Following a tip-off from my Minigolf Doubles Team Mate, Kevin Moseley, we made a short detour on the journey back from Boscombe to the Tudor Rose Inn, Fordingbridge which is home to a good little 9-hole Miniature Golf course.
On Sunday 14th June 2009 we played quite possibly one of the worst Crazy Golf courses in the country - Southbourne / Fisherman's Walk, near Boscombe. The setting was good and the ideas were OK but the course played worse than many derelicts I have played.
The course also charged the strangest price for a round of Crazy Golf - £2.05 a round!?
The 108th course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was to the home of the 2009 BMGA British Doubles Championship - the 18-hole minigolf course at Boscombe Chine Gardens.
The second (playable) course of the day on Saturday 13th June 2009 was the 18-hole Mini Golf course at Bournemouth's Lower Gardens.
A very busy and popular course.
It was also Emily's 100th minigolf course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Sadly we didn't have a balloon. However, Emily did beat me by one shot with a magnificent hole-in-one on the 18th to win 39(+3) to 40(+4).
Prior to the practice rounds of the BMGA British Doubles Championship at Boscombe's Chine Gardens Minigolf course we stopped off at the 'sister' Crazy Golf course at Sandbanks, Poole for a quick round on the 18-hole Crazy Golf course. The course became the 106th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
A great course with some tricky obstacles and it will be hosting the 2009 BMGA British Club Championships in October, where I will be helping to defend the title the Midlands Minigolf Club won in Stratford upon Avon last year.
Both were located at the Spa Gardens in Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Course #104 was the 9-hole Crazy Golf on which holes 2, 3 and 4 were unplayable* due to severe flooding.
* I did attempt to play the 4th hole - see the video below
Course #105 was the 18-hole Putting Course next to the Crazy Golf and play was included in the £2.00 fee for the Crazy Golf. The Putting Green was much more playable than the Crazy Golf - in fact both Emily and I Aced hole 3, and I also got a hole-in-one on the 5th.