The Secret Garden Adventure Golf course now open in Ware

The new Adventure Golf course at Van Hage Great Amwell garden centre in Ware, Hertfordshire is now open.

The outdoor Adventure Golf course can be found at the Blue Diamond Van Hage Great Amwell garden centre.

Find out more on The Secret Garden Adventure Golf Facebook Page.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Sea Road Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk

A look at the Fantasia Adventure Golf course in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

We swung by the Fantasia Adventure Golf course on Sea Road in Felixstowe while visiting the Suffolk seaside town on Monday.

It's one of our most visited courses and was originally the 7th we went to on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The course opened in 1997/98 and was one of the first adventure golf layouts to open in the UK.

The course is planned to close for good...

Sadly the Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk is set to be demolished.

The course will be closed and the site turned into residential properties after plans were approved for the work to go ahead.

It's a shame to see minigolf courses close down. Fantasia Adventure Golf has always been fun to play.

MuseumWeek 2025

This week is MuseumWeek.

Since 2014 MuseumWeek has grown to include over 60,000 participants from 100+ countries. It has become the first virtual, worldwide cultural event across social media.

MuseumWeek is an annual offline and online event based on the mechanism 7 days, 7 topics, 7 hashtags.

Find out more on the MuseumWeek website.

The Crazy Golf Museum

As the Curator of the Crazy Golf Museum it's always nice to be able to support museum initiatives such as MuseumWeek.

The Crazy Golf Museum is the world's first virtual crazy golf museum - a worldwide archive of miniature golf memories, histories and ephemera.

Minigolf did you knows:

• The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.
• James Barber opened the first minigolf course in the USA in 1916. The 'Lilliputian' miniature golf course was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
• A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games in the USA.
• Crazy Golf is 99 years old in 2025. The first course using the name 'Crazy Golf' opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.
• 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA. Garnet Carter opened the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• The first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930.
• The first Putt-Putt brand miniature golf course was set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA in 1954.
• The Crazy Golf Museum is 15 years old in 2025. The virtual online museum is a treasure trove and archive for all things related to minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf, miniature golf, Putt Putt, and putting.
• There are approximately 1,370 miniature golf courses in the British Isles.
• Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 19 years old in 2025! In that time we've visited over 1,000 courses.
• There are several Guinness World Records for achievements in Minigolf, Miniature Golf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf, and Putt-Putt. The 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records book featured a whole page about minigolf and you can find details of the records on the Guinness World Records website.
• There are two 'miniature golf days' each year. 'National Miniature Golf Day' is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2025 the first was on Saturday 10th May. The other minigolf day, 'Miniature Golf Day', is always on the 21st September. In 2025 that will fall on a Sunday.

Visit the Crazy Golf Museum website and check out these Crazy Golf Museum-related blog posts for more info.

New Adventure Golf at Prairie Sports Village in Burnley

There are plans to create a dinosaur and volcano-themed Adventure Golf course at Prairie Sports Village in Burnley, Lancashire.

The new 18-hole outdoor adventure golf layout will replace the current 9-hole mini golf course and putting course.

Visit the Prairie Sports Village website for more information.

It'll be a new course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at the Fantasy Island Theme Park in Ingoldmells, Skegness

A look back at the Crazy Golf course at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, Skegness, Lincolnshire.

What a setting for a game of crazy golf!

We played the Crazy Golf at the Fantasy Island Theme Park in Ingoldmells on this day in 2011!

At that point the 12-hole outdoor Crazy Golf course was the 240th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Fantasy Island website for more information.

Fantasy Island is now home to an 18-hole course called Lava Creek Adventure Golf. It's a course we need to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Adventure Golf at Cheshunt Park Golf Course

A new Adventure Golf course is being built at Cheshunt Park Golf Course in Hertfordshire.

Cheshunt Park Golf Course in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire will soon be home to a new Adventure Golf course.

Visit the Cheshunt Park Golf Course website for more information.

The outdoor Adventure Golf layout at Cheshunt Park Golf Course will be a new one for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

National Miniature Golf Day - a day of many names

The second Saturday in May is always National Miniature Golf Day.

Putting at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Much like the many different names for 'Miniature Golf', National Miniature Golf Day itself (and its sister appreciation day in September, Miniature Golf Day) goes by many many many different names!

I've seen the days called:

• Global Mini Golf Day
• Global Miniature Golf Day
• Global Minigolf Day
• International Mini Golf Day
• International Miniature Golf Day
• International Minigolf Day
• Mini Golf Day
• Miniature Golf Day
• Minigolf Day
• National Mini Golf Day
• National Miniature Golf Day
• National Minigolf Day
• World Mini Golf Day
• World Miniature Golf Day
• World Minigolf Day
• Worldwide Mini Golf Day
• Worldwide Miniature Golf Day
• Worldwide Minigolf Day

Whatever you call National Miniature Golf Day (or Miniature Golf) it's superb to see the day and game being celebrated worldwide.

As usual, National Miniature Golf Day today is on the second Saturday in May, next year that falls on Saturday 9th May 2026. Miniature Golf Day is always on the 21st September and in 2025 that will be a Sunday.

And don't forget, every Monday is #MinigolfMonday!

National Miniature Golf Day Eve

Tomorrow is National Miniature Golf Day!

Emily playing The Himalayas course at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club back in 2012 - the course is the world's first miniature golf course

Will you be playing miniature golf tomorrow?

Playing The Himalayas course at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2025 it falls on a Sunday.

There are so many places to play minigolf now, with new courses opening up all the time. Including public courses, as well as those at pay to enter attractions, holiday parks, hotels and other 'non-standard' locations you can find over 1,300 miniature golf layouts around the UK and British Isles (including Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, and other islands)!

Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course in Aberavon, Wales

A look at the Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course in Aberavon, Port Talbot in May 2019.

The 12-hole Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course became the 885th course visited and 516th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when I was there to play in the 2019 Welsh Minigolf Doubles Championship in May 2019.

We warmed up for Sunday's tournament with a singles competition to celebrate National Miniature Golf Day. The in-form David Hartley added to his recent trophy haul by taking the win by one-shot, with Marion Hartley and me tied for second place.

Created by the Natural Play Company, Pirate Cove Adventure Golf is a tricky layout and while there are hole-in-one opportunities, they are few and far between!

 

Check out the Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course on Facebook for more information.

Lost Minigolf Courses - Moroccan Adventure Golf course at Pleasureland in Southport

A look at the old Moroccan Adventure Golf course at Pleasureland in Southport in 2009.

We visited Southport for the first time back in September 2009. It was the last Friday of the summer season but Pleasureland had closed down so we weren't able to play the Moroccan-themed Adventure Golf layout.

It's one of my favourite lost minigolf courses as it had a theme we hadn't seen before and haven't seen since.

  

Pleasureland Southport has undergone several changes in the years since we visited, and is now known as Adventure Coast Southport.

Adventure Coast Southport is home to a Viking-themed Adventure Golf course.

We haven't been to Southport for a few years, so the Viking Golf at Adventure Coast Southport will be a new one to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Gator Golf at Crocodiles of the World in Brize Norton

There's a new minigolf course at Crocodiles of the World in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.

Crocodiles of the World in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire has opened a new 15-hole outdoor Gator Golf minigolf course.

Crocodiles of the World is the UK's only crocodile zoo!

Check out the Crocodiles of the World and Gator Golf websites for more information.

Many thanks to the team at Veridian Outdoor for letting me know about the new course.

I never knew Crocodiles of the World existed! It'll be fun checking out the zoo and Gator Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.