20 for 20 - World Adventure Golf Masters Championship

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Emily is a two-time Women's World Adventure Golf Masters Champion - winning the international title at the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM) events held at Hastings Adventure Golf in 2011 and 2013.

Emily Gottfried - WMF World Adventure Golf Masters Women's Champion in 2011

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20 for 20 - Winning The Putt Park Annual Mini-Golf Tournament in Las Vegas

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Back in September 2011 we travelled to Las Vegas, USA where we competed in The Putt Park Annual Mini-Golf Tournament - and I won it!

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20 for 20 - Minigolf in Felixstowe

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We first visited Felixstowe in Suffolk on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in November 2006 - and we've been back many many many times since.

We've played a lot of minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf there. And some grass putting.

While minigolf has been a constant in the seaside town for decades, the actual courses themselves have seen changes over the years.

Playing minigolf at Manning's Amusements.

We've played minigolf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe a lot over the years. The first time we played there was back on the 19th November 2006 when it became the fifth course we ever visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It was also the first indoor minigolf course we played.

The green on the old first hole used to revolve!

Back then it was one of only two indoor minigolf courses in the whole of the UK! The other was at The Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and is still there too.

There are now a lot more indoor minigolf venues than there were back in the mid-noughties.

The Golf FX course at Manning's Amusements was a brilliant layout, with lots of optical illusions and practical effects. It was a unique course and ahead of its time with its sound and light effects. 20 years later and over a thousand courses later, very few we have been to have come close to capturing the fun of it.

Since our first visit to Manning's Amusements the course had a several upgrades, refurbishments and name changes - it was called 'Golf FX' when we first played and has been known as 'Magical Golf', 'Magical Golf FX' and 'Harry Putter and the Magical Crazy Golf'. Until the course finally closed and reopened as a new indoor Street Golf course in 2025.

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20 for 20 - Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Our local course is the Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre. It became the 1,117th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006 when we swung by for a game earlier this year.

The Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre lays claim to the title of being the largest Adventure Golf course in Europe and features 18-holes of outdoor adventure golf that are played over 1500sqm of greens and a 10,000sqm site.

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20 for 20 - The WMF Nations Cup minigolf tournament in Stockholm, Sweden

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We played for Great Britain in the WMF Nations Cup international minigolf tournament at Tantogårdens Bangolf in Stockholm, Sweden in June 2011.

Emily at the start of her record breaking round on the Miniaturegolf course

At the event Emily set the British women's record score on the Miniaturegolf (Eternit) format of the game after scoring a round of 24 (-12) on the 18-hole course during the 2011 WMF Nations Cup tournament.

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20 for 20 - Minigolf at the 2012 Oslympic Games

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Back in the summer of 2012 we were proud to be a part of the Oswestry Games. The festival of sport in Shropshire saw the sport of minigolf included in a multi-sport games event in the UK for the first time.

We scooped Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the Games - and what very fine medals they are too

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20 for 20 - Happy Miniature Golf Day

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Today is Miniature Golf Day!

Miniature Golf Day takes place on the 21st September each year.

Minigolf courses we've played on 'Miniature Golf Days' in previous years

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year:

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May.
• The other minigolf day - Miniature Golf Day - is always on the 21st September.

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20 for 20 - Minigolf guest blog posts from around the world

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

During the last 20 years we've received minigolf guest blog posts from 31 countries - and international waters!

Over the years we have met so many people and made some great friends, many of whom have contributed to our travels by telling us about new courses, letting us know about course refurbs, or by sending over photos of courses they've been too. We've also received excellent photos of miniature golf courses from our family, friends, our networks, and course owners, managers, designers and builders themselves.

Guest blog posts from 31 countries.

Since I created the Ham & Egger Files blog in 2006 we've published guest blog posts about a variety of minigolf courses in England, Wales, Scotland, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Croatia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Indonesia, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain (including Lanzarote, Tenerife and Majorca), Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the USA, on the high seas onboard the MSC Opera cruise ship (sailing from Italy - to Montenegro - to Greece), and even North Korea!

What makes it extra special is that these guest blog posts have captured a minigolf course in a moment of time, and in some cases such as pop-ups and courses that are now closed - courses that we'll never be able to experience for ourselves.

It's wonderful seeing the variety of courses around the world, and also how many places you can find to have a round of minigolf.

Some of the courses our friends and family have been to are far flung, and even some of those here in the British Isles are in places off the beaten path or in island locations we haven't had the chance to explore yet.

Minigolf courses around the world.

Here's a (very small) selection of photos from the many many many guest blog posts we've gratefully received over the years! You can see more in this blog post and in these guest blog posts.

