Par 59 in Cardiff to close. And reopen...

The Par 59 minigolf venue in Cardiff, Wales is due to close its doors following its acquisition by Lane 7.

Lane 7 has acquired both the Cardiff and Bristol Par 59 locations.

Find out more on the Lane 7 and Par 59 websites.

Crazy Golf at Roath Park in Cardiff

There's a Crazy Golf course at Roath Park in Cardiff.

Cardiff's Roath Park is now home to a Crazy Golf course.

The layout was spotted by multiple-time World Crazy Golf Champion Marc 'The Force' Chapman and his family on a recent visit to the city.

It's a fibreglass minigolf course, and has a Humpty obstacle.

We haven't been to Cardiff for a few years now, and we'll have to swing by the park next time we visit.

Football Crazy Golf at Football Fiesta in Watford

A new football-themed Crazy Golf course has opened in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Check out the Football Fiesta website for more information. Looking on the site there are also Football Fiesta locations in Cardiff and Swindon, with the Swindon venue also home to a Football Crazy Golf course.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Golf Fang crazy golf opening in Cardiff

A new Golf Fang indoor crazy golf venue is opening in Cardiff, Wales in 2023.

Visit the Golf Fang website for more information.

Par 59 mini golf opening in Cardiff

The new Par 59 minigolf venue in Cardiff, Wales is opening on Friday 18th March.

Par 59 will feature two 9-hole indoor mini golf courses along with a bar and restaurant.

The Par 59 brand is backed by footballer Gareth Bale.

Visit the Par 59 website for more information.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour next time we're in the city.

Par-59 Crazy Golf opening in Cardiff

The new Par-59 Crazy Golf venue is opening in Cardiff next year.

Plans are still going ahead for the Par-59 Crazy Golf venue to open in Cardiff, Wales. The location was originally going to be at the Capitol Shopping Centre in Cardiff city centre, however plans have changed with the site now opening in a former nightclub on St Mary Street.

The Par-59 brand is being opened by footballer Gareth Bale and is set to open in Spring 2022.

Par-59 will feature three 9-hole indoor crazy golf courses along with a bar and restaurant.

Visit the Par-59 website for more information.

It'll be another new course for us to visit in Cardiff on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Crazy Golf course at Cefn Mably Farm Park near Cardiff

There's a new farm-themed Crazy Golf course at Cefn Mably Farm Park near Cardiff, Wales.

As well as the new Crazy Golf course the farm park is also home to a new miniature railway.

Visit the Cefn Mably Farm Park website for more information, opening times and prices.

Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar in Cardiff

A look at the 'Crazier Golf' course at Boom: Battle Bar in Cardiff, Wales.

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Simon Brown who sent me some photos from his visit to play the 'Crazier Golf' course at the new Boom: Battle Bar in Cardiff, Wales.

The course differs from 'normal' crazy or minigolf (whatever that may be) and some of the holes include time limits, while others don't require the use of a putter at all!

You have to use hand pumps on the final hole!

For more information on the 9-hole Crazier Golf course visit the Boom: Battle Bar website.

Boom: Battle Bar in Cardiff's Brewery Quarter is the second indoor competitive socialising venue from the brand. As well as the crazy golf course you can play darts, axe throwing, ping pong, shuffleboard, VR games, arcade games and more there. The first Boom: Battle Bar opened in Norwich.

New Crazy Golf course opening in Cardiff

A new Boom: Battle Bar venue is opening at the Brewery Quarter in Cardiff.

The second Boom: Battle Bar is opening in Cardiff's Brewery Quarter later this year. The indoor competitive socialising venue will be home to a crazy course, darts, axe throwing, ping pong, shuffleboard, VR games, arcade games and more.

Two of the things that also caught my eye about this particular Boom: Battle Bar is that it will also offer players Bar Billiards and the German game of Hammerschlagen.

Bar Billiards is a brilliant old cue sport and quite rare to find outside of the south of England and the Channel Islands.

Hammerschlagen is a game where players compete to hammer nails into a wooden beam!

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

We're looking forward to visiting and playing some games there in the future.

You can see photos of Norwich's Boom: Battle Bar in this blog post - Boom: Battle Bar at the Castle Quarter in Norwich

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Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre

A look at the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre in Old St Mellons.

The Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre in Old St Mellons, August 2019

It's been a year since we played the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre.

The 18-hole dinosaur-themed Adventure Golf course was the 916th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 954 courses since September 2006.

Visit the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf website course for more information.

The Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course was built by the team at HM Adventure Golf in 2017.

Missing Wales

We really miss being able to visit Wales and normally by this point in the year would've already popped over the border a few times to visit friends, explore some new places, go to the seaside and play some minigolf.

It'll be brilliant when it's once again safe for us to visit.

