Fore Play Crazy Golf goody bags

We love seeing minigolf merchandise and the team at Fore Play Crazy Golf in Glasgow are offering the first 100 guests at the course a 'Baw Bag' containing a selection of items, including a branded face mask.

🎉 Be one of our first 100 golfers and get a Fore Play goody bag! 🎉

To welcome youse back on August 1st, our first 100 guests at our Glasgow venue will get their own Baw Bag.

Dinnae wait - you'll have to be fast!#ForePlayCrazyGolf #ReadyToPlay #ForePlayGlasgow #Glasgow pic.twitter.com/teGA8nEFFj

— Fore Play Crazy Golf (@4PlayCrazyGolf) July 24, 2020

Fore Play Crazy Golf reopens its doors on Saturday 1st August.

Visit the Fore Play Crazy Golf website for more information on the Glasgow and Edniburgh venues.

We're looking forward to playing at both locations on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future. Both sites opened since our last visits to the Scottish cities.

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Ghetto Golf face masks

Ghetto Golf has a range of branded face masks for sale at their venues. More info is up on the Ghetto Golf website.

A 2016 Carl Carmoni Mini-putt Trading Card

A look at a Carl Carmoni Mini-putt Trading Card from 2016.

Being stuck at home during lockdown I've had a bit more time to look back through my minigolf collection and the Crazy Golf Museum's vaults.

One of the nice items to share is this Carl Carmoni Mini-putt Trading Card from 2016.

Signed by the legend himself

Mini-putt courses are similar in appearance to Putt-Putt courses however they have distinct standardised hole designs and are particular to Canada.

"Mini-putt" is the Québécois term for the game of minigolf, thanks largely to the popularity of the Quebec cable sports show 'Défi Mini-putt' (Mini-putt Challenge) in the 1970s and 80s.

Check out a compilation of hole-in-ones Carl Carmoni scored on the Défi Mini-putt show.

We haven't played the Mini-putt format of the game yet. We're looking forward to a trip to Quebec in the future. It'd be ace to meet Carl and play in a tournament there.

With the great Mini-putt merch in 2016

Emily wearing a Mini-putt t-shirt

Carl Carmoni is a player after my own heart as he reacts with a triumphant shout of "BIRDIE!" every time he hits an ace. I'm known to shout "YEE-HA!" when I score a hole-in-one in competition play.

Check out Carl Carmoni's website and Mini-putt for more information.

My friend, minigolf team-mate and rival Jon Drexler also has a trading card. You can see that card in my blog post from 2013.

Links:
- Carl Carmoni
- Mini-putt
- Richard & Emily Gottfrid at Mini-putt

The Novelty Automation amusement arcade in London

Revisiting the Novelty Automation amusement arcade in London.

On our way back from a trip down to London earlier this month we took a shortcut on our way to the station and noticed we were on the same road as the Novelty Automation amusement arcade. We hadn't visited since it first opened in 2015 so had to go in for a play on the madcap arcade games. The 1st of April was the perfect day to play.

The arcade games at Novelty Automation are from the mind of inventor Tim Hunkin. I enjoyed my game on i-Zombie. There's a nice surprise at the end of the game too!

We first discovered the crazy novelty automation games at the Under the Pier Show arcade on Southwold Pier in Suffolk in 2009.

I really liked My-Nuke when we played at Novelty Automation in 2015

It was brilliant to see some of my favourite games were still there, alongside some new additions.

i-Zombie 

Playing i-Zombie  

The Small Hadron Collider hadn't been installed on our last visit 

One of the games is a paparazzi drone simulator! 

Celeb snapping

Check out the Novelty Automation website for more information and opening times.

Ninja Golf! in Granger, Indiana

Finding out about Ninja Golf! in Granger, Indiana.

Ninja Golf! in October 2018

A BIG thank you goes out to John Miller from Ninja Golf! in Granger, Indiana who has sent us a huge pile of minigolf swag from his course.

A whole host of Ninja Golf! merch

Ninja Golf! opened in 2018 and the minigolf centre's three Japanese Garden-style courses have proved very popular.

Three Ninja Golf! stickers

The theming of the whole Ninja Golf! brand is amazing and the scorecards for the course are some of the finest we've seen.

Ninja Golf! scorecards

The scoring side of the Ninja Golf! scorecard 

A Ninja Golf! flying disc 

A Ninja Golf! visor

A Ninja Golf! t-shirt

The reverse of the Ninja Golf! t-shirt 

A lovely Ninja Golf! pin badge 

Three Little Ninja by Jon Anon-San 

The Rules of Ninja Golf!  

Ninja Golf! course leaflets

As well as the three 9-hole miniature golf courses Ninja Golf! is also home to a Lazer Maze challenge, Kabuki Theater and a Karaoke Lounge.

Ninja Golf! course leaflet

Check out the Ninja Golf! website and give them a like on Facebook and a follow on Instagram. It was brilliant following the progress of Ninja Golf! as the site developed from a patch of land to the venue it is today.

Ninja Golf! as it looked in June 2018

Ninja Golf! is definitely another course we'd love to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Links:
- Ninja Golf! website
- Ninja Golf! on Facebook
- Ninja Golf! on Instagram

Related blog posts:
- Ephemera
- Scorecards
- Merchandise

Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua, New Zealand

Finding out more about the Lumberjax Mini Golf course in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua

Minigolf is a wonderful game and we've met some great people on our travels. Last April James Astrop from Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua, New Zealand visited the UK with his family and I met up with them for a look at the minigolf courses in Manchester city centre. James brought some superb minigolf items from his course and his own miniature golf travels. They are some fine minigolf collectibles.

A marvellous selection of minigolf items from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecards from James' minigolf travels!

Lumberjax Mini Golf is the brainchild of James and his father Alan, who work together at 3D Workshop in Auckland. The 1850's logging-themed course they've created looks amazing.

Leaflets and scorecards from Lumberjax Mini Golf

The Lumberjax Mini Golf course website is well worth a look as it's packed with information and photos of the course, from the initial concept through to installation.

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

You can also follow the Lumberjax Mini Golf course on Facebook and Instagram.

A pencil from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A very smart badge from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A logo golf ball from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Lumberjax Mini Golf is located within Motion Entertainment, New Zealand's number one Entertainment Mall and the largest all-weather action-packed indoor entertainment centre in the country.

A game card from Lumberjax Mini Golf

James has got a brilliant job title!

A flyer / coupon from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A flyer / coupon from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A scorecard from the New Zealand Mini Golf Pro League played at Lumberjax Mini Golf

A scorecard from the New Zealand Mini Golf Pro League played at Lumberjax Mini Golf

Emily has been lucky enough to visit New Zealand and while there managed to play at Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland. Like Lumberjax Mini Golf, Lilliputt Minigolf is also a venue on the New Zealand Minigolf Federation's tournament circuit.

A cap of the New Zealand Minigolf Federation

In March Lumberjax Mini Golf will be the host venue of the New Zealand Minigolf Open tournament.

We're looking forward to having a holiday in New Zealand in the future and we'll definitely be having a few games at Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua.

Related blog posts:
- New Zealand
- Scorecards
- Ephemera

Links:
- Lumberjax Mini Golf
- New Zealand Minigolf Federation

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