Adventure Mini-Golf, Blauer See, Garbsen, Germany. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2025

The New Hampshire Landmarks indoor minigolf course at Funspot New Hampshire. Photo by Adam Lueb, November 2018

Minigolf course in Marrakesh, Morocco. Photo by Putter Madness, January 2026

Mini Golf in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo by Dylan Harris from Lupine Travel, September 2015

Kleine Hazen Putting Park at Hazendal in South Africa. Photo by PJ Goedhals, 2023

Mini Golf at Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USA. Photo by Laura, aka The Gluten Free Traveller, August 2019

Bermuda Fun Golf. Photo by Adam Lueb, May 2018

Mini Golf at The Taste of Arran Shop. Photo by John Moore, March 2024

Mini Golf Mosir in Warsaw, Poland. Photo by Kevin Moseley, July 2026

Mini-Golf course at Talkin Tarn Country Park in Brampton, Cumbria. Photo by John Moore, May 2022

Eternit Miniature Golf course at Äventyrsgolfen Kärralund in Gothenburg, Sweden. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2025

Crazy Golf course on Burray, Orkney Islands - the most Northerly Crazy Golf course in the UK. Photo by Woodcock & Flanagan

Crazy Golf course at The Beaver Inn, Appledore, Devon. Photo by Alan Norman, September 2020

Forssan Minigolf Puttaamo in Forssa, Finland. Photo by Chris Jones, August 2022

Golden Putter Mini Golf at War Memorial Park, Coventry. Photo by Matt Dodd, August 2024

Hollywood Drive-In Golf. Photo by Shelley Barrett, 2018

Miniature Golf at Baker's Golf in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA. Photo by Kevin Dias, 2024

Minigolf and Pit-Pat at Olympiapark München. Photo by Kevin Moseley, October 2024

Mini-golf Nausicaà in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Photo by Gareth Holmes, 2025

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20 for 20 - The World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Emily and I both made our debuts in the 2007 edition of the World Crazy Golf Championships back when it was known as the Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships. It was Emily's first ever miniature golf tournament.

The event is held on the 18-hole outdoor Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course at the seafront Hastings Adventure Golf complex.

Emily and The Gommery Trophy at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships. Emily is a two-time winner of the trophy awarded for most holes-in-one by players who finish outside the final top 18

2027 will see the 24th edition of the World Crazy Golf Championships take place.

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20 for 20 - Winning the Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We've both won the Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship - I lifted the trophy in 2018 and Emily won the title in 2019.

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20 for 20 - The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

I published my minigolf marketing ebook - The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing - in 2017.

The ebook to help minigolf players better market themselves, their clubs, tournaments and courses is available to purchase from Amazon.

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20 for 20 - The Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course in Knowle West, Bristol

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We had a superb time at the launch of the brand new Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course in Knowle West, Bristol in July 2021.

The real life miniature golf course was created during the pandemic and the ideas for the hole designs were generated by members of the Knowle West community during Lockdown 1.

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20 for 20 - Playing for Great Britain at the 2008 Nations Cup of Minigolf in Tampere, Finland

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We made our Great Britain minigolf team debuts at the 2008 Nations Cup of Minigolf in Tampere, Finland.

Emily playing on the Beton Concrete Minigolf course in Tampere, Finland during a practice session

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20 for 20 - 'The Butler Cup' On The Buses Crazy Golf Tournament at Prestatyn Crazy Golf

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

In 2014 we travelled to Prestatyn, Wales to compete in 'The Butler Cup' On The Buses Crazy Golf Tournament at Prestatyn Crazy Golf - and Emily won the tournament.

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20 for 20 - Miniature Golf at Les Mielles in St Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We had a nice holiday on Jersey in the Channel Islands in May 2016.

While there we played the 18-hole Breakers Miniature Golf course at Les Mielles Golf and Country Club in St Ouens Bay, Jersey. It was a giant minigolf course!

It was the 400th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

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20 for 20 - A Couple of Putts

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Our friends over at A Couple of Putts (Tom Loftus & Robin Schwartzman) have been a big part of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years.

It was superb to finally meet up with Tom (one half of the A Couple of Putts team) for a game of Crazy Pool (!) at Roxy Ball Room and Crazy Golf at King Pins at the Manchester Arndale Centre in 2024.

Minigolf characters

Please do check out the A Couple of Putts website for more information on Tom & Robin's minigolf adventures. 

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20 for 20 - The Putting Penguin

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

Our friends over at The Putting Penguin minigolf reviews (and more!) website have been a big part of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years.

It was brilliant to finally meet up with Pat Sheridan (one half of The Putting Penguin team) at the Putt in the Park miniature golf course in Wandsworth, London in 2015.

Please do check out The Putting Penguin website and share your minigolf reviews and recommendations with them.

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20 for 20 - The Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

I won the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament in 2009.

I won the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open tournament on the 5th September 2009

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20 for 20 - The UK's first Crazy Golf course

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

And in 2026 Crazy Golf is 100 years old!

The first miniature golf course using the name 'Crazy Golf' opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926 and the game is widely known by that name in the UK. Crazy Golf is seldom, if ever, used overseas except in tourist spots popular with UK holidaymakers.

In May 2015 The Original Crazy Golf course became the 363rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We'd first visited the course in 2011.

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20 for 20 - The Himalayas miniature golf course at St Andrews

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We visited The Himalayas course at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club in 2012 - the course is the world's first miniature golf course.

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