Monday, September 29, 2014

Mini Golf in Las Vegas

Details of miniature golf courses in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Mini Golf in Las Vegas
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas - home to some great Mini Golf courses too

With Emily returning from a recent trip to Las Vegas here's an updated list of the Mini Golf courses we've visited in the city.

175 Las Vegas - King Putt (North West Las Vegas) - Indoor Mini Golf
176 Las Vegas - Pike's Pass (Circus Circus Hotel & Casino) - Miniature Golf - Revisited 9th September 2011
177 Las Vegas - King Putt (Henderson, Las Vegas) - Indoor Mini Golf
178 Las Vegas - The Putt Park (Las Vegas) - Miniature Golf - Revisited 10th September 2011
268 Las Vegas - The Swingers Club (The Plaza Hotel & Casino) - Mini Golf - now closed
346 Las Vegas - KISS by Monster Mini Golf
- Las Vegas - Ohana Mini Golf - closed when Emily passed by at 6am

King Putt Mini-Golf, Las Vegas can be found at 7230 West Lake Mead Boulevard​.

Mini Golf in Las Vegas
King Putt's indoor blacklight Jungle Mini Golf course in Las Vegas in 2010

Pike's Pass Miniature Golf can be found at The Adventuredome at Circus Circus Hotel & Casino.

Mini Golf in Las Vegas
Emily has played the Pike's Pass miniature golf course at The Adventuredome at Circus Circus three times. The first round was in 2008 

The King Putt Entertainment Center is at 27 Stephanie Street, Henderson.

Mini Golf in Las Vegas
King Putt's indoor blacklight Mini Golf course in Henderson in 2010

The Putt Park Miniature Golf Course is at 6085 Ssouth Fort Apache, Suite #130, Las Vegas, NV 89148.

Mini Golf in Las Vegas
Emily putting at The Putt Park, a course we visited in 2010 and 2011

Mini Golf in Las Vegas
In 2011 I won The Putt Park's Annual Mini-Golf Tournament. Emily was the runner-up

While on an excursion off-strip in September 2014 Emily spotted the Ohana Mini Golf course near to the M Resort Hotel & Casino. You can find Ohana Mini Golf at 120 East Bruner Avenue, Suites 175, Las Vegas, Nevada 89183.

Minigolf in Las Vegas
A view of the exterior of Ohana Mini-Golf course

The latest course played was the KISS by Monster Mini Golf course at 4503 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89169 (Across from the Hard Rock Hotel, next to Rumor).

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
Emily playing 'The Demon' hole at the indoor glow-in-the-dark KISS Monster Mini Golf course

In 2011 we visited Hunstanton, Norfolk, England where we played Crazy Golf at the 'Vegas Amusement Arcade'.

Crazy Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk
Not real Vegas. The Vegas Amusement Arcade in Hunstanton has a Crazy Golf course out back

Links:
- King Putt Mini Golf
The Adventuredome
- The Putt Park
- Ohana Mini Golf
- KISS by Monster Mini Golf

Related blog posts:
- Las Vegas
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London

Playing the new Swingers Crazy Golf course in Shoreditch.


Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
A view of the Swingers Crazy Golf course in Shoreditch

Ahead of its full launch today (25 September) Emily and I visited the new Swingers Crazy Golf course in London on Wednesday 24 September.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Swingers - a part of The Institute of Competitive Socialising

It's a really good layout, with some good solid borders, good hole-in-one opportunities

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Holes 2 and 3

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Playing hole 2 - a couple of ways to play the hole, but watch out for over-hit shots

The course has a par of 21 - with some real par-3 holes, especially the 8th, which features a bridge, dogleg, elevated green and two pipes!

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Emily on the tee at hole 8

There's a real party atmosphere at the venue too, with DJ's playing music throughout the night and 'The Royal Shoreditch Golf Club' clubhouse has plenty of alcohol available - with drinking on the course encouraged!

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
A sand-trap hole!

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
The 7th hole at Swingers Crazy Golf

Swingers Crazy Golf was the 581st miniature golf course we've visited and 347th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Emily playing a shot on hole 2 as one of the Royal & Awesome bedecked course guides/umpires/caddies looks-on. This hole has a tiered green and three routes to the hole

In our match-up Emily won with a score of 21 to my 23 after I scored a dreadful six on the tough water hazard last hole.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
I 'decided' to wash my ball on the last hole. For a 6

The current course record is 20(-1) and is held by the course creator - Josh Ford, founder of the Winterwell Festival. We'll be back to have a crack at bettering that score.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Playing hole 6. Noticed the Windmill on the drinks table - there's one for each of the nine holes

In addition to the Crazy Golf course there are two very well-stocked bars - the main Clubhouse and a Freixenet bar - and street food from Patty & Bun and Pizza Pilgrims. Emily tells me the burgers from Patty and Bun are very good. I enjoyed sampling the Freixenet during the round and drowning my sorrows after my loss to Emily with a Gentleman Jack cocktail.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
A view of the course from the Clubhouse

There will also be further pop-up food vendors including When Mac Met Cheese, Butchies and Hix Fishdogs heading to Swingers in the coming months.

