49 49 143
Chip McCall 28th 53 50 52 155
Connor McCall 29th 55 47 54 156


2024 results, amateur
Par 45 at Canton

Player Place Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
Michael Scanlon 1st 40 43 41 124
Patrick Lazor t2nd 40 46 40 126
Josh Hayes t2nd 44 39 43 126
Joel Smith 4th 44 42 43 129
Robin Schwartzman 5th 44 42 45 131
Heather Garvin 6th 43 46 43 132
Benjamin Deller 7th 48 40 45 133
Bret Hayes 8th 43 47 47 137
LouAnn Corbidge t9th 49 44 45 138
Tony DeDomincis t9th 46 45 47 138
Justin Walsh t11th 50 40 50 140
Sydnie Smith t11th 53 45 42 140
Brendan Hurley t13th 50 43 49 142
Dan Fredenburgh 14th 52 47 46 145
Donald Fuller 15th 51 46 50 147
Barbara Tagliarino t16th 48 51 52 151
Sandra Fredenburgh t16th 49 48 54 151
Vanessa Hettesheimer 18th 49 50 53 152
Baron Deller 19th 50 50 58 158
Carson Walsh 20th 61 50 52 163

 

Previous Matterhorn International Pro-Am champions
Professional
Five rounds
2017: Mark Novicki, Danbury, 198
2018: Justin Seymour, East Hartford, 198
2019: Justin Seymour, East Hartford, 196
2020: Dylan Koerner, 201
Three rounds
2021: Pat Sheridan, Berlin, 115**
2022: Matt Liles, Glastonbury 115
2023: Dave Vayda, Simsbury, 116*
Four rounds
2024: Mark Novicki, Danbury, 157***
*Won in a 5-hole playoff
**Won in a 3-hole playoff
***Won in a 1-hole playoff

Amateur
Three rounds
2017: Stephen Langlois, East Granby, 129
2018: Daniel Hurley, Canton, 125*
2019: Brian Hogan, Avon, 127
2020: Chris Mamrosh, 127**
2021: Caleb Smith, Farmington, 120
2022: Darren Smith, Farmington 122
2023: Patrick Kavanaugh, Hackensack NJ, 124
2024: Michael Scanlon, 124
*Won in 3-hole playoff
**Won in a 1-hole playoff

Tournament historical results

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