King Pins opening at the White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds

A new King Pins tenpin bowling & entertainment centre is opening in Leeds.

The first two Manchester venues both have mini golf courses, so it'll be interesting to see if the new King Pins location in Leeds will have mini golf on offer when it opens.

Check out the King Pins website for more information.

New Adventure Golf course at Longleat Center Parcs

Center Parcs Longleat Forest will be home to a new Adventure Golf course.

The holiday centre has an existing Adventure Golf course that will be removed, with a new course layout being created in the park.

Visit the Center Parcs Longleat Forest website for more information.

Emily and I haven't been to a Center Parcs before, however my brother Christopher and his family have holidayed at Center Parcs Elveden Forest in Norfolk and played the outdoor Treasure Island Adventure Golf course there on their branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Putt Darts at King Pins Mini Golf at Trafford Palazzo in Manchester

There's a darts-themed hole on the King Pins Mini Golf course at the Trafford Palazzo shopping and entertainment centre in Manchester.

Find out more about King Pins locations on the King Pins website.

The King Pins Mini Golf course at Trafford Palazzo became the 1,072nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We played Mini Golf at King Pins at the Manchester Arndale last year.

New Mini Golf course at The Galleries in Wigan

A new indoor Mini Golf course is being created at The Galleries in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

The new indoor Mini Golf course is part of a development of the former Galleries shopping centre in Wigan town centre.

Find out more about The Galleries redevelopment on the Wigan Council and The Galleries websites

It'll be a new and fairly local course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central in London

A look at Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central Shopping Centre in Islington, London.

Emily swung by Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central Shopping Centre in Islington, London in 2022. It was course visit number 1,002 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

You can also find a Birdies Crazy Golf venue in Battersea.

Check out the Birdies Crazy Golf website for more information.

We played the first Birdies Crazy Golf course back in November 2015 at The Vaults underneath Waterloo station.

PopStroke opening an indoor course in Nashville

A new indoor, all-weather miniature golf course is opening in Nashville, Tennessee next year.

The PopStroke brand of minigolf continues its expansion as it is set to open a new indoor minigolf venue in Nashville, Tennessee, USA in early 2026.

Check out the PopStroke website for more information.

Emily visited the PopStroke course in Las Vegas last year.

New Crazy Golf course opening in Dubai on Friday 7th February

"Swingers Crazy Golf" is opening at Bluewaters Island, Dubai this Friday.

Swingers Crazy Golf

Swingers Crazy Golf Dubai is opening three 9-hole crazy golf courses at a new venue on Friday 7th February 2025!

Swingers Crazy Golf

Check out the Swingers Crazy Golf Dubai website for more information.

Swingers Crazy Golf

We've played several Swingers Crazy Golf courses - including the original pop-up course in London - on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years.

Radioactive Mini Golf in Manchester

There's a 'toxic waste' hole at King Pins in Manchester!

Find out more about King Pins locations on the King Pins website.

The King Pins Mini Golf course at Trafford Palazzo became the 1,072nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We played Mini Golf at King Pins at the Manchester Arndale last year.

Mini Golf in a Boxing Ring at the Mall of Scandinavia

Scoring a hole-in-one on the Boxing Ring hole at the Sports World Minigolf course inside O'Leary's Bar at the Mall of Scandinavia in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden back in February 2018.

 

Check out the O'Leary's website for more info on the Sports World Mini Golf course.

Crazy Golf in a Boxing Ring at That Funky Golf Place in Birmingham

A look back at our visit to That Funky Golf Place at Becketts Farm in Wythall, Birmingham.

Our first miniature golf course visit of 2020 took us to That Funky Golf Place at Becketts Farm in Wythall, Birmingham. The indoor venue was home to an 18-hole Crazy Golf course. It became the 942nd course we visited overall since September 2006.

The course is now a lost venue.

Crazy Golf in a Wrestling Ring at Teezers Retro Golf in Coventry

We visited and played a round at Teezers Retro Golf in Coventry on Easter Sunday back in 2019.

The 18-hole indoor Crazy Golf course at Teezers Retro Golf opened in 2018 and was the 507th course played, and 865th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour at that time.

It's now a lost course.

Radioactive Mini Golf in Birmingham

A look back at a visit to Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham.

Back in 2019 Mr Mulligans Space Golf centre at Broadway Plaza in Birmingham was visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

DANGER!

Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham is home to three 12-hole Adventure Golf courses - Asteroid, Supernova and Mars Base.

Check out the Mr Mulligan website for more information about the Birmingham location, and other Mr Mulligan venues around the UK.

We've been to the Mr Mulligan courses in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes (indoor and outdoor venues), Newcastle, Norwich, Sidcup, Stevenage, Woking and Worcester.

We've yet to get to the Mr Mulligan courses in Basildon, Bristol, Hemel Hempstead, Nottingham and Tonbridge.

It's Groundhog Day!

Happy Groundhog Day 2025.

The big question today is will Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators see his shadow and predict six more weeks of Winter, or will he predict an early Spring?

Mini Golf at Bat & Ball in Covent Garden, London

Bat & Ball opening in Covent Garden, London.

Bat & Ball Covent Garden will be home to several indoor games as part of its entertainment offering, including Mini Golf.

Bat & Ball Covent Garden will be the second venue from the Bat & Ball brand, following Bat & Ball Stratford.

As well as the 9-hole Mini Golf course Bat & Ball Covent Garden will have shuffleboard, interactive darts, pool, karaoke, prosecco pong, beer pong, and ping pong.

