Sunday, March 26, 2023

East Park Mini Golf in Southampton

A look at the East Park Mini Golf course in Southampton.


My friend and minigolf rival Simon Brown sent me these photos of the East Park Mini Golf course in Southampton from his visit last month.

East Park Mini Golf in Southampton. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023
East Park Mini Golf in Southampton. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023

East Park Mini Golf in Southampton. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023
East Park Mini Golf in Southampton. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023

East Park Mini Golf in Southampton. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023
East Park Mini Golf in Southampton. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023

South Downs Way Adventure Golf at Marwell Resort

A look at the South Downs Way Adventure Golf course at Marwell Resort.


Thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Simon Brown for this snap of the South Downs Way Adventure Golf course at Marwell Resort from his visit earlier this year.

South Downs Way Adventure Golf course at Marwell Resort. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023
South Downs Way Adventure Golf course at Marwell Resort. Photo by Simon Brown, February 2023

Visit the Marwell Resort website for more information.

Stratford Adventure Golf

Stratford Adventure Golf at Swans Nest Recreation Ground in Stratford-upon-Avon has re-opened after a refurbishment.


Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Simon Brown for these photos of the layout.

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Visit the Stratford Adventure Golf Facebook Page for more information.


Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023
Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Crazy Golf at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol

A new Mulligans Minigolf venue is opening at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol.


A new Mulligans Minigolf venue is opening at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol

A new Mulligans indoor miniature golf venue is opening at The Venue in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

The location is the 15th site for the Mulligan's brand and will be home to two 12-hole crazy golf courses.

Visit the Mulligans website for more information.

Friday, March 24, 2023

The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing

Check out my minigolf marketing ebook - The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing.

The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing by Richard Gottfried
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing

Created after years of playing, promoting and consulting in the world of minigolf, the ebook gives players, courses, federations, associations and clubs a guide to the world of marketing.

You can see a preview, read the reviews, and buy The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing from Amazon.

Abingdon Bun Throwing for the Coronation of King Charles III

Details of the bun throwing to mark the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.


The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May 2023.

To mark the royal occasion my home town of Abingdon-on-Thames will be holding a bun throwing event in the Market Place at 4pm on Sunday 7th May.


Platinum Jubilee Bun Throwing in Abingdon, 2022
Platinum Jubilee Bun Throwing in Abingdon, 2022

The bun throw for the Coronation of King Charles III will be the 37th Bun Throwing in Abingdon since 1761. The town holds the event to mark, mostly, special royal occasions.

Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion
Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion

It'll be the 17th bun throwing held in my lifetime.



You can find out more about Abingdon Bun Throwing events on my other blog - the World of Bun Throwing.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

New Adventure Golf course in Basford, Nottingham

A new dinosaur-themed Adventure Golf course is opening in Basford, Nottingham.


A new dinosaur-themed Adventure Golf course is opening in Basford, Nottingham

An 18-hole dinosaur-themed Adventure Golf course is being created at Stockhill Lane in Basford, Nottingham.

Visit the Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf website for more information.

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Shoreditch Balls Crazy Golf in London

There's a Crazy Golf course in Shoreditch.


Many thanks to our fellow minigolf enthusiasts at A Couple of Putts for letting us know there's a new(ish) miniature golf course in London that we didn't know about already!

Shoreditch Balls Crazy Golf in London

Shoreditch Balls opened on Old Street in late 2021 and is a new venue to add to our Crazy World of Minigolf 'To Visit' list.

Check out the Shoreditch Balls website for more information.


I used to work in the Shoreditch area of Hackney and commuted into Old Street everyday back in the mid-noughties. Those were the days when there were next to no minigolf courses in the capital. Fast forward to 2023 and you can't move for places to have a putt. At my last count there were 37 minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf locations in the city.

Monday, March 13, 2023

A Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford - in 2020

I saw a Back to the Future DeLorean time machine three years ago today.


A Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford - in 2020
A Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford

Time flies! Or does it...

A Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford - in 2020
A Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford

What a different time 2023 is!

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Minigolf did you knows...?

Did you know these things about minigolf?


  • The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.

The Himalayas at St Andrews
Playing The Himalayas at St Andrews in April 2012

  • 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.

The Original Crazy Golf in Skegness
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, stats and did you knows?

Sunday, March 05, 2023

Crazy Golf at Dreamland Margate

The Dreamland Margate theme park is re-opening for the 2023 season on Saturday 1st April.


Brand new for 2023 is a Crazy Golf course.

A new Crazy Golf course is opening at Dreamland Margate

Visit the Dreamland Margate website for more information.

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Treetop Adventure Golf at the Metrocentre in Gateshead

A new Treetop Adventure Golf venue is opening at the Metrocentre in Gateshead.


