A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Peterborough Glo Golf
Happy Shopper in Lowestoft
The easternmost Happy Shopper shop in the British Isles.
Roll on summer...
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Putt18 World Pro League 2021 - Week 5
I'll be teeing-off in week five of the Putt18 World Pro League at 6pm on Saturday 20th March.
Visit the Putt18 website for more information.
Our last pre-pandemic minigolf course visit
Saturday, March 13, 2021
What a difference a year makes
We saw a Back to the Future DeLorean time machine at MediaCityUK in Salford a year ago today!
Friday, March 12, 2021
New Adventure Golf course at Broome Manor Golf Complex in Swindon
The creation of a new Adventure Golf course is part of plans submitted for the redevelopment of Broome Manor Golf Complex in Swindon.
Winning a Selco Darts Competition
A darts shirt of character! |
Boom: Battle Bar at The Printworks in Manchester
The Printworks at Withy Grove in Manchester will be the location of a new Boom: Battle Bar.
Visit the Boom: Battle Bar website and Boom: Battle Bar Manchester Printworks Facebook page for more info.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Dealz not Poundland in a former Woolworths
A look at the Dealz shop in Douglas on the Isle of Man.
We've seen a few other old Woolworths shops on our travels.
New Swingers Crazy Golf courses opening in the USA
Swingers Crazy Golf courses to open in Washington D.C. and New York.
The first Swingers Crazy Golf courses outside of the UK will be opening in Washington D.C. and New York.
The first of the new indoor minigolf venues will be opening at Dupont Circle in Washington this June.
The second Swingers Crazy Golf in the US will be opening at the new Virgin Hotel on Broadway in the Flatiron District of New York City later this year or in early 2022.
Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for more information.
Emily playing at Swingers West End in 2019 |
Swingers Crazy Golf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
We played the first Swingers pop-up Crazy Golf course in Shoreditch back in September 2014. The brand has grown since then, with Swingers in The City opening next to the Gherkin in 2016 and Swingers West End following in 2018.
Crazy Golf and competitive socialising
My last pre-pandemic meal out
What a fine last meal out this was |
Puttshack mini golf to open at The Oracle in Reading
Puttshack will be opening a new indoor minigolf venue at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading, Berkshire.
Playing at Puttshack White City in October 2019 |
Visit the Puttshack website for more information.
Boom: Battle Bar Wandsworth
Construction is underway on a new Boom: Battle Bar site in Wandsworth, London.
Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.
Winning at the Digital City Expo
I attended my last 'real world' physical event at the Marketing Show North at the Digital City Expo at Manchester Central a year ago today.
The last three darts I threw in the outside world. I've been playing a lot of soft-tip darts at home during the lockdowns |
The last train
I last travelled on a train a year ago today!
A train at Stockport railway station on the 11th March 2020 |
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Boom: Battle Bar at The O2
A new Boom: Battle Bar is opening at The O2 in London.
Minigolf at The O2
My last pre-pandemic games of dodgeball
Tuesday, March 09, 2021
Minigolf scoring and loyalty apps
A look at minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf scorecard and loyalty apps.
On our travels to 956 miniature golf courses we've seen a number of venues that 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.
The minigolf apps we've found offer a range of scoring functions, loyalty and reward schemes, games, reviews, contests, information and tips.
Relatively new minigolf venues including Puttshack and Puttstars use electronic scoring systems with micro-chipped balls, or electronic score-pads and screens at the course.
There are a number of minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf apps available on Android and iPhone (all apps are for UK courses unless otherwise stated):
- 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
- Teezers Retro Golf in Coventry
- The Clubhouse Stoke
- The Putter King game
- The Putting Penguin minigolf review site
- Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Castleford
- We Are Minigolf