A Crazy Golf battle between two of the Gottfried brothers on the roof of Selfridges London.
After watching the Archery at the London 2012 Olympic Games my brother Christopher and I headed to the 9-hole Bompas & Parr Crazy Golf course that is on the rooftop of Selfridges Department Store during the summer 'Big British Bang' event at the store.
We've had quite a few Crazy Golf matches against each other over the years and Christopher was with us when we played the course that would become the first on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
With the course filled with London-landmarks sculpted in cake form the layout was quite different to any other Miniature Golf course Christopher had played before, but the natural sportsman in him meant he took the lead on the second hole (Big Ben Rebound)!
.JPG "Christopher Gottfried playing the 2nd hole of the Bompas & Parr Crazy Golf") |
| Christopher plays his second shot on hole 2 - it looks more like Piccadilly Circus than Westminster with all the 'traffic'! |
The very difficult third hole was the bane of many a player at the course on our visit, as indeed it has been in the tournaments I've played there since the course opened. We scored a 4 and a 6.
The pair of us had a great time in a very close match-up that lacked holes-in-one, with neither of us getting an Ace until the 9th hole!
.JPG "Richard Gottfried playing the 5th hole of the Bompas & Parr Crazy Golf") |
| Richard Gottfried playing the 5th hole of the Bompas & Parr Crazy Golf |
In the end, and with a feeling of relief, I picked up the win 22 to 26 to (just about) claim the bragging rights.
.JPG "Christopher Gottfried playing the 9th hole of the Bompas & Parr Crazy Golf") |
| Christopher Gottfried playing the 9th hole of the Bompas & Parr Crazy Golf |
The course is in place until September and if you haven't given it a play yet you really should. The roof at Selfridges was one of the first sites in the UK to be home to a Minigolf course and back in the 1930's players flocked there to Putt above Oxford Street!
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