Happy National Pencil Day

Today is National Pencil Day!

Minigolf pencils from our travels

Here's a selection of minigolf pencils we've collected over years.

We enjoy visiting courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and it's marvellous when we find one that has a branded pencil to score the game with.

Pencils and promotional scratchcards from Congo River Golf in Orlando, Florida, USA

It's a superb bit of minigolf marketing too.

A minigolf pencil from Christopher Gottfried's Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip to Magic Carpet Golf in Galveston, Texas, USA

We've seen several minigolf courses switching to virtual scorecards (and scoreboards), and app-based scorecards. Others are using a mixture.

We think, and hope, there's space and a place for all methods of scoring to continue in the game.

Our friend Pat Sheridan from The Putting Penguin minigolf review website (among his many other hats in the game) has contributed quite a few pencils and scorecards to the Crazy Golf Museum that he's picked up on his own minigolf adventures.

One of the most peculiar minigolf pencils we've seen is this one Pat sent a snap of, as it's a real life pencil for a virtual minigolf game!

A pencil from the Walkabout Mini Golf VR game

If you'd like your minigolf course pencil (or other items of merch and ephemera) displayed and archived in the Crazy Golf Museum please do get in touch.

Just one of the many minigolf pencils in the Crazy Golf Museum - from the Wye Valley Miniatvre Golf course in Symonds Yat West

You can see more miniature golf course pens and pencils on the Crazy Golf Museum website.

A scorecard and pencils from Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf in Orlando, Florida, USA from our friend Shelley Barrett

Arnold Palmer Putting Courses Crazy Golf pencils from the course in Prestatyn

A pencil from Lumberjax Mini Golf in New Zealand from our friend James Astrop

A pencil from Urban Putt in San Francisco from our friend and minigolf rival (and sometimes team-mate) Kevin Moseley

A pencil from Doug Fishbone's Leisure Land Golf

A minigolf pencil from Swing by Golfbaren in Stockholm, Sweden 

A pencil from Swingers Crazy Golf in London

A pencil from the CLUB GOLF crazy golf pop-up at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London. This was the last course Richard played before the UK went into coronavirus pandemic lockdown / quarantine

A pencil from the Putt 18 indoor putting game - we played a lot of this during the pandemic

Happy National Puzzle Day 2025

Today is National Puzzle Day.

Several Crazy Golf, Minigolf and Putt-Putt jigsaw puzzles have been made over the years and we have some of them in our collection.

A Jumbo Jan van Haasteren Crazy Golf Jigsaw Puzzle

A Putt-Putt Puzzle of a very crazy Miniature Golf course. Published by Hallmark Cards Inc. Many thanks to our friend 'Hacksaw' Jon Drexler for sending it across the pond to live in the Crazy Golf Museum

A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle that includes a crazy golf windmill on the golf course

A Jumbo Jan van Haasteren Wacky Golf Jigsaw Puzzle

Thanks to the Dull Men's Club 2025 Calendar for the reminder about today's day.

Enesco Small World of Music Tee Time Mini Golf Music Box

Adding a new item to our minigolf collection.

Check out this cool piece of minigolf merchandise - a Small World of Music Tee Time Mini Golf Music Box by Enesco. It dates from 1992.

Scorecard from Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester

Here's a minigolf scorecard from the Paradise Island Adventure Golf venue at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, England.

A nice addition to our collection of minigolf scorecards and ephemera.

Collected on a revisit to the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Photos of the Paradise Island Adventure Golf course in Manchester

The 36-hole indoor Adventure Golf venue at the Trafford Centre opened in 2008. It was one of the very first of the new wave of themed indoor adventure golf venues.

The Tiki Hut Trail and Temple Ruins Adventure courses were the 85th and 86th courses played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2009.

Following our move north in 2016 Paradise Island Adventure Golf became one of our local places to play and we've returned for fun and tournaments at PIAG Manchester a lot over the years.

I won the Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championships in 2018 and Emily won the tournament in 2019.

Visit the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website for more information about the PIAG courses in Cheshire Oaks, Derby, Glasgow, Livingston, Manchester, Plymouth, Rushden Lakes and Sheffield.

Scorecard from Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

A look at a minigolf scorecard from Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes.

Photos from our visit to Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

The Enchanted Forest course at Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf can be found in the Theatre District of Milton Keynes and is home to two 12-hole indoor courses.

The Enchanted Forest course at Mr Mulligan's was the 1,032nd course visited and 570th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006. The Underwater Kingdom was the 1,033rd visited and 571st played. The theming on the courses was excellent. We both agreed that the Enchanted Forest was our favourite of the two challenges.

We've played several of the Mr Mulligan's brand of minigolf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, including the outdoor Pirate Golf Mr Mulligan's at the Abbey Hill Golf Centre also in Milton Keynes.

Emily teeing-off among the giant obstacles

Visit the Mr Mulligan's website for more information on their course locations around the UK.

A patch from the Putt18 World Pro League

A look at my Putt18 World Pro League player's badge.

Check out this blog post with the final results from the Putt18 World Pro League 2021.

We first received the Putt18 golf game home competition putting mat from Australia in May 2020 and took part in several online tournaments during the coronavirus pandemic where we were able to play against old friends and rivals - and make some new ones too! 

Visit the Putt18 website to find out more about the innovative putting mat game.

Ephemera from Twilight Zone Mini Golf in Las Vegas

A look at some items of minigolf ephemera from the Twilight Zone Mini Golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Photos of Twilight Zone Mini Golf in Las Vegas

Emily had a holiday in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA earlier this year and played the Twilight Zone Mini Golf course at the Horseshoe Hotel & Casino. The Twilight Zone Mini Golf course was the 574th played and 1,053rd visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Twilight Zone Mini Golf website for more information.