Bat & Ball Covent Garden is scheduled to open in March 2025.

Visit the Bat & Ball website for more information.

The Mini Golf course at Bat & Ball Covent Garden will be a new one for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Refurbishment at Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Castleford

The Volcano Falls Adventure Golf venue at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford has received a refurbishment.

The work was completed to mark the venue's tenth year and has seen the two 18-hole Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses updated with new carpet and obstacles.

You can find Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses in Castleford, Edinburgh and Milton Keynes.

Check out the Volcano Falls Adventure Golf website for more information.

The Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses at Xscape Yorkshire were the 594th and 595th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2015.

New Adventure Golf course in Wellingborough

There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course to be created at Swanspool Gardens and Pavilion in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

The new 18-hole outdoor Adventure Golf course would be built on one of the bowling greens in the gardens.

It'd be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini Golf Scoring and Loyalty Apps

A look at minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf scorecard and loyalty apps.

On our travels to 1,077 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour we've used several apps to keep the score in our games.

We've seen a number of venues have introduced a mobile app to compliment or replace the traditional paper scorecard. Some of these apps are really good and help to enhance the experience. We're still fans of pencil and paper to score our rounds and have amassed a large collection of scorecards from our travels. That said, when we find an app that works well we're more than happy to download and use it. We've found the best ones are at courses that have both traditional and digital options for marking your scores as it keeps everyone happy.

The minigolf apps we've found offer a range of scoring functions, loyalty and reward schemes, games, reviews, contests, information and tips.

These are the adventure golf, crazy golf and minigolf apps available on Android and iPhone that we've found on our miniature golfing adventures:

• Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham
• Bangolf Arena tournament scoring systems
• Congo River Golf Scorecard App - eight locations in the USA
• Dinton Adventure Golf
• Eingelocht: Minigolf Scorecard
• Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull
• Ghetto Golf
• GlowGolf® Score-App
• Golf Kingdom in Romford - home of Moby Golf
• Hastings Adventure Golf
• Hollywood Drive-In Golf, Orlando, Florida
• International Pitch & Putt Association (IPPA)
• Inky’s Mini Golf at Sirenian Bay in Belize
• Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby
• Mini Golf App
• Mini Golf Score Card
• Monster Mini Golf Scorecard App in the USA
• My Mini Golf Scorecard
• Nyborg Minigolf in Denmark
• Oasis Fun in Bournemouth
• Paradise Adventure Golf in Täby Centrum, Sweden
• Paradise Island Adventure Golf in Cheshire Oaks, Derby, Glasgow, Livingston, Manchester, Plymouth, Rushden Lakes and Sheffield
• Peter Pan Mini Golf, USA
• Play Minigolf App - four courses in Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium
• Playing tips for mini golf
• Popstroke, USA
• Puttstars
• Rainforest Adventure Golf in Dundrum, Ireland
• Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf in Bournemouth
• Stagecoach Greens, San Francisco, USA
• Swingers Crazy Golf
• TallyHo Golf App
• Teezers Retro Golf in Coventry
• The Clubhouse Stoke
• The Putter King game
• The Putting Penguin minigolf review site
• Tipsy Putt (various locations in California, USA)
• Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Castleford
• We Are Minigolf

Do you know of any other minigolf apps, games or scoring systems? What do you think of them? Do you use them when you visit a course? Do you have a favourite? Let us know in the comments below.

How to play mini golf

This City Golf Group scorecard holder has a guide on how to play mini golf.

It was at the Swedish Felt Mini Golf course on Southend Pier in Essex when we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in 2016.

New Mini-Golf course in Porthcawl

There's potential for a new Mini-Golf course to be created as part of a redevelopment plan in Porthcawl.

The plans for the course are part of wider leisure and infrastructure developments for the seaside town.

If created the course would be another new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It'd also be nice to return to Porthcawl as we haven't been there for a while.

Happy National Puzzle Day 2025

Today is National Puzzle Day.

Several Crazy Golf, Minigolf and Putt-Putt jigsaw puzzles have been made over the years and we have some of them in our collection.

A Jumbo Jan van Haasteren Crazy Golf Jigsaw Puzzle

A Putt-Putt Puzzle of a very crazy Miniature Golf course. Published by Hallmark Cards Inc. Many thanks to our friend 'Hacksaw' Jon Drexler for sending it across the pond to live in the Crazy Golf Museum

A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle that includes a crazy golf windmill on the golf course

A Jumbo Jan van Haasteren Wacky Golf Jigsaw Puzzle

Thanks to the Dull Men's Club 2025 Calendar for the reminder about today's day.

Puttstars Mini Golf at the Hollywood Bowl in Leeds

A look at the Puttstars Mini Golf course at the Hollywood Bowl in Kirkstall, Leeds.

The Hollywood Bowl in Leeds

We swung by the Puttstars indoor Mini Golf course at the Hollywood Bowl in Leeds recently.

Puttstars Mini Golf at the Hollywood Bowl in Leeds

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 8

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hollywood Bowl recently rebranded their Mini Golf courses at their standalone Harrow, Peterborough, Rochdale and Leeds Thorpe Park venues to Putt & Play.

Puttstars Mini Golf at the Hollywood Bowl in Leeds

The Kirstall venue in Leeds is still a Puttstars course. You can also find a Mini Golf course at the Hollywood Bowl in Stockton-on-Tees.

Check out the Hollywood Bowl website for more information.

The Mini Golf course at the Hollywood Bowl in Leeds became the 1,076th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.