Monday, September 30, 2013

Seven Years on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

Visiting 536 Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf and Putting courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006!

Today marks the seventh anniversary of our Miniature Golfing odyssey!

At Quest Krazy Golf in Dudley in April 2013
At Quest Krazy Golf in Dudley in April 2013

It was on Saturday 30th of September 2006 that Emily and I visited the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Portsmouth while visiting my brother Christopher in the town.

Since that day we’ve visited a total of 536 courses and played 321 of them.

Adventure Golf at Wookey Hole last November
Adventure Golf at Wookey Hole last November

We’ve also found many unplayable and derelict courses on our travels. These unloved and forgotten courses once again being looked upon by enthusiastic eyes.

In the last year we’ve managed to play at fifteen new courses, revisit a number of courses and visit a further twelve courses we couldn’t play for one reason or another.

Chrizy Golfing in Manchester last November!

Who knows how many more Minigolf courses we’ll play in the coming weeks, months and years. There are some courses in London and St Albans that are on our ‘to play very soon’ list, while other courses in the south west of England (where there are many!) will take some time to explore properly.

Emily playing at Barnard Castle in July

Whatever happens we’ll continue to tour the country and the great British coastline, popping into seaside resorts in the hope of playing a new and exciting course, or rediscovering a long-forgotten remnant of Minigolf history.

Minigolf, Crazy golf, Adventure Golf courses we’ve played since the 18th of October 2012:

Minigolf, Crazy golf, Adventure Golf and Putting courses we’ve visited but not been able to play since the 1st of October 2012:
- Mill Hill (Mill Hill Park) - Crazy Golf - Out of Season
- Wigan (Haigh Country Park) - Himalayan Putting Green - Too snowy and icy to play
- Carshalton, Sutton (The Grove Park) - Crazy Golf - not yet open for the season

With another Humpty at the closed Crazy Golf course in Carshalton
With another Humpty at the closed Crazy Golf course in Carshalton

If you know of any new Minigolf courses then do let us know through a comment below, or via Twitter.

Many thanks to everyone who has tipped us off about a course we hadn't yet played or didn't know about, it's very much appreciated.

We've met some great friends and interesting people on our travels for fun and on the domestic and international Miniature Golf competition circuit. Thank you to each and every one of them.

Please do also check out the links below (and on the right hand side of the blog) for other Minigolf enthusiast websites and sites of interest!

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2 comments:

Lemony said...

Wow. Seven Years has gone super-fast :)

Richard Gottfried said...

Charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher 'Beya' Gottfried used to live in Southsea and just so happened to be in the town again today on the anniversary of our first course visit!

Unfortunately the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course was closed.

How different would life have been had this been the case seven years ago...?

Photo 1 of the Treasure Island Adventure Golf venue, home to the Victory and Warrior Trail 9-hole courses.

Photo 2 of Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea.