Monday, December 30, 2019

A look back at our minigolfing adventures in 2019

A look at our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour to date.


This year we visited 82 miniature golf layouts. Of those we were able to play at 36 courses.


When our travels began in 2006 there were around 600 courses in the UK.


The North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough
The North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough

In June we visited our 900th course overall when we played the North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

The North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough
Playing the North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough

In December we visited our 900th course in the UK when we played the indoor Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course at the New York Thunderbowl in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course at the New York Thunderbowl in Kettering
Playing the Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course at the New York Thunderbowl in Kettering

It's been a year of variety and we've seen so many interesting and quirky courses.

The first new course visited in 2019 was the Plonk Golf course in Shoreditch, London

We also revisited and replayed a lot of excellent courses that we'd already ticked off on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour 'To Play' list.

We've now been to 941 courses since September 2006.

The first course visited this year featured a volcano

As did the last new course we played

902 of the minigolf venues have been in the British Isles. 39 of the layouts were overseas.

Crazy Golf at Fletchers Family Garden Centre in Eccleshall, Staffordshire
The first new course we played in 2019 was at Fletchers Family Garden Centre in Eccleshall, Staffordshire

We've played 539 courses on our travels, many of them multiple times.

A number of the other 402 courses we haven't played have been out-of-season, closed, flooded, derelict or abandoned.


  • In 2018 we visited 64 courses.
  • In 2017 we went to 74 courses.
  • In 2016 we visited 47 courses.
  • In 2015 we went to 84 courses.

How many minigolf courses will we visit in 2020?

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