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Social distancing at Tee-Rex Adventure Golf at Cardiff Golf Centre

The Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre in Wales has reopened with social distancing measures in place.

Many thanks to my friend, minigolf rival and local Martyn Williams of the Welsh Minigolf Club for sending me these snaps from the course.

A sign of the times 

The new rules 

The area next to the course

Walk this way

A look at the course

Signs on the hut

Playing the course

We played the 18-hole dinosaur-themed Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course last August. How times change.

It was the 916th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

On that visit we enjoyed a round with Martyn and our old friends and minigolf rivals Cindy and Jas Kukielka.

The Before Times

More information

Check out the blog post from our visit last summer to see more photos of the course and the results of our mini-tournament there.

Visit the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

Take a look on the Welsh Mini-Golf Club website for details on joining the club for future events.

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New underground Crazy Golf venue opening in Cardiff

A new indoor minigolf venue is heading to Cardiff.

Cardiff will soon be home to another new miniature golf course as Par 59 opens in the city.

The Par 59 venue will be home to two indoor, adults only Crazy Golf layouts along with bars and dining.

Par 59 is planned to open up in the basement level of the Capitol Shopping Centre in Cardiff in April next year.

The Par 59 concept is from the team at Depot.

Shopping centres are becoming a popular place to set-up a minigolf course with retailtainment enhancing the shopping experience.

Cardiff is set to be a real minigolf hot-spot with new courses opening in the city on a regular basis.

Visit the Par 59 website for more information.

Treetop Adventure Golf at St David's in Cardiff

A visit to Treetop Adventure Golf at St David's shopping centre in Cardiff.

While visiting our friends in South Wales we swung by Treetop Adventure Golf at St David's shopping centre in Cardiff.

Walk this way...

The course has some of the best branding we've seen on our travels, with lots of colourful and fun signs pointing you in the right direction.

It's also the first course we've seen that has it's own button in the lift!

Level P3 for Putting fun

Treetop Adventure Golf is home to two 18-hole courses - the Ancient Explorer and the Tropical Trail. There's also a lucky last hole where you can try to win a free game.

The Cardiff courses were the 917th and 918th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 1 of the Tropical Trail course

Hole 3 of the Tropical Trail

Treetop Adventure Golf in Cardiff opened in 2015. You can also now find Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Manchester and Leicester.

The BMGA Welsh Open tournament will be taking place at Treetop Adventure Golf in Cardiff on Sunday 6th October.

I wonder who won this tournament?

Links:
- Treetop Golf
- St David's

Related blog posts:
- Cardiff
- St David's
- Treetop Adventure Golf
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Shark at St David's shopping centre in Cardiff

We saw this nice bit of shopping mall marketing at St David's in Cardiff last week.

Sh...sh...SHARK!

The 25ft long Great White Shark has been installed at the shopping centre to hook people in to visit and help them find out more about sustainability, with a particular focus on single-use plastic and the harm it poses to marine life.

In a shopping mall shark cage!

It's one of the best malls I've visited on my travels.

Link:
- St David's shopping centre

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- Cardiff
- St David's shopping centre

Tee-Rex Adventure Golf at Cardiff Golf Centre

A visit to the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre.

On our trip to South Wales we made a visit to the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre in Old St Mellons.

The 18-hole dinosaur-themed Adventure Golf course became the 916th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Emily playing hole 1

We enjoyed a round with our old friends and minigolf rivals Cindy and Jas Kukielka and our new friend and minigolf rival Martyn Williams.

On the green of the volcano hole

The Tee Rex Golf course was built by the team at HM Adventure Golf in 2017 and we've been wanting to get along for a game for a while.

What's wrong with this picture?

We had a fun competition on the course and there were some very close scores on the tricky layout.

At the end of the round I came out the winner by one-shot on 40(+4). Martyn, captain of the Welsh Minigolf Club, and Emily both hit 41(+5) and required a play-off.

Receiving the trophy from Jas

The sudden-death play-off began on hole 1. After nether player could be separated after three plays of the hole the play-off moved to hole 2 where Emily shot a three and Martyn hit a two for the win.

Martyn playing a shot

Emily in action

Jas finished the game in fourth place with a round of 45(+9), with Cindy in fifth spot on 48(+12).

Jas on the green

Cindy in action

The Rules

Playing hole 1

The view from the first tee

Visit the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course website for opening times and prices. Cardiff Golf Centre is also home to a Pitch & Putt course, Foot Golf, Rugby Golf, a riving range and a soft-play centre.

The practice Putting area

A view of the Pitch & Putt and Foot Golf course

Tee-Rex Adventure Golf at Cardiff Golf Centre will be the host venue for the Cardiff Open minigolf tournament on Saturday 5th October. For more information visit the Welsh Minigolf Club website.