Pitch & Putt on the Great Orme in Llandudno

The Pitch & Putt course on the Great Orme in Llandudno, Wales has re-opened.

Great Orme Golf has re-opened the Pitch & Putt course on the Great Orme in Llandudno. The miniature golf course is a 9-hole Pitch & Putt layout with holes ranging from 40 to 81 yards.

Find out more.

Visit the Great Orme Golf website for more information on the Pitch & Putt course.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've been to Llandudno and the Great Orme on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour several times over the years. We haven't played the Pitch & Putt before, but have swung by it.

This is a view of part of the course when it was known as Great Orme Family Golf in August 2018

When we first visited the Great Orme in 2009 we didn't realise the Pitch & Putt course was there as we didn't descend the headland on the town side.

It's excellent news to hear the Pitch & Putt course has now re-opened.

The Great Orme headland is also home to two other minigolf courses - one half-way up (Alpine Adventure Golf), and one right at the very top (Rocky Pines Adventure Golf)!

We're looking forward to re-visiting the seaside town and the Great Orme in the future.

Halloween Night Golf at MiniLinks in Fleetwood

The MiniLinks golf venue in Fleetwood is running a Night Golf event.

MiniLinks Golf in Fleetwood, Lancashire is hosting a Halloween Night Golf event across the Pitch & Putt miniature golf and Crazy Golf courses at the outdoor venue in the seaside town.

You can play Night Golf at MiniLinks from Sunday 26th October to Sunday 2nd November.

Find out more.

Visit the MiniLinks website for more information on the venue, its courses and events it hosts throughout the year.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Many thanks to the team at MiniLinks for letting us know about the Night Golf event. We're yet to make it back over to Fleetwood since MiniLinks took on the site on the Esplanade. We have previously visited the Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf courses there, but that was when they were abandoned. MiniLinks Golf has spend a lot of time and effort getting the venue and its courses up and running. We're looking forward to giving them a play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini Golf in the Guinness World Records 2026 Book

There's a minigolf record listed in the 2026 edition of the Guinness World Records book.

You'll have to check out a copy of the book to see which one it is!

Mini Golf in the Guinness World Records 2024 Book

The 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records book had a whole page dedicated to minigolf records. Including one I hold.

The book also has a crazy golf element on the brilliant cover art challenge.

My Guinness World Record

I'm a Guinness World Record Holder for "Most miniature golf courses visited" (902 at the time of going to press).

Playing the Ryder Legends Mini Golf course at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield

You can see the full list of courses Emily and I have visited since the 30th September 2006 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page. We're currently at a combined total of 1,099 courses visited over the last 19 years.

At the Southend Pier Crazy Golf course in 2016

Minigolf Guinness World Records

Make sure to visit the Guinness World Records website to see all of the minigolf Guinness World Records.

Minigolf Pyramids - Landmark Golf at Wolsingham Sports Hall in County Durham (2019)

Playing the Landmark Golf course at Wolsingham Sports Hall in County Durham.

We swung by Wolsingham Sports Hall in County Durham back in 2019 for a game on the Landmark Golf course set-up there for the week.

It was fun to play around the world in 9-holes of crazy golf.

The Landmark Golf course was the 919th visited and 525th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Landmark Golf website for more information.

An Arnold Palmer Indoor Golf Game

A new addition to our collection of minigolf items!

I recently found this Arnold Palmer Indoor Golf Game from 1999 by Classic Golf Gifts in one of my local charity shops.

I've got a couple of other examples - one is also Arnold Palmer branded and older than this version, the other is a white-label version.

I really like the branded scorecard in this set.

Crazy Golf course opening in Fleetwood

A Crazy Golf course is opening at the MiniLinks in Fleetwood, Lancashire.

MiniLinks has moved and is re-opening the Pitch & Putt miniature golf layout on the seafront in Fleetwood on the Fylde coast.

We've played MiniLinks courses before - including Mini Majors competitions - and are looking forward to checking out the two new MiniLinks courses at Marine Gardens in Fleetwood.

As well as the larger miniature golf layouts, the team at MiniLinks are working on a Crazy Golf course.

Visit the MiniLinks website for more information about the courses and the plans the team there have for events.

We've visited the Fylde coast a fair bit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years and have visited several minigolf courses in Fleetwood. The Crazy Golf course at Marine Gardens in Fleetwood had been abandoned for quite a long time and we'd never seen it open since we've been visiting. We hadn't played the Pitch & Putt there either - it looks like a BIG and long miniature golf course! There used to be a Crazy Golf course at the nearby Marine Hall Gardens in Fleetwood too, we played that way back in 2009.

New Adventure Mini Golf course planned for the Tee Time Golf Centre in Blackpool

There are plans for a new Adventure Mini Golf course to be created at the Tee Time Golf Centre in Blackpool, Lancashire.

The new Adventure Mini Golf course would be a 12-hole outdoor layout.

Take a look on the Tee Time Golf & Footgolf Centre website for more information.

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

CenterCup - an Arnold Palmer-themed golf and dining concept

A new Arnold Palmer-themed golf and dining concept is launching in the USA.

CenterCup will feature a 27-hole mini-golf course at the venue in the Butler Shopping Center District of Gainesville, Florida, USA.

The CenterCup concept is a new partnership between 23 Restaurant Services and Arnold Palmer Enterprises.

Check out the CenterCup website for more information.

Hopefully we'll get to visit CenterCup on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

Arnold Palmer Putting Courses

Arnold Palmer Putting Courses are a design classic and include all the elements that make a Crazy Golf course great – the Windmill, the Waterwheel, an Obelisk, ledges, bunkers, traps, flat loops, hills and plateaus – everything laid out to make a course interesting, testing and most of all fun!

They're my favourite type of minigolf course and I've visited most of those that still remain in the UK.

The Arnold Palmer branded miniature golf courses were part of the Arnold Palmer Enterprises empire set-up in 1961 that saw the legendary golfer's name licensed and franchised to a wide-range of activities and products including Dry Cleaning centres and an Arnold Palmer brand foot detergent.

A sign at the Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, UK

By 1966 there were 130 Arnold Palmer Putting Courses in the USA, with ten in Japan and some in South Africa.

The first Arnold Palmer Putting Course in the UK opened in Coventry in 1965 and was part of an Arnold Palmer Driving Range. A course was also located at a Driving Range in Sheffield.

Take a look at my blog post about Arnold Palmer Putting Courses in the UK for further information.

The Mini Masters miniature golf tournament in Manchester

Looking back at the 'Mini Masters' miniature golf tournament in Manchester.

I won the Mini Masters miniature golf tournament in Manchester back on the 11th April 2009. Time certainly flies!

Mini Master

The Mini Masters was the first of two tournaments I won on the 9-hole Championship Miniature Golf course at what was then Playgolf Manchester. The second event being the Miniature Open in July 2009.

Lining up a big minigolf win

I won the Mini Masters with a three round total of 81 (-24) after scoring 26, 27, and 28.

A long tee-shot over and past several obstacles!

The course was the 84th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Back then the course wasn't one of our local layouts as we still lived in Luton, Bedfordshire and travelled up for the events.

Emily putting on the big miniature golf course

The Championship Miniature Golf course is no longer at the centre, but you can find an expanded Championship Miniature Golf layout with two 18-hole courses in New Brighton. We've played both layouts there.

The location is no longer a Playgolf venue either. It's now known as the Trafford Golf Centre and is home to two 18-hole dinosaur adventure golf courses. I won the Dino Falls Masters Adventure Golf competition there in 2018 too!

Visit the Trafford Golf Centre website for more information.

Golf It! at Hogganfield Park in Glasgow

The new Golf It! centre in Glasgow opens today (Saturday 5th August).

The venue has been created to appeal to golfers and non-golfers alike and features three Adventure Golf courses, a variety of Pitch & Putt, putting greens, and a large driving range.

Golf It! has been created by the R&A.

Visit the Golf It! website for more information.

Mad Hatter's Adventure Golf at Hartford Golf Centre in Northwich

A new Mad Hatter's Adventure Golf course is opening at Hartford Golf Centre in Northwich, Cheshire.

The new 18-hole Adventure Golf course opens on Friday 21st July.

Find out more on the Hartford Golf Centre and Mad Hatter's Adventure Golf websites.

Northwich isn't too far from us and so it'll be another new local course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Adventure Footgolf at Stonham Barns

Smugglers Pass Adventure Footgolf is opening at Stonham Barns in Suffolk this month.

The team at Stonham Barns Golf Park in Suffolk have created a new way to play 'golf' - Adventure Footgolf!

The game is a cross between Adventure Golf and Footgolf.

Footgolf is already a marrying up of elements of football and golf, and played on Pitch & Putt / Par-3 layouts.

It'll be interesting to see the new invention when we next swing by Stonham Barns.

Stonham Barns offers a number of ways to play a round of golf

We've played miniature golf at Stonham Barns on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour several times over the years. The first time was in August 2007 when the old Crazy Golf course became the 33rd place we played.

Crazy Golf at Stonham Barns in 2007

We played the Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course there in April 2019 when it became the 506th we've played and was the 815th visited overall.

Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns

 

Visit the Stonham Barns Golf Park website for more information.

Pitch & Putt at Woodheys Park in Sale

An unexpected miniature golf course visit.

We found another miniature golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour while driving to Altrincham this morning!

Pitch & Putt at Woodheys Park in Sale

We took a more scenic route than usual and while driving through Sale spotted a sign for the 18-hole Pitch & Putt course at Woodheys Park.

Pitch & Putt at Woodheys Park in Sale

Naturally, we swung by for a look.

Pitch & Putt at Woodheys Park in Sale - looking quite autumnal already!

The 18-hole Pitch & Putt course at Woodheys Park in Sale became the 998th miniature golf course location visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Pitch & Putt at Woodheys Park in Sale

We wonder how many other minigolf layouts are lurking in Greater Manchester that we haven't been to yet?

Pitch & Putt at Woodheys Park in Sale

Visit the Woodheys Park website for more information.

Today's Golfer magazine - minigolf fun for 2022

Check out the new issue of Today's Golfer magazine, Number 421, February 2022.

Today's Golfer magazine, Number 421, February 2022

Page 47 is especially interesting to read, even if we do say so ourselves.

Play glow in the dark golf at the MiniLinks this Halloween

The MiniLinks golf centre in Lytham St Annes is lighting up its three courses for night golf this Halloween.

The MiniLinks in Lytham St Annes is home to three miniature golf courses and will be lighting them up for night golf play this Halloween.

From 5pm to midnight on Halloween night, Sunday 31st October, you'll be able to have a round on the 18-hole Par-3 Championship course, the 9-hole Crazy Golf layout and the 18-hole Pennines Putting grass mini-golf course.

Check out the MiniLinks website for more information.

We've played the three courses at the MiniLinks a number of times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and they are a nice mix of layouts. The 18-hole Par-3 is a very nice 'big' golf course and the Pennines Putting is a great grass course.

Crazy Golf at the MiniLinks in Lytham St Annes

Par-3 Golf at the MiniLinks in Lytham St Annes

Pennines Putting at the MiniLinks in Lytham St Annes

It's brilliant to hear about Halloween-themed minigolf events and I look forward to seeing what the MiniLinks courses look and play like by night.

Golf Putting Green at Style Carpets in Cleveleys

We spotted this golf putting set-up at Style Carpets in Cleveleys on our recent trip to the seaside town.

New miniature golf course in Chorley

There are plans for a new 12-hole miniature golf course to open at Duxbury Park in Chorley, Lancashire.

Visit the Glendale Golf website for more information on the Duxbury Park golf centre.

Chorley is fairly close to us so it'll be interesting to swing by for a game on the new layout when it opens.

GOLF PROHIBITED at Meriton Road Park in Handforth

No golf allowed at Meriton Road Park in Handforth, Cheshire.

We saw a number of other Borough of Macclesfield NO GOLF signs on a daily walk in Poynton last June.

NO GOLF at Lacey Green Park in Wilmslow

NO GOLF allowed at Lacey Green Park in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

We saw a number of other Borough of Macclesfield NO GOLF signs on a daily walk in Poynton last June.

NO GOLF in Torkington Park, Hazel Grove, Stockport

NO GOLF allowed at Torkington Park, Hazel Grove, Stockport.