An unplayed Miniature Golf course in Bognor Regis - Marine Park Gardens

As the regular summer season was over the Putting Course at Marine Park Gardens was closed until next year. However, the visit to the course as part of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was a bonus as it had not been on our 'to visit' list until the man at the Crazy Golf & Putting Kiosk in Hotham Park had told us about it. He'd also informed us it wasn't going to be open to play, but we still had to go and have a look ahead of any future visits to Bognor Regis.

The course does look to be in good condition, with plenty of lumps and bumps to make the Putting tricky.

Link to the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses visited, played and not played

Crazy Golf and Minigolf Putting at Hotham Park, Bognor Regis - Courses played #273 & 274

Hotham Park in Bognor Regis, West Sussex is home to two Miniature Golf courses. One is a 12-hole Crazy Golf, the other is an 18-hole Putting Course. We visited and played both on Sunday 2nd October 2011. They became the 273rd and 274th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Crazy Golf course was not like any other course going by the name 'Crazy Golf' that we had seen or played before! It's more like a Pitch & Putt style of Miniature Golf, with a 'green' to aim at from a patch of grass, or concrete slabs. Some of the holes are really bizarre (crazy!), including the Bridge that you've got to putt over!

Only one of the twelve holes actually resembles a Minigolf/Crazy Golf course as most people would know it.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the Crazy Golf course Emily defeated me 45-50.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the Putting course Emily defeated me 46-54.

The park also has a Miniature Railway and part of the track runs next to the Crazy Golf course.

The Minigolf courses (and some other leisure facilities) at Hotham Park and Marine Park Gardens in Bognor Regis, and others at Felpham and Littlehampton are operated by Inspire Leisure. The scorecards have a good list of all the other courses in the area, which was very handy indeed. The very helpful man in the hut at Hotham Park told us that we were lucky the weather was so nice and hot as the courses had actually closed for the season the weekend before. He said that the Marine Park Gardens course would still be closed, but that if we made it to Littlehampton the Adventure Golf course (and Pitch & Putt) there would be open as it's a year round course.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Chichester Golf Centre, Hunston - Course played #272

The 272nd course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Chichester Golf Centre, Hunston.

The course is a nautical themed 9-hole Swedish Felt B-run type and was in good condition.

It was the first course we've played that had a huge Dolphin to putt through! The Sea Dweller's Crazy Golf in Chapel St Leonards that we played on our Lincolnshire roadtrip earlier this year was home to a smaller Dolphin obstacle.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily 27-30.

Photos of the course:

There was also a small Putting Green/Course at the Golf Centre. However, we didn't play it.

It's another Crazy Golf course that you can find by following Brown Tourist Signs.

Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:
- Chichester Golf Centre

Crazy Golf at West Sands Holiday Park, Selsey - Minigolf course played #271

Following our visit to the Crazy Golf at Earnley Gardens, we headed back on the road to our next stop at Selsey and the West Sands Holiday Park which has an 18-hole Crazy Golf course.

The course is pay to play and access is not restricted to Holiday Park guests. Great news for Minigolf Tourists such as ourselves.

The course itself is also home to a Chicken!? Another 'first' on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!



The course is definitely crazy and reminded us of Eternit-style Miniature Golf courses. There were some quite elaborate metalwork obstacles on the course too!

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up Emily defeated me 27-34.

This uphill hole had a sand bunker on the far end, very hazardous!

The course also had a metal Alligator (or Crocodile) on it.

And there was a fairly large Windmill obstacle too.

It's another Minigolf course that you can reach by following Brown Tourist Signs.

Blog link:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link;
- West Sands Holiday Park

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Millennium Crazy Golf at Earnley Gardens - Course played #270

The first course we played on the third day of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour roadtrip from Southsea, Hampshire to Bognor Regis, West Sussex was the 15-hole Millennium Crazy Golf course at Earnley Gardens (home to Birds, Butterflies & Beasts). It was the 270th course played overall on our tour.

We're not exactly sure why it's called 'Millennium Crazy Golf' and only the scorecard states this name. At a best guess the course was possibly built in the year 2000. It's not very futuristic if it was. Except perhaps for the obstacle (above) which resembles the logo of The Umbrella Corporation from the Resident Evil 'universe'!

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily 46-52.

Emily checks to see the ball has safely exited the pipes obstacle on this hole. I was not so lucky and had to fish my ball out of the middle hole.

The course also featured a stone circle a la Stonehenge. One for the Clonehenge blog perhaps.

You can find the course at Earnley Butterflies, Birds and Beasts, 133 Almodington Lane, Earnley, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 7JR. Visit the Earnley Butterflies, Birds and Beasts website for more information, prices and opening times.

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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Minigolf Report - Weymouth Open 2011

10th October 2011
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Weymouth Open 2011

Richard runner-up in Individual Competition and winner, with Chris Harding, in Team Tournament

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried were in action at the fourth-annual Weymouth Open competition at the 18-hole Pirate Adventure Golf course at the Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park on Sunday 9th October. Competing in a 13 player field Richard was the runner-up in the Weymouth Open individual tournament. Emily finished in tied-eighth place.

Photo: Richard playing the 9th hole at Weymouth Pirate Adventure Mini Golf

In the two round tournament Richard scored a total of 81(+9) after rounds of 42 and 39. Emily had a total of 95(+23) after rounds of 48 and 47. The winner was Oxford’s Michael Smith who retained the title with a score of 78(+6).

In the second competition of the day Richard teamed with Birmingham’s Chris Harding to compete in the first-ever Weymouth Open Team Tournament. In the combined score doubles event the pair won with a total of 80(+8) with both players hitting rounds of 40. Emily and her partner Chris Smith were runners-up with a team score of 82, with Emily scoring 42 and Chris Smith a 40.

Photo: Richard Gottfried (l) with Minigolf Team Mate Chris Harding, showing off the 2011 Weymouth Open Team Tournament Trophy

Richard said “The Pirate Adventure Golf course in Weymouth is one of the hardest courses we play on the BMGA Tour but I always enjoy the challenge it presents. I’ve now been runner-up up here twice, as well as winning the event in 2008. I’m very pleased to have added the Weymouth Open Team Championship title to my honours and Chris Harding was a great partner to have in the event.”

Emily said “The doubles competition was great fun. Chris Smith was a good partner to have and we put up a good fight for the Team Title. I felt I played a little under-par, and so let the team down, as we were only two shots away from a play-off for the trophy, and I made a couple of silly putting errors. Hopefully the title will be ours next year!”

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