A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Swingers Las Vegas
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Swingers Crazy Golf in London
Swingers Crazy Golf teed-off in London nine years ago today.
Swingers Crazy Golf in September 2014 |
Swingers now
Swingers Crazy Golf on our visit in October 2019 |
Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information.
Saturday, August 05, 2023
Swingers Crazy Golf in Las Vegas
A new Swingers Crazy Golf venue is opening in Las Vegas, USA in 2024.
Swingers Crazy Golf in London on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit in 2019 |
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
New course at Swingers West End Crazy Golf
Changes afoot at Swingers Crazy Golf.
The West End location of Swingers Crazy Golf in London is being extended and will soon feature a third course as well as an all weather roof terrace.
Swingers West End Crazy Golf in London, October 2019 |
Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information.
Monday, September 27, 2021
The Swingers Open Crazy Golf tournament
The Swingers Open Crazy Golf competition is taking place next month.
Part of the prize is a party at the Swingers West End venue |
More information can be found on the Swingers Crazy Golf website.
Friday, September 24, 2021
Swingers Crazy Golf in London
Swingers Crazy Golf teed-off in London seven years ago today.
Swingers now
Swingers West End Crazy Golf in London, October 2019 |
Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Swingers Crazy Golf in Washington D.C.
The new Swingers Crazy Golf venue opens in Washington D.C. this week.
Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information.
Emily about to score a hole in one on hole 4 of the Swingers Crazy Golf course in London's West End |
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Swingers Crazy Golf at Cocktails in the City
Play the Swingers Crazy Golf 'Battle Green' at London's Cocktails in the City.
Find out more on the Cocktails in the City website.
Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for details of their two London courses and new US venue opening in Washington D.C.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
New Swingers Crazy Golf courses opening in the USA
Swingers Crazy Golf courses to open in Washington D.C. and New York.
The first Swingers Crazy Golf courses outside of the UK will be opening in Washington D.C. and New York.
The first of the new indoor minigolf venues will be opening at Dupont Circle in Washington this June.
The second Swingers Crazy Golf in the US will be opening at the new Virgin Hotel on Broadway in the Flatiron District of New York City later this year or in early 2022.
Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information.
Emily playing at Swingers West End in 2019 |
Swingers Crazy Golf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
We played the first Swingers pop-up Crazy Golf course in Shoreditch back in September 2014. The brand has grown since then, with Swingers in The City opening next to the Gherkin in 2016 and Swingers West End following in 2018.
Crazy Golf and competitive socialising
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Swingers West End Crazy Golf in London
Playing at Swingers West End Crazy Golf in London.
We played the superb Big Wheel course at Swingers West End Crazy Golf in London on Saturday morning.
Playing the Big Wheel on hole 9 |
The indoor Crazy Golf layouts at Swingers have a seaside theme and are set inside a very nice environment to spend a few hours.
Emily about to ace hole 4 |
We both scored 22 over 9-holes, but as it was my birthday I won.
Top of the podium |
There were some quite tricky holes, although with a bit of practice most could be aceable. Emily shot holes-in-one on holes 4 and 9.
Emily with a tricky second putt on hole 8 |
We've always found Swingers Crazy Golf courses to be extremely well done. From first entering the venue until the point you leave it's a pleasure to be there. The obstacles and greens are well designed and are very pleasing to look at. The putters and balls are high quality and the scorecards are incredibly well done.
When you see the full fold out scorecard it's a thing of beauty |
There's always a BIG loop-di-loop at Swingers Crazy Golf |
During our round we enjoyed some drinks on the course. Each hole has a little table to hold your drinks which is a very nice touch.
Hole 1 |
Hole 2 |
Hole 3 |
Hole 4 |
Hole 6 |
Hole 7 |
Hole 8 |
Hole 9 |
The green of hole 9 |
After our round Emily ordered some delicious food from Breddos Tacos and had a very nice Old Fashioned with it.
There's a private bar area between the two courses |
Having a nice sit down |
We're looking forward to playing at Swingers Crazy Golf again in the future.
The Helter Skelter course at Swingers |
Hole 2 and 3 on the Helter Skelter course |
Hole 9 - the Helter Skelter |
Some of the merch available at Swingers |
For more information visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website.
Friday, September 27, 2019
The Swingers Open Crazy Golf tournament 2019
Enter The Swingers Open for a chance to win a trip to New York!
Entries are now open to the third annual Swingers Open minigolf tournament in London.
The event will see two qualifying events take place at the Swingers City Crazy Golf venue in October before the grand final takes place at Swingers West End in November.
The Swingers Open minigolf tournament is being run in association with Tanqueray No. Ten gin and the prize is a trip to New York for the four team members.
Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information and the event format.
Sunday, July 08, 2018
The Swingers Open Crazy Golf tournament 2018
Entry is now open to the second Swingers Open minigolf tournament. The event will see a number of qualifying events take place at the two Swingers Crazy Golf venues in London before the grand final takes place.
The Swingers Open minigolf tournament is being run in association with Tanqueray No. TEN and the prize is a trip for four, including flights and hotel, to New York.
The Swingers Open competition starts on the 16th July and will run throughout July, August and September. Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more info.
Swingers Crazy Golf also has plans to open its first US location in Manhattan's new Virgin Hotel.
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Swingers Crazy Golf in London's West End
A look at Swingers Crazy Golf in the West End of London.
Many thanks to Leland Carlson from the Dull Men's Club for sending me a snap of the A-board outside Swingers Crazy Golf that he spotted while having a wander round London's West End.
