Minigolf in Denton Gardens, Worthing

Denton Gardens in Worthing, West Sussex is 100 years old today. There has been minigolf of one kind or another there for many of those years.

It's now home to the 18-hole Splash Point Mini Golf course.

Minigolf was first played in Denton Gardens on Tuesday 1st July 1924.

The 18-hole Splash Point Mini Golf course was the 181st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Playing Splash Point Mini Golf in 2019

Playing the course in 2010

Worthing, Denton Gardens, Putting Green. The Photochrom Co Ltd. Posted  to Birchington, Kent on 30 July 1928

Putting Green, Denton Gardens, Worthing. Photogravure by S. & E. Ltd., Hastings. Postally unused. Undated

A postcard showing the Putting Green, Denton Park, Worthing - it's unposted and undated

The Putting Green, Denton Gardens, Worthing. Picture Post Card by Wardell's. Postally unused. Undated

New Crazy Golf planned for Crawley

A new indoor Crazy Golf course is planning to open in Crawley, West Sussex.

The team at Caddies Crazy Golf in Southend are planning to create a new indoor Crazy Golf venue in Crawley, West Sussex.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Bognor Regis Mini Golf

The Bognor Regis Mini Golf course has had a refresh and some new obstacles added ahead of its reopening for the 2021 season.

We played the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2011! It was the 275th course we visited.

It'll be superb to get back down to Bognor Regis to see what's changed, what's new and to have a few rounds on the mini golf course.

The new helter skelter obstacle looks wonderful.

The Bognor Regis Mini Golf course was built in 1993 and was the last new Arnold Palmer Putting Course layout to be created. It's a fine example of its kind and we found it to be fun and nicely tricky to play - in our match-up Emily beat me 39-42 with a start of two Aces in a row. However this was followed by two 3's, but she still scored an 'out' of 18.

Bognor Regis Mini Golf course can be found at Waterloo Gardens, on the esplanade in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.

Visit the Bognor Regis Mini Golf Facebook Page for more information.

Minigolfing in Worthing a decade ago

A look back at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing's Denton Gardens as it was ten years ago.

Playing hole 13 ten years ago today

This is how the hole looked in April last year.

Take a look at the history of miniature golf in Worthing's Denton Gardens in this blog post. The game has been played there for 96 years.

Adventure Golf at Rustington Golf Centre in Angmering

A look at the Out of Bounds Adventure Golf course at Rustington Golf Centre in Angmering, West Sussex.

This time last year we'd just returned from a trip down to West Sussex.

Driving between Worthing and Littlehampton we stopped off at Rustington Golf Centre in Angmering for a look at the Out of Bounds Adventure Golf course.

The 18-hole course was the 862nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf course in Littlehampton

Playing at Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf in Norfolk Gardens, Littlehampton.

While we were down on the south coast last year we revisited the seaside town of Littlehampton and called in to Norfolk Gardens for a game on the Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf course.

Playing hole 4 as 'His Excellency' Anthony Pope looks on

The course was the 381st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2015 and I first visited it in 2012. We've now been to 948 courses since September 2006.

Since our first visits the course has been given a refurb, with fresh felt, new borders and a new pirate-theme.

Hole 9

The 9-hole course is really really big and has some very long holes on it.

Check out the course website for more information.

New Adventure Golf course at Tilgate Forest Golf Centre in Crawley

There are plans for a new adventure golf course at Tilgate Forest Golf Centre in Crawley, West Sussex.

The new course is proposed to be an 18-hole layout with a wild forest theme to it.

Visit the Tilgate Forest Golf Centre website for more information.

Crazy Golf at Medmerry Park in Earnley

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Medmerry Park holiday village in Earnley, West Sussex.

My brother Christopher has visited another course on his branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The 9-hole course is at Medmerry Park in Earnley, West Sussex.

He said it's the nicest looking course he's ever seen on his travels.

It does look very smart and there appear to be some nice hole-in-one opportunities on the layout. I'd love to give it a play.

