A look back at our visit to the minigolf course at Gowerton Golf Range in Swansea, Wales.
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We visited Gowerton Golf Range in Gowerton, Swansea, Wales to play the 9-hole minigolf course there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in August 2009.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Minigolf at Gowerton Golf Range in Swansea, Wales
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Time Machine Minigolf at Blue City in Warsaw, Poland
A look back at the Time Machine Minigolf course at the Blue City shopping centre in Warsaw, Poland.
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The 723rd course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Time Machine Minigolf course at Blue City in Warsaw, Poland.
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Emily swung by the Time Machine Minigolf course in March 2017.
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Find out more.
Visit the Arcade Bee website to find out more about the Time Machine Minigolf course.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
20 for 20 - World Adventure Golf Masters Championship
20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.
Emily is a two-time Women's World Adventure Golf Masters Champion - winning the international title at the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM) events held at Hastings Adventure Golf in 2011 and 2013.
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| Emily Gottfried - WMF World Adventure Golf Masters Women's Champion in 2011 |
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Monday, September 28, 2026
Crazy Golf in Abingdon-on-Thames
Looking back at the old Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Meadows in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
One of the courses we've visited and played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour travels but has since become a 'lost' course was the 10-hole Crazy Golf layout at the Abbey Meadows in my home town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
The course was the first one I ever played way back in the early 1980's.
The course had been in the park since the 1950's but was removed at the end of the 2016 season as part of renovations to the area.
It's always sad to see an old miniature golf course removed. Especially so when it's not replaced by a new one.
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| The last hole of the first course I ever played |
In August 2007 the course became the 31st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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| Playing hole 5 in 2007 |
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| Playing hole 5 in 2012 |
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| Playing hole 5 for the very last time in 2016 |
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| The course was very mossy on our visit in 2014 |
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Mumbles Crazy Golf at Southend Gardens in Swansea, Wales
A look back at a visit to the Mumbles Crazy Golf course at Southend Gardens in Swansea, Wales.
We visited the Mumbles Crazy Golf course at Southend Gardens in Swansea, Wales on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour during a big road-trip around the Welsh coast back in August 2009.
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Looking online, the course is still there.
Find out more.
Visit the Swansea Council website for more information on the Southend Gardens Crazy Golf course.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
20 for 20 - Winning The Putt Park Annual Mini-Golf Tournament in Las Vegas
20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.
Back in September 2011 we travelled to Las Vegas, USA where we competed in The Putt Park Annual Mini-Golf Tournament - and I won it!
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Crazy Golf on the roof of Selfridges Oxford Street in London
A look back at the Bompas & Parr rooftop crazy golf course at Selfridges Oxford Street in London.
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Back in the summer of 2012 Bompas & Parr created a brilliant 'London Landmark in Cake Creations' crazy golf course on the roof of Selfridges on Oxford Street!
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The course harked back to the early 1930's when the department store had a miniature golf course as part of the rooftop garden.
The Selfridges rooftop crazy golf course was the 298th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in June 2012.
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The 2012 edition was a brilliant idea and a tricky, but fun 9-hole layout. We played a number of tournaments up there and I became the Crazy Golf with Bompas & Parr Champion in August 2012.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
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