Alexander Lang was on the track at the Youth World Championships.

World Cup appearance for South Tyrol's minigolfers

Alexander Lang and Dieter Kaufmann had to settle for fifth place in the men's team ranking at the Senior Minigolf World Championships in Canegrate/Milan. Dagmar Hirschmann won silver with the Czech Republic in the women's team ranking

August 11, 2024

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Alexander Lang (49) from Algund remains without a team medal in his third appearance at a major minigolf event in the seniors class (over 3 years). As in his last two participations in the World and European Championships for seniors, the Algund native had to settle for fifth place in the men's team ranking.

Dieter Kaufmann (66/Seis) from MGC Terenten was also part of the Italian national team and also took fifth place in the team ranking. Dagmar Hirschmann from MGC Ternten was delighted to win the silver medal with the Czech national team in the women's team ranking. The decision for second and third place in the women's team ranking was made in a play-off between the Czech Republic and Switzerland, both with 5 strokes, 2 strokes ahead of Italy (3). The Czechs won the play-off and secured the silver medal. Gold went to Germany (706).

Dieter Kaufmann and Dagmar Hirschmann.

In the individual rankings, Dieter Kaufmann did best among the male seniors. With a 28 on concrete and a 20 on Eternit in the last two rounds, he managed to jump to 23rd place, which earned him a ticket for the match play of the 32 best male seniors. In the match play, however, Kaufmann was eliminated in round 1. The Seiser lost 3:4 to the Austrian Adriano Steiner and was eliminated. Kaufmann finished 17th in the match play, tied. Alexander Lang and Dagmar Hirschmann were unable to qualify for the match play. Lang finished 71th out of 13 participants from 45 countries. Hirschmann finished 32st in the female seniors in a field of 10 minigolfers from 21 countries.

At the Youth World Championships (U19) in Voitsberg (Styria), Robin Lang (15) from Algund, the son of Alexander Lang, took 24th place out of 35 participants from 8 countries on the Eternit and felt tracks and thus qualified for the match play of the best 32. In the 2nd round, the Algund native achieved a great 28 on felt. In the match play, Robin Lang was eliminated in the 1st round against the eventual world champion Luis Buchwieser from Germany with 2:6. Robin Lang took 17th place in the match play ex aequo.