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Showing posts with label website. Show all posts

Friday, March 22, 2024

The Minigolf-Atlas

Check out the Minigolf-Atlas - a map listing miniature golf courses in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.


The Minigolf-Atlas

I recently found out about the Minigolf-Atlas, a project to map all of the minigolf courses in Germany and surrounding countries!

The project is run by the team at Miniatur-Golf-Club Wetzlar eV. They are based in central Germany and created the project to record all the minigolf facilities throughout Germany. This includes locations where clubs are based and tournaments take place, as well as the many course locations where no competitions are held.

It's brilliant to see the efforts put into the project, and it'll be an excellent resource for people to get out and play for leisure, fun, and for competition and club play.

The Minigolf-Atlas team are putting together lists of courses in other countries, and it'll be interesting to see the website develop over time.

Take a look at the Minigolf-Atlas website for more information.


It'll be a handy resource if we can find the time to visit Germany again in the future! There are still some minigolf systems, including Cobi Golf and Star Golf that we haven't yet played, and these are localised in Germany (Cobi Golf) and Germany & Austria (Star Golf).

I've played Felt Golf in Vienna, Austria at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark. That was an incredibly tough course, and the longest Swedish Felt course in Europe!

The Askoe Wien Swedish Felt Minigolf course in Vienna, Austria
The Askoe Wien Swedish Felt Minigolf course in Vienna, Austria

I didn't get a chance to play the 'Eternit' aka Miniature Golf course there as it was out of season.

The Askoe Wien Eternit Miniature Golf course in Vienna, Austria
The Askoe Wien Eternit Miniature Golf course in Vienna, Austria

It was also the first place I saw the minigolf/snooker hybrid game of Pit-Pat.

Pit-Pat in Vienna, Austria
Pit-Pat in Vienna, Austria

My brother Christopher, a charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and his family have visited a few courses in Germany and one in Luxembourg on their branch of the tour:
Minigolf in Zeltingen-Rachtig, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Minigolf in Zeltingen-Rachtig, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Miniature Golf in Kobern-Gondorf, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Miniature Golf in Kobern-Gondorf, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Minigolf in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Minigolf in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Höfner Stübl Minigolf in Sasbachwalden, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Höfner Stübl Miniature Golf in Sasbachwalden, Germany. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Miniature Golf in Remich, Luxembourg. Photo by Christopher Gottfried
Miniature Golf in Remich, Luxembourg. Photo by Christopher Gottfried 

To date, we've visited 1,044 miniature golf courses. 997 of those have been in the British Isles, while 47 have been in overseas countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain (& Lanzarote, Canary Islands), Sweden and the USA. When we began our travels there were around 600 courses in the UK. There are now more than 1,000, with new courses opening all the time.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

New website for the Midlands Minigolf Club

Check out the new Midlands Minigolf Club website.


The Midlands Minigolf Club has a new website, where you can find out more about the club, it's players, history, events, results and more.

Midlands Minigolf Club members 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, 'Hacksaw' Jon Drexler, Mark 'The Horse Whisperer' Swan and John 'Thighs' Moore relax at the course in Basingstoke in 2013
The Midlands Minigolf Club relax during a break in the action at the national team championships held in Basingstoke in 2013

The Midlands Minigolf Club (MMGC) was formed in 2005 and are two-time national team champions, winning the title for the first-time at Stratford-upon-Avon in 2008 and regaining the title in Hastings in March.

Midlands Minigolf Club player 'Squire' Richard Gottfried playing a shot in the 2015 edition of the British Club Championships in Hastings
Playing a shot in the 2015 edition of the British Club Championships in Hastings

I've been a member of the MMGC since my rookie year on the National Tour and was a member of both British Club Championship winning teams. I also captained the team in 2009. Last year the club produced its own Ball of Fame to celebrate the victory.

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