Monday, April 17, 2017

Crazy Golf at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

Playing the Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan.


On Saturday 8th April we headed to Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan to compete in the first-ever Great Northern Minigolf Open competition played out on the two miniature golf courses in the park.

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
The course was open and proving popular

The second course we played was the old Crazy Golf course operated by the Friends of Haigh Country Park group.

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
The view from hole one

At £1 per game the course is the lowest price we've ever found for an 18-hole course on our travels. Amazing value for money.

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
My first hole in one of the day - scored on the 'windmill with no blades labyrinth' hole!

The course was incredibly popular and had a good throughput of players all day. It's an interesting layout as the course has been added to over the years so has quite a hotch potch of obstacles. Not that that is a bad thing, it was certainly unique.

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
The course is quite crazy

The Haigh Woodland Park Crazy Golf course was the 728th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 701st in the UK. It became the 428th played on our travels since September 2006. 

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
Some holes have newer fibreglass obstacles

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
Others have older obstacles

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
While others have a mixture of traditional and modern elements
 
Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
A bowler hatted spider!

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
Humpty!!!

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
The tank obstacle was particularly odd and quite out of place on the course. It was an interesting and very tough hole

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
What a steep ramp

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
Emily playing the tank

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
The 17th

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
The 'green' of the 18th hole

In the second and final round of the Great Northern Minigolf Open tournament the scores were:
1st - Scott Lancley - 38
2nd - Richard Gottfried - 44
3rd - Emily Gottfried - 49
4th - John Moore - 50
5th - Russ Dent - 51
6th - Cat Patterson - 59

The competitors in the Great Northern Minigolf Open competition at Wigan's Crazy Golf course
The competitors in the Great Northern Minigolf Open competition

Visit the Friends of Haigh Country Park website for further information and course opening times. Back in 2012 the course was partly derelict, but the Friends group have done a brilliant job of getting it spruced up and fully open again.

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