Jungle Safari Adventure Golf at Ravenmeadow Golf Centre in Worcester

Playing the Jungle Safari Adventure Golf course at the Ravenmeadow Golf Centre in Worcester.

Our recent trip to Southampton saw us visit 18 more courses, playing eight of them. One of the courses we had a round on was the Jungle Safari Adventure Golf course at the Ravenmeadow Golf Centre in Worcester.

The 18-hole course was the 868th visited and 509th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We visited on a drizzly Friday lunchtime in May, so were lucky to have the course to ourselves.

We enjoyed our round on the large miniature golf layout. Some of the holes are very long, with wide greens.

In our minigolf match on the Jungle Safari Adventure Golf course I won with a score of 45 to Emily's 50.

I managed to get my nose ahead in my minigolf game against Emily

What does that sign say?

Visit the Jungle Safari Adventure Golf course website for more information, opening times and prices.

Rampside Golf Links in Barrow-in-Furness

A visit to the Rampside Golf Links in Barrow-in-Furness.

While driving home from a trip to Barrow-in-Furness we spotted the Rampside Golf Links - home to a Par-3 course and a 4-hole Putting area.

Related blog posts:
- Barrow-in-Furness

Mini Golf at Queens Park in Crewe

A visit to the Mini Golf course at Queens Park in Crewe.

On Saturday 25th May we headed down the road for a day out in Crewe. When we decided to visit Crewe we hadn't expected to go to any minigolf courses, but Emily had spotted the Mini Golf course at Queens Park in Crewe and then I found out about the Crazy Golf course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in Sandbach in a follow-up search.

The Mini Golf course at Queens Park in Crewe became the 890th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've seen similar courses on our travels. Four years ago today we played a course like it at The Imperial Hotel in Torquay and on Saturday we played a layout at Greenlands Farm Village in Carnforth that had a resemblance to it.

The course at the Pier Head in Liverpool and at the Lake District Visitor Centre in Brockhole, Cumbria looked quite similar to the Queens Park layout  

 

   

Queens Park in Crewe is also home to a number of other activities and was a nice place for a wander. We also spotted a Petanque Terrain there.

It's always nice to see a place to play Boules

We've now visited 895 courses on our travels since September 2006.

Another minigolf course visited on our crazy golf adventures

Adventure Mini Golf at Greenlands Farm Village in Tewitfield, Carnforth

Playing the Adventure Mini Golf course at Greenlands Farm Village in Tewitfield, Carnforth.

During our weekend away we visited five more courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. One of them was the Farmyard Adventure Mini Golf course at Greenlands Farm Village in Tewitfield, Carnforth.

The 9-hole layout became the 519th course played and 892nd we've visited.

In our minigolf match-up Emily won with a 20 to 22 scoreline.

Emily was the little piggy in our match

Visit the Greenlands Farm Village website for more information, opening times and prices.



Videos of the 9-hole Farmyard Adventure Mini Golf course.



















We've now visited 895 minigolf courses since our travels began in September 2006.

Course number 900 isn't far off. Where will it be...?

New Adventure Golf at Clarke's Golf Centre in Rainford, St Helens

New Adventure Golf course opening at Clarke's Golf Centre in Rainford, St Helens.

A new 18-hole Adventure Golf course is opening soon at Clarke's Golf Centre in Rainford, St Helens.

It's another course that is fairly local to us. We're looking forward to a visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The new Adventure Golf course is due to open later this month. For more information visit the Clarke's Golf Centre website.

Crazy Golf at Malkins Bank Golf Club in Sandbach

Playing the Crazy Golf course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in Betchton, Sandbach, Cheshire.

Last weekend we visited three miniature golf courses, the first of which was the 9-hole Swedish Felt Crazy Golf course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in Betchton, Sandbach.

Playing hole 2

The course became the 518th course played and 888th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 1 is a clown's mouth obstacle

In our minigolf match-up Emily took the win with a score of 21 to my 22.

Emily putting to victory on hole 9

We enjoyed playing the course, and while it could've done with a bit of a sweep (much of the course is underneath some trees), we couldn't grumble as it was FREE to play!

Emily on hole 4

It'd be nice to spend a bit more time playing the course as there were definitely some hole-in-one opportunities on the layout.

Playing hole 8

On hole 9

It was interesting to see the course as it was a mixture of the Swedish Felt format of miniature golf with fibreglass Crazy Golf obstacles.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Check out the videos below to see me playing each of the 9-holes.



















There was also a nice looking Putting Green at Malkins Bank Golf Club, but we didn't have time for a go on it. The green closest to the Crazy Golf course looked great too.

The Putting Green

For more information visit the Malkins Bank Golf Club website.

The Golf course at Malkins Bank Golf Club

When we decided to have a day out in Crewe we hadn't expected to play any courses, but Emily had spotted a Mini Golf course at Queens Park in Crewe and then I found out about the course at Malkins Bank Golf Club in a follow-up search!

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When our travels began in September 2006 there were around 600 miniature golf courses in the UK. We've now reached 890 course visits, including 39 overseas.

Do you know of any new courses opening up in your area?

Do you know of an existing or old course that we haven't yet visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

Are you planning to open a course?

Then do get in touch and let us know. We'd love to visit and play the course, or advise on your plans.

Adventure Golf at Worldham Golf Club in Alton

A look at the Adventure Golf course at Worldham Golf Club in Alton, Hampshire.

Many thanks to our friend, minigolf rival and fellow Crazy Golf explorer Matt Dodd for sending over some snaps from his recent visit to the 12-hole Adventure Golf course at Worldham Golf Club in Alton, Hampshire.

A tyre loop-di-loop

More wheels

That's a fine line to putt over!

For more information visit the Worldham Golf Club website.

Matt, Helen and their family have visited over 170 minigolf courses on their own Crazy Golf travels. We've met up with them - and competed against the pair - on some of them too. Check out Matt's other guest minigolf blog posts.

Putt-Putt in Cape Town, South Africa

A look at the Putt-Putt miniature golf courses at Moullie Point in Cape Town, South Africa.

Many thanks to my friend and world traveller PJ Goedhals for sending over some photos from his visit to his home town Putt Putt course in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Putt-Putt miniature golf course in Three Anchor Bay in Moullie Point / Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by PJ Goedhals

PJ managed to shoot an even par and the lowest round of the day!

Local champion PJ Goedhals on the Putt-Putt leaderboard

PJ said that the courses used to be blue and orange, with the course closest in the photo being the orange course. According to his old stats, it plays about 3-4 shots tougher than the blue course.

PJ's scorecard from the round - a round of 36 on a Putt-Putt course is solid

I've blogged about the course before, the first time was after buying a postcard of it, the second time was when Adam Trigg sent me a snap of it while he was there.

Check out PJ's other guest blog posts on the Ham & Egger Files.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the first Putt-Putt course, set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA back in 1954.

We're yet to play the Putt-Putt brand of miniature golf. Sadly there are no longer any Putt-Putt courses in the UK. Hopefully we'll get to play the format on our travels in the future.