Thursday, July 12, 2012

Playing the Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex

Minigolf Course #499 visited / #299 Played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

On Wednesday 11th July Emily and I visited the 499th Miniature Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The course at Dunton Hills Golf Course became the 299th played since September 2006!

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
A view of the Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex

In addition to the regular Golf course and Driving Range at the Dunton Hills Golf Centre there is an 18-hole Miniature Golf course layout. And very good it is too.

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
Playing onto a plateau

We arrived in West Horndon just as a storm had hit and there was enough lightning flashing about for us to not venture out on the course. Thankfully this summer downpour finished after five minutes and we were able to get out and play.

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
The Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course, Regular Golf Course in the background and some ominous clouds!

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I shot a round of 48(+12) with a 24 on both the front nine and back nine. Emily scored a 51(+15), heading out in 27 and in with a 24.

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
Teeing-off on hole one of the Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course

In our Matchplay contest Emily picked up the win 3&2.

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
Emily Putting on the way to Matchplay victory

The holes range from the 27 feet long 4th hole, to the 62 foot 17th hole. With a nice rebound I very almost scored a hole-in-one on the 17th in our match-up, with the ball rolling up to the lip of the hole, only to roll back a few inches :-( There were a few other “1.5’s”, but no holes-in-one scored.

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
The 46 foot long16th hole at Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course

It was a great 18-hole course, a tricky layout with some nice hills and plateaus. It's well priced at £3 a round for adults and we’d definitely play there again.

Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex
Emily plays the second hole at Dunton Hills Miniature Golf Course in West Horndon, Essex

The logo of the Dunton Hills Miniature Golf course is very interesting indeed (a hen perched on a golf ball sat on a tee!) and you can see it on the very well made course scorecard. It’s one of the nicest scorecards we’ve collected on our travels.

The regular Golf course looks immaculate and there were some nice looking water hazards there. While we were there was a family of geese making themselves at home on the green next to the pond nearest to the Miniature Golf.

You can find the Dunton Hills Golf Centre on Tilbury Road in West Horndon, near Brentwood in Essex. It’s also called Dunton Hills Family Golf Centre and you can see it on Google Maps at the postcode CM13 3LT.

With Minigolf visit #499 completed, where will the 500th course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour be?

If we play #500 it’ll be the 300th Minigolf course played on our Tour!

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3 comments:

Golfzoo said...

Great place. Wonderful photos. Sure minigolf is exciting too.

Richard Gottfried said...

On Saturday 6 December 2014 we revisited the Minigolf course at Dunton Hills Family Golf Centre in Essex.

Check out the blog about our trip at Minigolf at Dunton Hills Family Golf Centre in Essex.

Richard Gottfried said...

On Sunday 16 February 2015 the Cambridgeshire & Essex Mini Golf Club organised the Dunton Hills Invitational minigolf tournament at the Dunton Hills Family Golf Centre.

With seven BMGA Tour Pro players competing in the three round, 54-hole competition I won with a total of 140, three shots ahead of Mark Wood and five clear of Andy Wilde.

Report: Dunton Hills Invitational Minigolf Tournament

Event: Dunton Hills Invitational