Mini Golf 'Days' in 2023

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2023 that will be Saturday 13th May.

The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2023 that will fall on a Thursday.

And then every Monday is 'Minigolf Monday'. #MinigolfMonday

Today is Minigolf Monday

Putt at Home.

It's Minigolf Monday - Putt at home!

Happy Minigolf Monday.

Putt at home!

Happy Minigolf Monday

Happy Minigolf Monday.

This Saturday is Miniature Golf Day. Where will you be playing?

Playing at Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne last Miniature Golf Day

#MinigolfMonday - nine years old this year

Today is the 441st #MinigolfMonday!

My friend and minigolf rival Pat Sheridan of The Putting Penguin Minigolf Review website and I started our quest to get our favourite game trending on Monday 25th October 2010. Where has the time gone since then!!!

Do check out, and use, the hashtag - #MinigolfMonday - on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and wherever else a hashtag works.

Related blog posts:
- Key minigolf dates for the year ahead
- #MinigolfMonday

Happy April Fools' Day!

Minigolf Monday WILL continue to be on a Monday. Obviously.

#MinigolfMonday

Happy Minigolf Monday!

Today is the last time Minigolf Monday will be celebrated on a Monday. From next week #MinigolfMonday will be held on a Tuesday.

Key minigolf dates for the year ahead

Happy 2019! We hope you have a brilliant year of minigolf.

Last February we had a crazy 42-hours in Sweden where we were able to visit nine courses, including our 800th overall - at Swing by Golfbaren in Stockholm

Check out these key dates for your minigolf diary.

• Saturday 11th May - National Miniature Golf Day (this falls on the second Saturday in May).
• Saturday 21st September - Miniature Golf Day (this is always on the 21st September).
• Monday 30th September - 13 years of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea - where our travels began in 2006

• #MiniGolfMonday - every Monday of the year.
• For international minigolf competitions visit the World Minigolf Sport Federation website
• For UK minigolf tournaments visit the British Minigolf Association website.

Are you planning a minigolf event in 2019 or do you have a BIG minigolf anniversary to celebrate this year - do get in touch to let us know!

Did you know:

• Miniature Golf will be 152 years old in 2019! The world's first Grass Putting course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867. The Himalayas is still there now and is a real pleasure to play.
• The first minigolf course in the USA opened in 1916. It was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, NC.
• A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games.
• Crazy Golf is 93 years old in 2019. The very first course opened in 1926 on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England.
• 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA, with the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course opening near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN.
• It'll be 89 years since the first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930. 
• The Minigolf course reviewers at The Putting Penguin celebrate their 18th year in 2019, while A Couple of Putts reach their seventh year.

Key minigolf dates for the year ahead

Happy 2018! We hope you have a brilliant year of minigolf.

Last year we played at Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton on National Miniature Golf Day

Check out these key dates for your minigolf diary.

Saturday 12th May - National Miniature Golf Day (this falls on the second Saturday in May).

Friday 21st September - Miniature Golf Day (this is always on the 21st September).

Sunday 30th September - 12 years of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

#MiniGolfMonday - every Monday of the year.

For international minigolf tournaments visit the World Minigolf Sport Federation website.

For UK minigolf competitions visit the British Minigolf Association website.

Are you planning a minigolf event in 2018 or do you have a BIG minigolf anniversary to celebrate this year - do get in touch to let us know!

Minigolf with The Putting Penguin at Putt in the Park

A round of minigolf with Pat Sheridan at the Putt in the Park miniature golf course in Wandsworth.

The Ham and Egger Files meets The Putting Penguin in Putney. A perfect minigolfing mix

On Monday 2 March 2015 Emily and I met up with one half of the Putting Penguin team - Pat Sheridan.

The Putting Penguin's ambassador to the UK receives a warm welcome to King's Cross station 

Pat was in the UK on business and with a little free time upon arrival we headed to one of London's minigolf courses for a round.

Pat taking a photo of Duffer the penguin as Squire putts

It was great to meet up with a friend, fellow minigolf enthusiast and multiple time minigolf champion in the USA, and we had a fun round on the 12-hole Putt in the Park miniature golf course at Wandsworth Park in (aptly named) Putney.

For the record, the results of the international encounter were:
1st - Richard Gottfried 32
2nd - Pat Sheridan (USA) 34
3rd - Emily Gottfried 35

The prize giving ceremony on the 12th green at Putt in the Park

We're already looking forward to the return contest in the USA!

Pat Sheridan playing his first shot on a UK minigolf course. He scored a hole-in-one! 

The long second hole is tackled by Pat

Emily tapping in on the third

Pat taking a long route to the hole

A tough shot from the bunker

Emily played an incredible second putt from the wrong side of the water to almost get a two

A tricky second putt on the island green

 

Playing the final hole

A Putting Penguin Mascot and Putting Penguin logo golf ball

The Putt in the Park course was the 538th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on the 18 October 2013. It was the 323rd course played.

