Playing a Minigolf course 'sculpture' set-up for one-day only!
With nothing planned for Saturday 27th July I was looking forward to sitting down and not doing much at all. However, a
couple of early morning
tweets from
Northamptonshire-based Cider & Perry Maker Mark Shirley alerted me to a Minigolf course that he'd spotted being set-up in Bedford! What’s more, it was only going to be in the town for one-day!!!
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After shooting a round on the temporary course |
So, rather than lounging about I did a bit of research and found out the M!MS Empire Sunset Nine Hole Mini Golf course would be open from 3pm until 11pm.
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A view of the M!MS Mini Golf course from hole 7 |
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The M!MS team hard at work on hole 4 |
The M!MS art collective is based in Bedfordshire, with M!MS standing for “Maximum Irony! Maximum Sincerity".
I arrived in Bedford at around 1.30pm which gave me a chance to see the final preparations and site-clearing being done before the course opened for play.
The course looked brilliant and was a great use of a long vacant plot of land in the town’s Midland Road.
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A view from over the road |
The idea came from artist
Andy Holden who designed (and with the help of the M!MS team) built the ‘playable sculpture’ using simple and cheap materials to create the innovative and very playable course.
Photos of the course.
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M!MS Mini Golf - in Bedford for one day only! |
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Hole 1 of the M!MS Mini Golf course |
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Hole 2 - from the tee |
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Hole 2 - this one worked really well and the ace shot was very satisfying |
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Hole 3 - up and over |
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Hole 5 - a tough loop-di-loop - I had a mixed bag of scores here |
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Hole 7 - a 3 here was a good result |
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Hole 8 - a tricky pipe hole |
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Playing hole 9 - the rotating sun |
The course not only looked interesting, but it played incredibly well – even more impressive considering it was mostly made out of
old pallets! The mix of easy, hard and fun hole designs meant there were some great hole-in-one opportunities, as well as some testing obstacles and second putts.
The course harked back to 1920’s depression era USA when vacant lots were often turned into improvised Miniature Golf courses.
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The M!MS Empire Sunset Mini Golf course scorecard |
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The scorecard - very well designed and quite large too |
Andy Holden and the M!MS team will be showcasing their work – Towards a Complete History of M!MS – at the Zabludowicz Collection in London from the 26th of September to the 15th of December 2013. I’m looking forward to seeing the final collection and film. All of the M!MS events are filmed and by attending them you become part of the work!
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