Adventure Golf at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge

Playing the new Adventure Golf course at Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull.

On Saturday 9th September we visited the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge to play the new 18-hole Adventure Golf course.

On the 18th

It's a brilliant Harris Miniature Golf layout and it looks superb. Even though the weather had been dreadful the course still played really nicely. I shot a round of 41 (the course par is 50). Not bad considering the weather conditions. There are definitely some great hole-in-one opportunities on the course, as well as some potential pitfalls. It's a well designed course and you really need to be on top of your game for some of the second putts as the greens are fairly large for minigolf.

What a lovely setting for a game of miniature golf

The course became the 770th visited and 457th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

On the practice putting green before my round

The Rules

We've visited the Four Ashes Golf Centre a lot over the years to play tournaments on the centre's 12-hole Mini Golf course. It was originally course number 72 visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Four Ashes Golf Centre was the location of our 72nd and 770th courses visits

Visit the Four Ashes Golf Centre website for more information, opening times and prices.

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- Minigolf Course Number 72 - Dorridge
- Minigolf at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge
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- Dorridge

Link:
- Four Ashes Golf Centre website

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Mini Golf at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge

A look at the Mini Golf course at Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull.

It was a very wet Saturday when we called into the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge

On Saturday 9th September we visited the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge to play the new 18-hole Adventure Golf course. While there we also had to have a look at the 12-hole Mini Golf course - we've played it so many times over the years. It was the 72nd course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2008.

Hole 1

A nice hole to start your round - but it can be a tough second putt if you don't get your reboud right

Hole 2

The optical illusion can trick you into playing too hard a shot. This will leave you with a tough second putt

Hole 3

A nice ace opportunity

Hole 4

A nice tester

Hole 5

Another good chance of a hole in one

Hole 6

A good ace hole too

Hole 7

A potential round killer!

Hole 8

You need to play a perfectly paced shot on this hole. The reward is a lovely hole in one

Hole 9

You do not want to end up in the ditch

Hole 10

I don't think I've ever scored a hole in one on this hole

Hole 11

Another potential round ruiner!

Hole 12

A nice way to end your round

Visit the Four Ashes Golf Centre website for more information, opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf Course Number 72 - Dorridge 
- Minigolf at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge
- Dorridge
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Adventure Golf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre

Link:
- Four Ashes Golf Centre website

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- Mini Golf at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge

Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield

Playing the Crazy Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

On Sunday 10th September we swung by Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire for a game on the Crazy Golf course there.

The Crazy Golf course is in a nice setting

The 9-hole Crazy Golf course is of the Eternit Miniature Golf variety, although it has had some modifications from the norm. This was in the form of felt over the thin concrete playing surface as well as a selection of fibreglass obstacles, including a Humpty.



The Crazy Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield became the 775th course visited and 461st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

I'm always happy if there's a Humpty obstacle on a course

In our minigolf match-up I won with a score of 19 to Emily's 23.



It's a good little Crazy Golf layout and we had a fun round on it.

Bumpy

We enjoyed our visit to Beacon Park. The whole area looked nice and the facilities in the park were very good. The Crazy Golf course is next to Pitch & Putt, FootGolf and Disc Golf courses, as well as a Petanque terrain and the park cafe.

Disc Golf, Foot Golf and Pitch & Putt layouts can be seen beyond the fence

Hole 1

Over the bridge to the green

Hole 2 

Clowning around

Hole 3

Dogleg

Hole 4

Lumpy

Hole 5

Three peaks

Hole 6

Quite a labyrinth!

The 'green'

Hole 7

Housey

Hole 8

Humpty

Hole 9

Judging by the piece of metal to the left it looks like there used to be a different obstacle on this hole

This was the first time we've seen this variant on the ramp obstacle. Normally the ball is trapped inside the box after putting as a way to collect the ball at the end of a round

Check out the Lichfield Historic Parks and Visit Lichfield websites for more info on Beacon Park and its facilities.

A nice bit of history

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