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Range Tech Giant Welcomed Golfers from Around the World to Experience the Home of Golf’s Rerouting for the First Time during month of April

(Dallas, Tex.) May 21, 2025 — Toptracer, the world’s number one range technology, has announced their month-long virtual competition on Old Course Reversed at St Andrews garnered 41,354 rounds played by golfers from over 35 countries.

The virtual tournament was inspired by St Andrews Links bringing back the clockwise routing (reversed) to the Old Course from Thursday, April 3 to Tuesday, April 8. For the entire month of April, golfers from around the world had the chance to compete virtually for a chance to win a tee time on Old Course Reversed in 2026.

The best score and unofficial winner of Old Course Reversed – Global Challenge was 12-year-old Chaemin Kim of South Korea with a score of 51 at BGJ Golf Club in the city Gwangju. Kim visited the range 30 times during April and while he made 184 starts, he set the mark on only his sixth try.

“BGJ is my favourite place to play because of the Toptracer Range and all the different games available to make practice way more fun,” says Kim. “Playing Old Course Reversed was so cool because of the trickiness of the layout and I definitely want to continue competing in these global challenges.”

While Kim had the lowest score, the Global Challenge rules state only players 18 years or older can claim the prize, so Aiden Newman of Plymouth, Michigan will have the honor to play Old Course Reversed in 2026 with his impressive score of 53 in just 23 starts.

“When I shot a 53 so early on in the competition, I thought that would hold up considering I played flawless golf,” says Newman, a college golfer at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. “I visit my local Toptracer Range pretty frequently because I get to see real ball flight in an indoor dome rather than on a simulator. It’s perfect for the long offseason we have here.”

A secondary prize was also given to Mr. Kuguminato from Japan who recorded five holes-in-one on the 11th hole in the “closest to the pin” challenge where 69 holes-in-one were recorded on 3,953,882 shots. His dedication was unprecedented throughout the month as he took an unfathomable 7,790 attempts on the reversed 11th during April. Playing at Golf Club Luminous, outside of Nagoya in Japan, he visited the range 44 times and finished 10th in the main competition with a score of 56. Kuguminato also won the same competition during The Open at Royal Troon last year, when he achieved a similarly incredible six aces on hole No. 8 in one week.

In 2022, Toptracer joined forces with St Andrews Links for a long-term partnership that included the installation of Toptracer Range Technology at The Academy, the range facility at The Home of Golf. As part of the partnership, Toptracer became the only platform where golfers can play the Old Course – and in 2024 there were more than 700,000 rounds played at The Home of Golf on Toptracer Ranges around the world.

“It’s been great working with our partners at Toptracer to offer golfers around the world a chance to compete on Old Course Reversed” said James Ralley, Commercial Director at St Andrews Links Trust. “To see this remarkable turn out shows the appetite to experience something so unique in golf. We look forward to welcoming the winners to the Home of Golf in 2026.”

For more information on the Old Course Reversed, and Toptracer’s partnership with St Andrews Links, head to https://toptracer.com/case-studies/st-andrews/

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Press release by: Dan Wooters, GMS – North America (Golf Marketing Services Ltd)