Playing the Crazy Golf course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in Betchton, Sandbach, Cheshire.
Last weekend we visited three miniature golf courses, the first of which was the 9-hole Swedish Felt Crazy Golf course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in Betchton, Sandbach.
In our minigolf match-up Emily took the win with a score of 21 to my 22.
Emily putting to victory on hole 9
We enjoyed playing the course, and while it could've done with a bit of a sweep (much of the course is underneath some trees), we couldn't grumble as it was FREE to play!
Emily on hole 4
It'd be nice to spend a bit more time playing the course as there were definitely some hole-in-one opportunities on the layout.
Check out the videos below to see me playing each of the 9-holes.
There was also a nice looking Putting Green at Malkins Bank Golf Club, but we didn't have time for a go on it. The green closest to the Crazy Golf course looked great too.
When we decided to have a day out in Crewe we hadn't expected to play any courses, but Emily had spotted a Mini Golf course at Queens Park in Crewe and then I found out about the course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in a follow-up search!
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When our travels began in September 2006 there were around 600 miniature golf courses in the UK. We've now reached 890 course visits, including 39 overseas.
Do you know of any new courses opening up in your area? Do you know of an existing or old course that we haven't yet visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour? Are you planning to open a course?
A look at the Adventure Golf course at Worldham Golf Club in Alton, Hampshire.
Many thanks to our friend, minigolf rival and fellow Crazy Golf explorer Matt Dodd for sending over some snaps from his recent visit to the 12-hole Adventure Golf course at Worldham Golf Club in Alton, Hampshire.
Matt, Helen and their family have visited over 170 minigolf courses on their own Crazy Golf travels. We've met up with them - and competed against the pair - on some of them too. Check out Matt's other guest minigolf blog posts.
The Putt-Putt miniature golf course in Three Anchor Bay in Moullie Point / Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by PJ Goedhals
PJ managed to shoot an even par and the lowest round of the day!
Local champion PJ Goedhals on the Putt-Putt leaderboard
PJ said that the courses used to be blue and orange, with the course closest in the photo being the orange course. According to his old stats, it plays about 3-4 shots tougher than the blue course.
PJ's scorecard from the round - a round of 36 on a Putt-Putt course is solid
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the first Putt-Putt course, set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA back in 1954.
We're yet to play the Putt-Putt brand of miniature golf. Sadly there are no longer any Putt-Putt courses in the UK. Hopefully we'll get to play the format on our travels in the future.
The excellent 9-hole course was the 875th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 511th played.
At course number 875!
We really enjoyed our game on the Crazy Putting Challenge at Hamptworth Golf Club. The staff at the club were very welcoming and we could've easily spent a few more hours enjoying the course.
The Rules of the Crazy Putting Challenge course
In our match-up over 18-holes I won with a score of 41 (20 and 21) to Emily's 44 (22 and 22).
There was a nice little Putting Green at the Club too and a number of people were enjoying a round on the big golf course. Big being the operative word, as Hamptworth Golf Club is home to a 666 yard par-6 hole!
