Visiting and playing the first two Miniature Golf courses in the world!
On the long and winding road that is the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Emily and I have so far visited 528 Minigolf courses and played 317 of them. There have been a wide-range of designs, obstacles, layouts and hazards. Some of the courses were new, some were temporary and others had been established a long time.
Two of the courses we have played lay claim to being the first of their type in the world!
The third Minigolf course we ever visited on what was to become the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Southsea Golf Links in Hampshire, England which according to the British Pitch & Putt Association opened in 1914 and was the first course in England, if not the World, to be purpose built for use by members of the public!
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| Pitching on hole 2 at the Southsea Golf Links |
The 292nd and 293rd courses we played were at St Andrews in Scotland where we played The Himalayas Putting Courses, home to the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club, and the world's first Minigolf course as it was first laid out in 1867!
.JPG "Emily Putting at the 18th hole at The Himalayas in St Andrews - The world's first miniature golf course!") |
| Emily Putting at the 18th hole at The Himalayas in St Andrews |
Other courses and locations we've played at with a fair bit of history include Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing where there has been Minigolf played on the site of the new course since the 1920's and the roof of Selfridges Department Store on Oxford Street in London which last year re-opened for the first time since the 1930's.
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- Playing Minigolf on the Selfridges Rooftop Crazy Golf course!
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