Street Food and Crazy Golf - an increasingly popular combination |
Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf course website for more info, opening times and prices.
On my last trip to London last year I played at the 'original' permanent Swingers course near The Gherkin. It's a superb venue.
Emily walked past the new Swingers course while it was under construction last November.
Back in September 2014 Emily and I played the Swingers pop-up course in Shoreditch.
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
New Swingers Crazy Golf on London's Oxford Street
New Swingers Crazy Golf course opening in the old BHS shop on London's Oxford Street.
The team at Swingers Crazy Golf are opening a brand new course in the old flagship BHS site on London's Oxford Street. The Crazy Golf course will have a seaside-theme and will be complemented by cocktail bars and street food vendors.
Check out my blog post about playing at Swingers Crazy Golf in the City earlier this year.
One of the BIG minigolf obstacles at the first permanent Swingers Crazy Golf venue in London |
Keep an eye on the Swingers Crazy Golf website (and sign-up to their newsletter) to keep up-to-date with news about the Oxford Street venue.
Back in 2012 we played Crazy Golf on the rooftop at Selfridges on Oxford Street as part of the Big British Bang celebrating the summer of sport. The pop-up course was created by renowned jellymongers Bompas & Parr also staged a series of tournaments - in which I came out the champion!
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Swingers Crazy Golf in London
Playing Swingers Crazy Golf in London.
On my recent trip to London I met up with a bunch of mates and minigolf rivals to visit the indoor minigolf venue at Swingers Crazy Golf.
Swingers is home to two 9-hole Crazy Golf courses - The Lighthouse and The Windmill - and both were proving popular on Monday evening.
A view of The Lighthouse course |
Swingers Crazy Golf is a superb venue with two great minigolf courses, excellent service and nice facilities. Everything from the putters to the scorecards have been created to the highest quality and it's a very pleasant place to spend a few hours playing Crazy Golf.
I just about got under the bridge on this hole |
The bottom of the cups had a nice finish to them |
Top notch putters |
The Swingers Crazy Golf club courses became the 444th & 445th played and 755th & 756th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Swingers Crazy Golf is a great venue |
In our minigolf match-up on The Lighthouse course I tied with Gareth Holmes after we both shot a 20. Brad Shepherd was next with 25, while Alan Norman shot a 27 and Paul O'Conner hit a 33.
One of the tricky jump and bunker hazards |
Our game on The Windmill course saw Gareth record a 24 and Brad get another 25. Alan was next with a 28, while I shot a 29. Paul was again in the 30's, this time shooting a 38.
The final podium. Brad looking happy with his bronze medal position |
In the overall contest Gareth took the victory with a score of 44. I was runner-up with a 49, with Brad third on 50. Alan shot a 55 while Paul ended with a 71 for the 18-holes!
Poor Paul, he would've been far better off NOT listening to Brad's advice |
While we were competing in our own little tourney a qualifying round for Swingers' own Crazy Golf tournament was taking place, with dozens of players competing for the Swingers London Open title.
Back in September 2014 we played a round on the Swingers Crazy Golf pop-up course in Shoreditch, East London. That course became the 581st miniature golf course visited and 347th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
You can find Swingers Crazy Golf at 8 Brown’s Buildings (between Bury Street and St Mary Axe), London EC3A 8AL.
Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf club website for more information, opening times and prices.
Link:
- Swingers Crazy Golf
Related blog posts:
- Crazy Golf in London
- Playing Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Swingers Crazy Golf London Open
Swingers London hosting a new Crazy Golf Open tournament.
This summer London Crazy Golf course Swingers is hosting its first Crazy Golf Open championship - The Swingers Open.
The team at the Institute of Competitive Socialising is inviting corporate teams to compete in The Swingers Open, with the champions winning a luxury trip to Paris.
The Swingers Open will take place over 14 qualifying events starting on the 24th April, leading to the semi-final on the 4th September and culminating in the grand final a week later on Monday 11th September.
Businesses are asked to enter two teams of four players who will compete in a competition against other businesses from the same industry. The first event will see teams from the Tech industry tee-off.
Look at the size of that loop-di-loop! |
Each of the winning teams from the qualifying rounds will receive a luxury Tanqueray No. TEN hamper.
The overall champions will win a trip to Paris including first class Eurostar travel, a night at Le Grand Pigalle, dinner and a Tanqueray experience. The championship winning team members will also get the chance to wear The Swingers Open green jackets, made exclusively by tailor Gresham Blake, and will receive The Swingers Open trophy!
Entry to the tournament costs £160 per team. Full details and entry forms are available on the Swingers London Crazy Golf website.
We haven't played the two new Swingers Crazy Golf courses yet, but in September 2014 we played a round on the Swingers Crazy Golf pop-up course in Shoreditch, East London. The course became the 581st miniature golf course visited and 347th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Playing at the original Swingers Crazy Golf course in 2014 |
Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information, opening times, prices and tournament entry details.
It's great to hear about a London miniature golf tournament taking place. Back in 2009 I competed in a tournament double-header at the London Open and Weymouth Open - I finished as runner-up in both events! I was also the runner-up in the 2011 London Invitational Tournament. I have some history of winning in London as well and hold the Crazy Golf with Bompas & Parr Championship June Playoff title, as well as the overall Selfridges course championship which I won in 2012.
Winning |
Link:
- Swingers Crazy Golf
Related blog posts:
- Crazy Golf in London
- Playing Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch