Guess the Adventure Golf course location...

Where in the world was this adventure golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

From the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour archives - Medieval-themed Adventure Golf in Tamworth

A look at the medieval-themed adventure golf course at Namco Funscape in Tamworth back in 2017.

This was the medieval-themed adventure golf course at Namco Funscape in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

We played the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in September 2017.

We haven't seen many medieval-themed courses on our travels.

Interestingly the course was half indoors and half outdoors - not something we've seen all that often either. Some of the outdoor holes were also under shelter.

Minigolf in Valencia, Spain

A look at a minigolf course in Valencia, Spain.

Last week I asked "Where in the world was this minigolf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was the minigolf course in the park near Pont del Regne in Valencia, Spain.

The course became the 739th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when Emily swung by in June 2017.

Guess the Minigolf course location...

Where in the world was this minigolf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

Crazy Golf at Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in Wales

Looking back at a lost minigolf course.

Last week I asked "Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was at Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in Wales.

We first played the course in 2014 and revisited it in 2017 and 2018.

Sadly the Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park has now closed down.

We're glad we got to stay at the holiday camp and play the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we did.

Related blog posts:

• Pontins
• Prestatyn
• Lost courses

This Saturday is National Miniature Golf Day

Saturday 9th May is National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

Playing the Championship Adventure Golf course in New Brighton, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside on National Miniature Golf Day 2017

Will you be playing a game to celebrate?

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing

I published my minigolf marketing ebook - The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing - nine 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 1,116 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 world of minigolf 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.

Minigolf consultancy

As a marketing professional I use my extensive knowledge and skills in supporting and promoting the game I enjoy as a hobby, a competitive sport and a leisure activity.

My marketing activity sees me work across the minigolf industry, from traditional British seaside crazy golf courses, to new inland adventure golf layouts, competitive socialising venues and within retailtainment.

My involvement in the world of minigolf includes blogging, media relations, sponsorship, course design, advice and consultancy, content generation, digital marketing and new technology, event organisation and promotion, and participation in tournaments around the world.

I have consulted on a number of minigolf business concepts in the UK and USA including Princess Parade Crazy Golf in Blackpool; the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club in Knowle West, Bristol; Tea Green Golf in Luton; Burray Crazy Golf in Orkney; Prestwick Putting and Crazy Golf; Portaputt Crazy Golf; Aces Minigolf Gloucester; Southend Pier Crazy Golf; Knaresborough Mini Golf; Putting at the Kiosk in Bedford; Visionary Crazy Golf at the London Design Festival, and The Big Mini Golf Tour in Great Yarmouth.

As a volunteer I served three terms on the Executive Committee of the British Minigolf Association and was a member of the World Minigolf Sport Federation’s Marketing and Media Committee for six years.

As a consultant I contributed to the Guinness World Records 2024.

And this blog contains over 6,700 posts that have attracted 8.6 million page views since 2006.

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

Crazy Golf at Chasewater Country Park in Staffordshire

A look at the crazy golf course at Chasewater Country Park in Staffordshire.

Last week I asked the question "Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was Chasewater Country Park in Staffordshire, England.

The crazy golf course at Chasewater Country Park was the 777th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by in September 2017.

Guess the Crazy Golf course location...

Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

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)