A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Saturday, May 01, 2021
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
The American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship
Looking back at the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship.
Minigolf champions |
In action on the course |
- Great Western Golf Clydebank
- World of Golf Croydon
- Top Golf Watford
- Bristol Golf Centre
- Trent Lock, Long Eaton
- Clays Farm Golf Centre, Wrexham
On telly at The Belfry |
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Tuesday, April 06, 2021
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing
You can buy my minigolf marketing ebook on Amazon.
Minigolf marketing
The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
The minigolf boom
Sports marketing
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
My last pre-pandemic games of dodgeball
Thursday, March 04, 2021
World Book Day 2021
Happy World Book Day!
You can buy The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing from Amazon and Kobo.
Other minigolf books
Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Porth Island Krazy Golf in Newquay
A look at the Porth Island Krazy Golf course in Newquay, Cornwall.
We played the Porth Island Krazy Golf course in Newquay on our road-trip around the South West coast of England back in June 2015.
The course was similar to a Beton Concrete type of miniature golf course and interesting, if a little too difficult, to play.
The course was the 47th visited on our two-week holiday, the 377th played overall and the 646th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Visit the Newquay Football Golf website for more information on the Porth Island Krazy Golf course.
Monday, January 18, 2021
American Golf National Adventure Golf Championship
A look back at the American Golf National Adventure Golf Championship at The Belfry.
The American Golf National Adventure Golf Championship is on YouTube (from 26m 55s).
Peter Jones in action in our semi-final match-up |
I'm looking forward to playing in minigolf competitions again in the future.
Playing hole 3 of the Ryder Legends Mini Golf course at The Belfry |
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing
You can buy the ebook from Amazon and Kobo.
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Dull Men's Club Calendar for 2021
Looking ahead to next year. Now.
What does next year have in store? |
Dull events
About the Dull Men's Club
Visit the Dull Men's Club website for more information.
The Dull Men's Club Calendar for 2021 will be available from Amazon.
Monday, November 30, 2020
Chrizy Golf - Christmas Crazy Golf
A look back at the Chrizy Golf Masters crazy golf competition in Manchester.
Friday, November 27, 2020
The Dull Men's Club 2021 Calendar
A look ahead to the Dull Men's Club Calendar for 2021.
Check out the Dull Men's Club website for more information.
Monday, October 12, 2020
12 years ago...
I won the Weymouth Open minigolf tournament on this day in 2008.
The inaugural Weymouth Open minigolf competition was held on the 18-hole Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park.
I had a very good record in Weymouth Open events. As well as winning the individual title in 2008 my team-mate Chris Harding and I were the Weymouth Open doubles champions in 2011.
I was also runner-up in the 2009 and 2011 events and seventh in 2010. In the 2009 tournament Kevin Moseley and I were tied after two rounds and it took 4-holes of a sudden-death play-off to separate us.
Friday, September 25, 2020
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing
Check out The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing.
My ebook to help minigolf players better market themselves, their clubs, associations, tournaments and courses is available to purchase from Amazon and Kobo.
Monday, September 21, 2020
666
A look back at the 666th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
For the 666th blog post of the year here's a look at the 666th course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington.
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Sunday, September 13, 2020
The Putt Park's Annual Mini-Golf Tournament in Las Vegas
Minigolfing at The Putt Park in Las Vegas.
I won The Putt Park's Annual Mini-Golf Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA back in September 2011. It's always nice to get a win in Vegas.
Wall of Famer |
Sadly The Putt Park is no longer there. It was a superb 18-hole course and the only outdoor minigolf venue in Las Vegas.
We're hoping to revisit Las Vegas again in the future as a few more miniature golf courses have opened since our last trip.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2020
American Golf National Adventure Golf Championship
Looking back at the American Golf National Adventure Golf Championship.
I competed in the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship Final at The Belfry three years ago this week.
My team-mate Peter Jones and I qualified for the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship Final by winning the Welsh Regional Qualifier at Clays Golf Centre in April 2017.
The final was televised on Sky Sports Golf in November 2017. It was the first miniature golf tournament to be televised in the UK.
The National Adventure Golf Championships can be seen in the video below from 26m 55s.
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Saturday, August 08, 2020
A Mini Golf Apocalypse
A look back at the Golf Apocalypse crazy golf course in London.
As we're in the midst of a pandemic I thought it'd be interested to look back at an apocalypse - the Golf Apocalypse crazy golf course from 2012.
Looking back to 2012
We played the Golf Apocalypse miniature golf course back in August 2012. The layout had been created as part of the London Pleasure Gardens, an area set-up to tap into the passing trade between the DLR and the London 2012 Olympic Games at the ExCel centre.A BIG piece of OBEY street art in the distance |
Golf Apocalypse was the first really really really mad-cap pop-up course we played on our travels.
What a sight! |
A crazy set-up
The layout contained all manner of strange minigolf obstacles and we found ourselves playing through the fuselage of a crashed aeroplane, around a pinball machine, a snooker table and into a volcano.What a thing to putt through |
Pinball wizard |
Snooker loopy |
The End |
Pop-up crazy golf
The pop-up miniature golf course was the first to use reclaimed materials in its construction. Something that has become commonplace these days and we've seen and played a number of funky, junky, scrap, ghetto, trash, garbage, graffiti, wreck and art-based courses since.Playing hole 2 |
Competitive minigolf
In our minigolf match-up Emily picked up the win with a score of 25. I was second with 26, with Gareth Holmes third with 27 and Alan Norman on 28.Emily playing hole 3 |
22 was a very good score to get on the 9-hole course |
The course’s designer and owner, Dave Lovatt, was also responsible for the 9-hole Crazy Golf course that staged the Welsh Open Crazy Golf Championships as part of the Newport Big Splash Festival in 2010. Following the 2012 pop-up in London the course moved on to Bristol.
Crazy golfing at the end of the world - from l-r Gareth Holmes, Richard Gottfried, Emily Gottfried, Dave Lovatt, Alan Norman |
Our challenge match with Dave went to a sudden-death play-off between Dave and Alan after both players had shot rounds of 22. Dave picked up the win on the deciding hole to take the title. I had finished on 24, Gareth had a 25 and Emily had shot a 29.
Alan snookered |
Gareth putting on hole 1 |
A different sort of podium |