Basil van Riet interview – 200 weeks at World Number One

To mark Basil’s milestone of hitting 200 weeks at GWT World Number One, Cravo sat down with the great man for an in-depth conversation to learn more about who he is, how he does it, and what the future looks like. 

MM Head-to-Head records

Which Gent has a winning record against four-time Champ, Felix? Who has Ian owned on the way to his two MM Titles? Who is officially a nemesis? And who’s a bunny? Get your grudge on and find out! 

last updated after MM 2023

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Felix 6     Basil 6 

MM 2016 – Round Robins

Felix (with signature yellow ball) – in a bad spot at Pittwater GC in the 2016 MM RR. Not a problem for the MM Master – he almost halved the hole anyway!

Here’s all the action from the qualifying rounds of the 2016 Matchplay Masters….

The MM Vault – Round Robins pre-2016

Here’s an incomplete record of Matchplay Masters Round Robin reports that I’ve dragged out of our Vault, housed deep within a mountain in the Swiss Alps. Unfortunately we lost a few reports that were stored up against our aged gruyere cheeses and are now green piles of mould. 

What remains is worth a read for the many thousands of GWT scholars out there, and for the players themselves to relive some of the old matches that have probably been forgotten.