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Monday, April 27, 2015

596 minigolf courses visited to date

Nearing the landmark 600th minigolf course visit on our tour.

Minigolf in Southsea at Treasure Island Adventure Golf
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Charter Members Emily Gottfried and Christopher Gottfried at Treasure Island in Southsea - the location of the first two course visits on the tour

Back when we started travelling around the UK we wanted to visit as many seaside resorts and towns as we could - there are over 500 and we've been to 193 to date.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
In May 2009 the 100th course we visited overall was at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk. When we played the Crazy Golf course in June 2010 it was the 174th we had a round on

Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf at South Shields, Tyneside
The 100th course played was Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf at South Shields, Tyneside in June 2009

The Masters Putting Green in Southport
The Masters Putting Green in Southport was the 150th course played when we visited in September 2009

The first stop-off was Southsea to visit my little brother. While there we played the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course on the sea front and when we got home we found the excellent minigolf resource MiniatureGolfer.com that listed around 600 courses in the UK.

Curse of the Mummy in 3D indoor blacklight Crazy Golf course at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford
In September 2010 the Curse of the Mummy in 3D indoor blacklight Crazy Golf course at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford became the 200th course played on the tour

Crazy Golf at Salthouse Fields in Clevedon, North Somerset
The 400th course visited overall was at Salthouse Fields in Clevedon, North Somerset in July 2011. The Crazy Golf layout was the 258th played

In total we've visited 596 miniature golf courses and played 360 of them, some of them many times over.

The Himalayas at St Andrews
In April 2012 we visited the world's first miniature golf course - The Himalayas at St Andrews

Minigolf at Wonderland in Telford, Shropshire
In July 2012 the Minigolf course at Wonderland in Telford, Shropshire became a double landmark course as it was the 300th played and 500th visited overall

Crazy Golf at Wonderland in Telford, Shropshire
The second hole at Wonderland Telford was made of wooden planks!

We've visited and played minigolf in each of the home nations, and so far 21 of the courses we've visited have been overseas - including locations in Finland, the USA, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Hong Kong.

Mini Golf in Stockholm, Sweden
Emily plays hole 18 of the 250th course played on the tour in June 2011. This was in Stockholm, Sweden while we were on international duty as part of the Great Britain team.The 50th course played was also a 'Beton' style of minigolf course while we were playing for GB in Tampere, Finland in May 2008

In total, our travels have taken us to 458 different places in the UK, and that's not including the many many many little places we've stopped at briefly. And of the 193 seasides we've been to so far we've played, or visited, minigolf courses at 120 of them.

Crazy Golf at Mead Open Farm in Billington, Bedfordshire
The Swedish Felt B-Run style of minigolf at Mead Open Farm in Billington, Bedfordshire was the 350th course played on the tour, and 584th played overall when we had a game there in October 2014

Where will the 600th course be...?

Link:
- MiniatureGolfer.com

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Types and Variants of Minigolf
- Landmark minigolf courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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1 comment:

  1. The 600th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Jurassic Adventure Golf at the Santa Fe Fun Park in Swanage, Dorset on Sunday 31st May.

    During our two-week trip around the South West of England we also visited the 600th course in the UK - at Goodrington Sands in Paignton, Devon.

    Links:
    - Mini Golf in the South West of England
    - Jurassic Adventure Golf in Swanage
    - Crazy Golf in Goodrington Sands

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