The Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf competition in Manchester

I won the Chrizy Golf Masters miniature golf tournament eleven years ago today!

The first - and to date only - Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf tournament was held on a festive-themed pop-up crazy golf course at Piccadilly Place in Manchester on the 30th November 2012.

The Chrizy Golf course was the 313th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to more than 1,000 courses since September 2006.

The Chrizy Golf course was gone once the 2012 festive season was over and the building remained empty, or used for other pop-ups, until the team at Junkyard Golf made it their home for another minigolf course. That layout was there for a couple of years. They have since moved on and can be found at a permanent venue at First Street in the city.

Putt Club Crazy Golf in Leicester

A new Putt Club indoor crazy golf course is now open in Leicester.

Putt Club - a motorsport-themed indoor crazy golf course - has opened in Leicester.

The venue opened in October this year.

Check out the Putt Club website for more information on the Leicester course and the Putt Club venues in Southampton, Hull, London (Edmonton), London (Docklands) and Watford.

Putt Club's brand of crazy golf has opened in the last few years and we're yet to give one of their courses a play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Adventure Golf at Angrove Country Park in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire

Angrove Country Park in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire is now home to an Adventure Golf course.

A new 9-hole Adventure Golf course has opened at Angrove Country Park at Greystone Hills in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire.

Angrove Country Park is a Hoseasons holiday park.

Visit the Angrove Country Park website for more information.

Miniature Golf in the Guinness World Records 2024

Have you seen the new Guinness World Records 2024 book?

There's a whole page dedicated to minigolf (and I have a record in it!).

There's also a crazy golf element on the cover art challenge!

I'm a record holder for "Most miniature golf courses visited" (902 at the time of going to press).

Moby Golf Adventure Golf in Romford, Essex

A total of 2,638 records were selected, from nearly 30,000 applications, to appear in the Guinness World Records 2024.

Find out more about the 2024 edition of the book on the Guinness World Records website.

You can see the full list of courses Emily and I have visited since the 30th September 2006 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page.

Putt Putt Noodle minigolf opening in Gloucester

A new Putt Putt Noodle indoor minigolf venue is opening in Gloucester.

Those katakana characters on the left of the logo translate as 'Lucky'

Gloucester will soon be home to a Putt Putt Noodle indoor crazy golf location.

Putt Putt Noodle Gloucester will have two 18-hole indoor adventure golf courses.

The venue is planned to open in early 2024.

Visit the Putt Putt Noodle website for more information on the Asian-inspired miniature golf brand and its other locations.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

BUNKERS! Crazy Golf now open in Romford, Essex

The new BUNKERS! indoor entertainment venue in Romford, Essex is now open.

BUNKERS! at The Brewery shopping centre in Romford, Essex is home to a crazy golf course, shuffleboard, and axe throwing.

Visit the BUNKERS! website for more information about the new venue, as well as the existing BUNKERS! location in Swansea.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Indoor Adventure Golf opening in Scunthorpe

A new Adventure Golf is planned to open in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

The 9-hole indoor Adventure Golf layout is opening at The Paint Shop bar, escape room, and minigolf venue on Ashby High Street in Scunthorpe.

It'll be a new place for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf opening in Liverpool

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf is opening a new indoor course at the Lyceum building in Liverpool.

The venue will be a return to the city for the brand as there used to be a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf at Liverpool ONE.

The new Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf location at the Lyceum building in Liverpool will be home to two indoor adventure golf courses.

Visit the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf website for more information.

It'll be a new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Adventure Golf at Ribby Hall Village

Ribby Hall Village in Lancashire will have a new Adventure Golf course as part of a new entertainment centre.

The new Adventure Golf course will be an indoor layout.

Ribby Hall Village is also home to an outdoor pirate-themed Adventure Golf course.

Visit the Ribby Hall Village website for more information.

It'll be a new place for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini Golf at Spalding Bowl

Spalding Bowl in Spalding, Lincolnshire now has a mini golf course.

There's a new indoor mini golf course at Spalding Bowl in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

The 9-hole layout at the bowling alley will be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Spalding Bowl website for more information.

Octoputts Crazy Golf in King's Lynn, Norfolk

A new indoor crazy golf course is open in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

The 18-hole indoor glow-in-the-dark crazy golf course has an underwater theme.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour next time we're in the area.

Visit the Octoputts Crazy Golf website for more information.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf in Birmingham

The Adventure Golf course at Star City in Birmingham has reopened as Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf.

Adventure Golf at Star City in Birmingham

The former Adventure Island Mini Golf indoor adventure golf venue at Star City in Birmingham is now open under the Jungle Rumble brand.

The venue is home to two indoor 18-hole adventure golf courses - the Lost Hut Trail and the Hidden Cove Challenge.

I first visited the location shortly after it opened in 2008 when it was known as Adventure Island Mini Golf.

Over the years we've played the course for fun, leagues, and tournaments.

The courses were the 57th and 58th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf website for more information.

Filmtown in Finland

From Filmtown to Candytown.

Many thanks to my Finnish friend Ion Mittler who has let me know that the Filmtown movie rental chain is stopping film rentals and becoming a chain of sweet shops called Candy Town.

Filmtown is the last movie rental chain in the country. There are currently forty Filmtown stores in Finland, and you can still rent films from four of them for the remainder of 2023 and 2024. The others have already become candy stores.

Ion called into one of the Filmtown stores last weekend and took these snaps. He noted that while there everyone was buying candies and that no one was renting movies.

It's fascinating seeing the change in consumer habits and looking at retail history. We've been to a fair few former video stores on our travels over the last few years.

Check out the Filmtown website for more information.

Adventure Golf at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre in Orpington, Kent

There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre in Orpington, Kent.

The 18-hole Adventure Golf will be an outdoor layout.

Visit the Ruxley Manor Garden Centre website for more information.

Jurassic Mini-Golf at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon

A new Jurassic-themed Mini-Golf course is opening at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon, Essex.

The indoor dinosaur-themed Mini-Golf course will be part of the new Jurassica Live venue at the shopping centre.

Visit the Jurassica Live website for more information.

Mini-Golf at Teesside Park

A new Mini-Golf course is planned to open at Teesside Park in Stockton-on-Tees.

The 12-hole indoor Mini-Golf course is set to open as part of an expanded Hollywood Bowl centre.

The layout will be a Puttstars Mini-Golf course.

Puttstars Mini-Golf in Rochdale (June 2021)

Visit the Hollywood Bowl and Puttstars websites for more information.

We've played at Puttstars before, and been to Teesside Retail Park - but not done both together. We visited the old Toys R Us store there in April 2021.

Globetrotters Winter Whimsy at Camping World, Horsham

A new Christmas-themed Mini Golf course will be set up at Camping World in Horsham, Surrey in November and December.

Globetrotters Winter Whimsy will be a 9-hole course themed on famous landmarks from around the world, decorated with a festive-theme.

Find out more on the Globetrotters Mini Golf website.

Sneaky Links Mini-Golf in Bury St Edmunds

A new indoor minigolf course is opening in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Sneaky Links Mini-Golf is a 9-hole indoor miniature golf course and will be opening in Bury St Edmunds in November.

The venue describes itself as a 'boozy crazy golf' will open on Brentgovel Street.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when visiting family and friends in East Anglia.

Check out the Sneaky Links website for more information.

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

A visit to Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

The Enchanted Forest course at Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

We swung by Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes earlier this month.

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf can be found in the Theatre District of Milton Keynes and is home to two 12-hole indoor courses.

We played both - there's a discount when playing both layouts - teeing-off on the Enchanted Forest course, before tackling the Underwater Kingdom.

In our minigolf match-up Emily shot a 27 to defeat me and my 29 on the Enchanted Forest. I won the round on the Underwater Kingdom with a score of 27 to Emily's 33, to also give me the overall victory 56 to 60.

Emily teeing-off among the giant obstacles

We've played several of the Mr Mulligan's brand of minigolf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, including the outdoor Pirate Golf Mr Mulligan's at the Abbey Hill Golf Centre also in Milton Keynes.

The theming on the courses was excellent. We both agreed that the Enchanted Forest was our favourite of the two challenges.

The giant Venus Fly Trap was my favourite hole on the course - I managed to get a hole-in-one on it too

The Enchanted Forest course at Mr Mulligan's was the 1,032nd course visited and 570th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006. The Underwater Kingdom was the 1,033rd visited and 571st played.

You can find Mr Mulligan's minigolf courses in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Romford, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge, Woking, and Worcester.

Visit the Mr Mulligan's website for more information.

Mini Golf Cumberland at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven

Mini Golf Cumberland Edition has opened at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

A new indoor Mini Golf course has opened at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Mini Golf Cumberland is a 9-hole layout, with obstacles themed on Cumberland landmarks.

The course opened on Saturday 21st October and closes on Sunday 14th April 2024.

Visit The Beacon Museum website for more information.

As Curators of The Crazy Golf Museum it's nice to see another museum including minigolf as an interactive exhibit to facilitate learning.

We visited Cumbria earlier this year, but didn't have time to visit Whitehaven. Hopefully we'll get to have a game on the Mini Golf Cumberland Edition course at The Beacon Museum on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.