There's a unique 'Lucky Last Hole' at the course too. The Freixenet challenge offers the winner a prize if they can knock down the six-pins on the Bowling Alley lane! The closest we got was leaving just one-pin. It's a really nice touch having the hole there as an extra challenge.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
The Freixenet Challenge Lucky Last Hole

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Emily playing a shot on the Freixenet Top Hole

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
The six wooden Freixenet bottles you have to knock down to win

Advance booking is necessary to guarantee a round of Crazy Golf at Swingers. The club has seen a huge amount of bookings made already and have already announced that they will be open beyond December, with tickets now available for January, and also for Saturday afternoons.

Swingers Crazy Golf in Shoreditch, London
Emily playing the loop-di-loop hole

If you can't get an advance ticket then there are tickets available on the door for walk-ups. You can also make bookings for large groups and events. More details on the three options for entry to the Swingers Crazy Golf club can be found on the booking section of the website

Swingers - the Crazy Golf Club - can be found at 7-11 Hearn Street, London, EC2A 3LS. Doors open at 6.15pm and the venue is open to 12.30am.

More information on the course, bookings and prices are available on the Swingers Crazy Golf website. You can also sign-up to the enewsletter online for regular news and information.

Links:
Swingers Crazy Golf website
Swingers Crazy Golf on Twitter
- The Institute of Competitive Socialising on Facebook

Related blog posts:
Swingers Crazy Golf to open in Shoreditch, East London
Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in and around London
Indoor Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf courses
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
New Mini Golf course played in Las Vegas - The Swingers Club

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

KISS Monster Mini Golf in Las Vegas

A visit to the KISS Glow-in-the-Dark Indoor Minigolf course in Las Vegas, USA.

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
The entrance to KISS Monster Mini Golf in Las Vegas

Back in 2011 we heard about the unique KISS Rock n’ Roll-themed attraction that would be opening in fabulous Las Vegas in 2012 and on Emily's recent trip to the city she went along for a round. She tells me it was amazing.

And by the look of the great photos she took it certainly does!

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
The tee-off area for hole 1 at the 18-hole KISS Monster Mini Golf course 

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
The course is in a nice wide-open space and filled with some BIG minigolf obstacles

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
Emily putting into The Demon's mouth at KISS Monster Mini Golf

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
Janie about to putt in the nicely themed course

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
A view of the KISS Monster Mini Golf course

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
This hole had a sneaky shortcut to the cup

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
During your round the course's own DJ gives your group a shout-out!

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
Playing the right shot on this hole makes 'KISS' perform on stage!

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
Emily lining up a putt at KISS Monster Mini Golf

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
It's always great to wear white clothes when playing indoor black light minigolf courses

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
One of the BIG minigolf obstacles on the KISS Monster Mini Golf course

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
This hole had a small volcano obstacle on it

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
The fiery volcano

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
Indoor black light courses do look great with their contrast of colours

Playing against her international tournament rival Janie Peace, Emily won in a very close contest with a score of 46 to Janie's 48.

In addition to the 18-hole blacklight Mini Golf course the venue has an amusement arcade, Wedding Chapel, KISS Cafe, KISS Gallery and the largest KISS Gift Shop in the World!

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
KISS Monster Mini Golf is much more than just a minigolf course!

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
You can get married at the KISS Monster Mini Golf course's own KISS-themed Wedding Chapel!

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
The huge fish tank made for the course by the team from Fish Tank Kings

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
There looks to be an air hockey table in the large amusement arcade at the course

Emily got me some great merch from the KISS Gift Shop - including a t-shirt and four minigolf balls.

KISS Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas
The HUGE KISS Gift Shop

The course can be found at 4503 Paradise Road (near to the Hard Rock Hotel) and is open seven days a week from 10am until midnight. For more information and prices check out the KISS Monster Mini Golf website.

KISS Monster Mini Golf looks great and has some HUGE obstacles and decorations around the course. I've enjoyed playing the indoor black light courses we've visited over the years. In the UK you can find two in Castleford and our friend Jam tells us there's one in Paignton too. I can't wait to play at the KISS course.

Monster Mini Golf create themed indoor glow-in-the-dark 18-hole minigolf courses. Each location is unique and custome designed and there are around 30 Monster Mini Golf courses in the USA and Canada. You can find out more about the courses, franchising and locations on the Monster Mini Golf website.

The course was the 580th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 346th played.

Related blog posts:
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Las Vegas
New Indoor Minigolf Course Opening in Las Vegas - KISS Minigolf by Monster Mini Golf

Links:
Monster Mini Golf website
KISS Monster Mini Golf website
Monster Mini Golf on Twitter
- KISS Monster Mini Golf on Twitter
Monster Mini Golf - KISS, Las Vegas on Facebook
Las Vegas 'tagged' Blog Posts on The Ham & Egger Files
Merchandise

Ohana Mini-Golf in Las Vegas

Spotting a new miniature golf course in Las Vegas!

While travelling off-strip in Las Vegas, Emily spotted a Mini Golf course that we didn't know about!

The Ohana Mini-Golf course is inside this building
The Ohana Mini-Golf course is inside this building

En route to the Grand Canyon on the 14 September Emily's eagle eyes saw the location of the Ohana indoor Mini-Golf course on East Bruner Avenue, opposite the M Resort Hotel & Casino, but as it was 6am the course was closed.

Great to know there's another minigolf course to play on our next visit to Vegas.

For more information on Ohana Mini-Golf visit the course website, and social media links below, where you can see photos of the interesting looking course.

Check out the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page for details of other courses we've played in Las Vegas.

Links:
- Ohana Mini-Golf website
- Ohana Mini-Golf on Twitter
- Ohana Mini-Golf on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Las Vegas

Monday, September 22, 2014

Minigolf Rankings Update following the BMGA British Open

Latest national ranking lists from the British Minigolf Association.

The official BMGA rankings have been updated following the BMGA Players Championship and BMGA British Open at the Pirate Golf course in Hastings.

Playing hole 12 of the Pirate Golf course in Hastings

Richard Gottfried's rankings in the Strokeplay Order of Merit for the 2013/14 season:
Following the BMGA Star City Open - 12th of 74 places (135 players)
Following the BMGA Star City Open & AGM changes - 11th of 79 places (135 players)
Following the BMGA British Masters - 7th of 84 places (137 players)
Following the BMGA British Championships - 10th of 85 places (138 players)
Following the Splash Point Open - 11th of 85 places (138 players)
Following the Midlands Open - 10th of 86 places (140 players)
- Following the BMGA Players Championship and BMGA British Open - 8th of 88 places (142 players)

Emily in action at the 2013 WMF World Adventure Golf Masters played at the Pirate Golf course in Hastings
Emily in action at the 2013 WMF World Adventure Golf Masters played at the Pirate Golf course in Hastings

Emily Gottfried's rankings in the Strokeplay Order of Merit for the 2013/14 season:
Following the BMGA Star City Open - 42nd of 74 places (135 players)
Following the BMGA Star City Open & AGM changes - 34th of 79 places (135 players)
Following the BMGA British Masters - 26th of 84 places (137 players)
Following the BMGA British Championships - 21st of 85 places (138 players)
Following the Splash Point Open - 21st of 85 places (138 players)
Following the Midlands Open - 21st of 86 places (140 players)
- Following the BMGA Players Championship and BMGA British Open - 26th of 88 places (142 players)

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings I am 25th of 57 players, Emily is in 29th place.

In the BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings Emily is in tied 20th place of 55 players, I am in 38th position.

We are both ranked in the World Minigolf Sport Federation's General Class ranking lists. In the women's rankings Emily is in tied 120th position of 128 places (132 players). In the men's rankings I am ranked in tied 397th place of 413 places (419 players).

Links:
British Minigolf Association (BMGA)
BMGA on Facebook
BMGA on Twitter

Related blog posts:
World Minigolf Rankings for 2014
Rankings
Richard Gottfried's Minigolf Player Profile
Emily Gottfried's Minigolf Player Profile

Minigolf Report from Hastings

22nd September 2014
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report from Hastings

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried competed in three Minigolf competitions on the 18-hole Pirate Golf course at the Hastings Adventure Golf Complex from the 19th to the 21st of September.

Richard Gottfried putting at hole 11 in the BMGA British Open in Hastings
Richard Gottfried putting at hole 11 in the BMGA British Open in Hastings

In the BMGA Players Championship Richard finished in tied 14th place alongside Derek Bentall in the 22-player field having scored a round of 33(-3).

In the two-day BMGA British Open tournament Richard was 23rd in a 50-strong field that included players from Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Kosovo and the Czech Republic.

Richard scored rounds of 33, 34, 31, 27, 38, 32, 30 and 36 for a total of 261(-27).

Richard Gottfried playing hole 12 at Pirate Golf in Hastings
Richard Gottfried playing hole 12 at Pirate Golf in Hastings

In the eight-round BMGA British Open Team Championship the Midlands Minigolf Club’s 1st team of Michael Smith, Chris Harding, Chris Smith and Richard were runners-up to the Kent Minigolf Club’s 1st team. The event saw eleven club and national teams competing. The Germany 1 team were third in the event.

The BMGA British Open Team Championship runners-up - Midlands MGC 1 from l-r Chris Smith, Michael Smith, Richard Gottfried, Chris Harding

Richard said “I’m really glad that the Midlands 1 team finished on the podium and won the silver medal defeating some very strong teams. It’s a shame I had two relatively bad rounds over the two days of the British Open, but my round of 27 was my all-time personal best score on a UK Minigolf course which is great.”

Michael Smith of Oxford won the BMGA British Open and BMGA Players Championship.

Ends