Course Visit #166 (& 6a) - Felixstowe (Ocean Boulevard Golf/Hollywood Holes/Grand Canyon Golf - Sea Front) - Crazy Golf

On the 9th April 2010 we played the 'new' 8-hole Ocean Boulevard Golf course in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Parts of this course were originally located at the Sea Road Crazy Golf course. And Eight of the former 12 holes of the old Sea Road course, and some of the obstacles, have been moved a little way down the seafront and been renamed 'Ocean Boulevard Golf'/'Hollywood Holes'/Grand Canyon Golf'!

This video shows an overview of the 'new' 8-hole crazy golf course.


The course was the 166th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour (in addition to being #6a - in its previous incarnation as the Sea Road Crazy Golf course, aka Safari Golf).






In the Irregular Mini Golf Tour event played on the course - The Hollywood Classic - I beat Emily 22 to 32 over 8-holes.

Related blog posts:
- Felixstowe
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour List

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit Update - Felixstowe Sea Road Crazy Golf (April 2010)

We first visited the 12-hole Crazy Golf course on Sea Road in Felixstowe on the 19th of November 2006 and have since made many visits to both the course and Felixstowe.

It was the sixth course visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and on our first visit was one of the three courses we played to make up the Irregular Mini Golf Tour East Anglian Classic competition (the third ever Irregular Mini Golf Tour event, which was played in the days before play-offs so ended in a tie between me and Emily!).

However, on our last visit we found that the course itself has been removed!



Parts of it (some of the holes and obstacles) have been moved to the 'new' Ocean Boulevard Course along the Seafront to make up an 8-hole Crazy Golf course.



Derelict course view.


Photos of the course over the years (The 'coyote' obstacle doesn't half move about the course!!!)

What it looked like in May 2009.





And in May 2008.




And in August 2007.


Closed in June 2007.


On the 6th of April 2007.


The seal is long gone.

Related blog posts:
- Felixstowe
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour List

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit #165 - Whaddon, Cambridgeshire (Whaddon Golf Centre) - Crazy Golf

Whaddon Golf Centre in Cambridgeshire is also home to a 9-hole Crazy Golf course.

Videos from the visit.

Course introduction.


Course view.


A tricky hole.







In the Irregular Mini Golf Tour 'Whaddon Masters' tournament I beat Emily 50 to 66 over two-rounds.

The Crazy Golf course at Whaddon Golf Centre was the 165th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

For the full list and links to other courses visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour please visit - http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/crazy-world-of-minigolf-tour-courses.html

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit #164 - Whaddon, Cambridgeshire (Whaddon Golf Centre) - Putting

As part of our East & West Anglia Spring Roadtrip we made a visit to Whaddon Golf Centre in Cambridgeshire on the 9th April.

The centre is home to a BIG Golf course, Putting Green and a 9-hole Crazy Golf course.

The Putting course was the 164th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.




For the full list and links to other courses visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour please visit - http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/crazy-world-of-minigolf-tour-courses.html

East (and West) Anglia Spring Minigolf Roadtrip!

We went on a bit of a roadtrip around East (and West) Anglia this weekend and found some new minigolf courses.

Full details, pics and videos to follow.

The courses were at:
- Whaddon Golf Centre, Cambs (one of only 2 crazy golf courses in Cambridgeshire)
- Felixstowe - great Adventure Golf, along with all manner of changes and dereliction and hotch-potching going on there, plus Donkey Rides in place of Crazy Golf!?
- Old Joe's Driving Range, Cornard Tye, Suffolk - A Grass Putting Course
- The Maldon Grey Pub, Sudbury, Suffolk - A pub beer garden crazy golf course

Great fun!

Gottfried's in the latest WMF World Minigolf Rankings (March 2010)

The latest World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF) World Rankings Lists have been updated and released (dated 1st March 2010).

Both Emily and I have moved up in the WMF Rankings from our previous positions.

In the last rankings Emily was ranked 130th and is now 109th in the WMF Women's World Rankings.

I was previously ranked 418th and am now 358th in the WMF Men's World Rankings.

Great Britain remains 24th of 30 countries in the WMF Nations Ranking List.

The WMF World Minigolf Rankings are those of the World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF) and are published twice annually.

Emily and I each have one Great Britain International Cap from our appearance in the 2008 Nations Cup in Tampere, Finland.

Link to the full WMF World Rankings Lists (March 2010).

Link to my updated minigolf player profile.

From the Archives - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Course Visit #13 - Brighton - Peter Pan's

Course Visit #13 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was to Brighton's 12-hole Peter Pan Adventure Golf course on Madeira Drive.

I first visited the course in March 2007 and then re-visited while we were in town for the Brighton Open minigolf tournament in July 2007.



The course was also visited when we were in town for the 2008 Brighton Open competition.

Crazy Golf in Brighton

Playing the Crazy Golf course East of Palace Pier in Brighton.


