Minigolf at Leopoldpark in Blankenberge

Miniature Golf courses at Leopoldpark in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Emily recently visited three courses and a new country on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when she was in Blankenberge, Belgium.

What a sight for minigolf fans

The seaside resort is home to a Minigolf course, a Crazy Golf and a Snookergolf layout. The three 18-hole courses at Leopoldpark became the 710th, 711th and 712th visited on the tour.

The Minigolf course (left) and Crazy Golf course (right) at Leopoldpark

Photos of the Minigolf course at Leopoldpark, Blankenberge.

Photos of the Crazy Golf course at Leopoldpark, Blankenberge.

Photos of the Snookergolf Billiards course at Leopoldpark, Blankenberge.

We've got some great old postcards from Blankenberge that show the miniature golf courses which used to be at Leopoldpark. It's great to know there are still courses on the same spot today.

The whole place looks marvelously bright and colourful. We'll definitely have to return for a fair few games on the miniature golf courses and petanque in Blankenberge.

The Petanque terrain at Leopoldpark in Blankenberge

Visit the Leopoldpark website for details of opening times and prices.

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Mini Golf course at the Thermal Quellen Resort in Bad Zurzach, Switzerland

A look at the Mini Golf course at the Thermal Quellen Resort in Bad Zurzach, Switzerland.

Our friend David Dukes has been on a cycling trip across Europe recently and on his journey he spotted this 'very well presented' miniature golf course in Bad Zurzach, Switzerland.

It does look like a lovely spot for a game.

The Mini Golf course in Bad Zurzach, Switzerland. Photo by David Dukes

You can find the course at the Thermal Quellen Resort. Looking on the course website there's a Beton Mini Golf course, plus an Adventure Golf course with a shark on it!

We've played a few Beton type courses over the years - including those in Tampere, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden while playing in international ranking events.

Crazy Golf course in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall

After our two days in Newquay in June 2015 we set off on the next leg of our roadtrip around the South West of England. The next planned stop was Padstow, but we found a few bonus minigolf courses en route!

In Mawgan Porth we spotted a pair of Crazy Golf and Pitch and Putt courses. The Crazy Golf looked vintage and must've been there for many years.

The Crazy Golf course in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. The Pitch and Putt course is on the hill

Unfortunately the parking in the seaside spot wasn't brilliant so we were unable to give the courses a play on that trip.

Some interesting looking holes on the old concrete Crazy Golf course

The courses were the 48th and 49th visited on our trip around the South West of England and the 647th and 648th visited overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It looked like a nice spot for a few rounds of miniature golf

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England

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Minigolf Sport Club Sanremo in Arma, Italy

Photos of the minigolf course in Arma, Italy.

Our friends Karl and Sophia Moles were recently on holiday in Arma, Italy and sent through some snaps of the minigolf course they found there.


Sophia and Karl Moles at the course



Action on the Arma minigolf course

Karl told me "I came joint first with 61. There was one hole that was dead straight down the fairway and the green was a circle about three metres in diameter, depending on where your ball stopped there was a code round the outside with instructions on a sign which you had to decode which then gave you the direction to hit the ball to get it in the hole. For example when you worked it out it would say 3cm to the left of the hole! It was in Italian which made it even harder!"

The Moles family are big minigolf fans and always give a course a play if they see one. We've also had some matches against Karl while daytripping in Felixstowe.

The course is a Concrete (Beton) variety of minigolf. We've played a few Beton minigolf courses on our travels. Most notably in Finland and Sweden while playing for the Great Britain team in Nations Cup international tournaments.

You can find out more about the different types of minigolf in the World Minigolf Sport Federation's Starting Out In Minigolf guide.


The minigolf course is approved by the World Minigolf Sport Federation


Check out the Minigolf Sport Club Sanremo Facebook page for more information.


The trophies won by Minigolf Sport Club Sanremo!

Links:
- Minigolf Sport Club Sanremo Facebook
- World Minigolf Sport Federation website
- Federazione Italiana Golf su Pista / Italian Minigolf Federation website

Related blog posts:
- Italy
- Karl Moles
- Sophia Moles

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Minigolf in Sirmione, Italy

A visit to the Mini Golf course in Sirmione, Italy.


Charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried has found another miniature golf course while overseas!

A wavy and long hole

On his mini-honeymoon in Sirmione he spotted a Mini Golf course!

A bit of a dip. We played a hole similar to this (without the plateau) in Lyme Regis

Christopher told us they were having an afternoon stroll and about half a mile from where they were staying in Sirmione they spotted the 18-hole course. He said they saw only two people playing there.


Sirmione is the small peninsula that points out at the southern part of Lake Garda. Christopher tells me that apart from the thermal spas and the ice cream parlours, the Crazy Golf course was the only other nearby attraction in the historic town.

The course is a style of minigolf called Concrete or Beton. We've played a few of them on our travels. Most notably in Finland and Sweden while on international duty with the Great Britain team.

It looks like a nice setting for a course

You can see links to other courses visited by Christopher at the bottom of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour links page.

Link:
- Minigolf Sirmione website

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Christopher Gottfried
- Letoonia Golf Resort, Belek, Turkey - Minigolf
- Majorca (Vista Alegre, Porto Cristo, Mallorca) - Minigolf

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Minigolf competition at Gilmore's Golf in Newquay

Gilmore's Golf on Tower Road in Newquay, Cornwall is holding a Celebrity* miniature golf tournament on Sunday 20th September! Tee-off for the end of summer charity night is 4pm.

The tournament at Gilmore's Golf is in aid of the Rosie May Foundation

We played the 18-hole minigolf course on our holiday roadtrip around the south west of England earlier this summer and had a great time.

Emily playing a loooooooong hole at Gilmore's Golf

Gilmore's Golf became the 639th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

An uphill shot on hole 4 at Gilmore's Golf

The tournament is taking place on the eve of Miniature Golf Day too.

Check out the links below for more info on Gilmore's Golf and the minigolf competition.

Links:
- Gilmores Golf website
- Gilmores Golf on Facebook
- Gilmores Golf on Twitter

Related blog posts:
- Gilmores Golf in Newquay
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England
- Christopher Gottfried celebrates seven years of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour by not playing Minigolf in Newquay, Cornwall
- UK Mini Golf Competitions in 2015
- Mini Golf Days in 2015

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Gilmores Golf in Newquay

Playing the Gilmores Golf miniature golf course in Newquay.

Gilmores Golf can be found on Tower Road

The 639th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Mini Golf course at Gilmores Golf on Tower Road in Newquay, Cornwall.

The 18-hole Mini Golf layout was the thirteenth played on our tour of the South West of England and the 40th visited during our two-week trip.

At course visit #639

Gilmores Golf became the 376th course played overall on our tour when we had a match on the 9th June 2015. In the contest Emily scored 46 to take the win as I scored 48.

We really enjoyed our visit to Gilmores Golf. The course had only recently reopened under new management and were gearing up for the season. When we first arrived in town we headed along for a look at the course ahead of playing it the next day. We didn't expect the course to be open, but as the concept is to have a bar, restaurant and evening events the course is open morning, noon and night.

Charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried actually visited the course in 2013 when he spotted a sign for the course while on a surfing holiday.

The course is of the 'Beton' variety of minigolf which normally has a concrete playing surface and metal rails. The Gilmores Golf course has added felt, which makes it more playable considering the wear and tear on the course - it's been on the site since the 1960's! Check out photos of the course below.

When we visited we chatted to the course owner Elsie who enjoyed hearing about our quest to play all of the UK's minigolf courses. We'd also taken along some of our old postcards showing the course as it looked in the 1970's. It was nice looking at them again on the exact spot, albeit 40 years removed.

For more information, opening times for the minigolf (and the on-site Mexican restaurant) and prices visit the Gilmores Golf website and Facebook page.

During May and June 2015 we visited 62 more courses on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Along the way we visited the 600th and 650th courses overall, and the 600th course we've been to in the UK.

Links:
- Gilmores Golf website
- Gilmores Golf on Facebook
- Gilmores Golf on Twitter

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England
- Christopher Gottfried celebrates seven years of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour by not playing Minigolf in Newquay, Cornwall

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