Richard Gottfried knows a thing or two about mini golf. The marketing consultant is in the Guinness Book of Records for ‘Most miniature golf courses visited’ with his current total, along with his wife Emily, standing at a very impressive 1,077.
Over a thousand of those have come in the British Isles and, living on the outskirts of Manchester, his perfect day out would be to Prestatyn.
“It’s got a really nice Arnold Palmer putting course, it’s still in fantastic condition and so I could play there all day long. Last time I played there it was a fantastic, sunny Saturday and I spent a couple of hours just putting. I love going to a course that’s chilled out and by the seaside so you can just have a bit of a sea breeze,” he says.
“If I’m playing regular golf, I do like pitch and putt or a par 3 with just a couple of clubs. I don’t mind going to the driving range but I’m not particularly good off the tee. However when it comes to the putting, when I’m on the green, it’s decent enough, I would say,” explains Gottfried.
We asked Gottfried to pick five of his favourites. His non-negotiables are they have to be playable and offer hole-in-one opportunities, and they have to look appealing and clean and tidy.
“The course needs to have been designed so that if you are playing the course again and again, you can learn from your previous rounds and improve each round.
“You might score 70 the first time, then you get down to 60 and then 50 and then, after you’ve played it a few more times, you’re thinking that you can go round this in under par.”
1) Lost World Adventure Golf, Hemsby
(Image credit: Lost World Adventure Golf)
This is near Great Yarmouth and it’s a relatively small adventure golf course with nine holes. But it’s just so atmospheric. You wouldn’t think that you were at the British seaside; there’s a huge Aztec temple with a waterfall flowing down it.
As soon as you step on there, you’re transported away from the day. Whatever stresses you’ve got, you’re just in the zone and involved.
They have included some trademark and different obstacles but they haven’t just gone for the theme. What they’ve actually thought about is how you get the from the tee to the hole and what are the obstacles in between and the humps and bumps and where the rough is.
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