Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf and Putting in Skegness

On our visit to Skegness I was able to play two versions of my favourite type of Minigolf - the "Arnold Palmer Putting Course".

Skegness is home to an 18-hole and a 9-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course. The layout in Skegness is also home to a cracking 18-hole grass Putting Course!

The three courses became the 234th, 235th and 236th courses we have played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the 18-hole Crazy Golf course I defeated Emily 45-47.

On the 18-hole Grass Putting course I defeated Emily 43-44.

And on the 9-hole Crazy Golf course I defeated Emily 25-30.

The courses were in brilliant condition, and were great fun, and very testing courses to play. The service at the course was impeccable, and the scorecards (for a fan of Miniature Golf ephemera like me) were brilliant - showing details of where the other Arnold Palmer course locations are in the UK.

The numbered signposts on each hole also had a pencil attached to them!

18-hole Arnold Palmer Putting Course

18-hole Putting Course

9-hole Arnold Palmer Putting Course

Despite having three attempts each to win a free game on the Lucky Last Hole, neither of us managed to win one.

Link:
- Arnold Palmer Putting Courses (Crazy Golf) photos and pictures on MiniatureGolf.com

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North Shore Holiday Centre / Caravan Park in Skegness - Mini Golf

A visit to the North Shore Holiday Centre and Caravan Park's Mini Golf and "The Pitch And Putt Inn".

While in Skegness, Lincolnshire we visited the North Shore Holiday Centre to play their 8-hole Miniature Golf course, however, with all the other Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf courses to play, we didn't have time to play the Pitch & Putt course at the centre.

We did however make some time to have a few drinks in the Pitch and Putt Inn!

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Miniature Golf at the North Shore Holiday Centre, Caravan Park in Skegness

The first of the many minigolf and crazy golf courses we were lucky enough to visit and play in Skegness, Lincolnshire on the 20th May 2011 was at the North Shore Holiday Centre.

The Miniature Golf course became the 233rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

The 8-hole layout is part of the North Shore Holiday Centre/Caravan Park, but the course is open to the general public.

Despite almost losing my ball (and only just making it back to tee-off before the time-limit expired) I defeated Emily 27-31 in our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the testing course.

The North Shore Holiday Centre is also home to a Pitch & Putt course, and the excellent, friendly and welcoming Pitch and Putt Inn!

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Richard and The Jolly Fisherman in Skegness

The Official Skegness Jolly Fisherman Website and the Jolly Fisherman's Story.

Skeg-Vegas!

We noticed in a few souvenir shops in Skegness, Lincolnshire, you could buy items bearing the name 'Skeg-Vegas'! There was also an amusement arcade there called 'Las Vegas'!

I really enjoyed the trip to Skegness and will go back. I also enjoyed our holiday to Las Vegas last summer (where we will also be returning).

If you enjoy the British seaside, with its Crazy Golf, beaches, Pier, rock, saucy postcards and lots to see and do, then you should definitely check the town out.

While we were visiting there was a news story in the local press about a review of the town in the latest Lonely Planet Guide, where Skegness was described as a 'tacky spectacle'.

In a way the Lonely Planet review was correct - the seaside is a bit 'tacky', but so are lots of UK seasides, and it depends on if you think 'tacky' is a bad thing or not? Along with the millions of other visitors to the resort, I enjoyed our stay and will go back again.

The review also said the town had the "ABC of the English seaside – amusements, bingo and candy floss" - on this I disagree. With twelve Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf courses on offer to visitors, surely the 'C' should stand for 'Crazy Golf'!

Emily and I have so far visited 137 seasides since we made a resolution in 2006 to try and visit every seaside in the UK. We've visited places like Great Yarmouth (which is great), Blackpool - which offer Minigolf and Amusements, to Southwold and Aldeburgh - which are a bit more sedate, but still nice to visit.

Really, you can visit loads of different types of seasides in the UK, some are tacky, some offer a more slow-paced resort, others offer great beaches, some are more like harbours with a little bit of beach, many offer great views and seascapes. With so much on offer, you can take your pick!

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Skegness - a whole host of Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses to visit and play!

Skegness is somewhat of a mecca for minigolf, while we were there we managed to visit and/or play a grand total of twelve Crazy Golf, Minigolf, Adventure Golf, Mini Golf and Putting Courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Photos and details of our visits to the courses below to follow...
233 Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Miniature Golf
234 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf
235 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Putting
236 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf
237 Skegness (Jolly Roger) - Adventure Golf (Skull Trail)
238 Skegness (Jolly Roger) - Adventure Golf (Treasure Trail)
239 Skegness (Bottons Pleasure Beach) - Gold Mine Adventure Golf (Adventure Putting) & Cactus Canyon River Ride
- Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Mini Golf - Pitch & Putt - Also home to "The Pitch And Putt Inn"
- Skegness (Pebble Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf - Closed on Visit
- Skegness (South Parade) - Crazy Golf - Closed on Visit
- Skegness (South Parade) - Putting - Closed on Visit
- Skegness (South Parade) - Pitch & Putt - No Time Left To Play

Other Minigolf 'Hotbeds'

• Great Yarmouth is another seaside that is stacked with interesting and fun to play miniature golf courses.
• Hastings too has three main courses on the seafront, and has certainly been a competition hotbed for minigolf in recent years too.

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