Showing posts with label Putting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Putting. Show all posts

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Miniature Golf did you knows...?

Did you know these things about miniature golf?


  • The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.
  • James Barber opened the first minigolf course in the USA in 1916. The 'Lilliputian' miniature golf course was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
  • A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games in the USA.
  • Crazy Golf is 97 years old in 2023. The first course opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.

The Original Crazy Golf in Skegness
At The Original Crazy Golf in Skegness in May 2015

  • 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA. Garnet Carter opened the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • The first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930.
  • The first Putt-Putt brand miniature golf course was set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA in 1954.

What are your favourite minigolf facts and stats?

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Minigolf did you knows...?

Did you know these things about minigolf?


  • The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.

The Himalayas at St Andrews
Playing The Himalayas at St Andrews in April 2012

  • James Barber opened the first minigolf course in the USA in 1916. The 'Lilliputian' miniature golf course was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

  • A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games in the USA.

  • Crazy Golf is 97 years old in 2023. The first course opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.

The Original Crazy Golf in Skegness
At The Original Crazy Golf in Skegness in May 2015

  • 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA. Garnet Carter opened the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

  • The first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930.

  • The first Putt-Putt brand miniature golf course was set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA in 1954.

What are your favourite minigolf facts, stats and did you knows?

Monday, September 12, 2022

Putting course at Marine Gardens in Worthing

A look at the grass Putting course at Marine Gardens in Worthing, West Sussex.


Putting course at Marine Gardens in Worthing

I swung by the Putting course at Marine Gardens in Worthing on my recent trip to the seaside town.

Putting course at Marine Gardens in Worthing

Putting course at Marine Gardens in Worthing

We first visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2010.

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

A mini golf putting postcard from Burgh Hall in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A look at a miniature golf postcard from our collection.


Here's a postcard showing a mini golf grass putting course at Burgh Hall Country Club Chalet & Caravan Park in the 1970s.

The card was posted to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne from Lowestoft, Suffolk on the 24th May 1977.

BURGH HALL COUNTRY CLUB postcard. Posted 24 May 1977
BURGH HALL COUNTRY CLUB postcard. Posted 24 May 1977

We'll be heading back to Great Yarmouth this summer for the Big Mini Golf Tour taking place across miniature golf courses in Great Yarmouth, Hemsby and Gorleston-on-Sea.

Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Pit-Pat Crazy Snooker Scorecard and a minigolf sign from Littlehampton

A couple of items from the Crazy Golf Museum's collection.


Here's a scorecard from the Pit-Pat Crazy Snooker course Littlehampton, West Sussex.

Pit-Pat Crazy Snooker Scorecard from Littlehampton
Pit-Pat Crazy Snooker Scorecard from Littlehampton


Unfortunately the course at Western Putting on Banjo Road in Littlehampton is long gone, along with the Crazy Golf and Putting layouts that were there too.

Mini Golf and Putting Leaderboard from Littlehampton
Mini Golf and Putting Leaderboard from Littlehampton

Many thanks to Anthony Pope for donating the items to the Crazy Golf Museum.

Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Grass Putting Course at Northcliffe Park in Shipley

We visited the grass Putting Course at Northcliffe Park in Shipley, West Yorkshire last week.


The Mini Golf Putting Course at Northcliffe Park in Shipley
The Mini Golf Putting Course at Northcliffe Park in Shipley

Friday, October 29, 2021

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley

A visit to the Putting Course at Northcliffe Park in Shipley, West Yorkshire.


Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley

We swung by Northcliffe Park in Shipley, West Yorkshire on our recent journey back from Leeds as we'd seen the park was home to a Putting Course.

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley
The entrance to the course

The course looked like a nice layout and in good condition.

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley
A fine looking green

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley
You get a lovely view of the area from the course

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley
The course is played on a sloping layout

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley
One of the long miniature golf holes

Putting Course in Northcliffe Park, Shipley
A view from the green of the last hole

Unfortunately the Ticket Office was closed (and looked long since abandoned!) and there was nowhere else to hire clubs and balls from.

The Putting Course at Northcliffe Park in Shipley became the 975th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Monday, October 04, 2021

Crazy Golf at Vickersway Park in Northwich

A revisit to the Crazy Golf course at Vickersway Park in Northwich, Cheshire.


Crazy Golf at Vickersway Park in Northwich, Cheshire

We were in Northwich at the weekend and while there had to swing by the Crazy Golf course at Vickersway Park.

Crazy Golf at Vickersway Park in Northwich, Cheshire

The 9-hole layout was the 700th course overall we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in September 2016. We returned in January last year - it was one of the last courses we visited before the pandemic hit!

Crazy Golf at Vickersway Park in Northwich, Cheshire
A Covid-19 sign at the Vickersway Park Crazy Golf course



Vickersway Park in Northwich is a very pleasant spot and lovely for a wander.




Vickersway Park is also home to nice grass Putting Course.

Putting Green at Vickersway Park in Northwich, Cheshire
The Putting Green at Vickersway Park

Friday, June 25, 2021

Minigolf on the Isle of Wight

A look at minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight.


Adventure Golf courses at Shanklin Seafront

Emily recently returned from a trip to the Isle of Wight and while there played and visited a number of minigolf courses.

Sign for the Crazy Golf course at Rylstone Gardens in Shanklin

Sandown

Dino Islands Adventure Golf at Sandham Gardens in Sandown

Dino Islands Adventure Golf at Sandham Gardens in Sandown

Lost World Adventure Golf on Sandown Pier

Lost World Adventure Golf on Sandown Pier

Shanklin

Caddy Shack Crazy Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Caddy Shack Crazy Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Shanklin Seafront
The Pirates Cove course is next to the Jurassic course on Shanklin Seafront. When we first visited the Isle of Wight in 2007 the course was a grass Putting layout

Jungle Adventure Golf at Shanklin Village

Jungle Adventure Golf at Shanklin Village

Crazy Golf at Rylstone Gardens

Crazy Golf at Rylstone Gardens

Alum Bay

Jurassic Adventure Golf at The Needles

Jurassic Adventure Golf at The Needles

Ventnor

Putting Green at Ventnor Park

Putting Green at Ventnor Park

Other minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight

We've been to the Isle of Wight a few times over the years and have also played the Mini Golf Garden at Puckpool Park and the Pirate Adventure Golf at Peter Pan's on Esplanade in Ryde.

Other minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight include:

Lost minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight

There used to be another adventure golf course in Shanklin too - Jungle Jim's - but that closed a few years ago.

Some of the courses that are on the Isle of Wight now have been built on top of older courses or have totally replaced grass Putting courses that were there before.


The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

We've now been to a total of 965 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Minigolf courses on the Fylde Coast

There are a number of minigolf courses on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, with layouts to be found in Fleetwood, Blackpool, St Annes on the Sea, Lytham and Lytham St Annes.


Check out my posts below for more info on each course.


Crazy Golf at Marine Gardens in Fleetwood


Pitch & Putt Miniature Golf at Marine Gardens in Fleetwood


Crazy Golf on Princess Parade in Blackpool


Dino Adventure Golf course at the Blackpool Tower


Graffiti Golf on the Central Promenade in Blackpool


Adventure Golf at the Pleasure Beach in Blackpool


Krazy Golf at Stanley Park in Blackpool


Putting course at Stanley Park in Blackpool


Crazy Golf on St Annes Pier in St Annes on the Sea


Pennines Putting at the MiniLinks in St Annes on the Sea


Crazy Golf at the MiniLinks in St Annes on the Sea


Par-3 Golf at the MiniLinks in St Annes on the Sea


Adventure Golf at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham St Annes


Crazy Golf at Lowther Gardens in Lytham


Putting course at Lowther Gardens in Lytham


Check out our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour post to see all of the courses we've been to since September 2006.


If you know of any other courses we haven't yet visited please do let us know.

Friday, June 04, 2021

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.

Golf Putting Green at Style Carpets in Cleveleys

Golf Putting Green at Style Carpets in Cleveleys

Golf Putting Green at Style Carpets in Cleveleys