Course Visit #12 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was to Brighton's very well positioned 18-hole Crazy Golf course east of the Palace Pier.

I first visited the course in March 2007 and then re-visited while we were in town for the Brighton Open minigolf tournament in July 2007 (which was played at the better 12-hole Peter Pan Adventure Gole course on Madeira Drive - course visit #13).



I have also heard there are two other Crazy Golf courses in Brighton that I am yet to visit (one at the Marina, the other outside King Alfred's Leisure Centre).

There also used to be a Crazy Golf game on the pier too - it's long gone now!

Related blog posts:
- Brighton
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- A Gottfried visits a closed minigolf course

Ham & Egger Files linked to in Hither Green Minigolf story

The Ham & Egger Files and the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour have been mentioned in a blog post by Max Calò about the Meridian South Piazza and the new Swedish Felt Minigolf course in Hither Green, Lewisham.

Click on the link to read the blog post "Will Minigolf save the Meridian South Piazza?"

Not a Crazy Golf/Minigolf hole in Austria...

...but it looked like it could have been (albeit if it wasn't in someone's front garden in Bisamberg!)


Another 'non-course', this one spotted in Southsea a few years ago.

Minigolf Course Visit #210(a!?) - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - pit-pat "Hindernis Billards"!

The Askoe Wien Wasserpark is home to a pit-pat "Hindernis Billards"* course!

It looks like minigolf, on legs, played with cues!





I have heard there is a course in the UK - I will seek it out.
- Update: April 2014 - the course is in Littlehampton.

* "Obstacle Billiards"

Links:
- Askoe Wien website
- Askoe Wien on Facebook
- Austrian Minigolf Federation (Österreichischer Bahnengolf-Verband)
- Minigolf Tag (Minigolf Day)
- World Minigolf Federation

Related blog posts:
- Austria
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Pit-Pat
- Minigolf Tag
- Minigolf Course Played #163 - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - Swedish Felt
- Minigolf Course Visit #210 - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - Eternit Miniature Golf

Minigolf Course Visit #210 - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - Eternit Miniature Golf

Unfortunately on my trip to Vienna the 18-hole Eternit Miniature Golf course at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark was not open (as the minigolf season had not yet started).






Links:
- Askoe Wien website
- Askoe Wien on Facebook
- Austrian Minigolf Federation (Österreichischer Bahnengolf-Verband)
- Minigolf Tag (Minigolf Day)
- World Minigolf Federation

Related blog posts:
- Austria
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Pit-Pat
- Minigolf Tag
- Minigolf Course Played #163 - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - Swedish Felt
- Minigolf Course Visit #210(a!?) - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - pit-pat "Hindernis Billards"!

Minigolf Course Played #163 - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - Swedish Felt

While in Vienna, Austria recently I had the chance to play the 18-hole Swedish Felt Minigolf course at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark.



An incredibly tough course, and the longest Swedish Felt course in Europe.






Links:
- Askoe Wien website
- Askoe Wien on Facebook
- Austrian Minigolf Federation (Österreichischer Bahnengolf-Verband)
- Minigolf Tag (Minigolf Day)
- World Minigolf Federation

Related blog posts:
- Austria
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Pit-Pat
- Minigolf Tag
- Minigolf Course Visit #210 - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - Eternit Miniature Golf
- Minigolf Course Visit #210(a!?) - Vienna, Austria (Askoe Wien Wasserpark) - pit-pat "Hindernis Billards"!

"Richard Gottfried pipped to the post in Lewisham" - Luton News minigolf report

The Sports News Report - "Richard Gottfried pipped to the post in Lewisham" - about my second place in the Spring Classic minigolf competition at Hither Green is in today's Luton News & Dunstable Gazette newspapers, page 119 .

There is also a report on the event, in which I get a mention, in the Lewisham & Catford News Shopper.

Irregular Mini Golf Tour TTT Classic & Rankings Update

The Irregular Mini Golf Tour welcomed its newest member yesterday, as Guildford's Oliver Florence competed against 'Squire' Richard Gottfried and Owen 'Jackpot' Johnson in the Irregular Mini Golf Tour TTT Classic.

Rank Player Score
1 Richard Gottfried 44(+8)
2 Oliver Florence 51(+15)
3 Owen Johnson 53(+17)

Irregular Mini Golf Tour Rankings Update



Key:
NM Non-Mover
NE New Entry
NL Not Listed yet this Season

Irregular Mini Golf Tour Ranking Points Calculations 2009/2010:
1st place = 100 points
2nd place = 75 points
3rd place = 50 points
Other place = 10 points

Minigolf Result - Doubles Matchplay - Team Squire vs. The Kellys

Following the Spring Classic minigolf tournament at Hither Green yesterday, Emily and I (as Team Squire) took on Tony & Adam Kelly in a Doubles Matchplay match.

In a very close match that went to the full 18-holes, it was Tony & Adam that picked up the win 2up.

Updated Minigolf Doubles Record: