I have started adding links to the
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses visited list, so you can now click through from the list to the webpage on the Ham & Egger Files detailing our visit to the course.
Some of the courses have had course reviews submitted by me to Miniaturegolfer.com and The Putting Penguin websites. Where available you can click through to the relevant link from the list below.
So far 155 courses have been played, with a further 44 visited (but not played for one reason or another - details below).
All courses played 30th September 2006 - 13th October 2009
1 Portsmouth/Southsea (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf (Victory Trail)
2 Portsmouth/Southsea (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf (Warrior Trail)
3 Southsea (Golf Links) - 9 Hole Par 3/Pitch & Putt
4
Luton (Woodside Animal Farm) - Adventure Golf
5 Felixstowe (Mannings) - Golf FX - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
6 Felixstowe (Sea Front) - Crazy Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
7 Felixstowe (Fantasia) - Adventure Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
8 Watford (Top Golf) - Adventure Golf
9 Watford (Top Golf) - 9 Hole Putting Green
10 West Hagbourne, Oxon (Horse & Harrow Pub) - Crazy Golf
11 Shefford, Bedfordshire (The Green Man Pub) - Crazy Golf
12 Brighton (East of Palace Pier) - Crazy Golf
13 Brighton (Peter Pan's) - Adventure Golf
14 Southend-on-Sea (Adventure Island) - Adventure Golf (Inca course)
15 Southend-on-Sea (Adventure Island) - Adventure Golf (Aztec course)
16 Southend-on-Sea (Arnold Palmer Minigolf, East Course) - Minigolf
17 St Albans, Hertfordshire (Verulamium Park) - Crazy Golf
18 Luton (Wardown Park) - Crazy Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
19 Luton (Wardown Park) - Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt
20 Lowestoft - Adventure Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
21 Great Yarmouth (Pirates Cove) - Adventure Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
22 Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) - Minigolf 18-hole - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
23 Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) - Minigolf 9-hole - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here24 Great Yarmouth (Pleasure Beach) - Adventure Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
25 Great Yarmouth (Jungle Golf at the Gardens) - Crazy Golf (Update: 10th May 2009 - no longer exists, a Segway Grand Prix track is in its place) - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
26 Great Yarmouth (Hollywood Adventure Golf, Windmill Theatre) - Indoor Adventure Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
27 Warwick (St Nicholas Park) - Adventure Golf
28 Warwick (St Nicholas Park) - Derelict Crazy Golf
29 Milton Keynes (Willen Lake) - Adventure Golf
30 Luton (Stockwood Park) - Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt
31 Abingdon (Abbey Meadow) - Crazy Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
32 Abingdon (Abbey Meadow) - Pitch & Putt/Mini Golf
33 Stonham, Suffolk (Stonham Barns) - Crazy Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
34 Margate (Strokes) - Adventure Golf
35 Broadstairs (Lillyputt Minigolf) - Lillyputt Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
36 Margate (Palm Bay Café) Cliftonville - Crazy Golf on Grass
37 Margate (Little Oasis Crazy Golf) Cliftonville - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer) 1 of the 2 18-hole courses
38 Letchworth Garden City - Putting Course on Grass
39 Hastings (Seafront) - Crazy Golf
40 Hastings (Seafront) - Minigolf
41 Hastings (Seafront) - Adventure Golf
42 Broxbourne (Paradise Wildlife Park) - Adventure Golf
43 Hastings (Planet Hastings) - Minigolf
44 Blackpool (Pleasure Beach) - Adventure Golf (New)
45 Blackpool (Starr Gate) - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
46 Blackpool (Pleasure Beach) - Adventure Golf (Old 'Alpine Golf')
47 Blackpool (Stanley Park) - Crazy Golf
48 Lytham St Anne’s - Crazy Golf
49 Stratford-upon-Avon - Minigolf
50 Tampere, Finland - Beton
51 Tampere, Finland - Eternit
52 Tampere, Finland - Swedish Felt
53 Felixstowe (Sea Front) - Putting Green
54 Coalville - Adventure Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
55 Scarborough - Adventure Golf
56 Filey - Crazy Golf
57 Birmingham (Star City) - Adventure Golf (Lost Hut Trail)
58 Birmingham (Star City) - Adventure Golf (Hidden Cove Challenge)
59 Northwick Park - ‘Mini Majors’ Adventure Golf
60
Eastbourne (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf
61 Southsea - Crazy Golf
62 Southsea - Putting Green
63 Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Beton Crazy Golf
64 Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Adventure Golf
65 Rylstone Gardens (Isle of Wight) - Crazy Golf
66 Sandown (Isle of Wight) - Indoor Adventure Golf
67 Sandown (Isle of Wight) - Beton Crazy Golf
68 Ryde (Isle of Wight) - Adventure Golf
69 Hayling Island - Adventure Golf
70 Wroxham Barns - Adventure Golf
71
Bury St Edmunds (Abbey Gardens) - Crazy Golf
72
Dorridge (Four Ashes Golf Centre) - Minigolf
73
Coventry (Allesley Park) - Crazy Golf
74
New Malden - Jurassic Golf
75 Guildford (Stoke Park) - Swedish Felt
76
Weymouth (Sea Life Centre) - Adventure Golf
77
Weymouth (Bowleaze Cove) - Crazy Golf
78
Herne Bay - Adventure Golf
79
Gravesend (Woodlands Park) - Derelict Crazy Golf
80
Bluewater - Pro Tour Putting
81
Motspur Park (Sir Joseph Hood Park) - Mini Golf
82
Northglenn, Denver, Colorado, USA (Boondocks Fun Center) Caverns Mill Course - Miniature Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin
here
83
Northglenn, Denver, Colorado, USA (Boondocks Fun Center) Hillbilly Hallow Course - Miniature Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin
here
84
http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2009/04/minigolf-course-visit-no-84.html - Miniature Golf
85
Manchester (Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Tiki Hut Trail) - Adventure Golf
86
Manchester (Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Temple Ruins Adventure) - Adventure Golf
87
Canvey Island (Fantasy Island) - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
88
Hemsby - Lost World Adventure Golf
89
Glasgow (Victoria Park) - 9-hole Putting Green
90
Glasgow (Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Maggie McCaw's Challenge) - Adventure Golf
91
Glasgow (Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Tiki Hut Trail) - Adventure Golf
92
Dovercourt - Swedish Felt
93
Clacton-on-Sea - Eternit
94
Clacton-on-Sea (Augusta Masters) - Adventure Golf
95
Blake End, near Braintree - Swedish Felt
96
Hemel Hempstead (Gadebridge Park) - 9-hole Crazy Golf
97
Maidenhead (Riverside Gardens) - 18-hole Eternit
98 Windsor (Alexandra Gardens) - 12-hole Eternit
99 Windsor (Alexandra Gardens) - 9-hole Eternit Putting Course100 South Shields, Tyneside (Smugglers Cove) - 12-hole Adventure Golf
101 Tynemouth (Lost World Blue Course) - Adventure Golf
102 Tynemouth (Lost World Red Course) - Adventure Golf
103
Newcastle (Gosforth Park) - Minigolf
104 Ripon (Spa Gardens) - Crazy Golf
105 Ripon (Spa Gardens) - Putting Course106
Sandbanks - Crazy Golf
107
Bournemouth (Lower Gardens) - Minigolf
108
Boscombe (Chine Gardens) - Minigolf
109
Southbourne/Fisherman's Walk (Cafe Riva) - Crazy Golf
110
Fordingbridge (Tudor Rose Inn) - Miniature Golf
111
Tea Green, Wandon End, Luton - Crazy Golf - Review at Miniaturegolfer.com
here
112
Bexhill-on-Sea (Metropole) - Crazy Golf
113
Tea Green, Wandon End, Luton - Putting Green
114
Manchester (Wythenshawe Park) - Crazy Golf
115
Walton Hall Gardens (Warrington) - Miniature Golf
116
Walton Hall Gardens (Warrington) - Putting Green
117
Staines (Lammas Park) - Adventure Golf
118 Oxford (Bury Knowle Park) - Swedish Felt
119 Oxford (Florence Park) - Swedish Felt
120 Oxford (Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park) - Swedish Felt121
Barry Island/Ynys y Barri (Smuggler's Cove) - Adventure Golf
122 Porthcawl (Trecco Caravan Park) - Adventure Golf
123 Porthcawl (Trecco Caravan Park) - Putting
124 Swansea/Abertawe (Southend Park, The Mumbles) - Crazy Golf
125 Swansea/Abertawe (Singleton Boating Lake) - Crazy Golf
126 Gowerton (Gowerton Golf Range) - Minigolf
127 Gowerton (Gowerton Golf Range) - Putting Course128
Pembrey/Pen-bre (Pembrey Country Park) - Crazy Golf
129
Pendine Bay - Crazy Golf
130
Saundersfoot - Crazy Golf
131
Heatherton Park, near Tenby - Adventure Golf
132
Eglwyswrw (Dyfed Shires & Leisure Farm) - Crazy Golf
133
Henllan Station (Teifi Valley Railway), near Newcastle Emlyn - Crazy Golf
134
Llanrhystud (Penrhos Golf & Country Club) - Crazy Golf
135 Aberystwyth - Crazy Golf
136 Aberystwyth - Putting137
Aberdovey/Aberdyfi - Putting
138
Tywyn (Leisure Park) - Crazy Golf
139
Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn (Holyhead Park) - Crazy Golf
140
Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn (Bodorgan, Henblas Country Park) - Crazy Golf
141
Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn (Anglesey Sea Zoo) - Swedish Felt
142
Llandudno (Great Orme/Y Gogarth) - Alpine Adventure Golf
143
Llandudno (Great Orme/Y Gogarth) - Rocky Pines Adventure Golf
144
Towyn (Knightly's on Sandbank Road) - Crazy Golf
145
Rhyl (Drift Park) - Minigolf
146
Rhyl (Welsh Dragon) - Adventure Golf
147
Prestatyn - Arnold Palmer Putting Course
148
Llangollen (Riverside Park) - Minigolf
149
Oswestry (Cae Glas Park) - Eternit Minigolf
150 Southport (The Masters Putting Course) - Arnold Palmer Putting Course
151
Blackpool (Golden Isle) - Indoor Adventure Golf
152
Fleetwood (Marine Hall Gardens) - Crazy Golf
153
Poole (Poole Park) - Crazy Golf
154
Poole (Poole Park) - Putting Green
155
London (Devonshire Square) - Minigolf
In addition to the 155 courses we have played, we have also made visits to 44 other Minigolf courses around the country, which for one reason or another have been unplayable. Details are below:
Courses visited but not played* 30th September 2006 - 13th October 2009
1 Southend-on-Sea
(Arnold Palmer Minigolf, West Course) - Derelict Minigolf (Update: 25th April 2009 - now demolished)
2
Alton Towers - Extraordinary Golf3
Lowestoft - Putting Green
4 Lytham St Anne’s - Crazy Golf #2
5
Weymouth - Putting Green
6
Guildford Lido - Minigolf
7 Margate (Little Oasis Crazy Golf) Cliftonville -
Minigolf (Arnold Palmer) the 2nd 18-hole course
8
Hemsby (Stonehenge) - BIG Mini Golf
9
Gorleston-on-Sea (Pop's Meadow Putting Green) - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
10 Gorleston-on-Sea (Bure Park) - Pitch & Putt/Minigolf
11
Glasgow - Victoria Park - Derelict 18-hole Minigolf
12 Bedford - Putting Green
13 Dovercourt - Putting Green
14
Southwold - Putting Green
15
Felixstowe (Sea Front) - new build (not yet complete as at May 2009)
16
Tynemouth - the site of a now demolished Arnold Palmer course
17 Newcastle (Exhibition Park) - Derelict 9-hole Crazy Golf
18 Bournemouth (Near Lower Gardens) - Derelict course
19 Manchester (Heaton Park) - Crazy Golf - no longer exists
20
Warrington (Orford Park) - Now flower beds!?
21 Barry Island/Ynys y Barri - Crazy Golf - Demolished for new Smuggler's Cove Adventure Golf
22 Pendine Sands - Crazy Golf - Demolished
23 Saundersfoot (Merlewood Hotel) - Putting Course - for hotel guests only
24 Gumfreston (The Dinosaur Park) - Adventure Golf - was just closing
25 Herons Brook Animal Farm - Crazy Golf (Demolished five years ago)
26 Aberystwyth Cliff Railway - Claimed to have a new Crazy Golf course - it did not exist
27 Aberystwyth Cliff Railway - The 'Games Room' did have a broken minigolf arcade machine that was out of order
28 Tywyn (Leisure Park) - Putting (ran out of time on visit)
29 Porthmadog - Crazy Golf (arrived at 5.30pm, course closed at 6pm but would not let us play)
30 Porthmadog - Swedish Felt (arrived at 5.30pm, course closed at 6pm but would not let us play)
31 Porthmadog - Putting (arrived at 5.30pm, course closed at 6pm but would not let us play)
32 Criccieth - Miniature Golf (Pitch & Putt)
33 Criccieth - Miniature Golf (Pitch & Putt)34
Abergwyngregyn (Aber Falls Tavern) - course unplayable, Tavern under redevelopment
35
Llanfairfechan - Crazy Golf - only holes 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 remain - no kiosk
36 Southport (Hesketh Park) - Crazy Golf - only open weekends (visited on a Friday)
37 Southport (Pleasure Land) - Moroccan Adventure Golf - derelict (but still in good condition for the shape it's in)
38 Cleveleys (Jubilee Park/Gardens) - Crazy Golf - Demolished
39
Blackpool (Gynn Gardens) - Crazy Golf - Closed for the season
40
Blackpool (Metropole) - Crazy Golf - Closed for the season
41
Leyland (Worden Park) - Mini Golf - Open weekends at 11am but was closed when we visited on a Sunday!?
42
Sandbanks - Putting Green
43 Weymouth - Riviera Hotel
44
London (Clarence Way, Camden) - Crazy Golf - Residents-only course, no clubs or balls for hire
* Due to closure, flooding, dereliction or other causes
Related blog post:
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List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour