What is more appealing than a WARNING TOXIC WASTE sign. A perfect addition to the ludicrously crazy minigolf course at Junkyard Golf
Check out the Junkyard Golf website for more details on the Manchester and London courses. We've heard good things about the FOUR London courses the team at Junkyard Golf have created too.
A visit to Mr Mulligan's latest Adventure Golf course.
You can't miss the entrance to the Lost World Golf!
Last year we heard about a new minigolf venue opening in Stevenage and Mr Mulligan's latest course - Lost World Golf - opened at Stevenage Leisure Park earlier this year.
Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf gets the thumbs up from the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
We've been itching to get along for a game and earlier this week we had a round on the two nautical themed courses. We loved it.
Our crew of adventure golfers in Stevenage
The courses became the 685th and 686th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and were the 403rd and 404th played.
A view of the Jungle course
The 16th hole in the Jungle
Our group hit the Jungle Explorers course for round one and followed this with a game on the Ocean Adventurers layout.
Emily on the 15th about to putt to the ground floor green
There is some excellent theming throughout the indoor Adventure Golf venue - not least the giant wooden submarine that sits in the middle of the two courses!
Local competitor Simon Hinton and the wooden submarine
What an obstacle/hole/feature!
The inside of the submarine contains a very very tough hole to play!
There's a real mix of obstacles and hole types and there's even a section of holes where you are plunged into blacklight - one of my favourite types of minigolf environments to play in.
The blacklight area on the Ocean Adventurers course
A glow in the dark octopus
Meeting Mr Mulligan
Emily putting under the sea
As we're super competitive players we made sure we kept score and the results of our contest are below - it was very close indeed!
Round 1 - Jungle Explorers Championship
1st - Simon 'Local Athlete' Hinton - 45
2nd (tied) - Cat 'Helter Skelter' Patterson - 46
2nd (tied) - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried - 46
4th - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - 51
5th - Simon 'Practice' Hall - 52
6th - 'First Game' Salimeh - 71
Round 2 - Ocean Adventurers Championship
1st - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried - 47
2nd - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - 51
3rd - Simon 'Local Athlete' Hinton - 52
4th - Cat 'Helter Skelter' Patterson - 56
A pop-up indoor minigolf course in Orlando, Florida.
Emily's friends and colleagues were recently at the Electronic Retailing Association's Great Ideas Summit in Orlando, Florida and found there was a miniature golf course set up for a Tee Up Tuesday Evening Reception!
The minigolf layout looked very interesting. It certainly did look like a great idea!
Indoor pop-up glow-in-the-dark minigolf at the ERA's GIS in Orlando. Photo by Liezl van Zyl
Visiting an abandoned theme park and derelict crazy golf in Skegness.
Visiting another abandoned minigolf course
On Sunday 10 May 2015 we visited the Lost World Adventure Park on North Parade in Skegness. Unfortunately it'd closed down. The Lost World had been home to an indoor Jungle 3D Glow-in-the-Dark Mini Golf course.
One of the remaining indications that the Lost World Adventure Park was home to a minigolf course
Through the fence you could see one of the dinosaurs and a caveman 'golfer'
Playing indoor minigolf at The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf course in Swindon.
At The Golfing Hole indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
On Sunday 11 January Emily and I visited Swindon, Wiltshire to play our first miniature golf course of the New Year. The location was The Golfing Hole Indoor Adventure Golf course on Mead Way.
Emily playing hole 2 - a big ramp that leads to a spiral
Putting into a machine
Emily putts into one of the factory's machines. This one was really tough
Putting from the back of the green
There's a BIG minigolf loop-di-loop on one of the holes
My favourite hole at The Golfing Hole. Though quite what a green 'grass' minigolf layout with sandy bunkers is doing inside a 'factory' I don't know. Very crazy golf!
Emily putts out after playing through a cabin/site office in The Golfing Hole factory
During our match we played through each of the obstacles, rather than taking the easier line and putting around the lumps and bumps of the greens. Some of the holes in the pipes were easier to get the ball into than others, with a few of them causing a lot of frustration. The result of our contest was a draw, with a score of 54 each.
At the first miniature golf course visited in 2015
Hole 13 leads into the blacklight area, while the tee-off point for hole 14 is inside
This hole was really difficult as the gap at the top of the ramp isn't much bigger than the golf ball
Playing out the UV hole
Emily tees-off inside the blacklight room
And putts out in the light of the factory
An 18-hole round of minigolf at The Golfing Hole Indoor Adventure Golf course cost us £7 each. Full price details and opening times can be found on The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf website.
In addition to the Adventure Golf course the indoor venue has a licensed bar, air hockey, pool tables and table football.
The loot, map and weapons safely stowed aboard the ship
The UV / Black Light indoor hole on the 12-hole Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Hoebridge Golf Centre is a great hole-in-one opportunity, but unless there are fellow players inside to see the end of the shot you won't know if the ball is in or not until you step aboard the ship.
You begin playing the first of two minigolf holes aboard the pirate ship OUTSIDE. From the tee you have to successfully get the ball up the pipe beyond the blue crate. And if you're lucky you'll be rewarded with an ace
Emily firing in a shot at Pirate Island Adventure Golf
The outdoor Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Hoebridge Golf Centre is open seven-days-a-week and will be open through the winter. Check out the website for opening times and prices.
Details of miniature golf courses in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas - home to some great Mini Golf courses too
With Emily returning from a recent trip to Las Vegas here's an updated list of the Mini Golf courses we've visited in the city.
175 Las Vegas - King Putt (North West Las Vegas) - Indoor Mini Golf 176 Las Vegas - Pike's Pass (Circus Circus Hotel & Casino) - Miniature Golf - Revisited 9th September 2011 177 Las Vegas - King Putt (Henderson, Las Vegas) - Indoor Mini Golf 178 Las Vegas - The Putt Park (Las Vegas) - Miniature Golf - Revisited 10th September 2011 268 Las Vegas - The Swingers Club (The Plaza Hotel & Casino) - Mini Golf - now closed 346 Las Vegas - KISS by Monster Mini Golf - Las Vegas - Ohana Mini Golf - closed when Emily passed by at 6am
King Putt's indoor blacklight Mini Golf course in Henderson in 2010
The Putt Park Miniature Golf Course is at 6085 Ssouth Fort Apache, Suite #130, Las Vegas, NV 89148.
Emily putting at The Putt Park, a course we visited in 2010 and 2011
In 2011 I won The Putt Park's Annual Mini-Golf Tournament. Emily was the runner-up
While on an excursion off-strip in September 2014 Emily spotted the Ohana Mini Golf course near to the M Resort Hotel & Casino. You can find Ohana Mini Golf at 120 East Bruner Avenue, Suites 175, Las Vegas, Nevada 89183.
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