The American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship

A look back at the 2017 American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship.

My team-mate Peter Jones and I qualified for the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship Final by winning the Welsh Regional Qualifier at Clays Golf Centre in Wrexham, Wales.

Playing in the final of the American Golf National Pairs Championship

Winners of the Regional Qualifiers progressed to the grand final at The Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield.

Peter Jones in action in the final of the American Golf National Pairs Championship

National Television Championships.

The American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship Final was contested on the Ryder Legends Mini Golf course at The Belfry in September 2017 and was televised on Sky Sports Golf.

You can watch the tournament in the video below from 26m 55s.

You can also watch the American Golf Championship Tour Season Review programme on the American Golf YouTube Channel with the Adventure Golf competition starting at 31m 33s.

Qualifying for the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship.

Players earned their places in the final by competing in qualifying events in England, Scotland and Wales at the following venues:

• Bristol Golf Centre
• Clays Farm Golf Centre, Wrexham
• Great Western Golf Clydebank
• Top Golf Watford
• Trent Lock, Long Eaton
• World of Golf Croydon

Action from the TV tournament at The Belfry

Miniature Golf course at Clays Golf Centre in Wrexham.

Each of the holes on the 9-hole Miniature Golf course at Clays Golf Centre in Wrexham were based on famous holes from big/regular golf.

Miniature Golf course at Clays Golf Centre in Wrexham

Related blog posts:

• American Golf
• American Golf Adventure Golf Championship
• Clays Golf Centre
• Competition
• The Belfry
• Tournament
• Wrexham

The Ryder Legends Mini Golf course at The Belfry Hotel & Resort - the outdoor 12-hole course was the 456th played and 768th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:

• American Golf
• Clays Golf Driving Range & Golf Course
• The Belfry Hotel & Resort

New Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire

A new Adventure Golf course is opening at Beacon Park in Lichfield.

Work is beginning on the new Adventure Golf course that will replace the old minigolf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

The new outdoor 9-hole Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire is being created as part of improvement works to the facilities at the park.

Find out more.

The plans for the new Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park were put forward by Lichfield District Council and MicroSports, with the course planned to be developed by RL Golf Construction Ltd.

Visit the Boosting Beacon Park section on the Lichfield Council website for more information.

Visiting Beacon Park on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park will be a new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've been to Beacon Park before. Back in September 2017 we played the Eternit-style Miniature Golf course at the park. That layout became the 461st played and 775th visited on our travels.

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Closer to 2050 than the year 2000

We're now closer to 2050 than the year 2000!

As of today we've now passed the halfway point between the years 2000 and 2050.

The Time Machine Minigolf course in Warsaw, Poland (March 2017)

If you could time travel when (and where) would you go?

GlowGolf indoor minigolf course in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Photo by Christopher Gottfried (January 2017)

Crazy Golf at the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea

The Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea, Wales is being refurbished.

The outdoor Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea will shortly be receiving a refurbishment. This will see the course closed from Monday 16th June and reopening on Saturday 28th June.

We're looking forward to seeing what the refreshed course looks like.

We played the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea on Miniature Golf Day back in 2017. The course was the 462nd played and 781st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've got a nice old postcard showing a previous course that was in the same location.

Putting Course. Rhos-on-Sea. C1542. E.T.W. Dennis & Sons Ltd

If you look past the course and to the right of Emily you can see the arched window on the seafront that also appears in the old postcard above

Check out the Rhos Fynach website for more information.

The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing ebook

I published my minigolf marketing ebook eight years ago today.

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

Don't worry if you don't have a Kindle as you can download the Kindle App on iOS, Android, Mac & PC.

Minigolf Marketing

As a minigolfer with over a decade of experience as a tournament competitor and 20+ of experience in marketing and communications I designed the guide so that anyone interested or involved in minigolf could help promote the game. It's a niche title, but an audience and subject I know a lot about.

Writing the book was brilliant and enabled me to bring two areas of my life together. I've worked in marketing since 2003 and have played minigolf since I was a child. Stepping up to compete on the national minigolf tour circuit and in international tournaments opened my eyes to the potential of the game.

I’ve also had the honour of serving on the committees of the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) and the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF).

Minigolf is a sport for all. People of all ages, sexes, backgrounds and abilities can pick up a putter and play the game.

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Emily and I have visited 1,082 courses in the UK and overseas on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. When our travels began in 2006 there were around 600 courses in the UK. We've got 39 from that original list left to visit.

However, they've been joined by hundreds more new courses opening up across the UK, making our travels never-ending!

The minigolf boom continues

The game is really booming and new courses are being announced all the time.

100+ new courses are being created each year - some are on old sites/locations, some are completely new venues, while others are in planning/development, or under construction.

There are also quite a few other adventure golf, crazy golf and minigolf courses that are short-term 'pop-ups', some of which have been used as proof of concept businesses and developed into permanent courses. 

The minigolf world has a huge amount of interesting and fun stories to tell and positive aspects to highlight to potential players, the media, sponsors and the wider sporting community.

The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing gives federations, associations, courses, clubs and our fellow players ideas, inspiration and support in their marketing efforts.

Much of the guidance could also be applied to a number of other sports clubs and organisations to help raise their profile and boost memberships.

Buy The Minigolfer’s Guide to Marketing ebook on Amazon.

New Adventure Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield

Plans for a new Adventure Golf course to replace the old minigolf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire have been approved.

The new outdoor Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire is being created as part of improvement works to the facilities at the park.

The plans for the new Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park were put forward by Lichfield District Council and Microsports, with the course planned to be developed by RL Golf Construction Ltd.

The Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park will be a new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've been to Beacon Park before. Back in September 2017 we played the Eternit-style Miniature Golf course at the park. That layout became the 461st played and 775th visited on our travels.

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

A look back at our visit to the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in the Forest of Dean.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

We played the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in Newnham in the Forest of Dean back in October 2017.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

The 12-hole course was the 467th course played and 786th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

For more information, opening times and prices check out the Forest of Dean Adventure Golf course website.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

New Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield

A new Adventure Golf course is replacing the old minigolf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

The new outdoor Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire is being created as part of improvement works to the facilities at the park.

The plans for the new Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park have been put forward by Lichfield District Council and Microsports, with the course planned to be developed by RL Golf Construction Ltd.

The Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park will be a new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've been to Beacon Park before. Back in September 2017 we played the Eternit-style Miniature Golf course at the park. That layout became the 461st played and 775th visited on our travels.

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

A seldom seen minigolf obstacle

A look (down) a bottomless pit infinity well hole!

One of the most memorable features on a minigolf course we've been to on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was this infinity well bottomless pit obstacle on a hole at Paradise Island Adventure Golf's Cheshire Oaks location back in 2017.

The Coral Cove minigolf course at Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Cheshire Oaks was the 745th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

It's one of only two infinity wells we've encountered on our travels, and the only one that was 'operational' (the other had its lights switched off/not working, so kind of defeated the purpose!).

What's the most memorable minigolf feature you've seen?

Adventure Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield

Lichfield's Beacon Park is getting a new Adventure Golf course.

The new outdoor Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire is being created as part of improvement works to the facilities at the park.

The park's Pitch & Putt course will also be changed, going from an 18-hole to a 9-hole course, but with improved fairways and greens. Footgolf and disc golf will also be retained.

Check out the Lichfield District Council and Lichfield Historic Parks websites for more information.

The Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park will be a new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've been to Beacon Park before. Back in September 2017 we played the Eternit-style Miniature Golf course at the park. That layout became the 461st played and 775th visited on our travels.

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)

Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Park

The Crazy Golf course at Higher Bebington Park in Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula is being renovated.

Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Park

The team at Love Bebington have started the refurbishment of the abandoned Crazy Golf course at Higher Bebington Park in Birkenhead.

We visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in July 2017.

Hole 3

The 15-hole course is a unique layout and we thought it looked like it'd be very interesting to play.

Hole 4 is a long one

Half way up hole 4

The green of hole 4

The course became the 747th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 5 - a dogleg

Good luck to the Love Bebington team with their efforts on the Crazy Golf course at Higher Bebington Park.

It'll be nice to revisit the course and actually have a game there in the future.

Check out the Love Bebington pages on Facebook and Instagram to follow the progress of the course refurb.

Videos of the course in 2017:
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 1
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 2
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 3
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 4

Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea

A look back at playing the Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea on Miniature Golf Day 2017.

You can find the course on Rhos Promenade

We began a holiday in North Wales at Colwyn Bay and Rhos on Sea on Miniature Golf Day in 2017. To celebrate the occasion we teed-off on the Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea.

Holing out on The Pirates Skull hole

The sign has a nice map of the course

Nice to see a windmill on the course

The Crazy Golf at the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea became the 462nd course played and 781st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The green of the windmill hole has a plateau on it too

In our match-up on the 9-hole course I won with a score of 31 to Emily's 34.

Playing out the windmill hole

Hole 3 - The Squid - is one of two holes on the course that has a choice of cups to aim for. A 'Kids' and an 'Adults' version - both were pretty tough!

The pirate ship on the 6th hole

 

Always nice to see some Crazy Golf advertising

The course has an excellent scorecard with a nice map of the layout.

The course map is a neat touch

The results of our round

Check out the Rhos Fynach website.

"Rules is Rules"