Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit #167 - Cornard Tye, Suffolk (Old Joe's Driving Range and Golf Course) - Putting

On the way back from Felixstowe we didn't expect to find any minigolf courses but as we were driving the scenic route back home on the 11th April we spotted a sign for a Golf Driving Range in Cornard Tye, Suffolk, and on a hunch we went to investigate.

As luck would have it, we found the Driving Range was also home to a Pitch & Putt course and a 9-hole Putting Course!



The Putting Green course is at Old Joe's Driving Range and Golf Course and was the 167th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.




In the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Cornard Classic competition I beat Emily 51 to 58 over two rounds.





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

Minigolf course re-visit - Felixstowe's Magical Indoor Adventure Golf at Mannings

While we were in Felixstowe we also made re-visits to courses #5 and #7.

Minigolf course visit #5 was to the Indoor Golf FX at Mannings the 19th of November 2006.

We have since played the course a number of times and it is now known as 'Magical Golf'. On this latest visit I defeated Emily 38 to 50 in the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Felixstowe Magical Classic competition.



Blog Post - December 2009 - Golf FX at Mannings Amusements now Magical Golf!

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

Minigolf course re-visit - Felixstowe's Fantasia Adventure Golf

While we were in Felixstowe we also made re-visits to courses #5 and #7.

Minigolf course visit #7 was to the Fantasia Adventure Golf on the Seafront on the 19th of November 2006.

We have since played the course a number of times. On this latest visit Emily defeated me in the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Felixstowe Fantasia Classic competition 24 to 25.




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

Felixstowe's new Crazy Golf course - an update

On our visit to Felixstowe at the weekend we saw that the new Crazy Golf course that was being built next to the Grass Putting Course is unlikely to be completed.

The Putting Course itself (course visit #53 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour) has now been given over to an area for Donkey Rides!

December 2009 Blog Post - New Felixstowe Crazy Golf Course - an update

Photo of the course 'in development' in May 2009.

From the Archives - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit #53 Felixstowe (Sea Front) - Putting Green...

...now removed to make way for Donkey Rides!

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?"