Taking a shot on the eleventh hole

Crossing the water twice in one day

Check out the links below for more details on the Putting Penguin - the world's largest minigolf review website. The site, run by Pat and fellow minigolf fanatic Mandy Ranslow, has recently reached the 250 reviews mark. If you play a course anywhere in the world do submit a review.

And of course here's the link to Pat's review of the Putt in the Park course on the Putting Penguin.

Links:
- The Putting Penguin website
- The Putting Penguin on Twitter
- The Putting Penguin on Facebook
- Putt in the Park website
- #MinigolfMonday

Related blog posts:
- The Putting Penguin
- Let's get Minigolf 'trending' - Twitter, Minigolf and #MinigolfMonday
- Putt in the Park Minigolf at Wandsworth Park, London
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in and around London

Miniature Golf Days in 2013

Special days to celebrate Minigolf!

If, like me, you're a fan of Miniature Golf (and it's many varieties) you'll be pleased to know that there are a number of special days to celebrate the great game!

The first will be on Saturday 11th of May 2013 which marks 'National Miniature Golf Day'.

The second is 'Miniature Golf Day' which always falls on the 21st of September and this year will be a Saturday.

Playing the 18th hole in front of the crowd at Wroxham Barns in the 2011 BMGA English Open

Interestingly two British Minigolf Association Tour competitions will be taking place on each of the above 'days', with the BMGA British Championships taking place at Wroxham Barns in Hoveton, Norfolk on the weekend of the 11th & 12th of May. Saturday 21st September will see the first day's play of the BMGA British International Open contested at Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate, Kent.

Playing hole 2 at the 2012 BMGA British Open at Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate, Kent

Last year on the 6th of May the Austrian Minigolf Federation (Österreichischer Bahnengolf-Verband - OBGV) organised the third-annual 'Minigolf Tag' ('Minigolf Day').

Related Blog Posts:

- Miniature Golf Days in 2012

- Dates for your Diary - National Miniature Golf Day

- Happy Miniature Golf Day 2011

- How I celebrated Miniature Golf Day 2011

- Let's get Minigolf 'trending' - Twitter, Minigolf and #MinigolfMonday

- Types and Variants of Miniature Golf visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:

- National Miniature Golf Day on Wikipedia (within ‘Miniature Golf’ article - the first edition was in 2007)

- Miniature Golf Day on the Holiday Insights website

- #MinigolfMonday on Twitter

- British Minigolf Association

- World Minigolf Sport Federation

Miniature Golf Days in 2012

Special days to mark the great game of Miniature Golf.

According to ‘the internet’ there are two days each year to celebrate Miniature Golf!

The first of these is National Miniature Golf Day and falls on the second Saturday in May, this year it’s on Saturday 12th of May. The first ever National Miniature Golf Day was held on the 12th of May 2007!

The second of these is Miniature Golf Day and is always on the 21st of September.

This year the British Minigolf Association Tour will be at Strokes Adventure Golf course in Margate, Kent on the 21st of September (a Friday) and the BMGA Players Championship (and BMGA International Players Championship) will be contested. The weekend of the 22nd and 23rd September sees the 15th annual BMGA British International Open tournament played at the course.

Playing hole 1 of the Strokes Adventure Golf course in Margate, Kent

Where will you be playing Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf or Putt-Putt on the Miniature Golf Days this year...?

Related Blog Posts:

- Dates for your Diary - National Miniature Golf Day

- Happy Miniature Golf Day 2011

- How I celebrated Miniature Golf Day 2011

- Let's get Minigolf 'trending' - Twitter, Minigolf and #MinigolfMonday

- Types and Variants of Miniature Golf visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:

- National Miniature Golf Day on Wikipedia (within ‘Miniature Golf’ article)

- Miniature Golf Day on the Holiday Insights website

- "May 12, 2012 is National Miniature Golf Day" on Punchbowl

- National Miniature Golf Day blog post on The Lope

- #MinigolfMonday on Twitter

Let's get Minigolf 'trending' - Twitter, Minigolf and #MinigolfMonday

Let's get Minigolf trending!

If you're on Twitter and are also into your Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf etc. then check out the Minigolf Twitter List - A list of Twitterers and Tweets from the Minigolfing World. I created the list to keep track of all the conversations taking place on the micro-blogging site by minigolfers/minigolf businesses etc.

With Twitter you are able to search within real-time conversations for mentions of key words - so for example you can search for mentions of the word 'minigolf' by typing the word in the search function. You can also enable the word to be clicked on in a tweet itself by 'hash-tagging' it, that is to put a # as a prefix, so minigolf becomes #minigolf.

Twitterers have also created 'themed' days, some of which include #FollowFriday, #MuppetThursday and #TravelTuesday. Over the course of a few tweets Pat, from The Putting Penguin Miniature Golf website suggested we start up a #MiniGolfMonday tweet day/trend on the site.

So here goes...

Happy #MiniGolfMonday