Minigolf goodies from across the pond

Check out this brilliant selection of minigolf items from our friends at A Couple of Putts.

Many thanks to Tom and Robin at A Couple of Putts for sending over this great minigolf stuff

A BIG minigolf thank you goes out to Tom and Robin at minigolf review site A Couple of Putts for sending over this fine selection of minigolf scorecards, stickers and other stuff.

A Mini Golf is for EVERYONE bumper sticker designed by Tom and Robin

We love seeing and collecting scorecards and other ephemera and merchandise from miniature golf courses around the world. Seeing these items gives a wonderful insight into the game and also showcases the variety of courses and venues out there. Hopefully we'll get to visit some of them in the future too.

A Big Thrill Factory Mini Golf course scorecard from the 18-hole course in Oakdale, Minnesota

A Big Thrill Factory Mini Golf course scorecard. Check out the course review at A Couple of Putts

A Can Can Wonderland mini golf course sticker from the course in St Paul, Minnesota. Read the course review at A Couple of Putts

A coloring book from Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota. Sadly this venue closed down in July 2017. You can read an extensive history of the location at A Couple of Putts

Three Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park scorecards

Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park scorecards

Scorecard for the Championship course at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Championship course at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 1 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 1 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 2 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 2 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Sticker from Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park

Scorecard for the Mini Golf course at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). Check out A Couple of Putts for two reviews of the course - including details of the holes they designed and built for the course in 2016 and 2017

Scorecard for the Mini Golf course at the IMA

Scorecard from Pocono Family Golf in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Check out the review at A Couple of Putts

Scorecard from Pocono Family Golf

Scorecard from the Walker Art Center Artist Designed Mini Golf course. Tom and Robin have been involved with this art center and the various incarnations of the minigolf course there for a number of years. Check out the A Couple of Putts website for more info

Scorecard from the Walker Art Center Artist Designed Mini Golf course

Scorecard from the Walker Art Center Artist Designed Mini Golf course

Please do visit the A Couple of Putts website for stacks of course reviews and follow Tom and Robin's adventures on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

Related blog posts:
- A Couple of Putts
- Sparkle City Mini Putt in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf

Souvenirs from Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf.

Many thanks to our friend Shelley Barrett for sending us a scorecard and pencils as souvenirs from her family holiday to Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf in Orlando, Florida.

Walt Disney World is home to two 18-hole minigolf courses known as Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf.

The scoring and rules side

The story side of the scorecard

Four minigolf pencils from Disney World

Our friends over at The Putting Penguin and A Couple of Putts minigolf review sites have played the courses:
- The Putting Penguin review
- A Couple of Putts review 1 and 2

It's always nice to see a leaderboard at a minigolf course

You can find out more about the Winter Summerland Miniature Golf courses on the Walt Disney World website.

New in the Crazy Golf Museum

Update on new donations to the Crazy Golf Museum.

Our friend and minigolf rival Pat Sheridan has made some superb donations to the Crazy Golf Museum's archives with a selection of scorecards and coupons from his recent travels as a tournament player and minigolf reviewer at the Putting Penguin.

It's always wonderful to see - and share - minigolf ephemera from around the world and Pat has donated a number of marvellous items to the Museum's collection over the years.

Scorecard from Aloha Mini Golf in Myrtle Beach

The scoring side of the scorecard at Aloha Mini Golf

The latest haul from the USA come from his visit to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, USA - a real hotbed of minigolf courses - where Pat competed in the 2017 USPMGA Master's tournament. There are also some items from Missouri and Florida.

Scorecard from the 2017 USPMGA Master's minigolf competition held at the Hawaiian Rumble Mini Golf course in North Myrtle Beach

Scorecard from Cancun Lagoon Mayan Adventure Golf in Myrtle Beach

The scoring side of the card from Cancun Lagoon Adventure Golf

  

Scorecard from Dragons Lair Fantasy Golf in Myrtle Beach - one of five courses in the Myrtle Beach Family Golf group

Scoring side of the card from the Dragons Lair Fantasy Golf course in Myrtle Beach

Scorecard from Shipwreck Island Adventure Golf in Myrtle Beach. Another course in the Myrtle Beach Family Golf group

The scoring side of the card from Shipwreck Island Adventure Golf in Myrtle Beach

Scorecard from Mount Atlanticus Miniature Golf in Myrtle Beach - 'The Best Mini Golf Course in the World'!

Scoring side of the card from Mount Atlanticus Miniature Golf in Myrtle Beach

Pat has been reviewing minigolf courses since 2001 and there are 295 course reviews on the Putting Penguin website.

Scorecard from the minigolf course at Cool Crest Family Fun Center in Independence, Missouri

The scoring side of the card from Cool Crest in Missouri

A coupon from Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf in Florida

You can find out more about the Crazy Golf Museum on its website, Facebook Page and Twitter.

Minigolf Apps

A look at minigolf apps.

There are a lot of apps about to enhance your minigolf experience and they offer a range of scoring functions, loyalty and reward schemes, games, reviews, contests, information and tips.

The Hastings Adventure Golf App and hole 2 in real-life - it's the trickiest hole on the Crazy Golf course in Hastings

There's certainly a real mixed bag of apps available on Android and iPhone. Links below are to the Google Play Store location:

• Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull
• Golf Kingdom in Romford - home of Moby Golf
• Golf Mini game
• Hastings Adventure Golf
• International Pitch & Putt Association (IPPA)
• Oasis Fun in Bournemouth
• Paradise Adventure Golf in Täby Centrum, Sweden
• Paradise Island Adventure Golf in Cheshire Oaks, Derby, Glasgow, Livingston, Manchester and Sheffield
• Rainforest Adventure Golf in Dundrum, Ireland
• Swingers Crazy Golf
• The Putter King game
• The Putting Penguin minigolf review site
• Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Castleford

Have you had the chance to use one of these apps whilst enjoying a round recently? How do they compare with paper scorecards? Or do you know of any others? Let us know in the comments.

Related blog posts:
- New Mini Golf App
- App

Minigolf in Canada, Spain and Portugal. And Beer in Devon

A selection of photos from minigolf courses in Portugal, Spain and Canada.

I recently received some great photos and scorecards from my friend (and coin & token dealer) Nigel Lutt following his travels to Huelva in Spain, Lagos in Portugal, Niagara Falls in Canada and Beer in Devon! Top stuff indeed.

It's always wonderful to find out about new courses - as well having a look at the scorecards players get too!

First up was the Dinosaur Adventure Golf course in Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Canada. Take a look at the size of that volcano!

That is a BIG minigolf layout!

Next up are some snaps of the interesting looking and motor racing-themed Crazy Golf course in Isla Canela in Huelva, Spain.

A nice looking minigolf course

Nigel in action on the course

Each of the holes is constructed to look like a road/racetrack!

Nigel and Ruth also visited the Pro Putting Garden in Lagos, Portugal. What a brilliant looking minigolf course.

Nigel in action at the Pro Putting Garden

A tricky double plateau hole!

That looks like a tough hole to ace

One of the longest raft rides we've seen on a minigolf course

  

Here's the Pro Putting Garden scorecard from Nigel and Ruth's minigolf match-up.

It looks like the front nine holes were tricky

The Rules

It's always nice to see the types and variations of scorecard in use at courses. Back on our tour of the south west coast of England Emily and I ran out of time to have a day out at Pecorama in Beer. Judging by Nigel's scorecard from the Pecorama Crazy Golf course we could have been there a long time too as it looks like holes 2, 5, 7 and 8 were very tricky indeed!

Nigel's round at Pecorama Crazy Golf in Beer, Devon

What a scorecard! Don't lose your balls

Many thanks again to Nigel and Ruth for the snaps and scorecards from their travels. It's so nice to see the wide-range of minigolf courses there are around the world. There's always something new to see. Check out the more guest blog posts in the links below.

Related blog posts:
- Guest blogs
- Portugal
- Spain
- Canada
- Devon

Links:
- Dinosaur Adventure Golf course in Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls
- Pro Putting Garden in Lagos, Portugal
- Pecorama in Beer, Devon