A visit to the Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Exmouth.
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| The Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course in Exmouth |
The 611th and 612th courses visited on our
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour were at the Arnold Putting Course on the seafront in Exmouth, Devon.
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| Arnold Palmer Putting Courses are a seaside classic |
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| At the 611th course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour |
There's a 10-hole Crazy Golf layout, with a 'Lucky 11th' top hole where you can try to win a free game, and a Grass Putting course.
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| A view of the Crazy Golf and Grass Putting courses |
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| The Top Hole! |
The two miniature golf courses on Queen's Drive were the 12th and 13th visited during
our tour of the South West of England.
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| Hole 1 |
The Crazy Golf course costs £3 a round, with the Grass Putting £3 for 9-holes, or £4 for 18-holes. There's also a Jungle Fun centre and a Safari Cafe on the site.
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| Hole 2 |
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| Hole 2 |
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| Hole 3 |
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| Hole 4 |
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| Hole 4 |
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| Hole 5 |
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| Hole 5 |
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| Hole 6 |
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| Hole 7 |
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| Hole 8 |
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| Hole 9 |
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| Hole 10 |
Unfortunately there are plans to remove the Crazy Golf courses as part of a redevelopment of the seafront in Exmouth. This is a real shame. The course still looks to be in excellent shape and Arnold Palmer Putting Courses have been a part of the UK seaside since the 1960's. It's a classic piece of seaside history and should be preserved rather than destroyed.
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| Visit this course while you still can! |
Arnold Palmer Putting Courses are my favourite type of minigolf to play and
we've visited quite a few over the years - 24 in fact! The
first course Emily and I ever played on together was an Arnold Palmer at Butlin's Minehead. On our trip to
Skegness earlier this year it was great to see
the scorecard at the course there listing all of the Arnold Palmer Putting courses - many of which have ceased to exist.
Related blog posts:
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Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
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Mini Golf in the South West of England
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Arnold Palmer Putting Courses
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Sadly the course is no more :-(
ReplyDeleteGlad we visited it when we did. A real shame we never got to play it.
And a massive shame that it's been demolished. A piece of miniature golf history gone.