Showing posts with label The Golfing Hole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Golfing Hole. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2015

Indoor Adventure Mini Golf in Swindon

Playing indoor minigolf at The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf course in Swindon.

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
At The Golfing Hole indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon

On Sunday 11 January Emily and I visited Swindon, Wiltshire to play our first miniature golf course of the New Year. The location was The Golfing Hole Indoor Adventure Golf course on Mead Way.

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Emily playing hole 2 - a big ramp that leads to a spiral

Crazy Golf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Putting into a machine

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Emily putts into one of the factory's machines. This one was really tough

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Putting from the back of the green

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
There's a BIG minigolf loop-di-loop on one of the holes
   
Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
My favourite hole at The Golfing Hole. Though quite what a green 'grass' minigolf layout with sandy bunkers is doing inside a 'factory' I don't know. Very crazy golf! 

The course was the 589th visited and 355th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006. In 2014 we visited 46 courses and played 28 of them.

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Emily putts out after playing through a cabin/site office in The Golfing Hole factory

During our match we played through each of the obstacles, rather than taking the easier line and putting around the lumps and bumps of the greens. Some of the holes in the pipes were easier to get the ball into than others, with a few of them causing a lot of frustration. The result of our contest was a draw, with a score of 54 each.

Richard and Emily Gottfried at the first miniature golf course visited in 2015 - The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
At the first miniature golf course visited in 2015

We've played quite a few indoor mini, crazy and adventure golf courses over the years and always like to see Blacklight / UV minigolf holes. The Golfing Hole has two holes that tick this box.

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Hole 13 leads into the blacklight area, while the tee-off point for hole 14 is inside

Crazy Golf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
This hole was really difficult as the gap at the top of the ramp isn't much bigger than the golf ball

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Playing out the UV hole

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
Emily tees-off inside the blacklight room

Minigolf at The Golfing Holf indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon
And putts out in the light of the factory

An 18-hole round of minigolf at The Golfing Hole Indoor Adventure Golf course cost us £7 each. Full price details and opening times can be found on The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf website.

In addition to the Adventure Golf course the indoor venue has a licensed bar, air hockey, pool tables and table football.

The course was built by City Golf, check out their website too.

Related blog posts:
- Indoor Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf courses
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour overall list
- Mini Golf courses visited in 2014
- Previous blog comment about The Golfing Hole
- A little bit of indoor minigolf in Woking

Links:
- The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf website
- The Golfing Hole on Twitter
- The Golfing Hole on Facebook
City Golf

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