Looking online the course Christopher saw is relatively new and replaces the old Crazy Golf course which was on the same spot.

A nice spot for a sit down

Visit the Windrush Holidays website to find out more about Medmerry Park.

Here are more snaps of the Crazy Golf course.

Christopher Gottfried has now been to 31 courses in the UK and nine overseas countries on his own branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Altogether we've visited 948 courses.

Emily and I have also played in Earnley. That was the 15-hole Millennium Crazy Golf course at Earnley Gardens back in October 2011. It was the 270th course played on our tour.

The 2019 Worthing Open minigolf tournament

The Worthing Open miniature golf competition is taking place on Saturday 6th July.

This Saturday evening the Splash Point Mini Golf course in Denton Gardens, Worthing is hosting the 2019 Worthing Open minigolf competition.

The three round strokeplay format event presented by the Worthing Mini Golf Club tees-off at 5pm.

Entry is open to all. Sign-up is required by 3pm on the day.

Email clubhouse@splashpointminigolf.co.uk for more info.

A view of hole 16 at Splash Point

Minigolf was first played in Denton Gardens on Tuesday 1st July 1924!

95 years later and the relatively new course there is going strong and is popular with locals, tourists, enthusiasts and the characters of the British Minigolf Association tour.

You can see photos of the 18-hole Splash Point Mini Golf course from our visit in April this year.

Out of Bounds Adventure Golf at Rustington Golf Centre

A visit to the Out of Bounds Adventure Golf course at Rustington Golf Centre in Angmering.

On Sunday we swung by the Out of Bounds Adventure Golf course at Rustington Golf Centre in Angmering. The 18-hole course was the 862nd course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It's a colourful course

It looked like a nice layout and hopefully we'll get to play it on a future south coast road-trip.

It's always nice to see a practice Putting area at an Adventure Golf course

Hole 1

A giraffe having a drink

Some more of the animal features on the course

A pipe to play through

Hole 2

Hole 3

A raft to cross the course

Check out the Out of Bounds website for more information on the Adventure Golf course.

Prices and The Rules of the course

It's the first course we've seen to have directions to painted on the car park

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:
- Out of Bounds
- Rustington Golf Centre

Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf in Littlehampton

Playing the Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton.

On Sunday we met up with our friend and minigolf rival 'His Excellency' Anthony Pope for a game at the Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton.

A wild tee-shot on hole 5!

The course was the 381st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2015 and I first visited it in 2012.

Teeing-off on hole 2

Since then the course has been given a refurbishment, with fresh felt, new borders and a new pirate theme.

Emily on hole 6

The Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf course is one of the largest miniature golf courses we've played and some of the holes are really long.

Emily tees-off on hole 4

And holes out for a 2

A view of Anthony teeing-off on hole 4 - look how long the hole is!

The first part of hole 4

About to play my tee shot on hole 4

In our minigolf match-up on the 9-hole layout I managed to win with a score of 28. Anthony was runner-up on 32, while Emily took third place with a round of 34 having scored a 7 on the last hole.

On the green on hole 2

Emily on hole 8

Unfortunately we didn't have time for a ride on the miniature railway in Norfolk Gardens on this occasion.

The Littlehampton Miniature Railway runs alongside the Par 3 Golf course at Norfolk Gardens

The train at Norfolk Gardens

The Littlehampton Miniature Railway station at Norfolk Gardens

Check out the Tivoli Lifestyle website for details of the Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf course and the other minigolf courses they operate in Littlehampton and Bognor Regis.

There's plenty to do in Norfolk Gardens

The work to upgrade the course and transform it into Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf was done by the team at HM Adventure Golf.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 3

 

Hole 4

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 5

Hole 5

Hole 6 

Hole 6

Hole 6

Hole 6

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 7

Hole 8 

Hole 9 

Hole 9  

A bench next to the course has a wonderful message

Related blog posts:
- Littlehampton
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:
- Tivoli Lifestyle