Visiting the two miniature golf courses at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan.
We headed to Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan to contest the Great Northern Minigolf Open tournament on the two minigolf courses in the park five years ago this weekend.
It's crazy to think that half a decade has passed already. Although two of those five years don't really count as they were a covid write-off!
At just £1 per game, the course was the lowest price we'd ever found for an 18-hole course on our travels. Amazing value for money. We still haven't anywhere charging less than a quid a go.
Margate's Scott Lancley won the Great Northern Minigolf Open played in Wigan's Haigh Woodland Park on Saturday 8th April.
Played over two rounds on the park's two 18-hole courses, Lancley won with a 36 hole score of 87. I was runner-up on 93, with Ramsbottom's Russ Dent finishing in third place on 95. A total of nine players took part in the first - and to date, only - staging of the event.
Looking back at our visit to the Mini Golf course in Taunton's Vivary Park.
The 380th course we played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 18-hole Mini Golf course at Vivary Park in Taunton, Somerset.
The layout was the 62nd visited and 17th played on our tour of the South West of England in the summer of 2015. It became the 640th we visited in the UK, and the 661st overall.
A look back at the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship.
My team-mate Peter Jones and I qualified for the American Golf Adventure Golf National Pairs Championship Final by winning the Welsh Regional Qualifier at Clays Golf Centre on this day in 2017!
You can also watch the American Golf Championship Tour Season Review programme on the American Golf YouTube Channel with the Adventure Golf competition starting at 31m 33s.
Players earned their places in the final by competing in qualifying events at courses in England, Scotland and Wales:
The DinoFalls Adventure Golf course was an 18-hole layout when we played the event and has since been joined by another 18-hole course, that one has a volcano theme. The venue is an eye-catching sight from the M60.
I've won four tournaments at the Trafford Golf Centre. In addition to the DinoFalls Masters and the MMGC Invitational I won in 2018, I won the 2009 Mini Masters and Mini Open on the 9-hole Championship Miniature Golf course which used to be at the centre.
There are lots of places to play minigolf in the UK.
We've almost reached the 1,000 course mark on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. When we began in 2006 there were around 600 courses in the UK. That number has grown significantly and there are new places to play opening all the time.
Some of the courses we've played are long-gone, while others have been refurbished or replaced by new layout.
Check out this post detailing all of the new courses we have found that have opened, are in planning, or under construction in the UK since July 2020 - New minigolf courses in the UK.
The Big Mini Golf Tour tees-off on Saturday 14th May.
We have played in and organised lots of miniature golf competitions, tournaments, challenges and events over the last decade and a half and this year we are excited to be a part of the Big Mini Golf Tour in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.
Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.
The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.
Mini Golf courses in the Greater Yarmouth area
You can view the details of participating courses in Hemsby, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea in the Big Mini Golf Tour List.
The Big Mini Golf Tour Map of courses in the Greater Yarmouth area
A new Adventure Golf course is opening in Newbury, Berkshire.
Newbury Adventure Golf is planning to open in Victoria Park this month.
The 18-hole layout at Newbury Adventure Golf is from the team behind Dinton Adventure Golf in Wokingham, Wardown Adventure Golf in Luton, Lightwater Country Park in Surrey and High Lodge in Suffolk.
New Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea.
There's a new Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.
The 18-hole layout is part of the fun park at Pops Meadow - check out the Pops Meadow Facebook Page for more information.
The former Crazy Golf course at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea was the 100th course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by on the 10th May 2009.