Treetop Adventure Golf

The latest location from Treetop Adventure Golf will be home to two indoor 18-hole minigolf courses.

You can find other Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Cardiff, Manchester, Leicester and Birmingham.

Visit the Treetop Adventure Golf website for more information.

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

A look at the Mini Golf course at Wroxham Barns in Norfolk.


Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

My brother and his family played the Mini Golf course at Wroxham Barns in Norfolk yesterday.

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

The course was the 70th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour way back in August 2008!

Mini Golf at Wroxham Barns

Visit the Golden Putter Mini Golf and Wroxham Barns websites for more information on the course.

Friday, February 17, 2023

Scrapyard Golf at Nottingham Bowl

There's a new Scrapyard Golf course at Nottingham Bowl.


There's a new Scrapyard Golf course at Nottingham Bowl

Nottingham Bowl is now home to an indoor crazy golf course.

Scrapyard Golf at Nottingham Bowl is a 9-hole indoor minigolf course.

Visit the Nottingham Bowl website for more information.


Thanks go to our friend and minigolf rival Jam Trubridge for letting us know about the venue.

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


Scrap Yard Golf at Worcester Bowl

Thursday, February 09, 2023

Treetop Adventure Golf in Birmingham

There's a Treetop Adventure Golf venue at the Bullring in Birmingham.


Treetop Adventure Golf in Birmingham

Treetop Adventure Golf venue at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham is home to two indoor layouts - Ancient Explorer and Tropical Trail.

Treetop Adventure Golf in Birmingham

Treetop Adventure Golf in Birmingham

Treetop Adventure Golf in Birmingham

Treetop Adventure Golf in Birmingham

Visit the Treetop Adventure Golf website for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room in Birmingham

There's Crazy Pool at the new Roxy Ball Room in Birmingham.


Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room in Birmingham

It's a cross-between crazy golf and pool!

Roxy Ball Room Victoria Square opens tomorrow (Friday 10th February).

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

Golf Fang in Digbeth, Birmingham

Golf Fang, not Ghetto Golf.


Ghetto Golf changed its name to Golf Fang since the last time I was in Birmingham and there's a new sign up outside their original venue at The Custard Factory in Digbeth.

Golf Fang in Digbeth, Birmingham

Visit the Golf Fang website for more information.

Sunday, February 05, 2023

Dystopia-on-Sea - Minigolf and Art

A look at a crazy piece of art.


We love the British seaside. Back in 2006 we got our first car and began travelling around the coast. That's where we caught the minigolf bug. Since then we've visited, and revisited, a lot of the UK's towns and resorts. From the big ones of Blackpool and Great Yarmouth, to classic spots like Southend-on-Sea, Cleethorpes and Skegness, to some lesser know places like Sutton-on-Sea and Maryport.

One of the seasides we visited on a road-trip back in 2008 Filey, North Yorkshire, where we played the 9-hole Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course.

Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection
Minigolf meets art

That course (and its BIG minigolf lobster) has been captured in a new piece of art by Leeds-based artist Jack Hurley (aka Loud Ribs) in his tongue-in-cheek, affectionate and characterful Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection.

Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection

You may recognise a couple of the characters in the piece too.

Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection

Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection

Check out the Loud Ribs website to see more of Jack's work.


Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection
You can find me depicted on a coaster (among other things) at the Fabrication shop in Leeds


Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course in Filey (June 2008)
Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course in Filey (June 2008)

The Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course on the seafront in Filey has actually been removed and is being replaced by a new layout, so it's doubly nice that the old layout has been captured for posterity in Jack's art.

Crazy Golf plans for Burton

There are plans for a crazy golf course to be created in Burton, Staffordshire.


There are plans for a crazy golf course to be created in Burton, Staffordshire

A new indoor crazy golf course could be opened as part of a new indoor entertainment centre at the old Burton Museum & Art Gallery in Burton, Staffordshire.

The venue would also be home to axe throwing, darts and escape rooms.

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Adventure Golf at Upton Country Park in Poole

A new Adventure Golf course is being created at Upton Country Park in Poole, Dorset.


A new Adventure Golf course is being created at Upton Country Park in Poole, Dorset

The 9-hole minigolf course will be opening in April this year.

Visit the Upton Country Park website for more information.


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

New Globalls Crazy Golf course in Brighton

Brighton minigolf venue Globalls has opened a new indoor crazy golf layout.


Brighton minigolf venue Globalls has opened a new indoor crazy golf layout

The new course - Zootopia - joins the Jurassic and Aquatica courses at its location at Brighton Marina.

Visit the Globalls website for more information.


We're yet to reach Globalls on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and look forward to one day playing their UV glow-in-the-dark crazy golf courses.