Vary Tech Large Welcomed Golfers from Across the World to Expertise the Dwelling of Golf’s Rerouting for the First Time throughout month of April
(Dallas, Tex.) Could 21, 2025 — Toptracer, the world’s primary vary expertise, has introduced their month-long digital competitors on Previous Course Reversed at St Andrews garnered 41,354 rounds performed by golfers from over 35 international locations.
The digital event was impressed by St Andrews Hyperlinks bringing again the clockwise routing (reversed) to the Previous Course from Thursday, April 3 to Tuesday, April 8. For all the month of April, golfers from all over the world had the possibility to compete nearly for an opportunity to win a tee time on Previous Course Reversed in 2026.
The very best rating and unofficial winner of Previous Course Reversed – International Problem was 12-year-old Chaemin Kim of South Korea with a rating of 51 at BGJ Golf Membership within the metropolis Gwangju. Kim visited the vary 30 occasions throughout April and whereas he made 184 begins, he set the mark on solely his sixth attempt.
“BGJ is my favorite place to play due to the Toptracer Vary and all of the completely different video games obtainable to make observe far more enjoyable,” says Kim. “Taking part in Previous Course Reversed was so cool due to the trickiness of the structure and I positively wish to proceed competing in these international challenges.”
Whereas Kim had the bottom rating, the International Problem guidelines state solely gamers 18 years or older can declare the prize, so Aiden Newman of Plymouth, Michigan can have the respect to play Previous Course Reversed in 2026 along with his spectacular rating of 53 in simply 23 begins.
“After I shot a 53 so early on within the competitors, I believed that may maintain up contemplating I performed flawless golf,” says Newman, a school golfer at Madonna College in Livonia, Michigan. “I go to my native Toptracer Vary fairly often as a result of I get to see actual ball flight in an indoor dome slightly than on a simulator. It’s good for the lengthy offseason we now have right here.”
A secondary prize was additionally given to Mr. Kuguminato from Japan who recorded 5 holes-in-one on the eleventh gap within the “closest to the pin” problem the place 69 holes-in-one have been recorded on 3,953,882 pictures. His dedication was unprecedented all through the month as he took an unfathomable 7,790 makes an attempt on the reversed eleventh throughout April. Taking part in at Golf Membership Luminous, exterior of Nagoya in Japan, he visited the vary 44 occasions and completed tenth in the principle competitors with a rating of 56. Kuguminato additionally received the identical competitors throughout The Open at Royal Troon final yr, when he achieved a equally unbelievable six aces on gap No. 8 in a single week.
In 2022, Toptracer joined forces with St Andrews Hyperlinks for a long-term partnership that included the set up of Toptracer Vary Know-how at The Academy, the vary facility at The Dwelling of Golf. As a part of the partnership, Toptracer turned the one platform the place golfers can play the Previous Course – and in 2024 there have been greater than 700,000 rounds performed at The Dwelling of Golf on Toptracer Ranges all over the world.
“It’s been nice working with our companions at Toptracer to supply golfers all over the world an opportunity to compete on Previous Course Reversed” stated James Ralley, Industrial Director at St Andrews Hyperlinks Belief. “To see this outstanding end up reveals the urge for food to expertise one thing so distinctive in golf. We sit up for welcoming the winners to the Dwelling of Golf in 2026.”
For extra info on the Previous Course Reversed, and Toptracer’s partnership with St Andrews Hyperlinks, head to https://toptracer.com/case-
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Press launch by: Dan Wooters, GMS – North America (Golf Advertising and marketing Companies Ltd)
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