The Ham and Egger Files

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Obstacle Golf at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria

A look at the Obstacle Golf course at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria.

We revisited the Obstacle Golf course at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria in June this year.

Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria

There's also a grass Putting layout and a Pitch & Putt at Hope Park (and Boules) and there are some wonderful views of the Skiddaw mountain from the courses.

Obstacle Golf at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria

We first visited the park back in April 2012 and played the Putting course on that occasion.

Crazy Golf at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria

Miniature Golf at Hope Park

At Hope Park in Keswick

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 10

Hole 11

Hole 12

Hole 13

Hole 14

Hole 15

Hole 16

Hole 17

Hole 18

Putting at Hope Park

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Today is Miniature Golf Day

Happy Miniature Golf Day.

Snaps from our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Each year there are two Miniature Golf Days - National Miniature Golf Day on the second Saturday in May and Miniature Golf Day on the 21st September.

Happy Miniature Golf Day 2023

Today is Miniature Golf Day.

Playing The Himalayas - the world's first miniature golf course - at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club in 2012

Playing at The Himalayas on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in 2012. The course is the world's first miniature golf and home to the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club

Each year there are two Miniature Golf Days - National Miniature Golf Day on the second Saturday in May and Miniature Golf Day on the 21st September.

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Miniature Golf did you knows...?

Did you know these things about miniature golf?

The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.
James Barber opened the first minigolf course in the USA in 1916. The 'Lilliputian' miniature golf course was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games in the USA.
Crazy Golf is 97 years old in 2023. The first course opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.

At The Original Crazy Golf in Skegness in May 2015

1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA. Garnet Carter opened the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930.
The first Putt-Putt brand miniature golf course was set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA in 1954.

What are your favourite minigolf facts and stats?

Miniature Golf Day 2023 is on Thursday 21st September

This Thursday is Miniature Golf Day.

Playing The Himalayas - the world's first miniature golf course - at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club in 2012

Each year there are two Miniature Golf Days - National Miniature Golf Day on the second Saturday in May and Miniature Golf Day on the 21st September.

Playing The Himalayas - the world's first miniature golf course - at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club in 2012

Friday, September 15, 2023

Putt Putt Noodle Minigolf in Norwich

A look at the Putt Putt Noodle indoor minigolf venue at the Castle Quarter in Norwich, Norfolk.

Putt Putt Noodle Crazy Golf in Norwich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, September 2023

My brother and charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour recently replayed Putt Putt Noodle minigolf in Norwich. He first played there in May last year.