Minigolf tournaments can be nail-bitingly good to watch. When the leaders are separated by a single point going into the final few holes, it’s as dramatic a situation as the back nine at Augusta on the final day of The Masters. Players take the game extremely seriously, and have everything to play for in terms of the lasting glory of a tournament win. Cash prizes are far more modest than in ‘big golf’, but that’s not the point.
Top-level minigolf has its own traditions and folklore. In the USA they play at North Myrtle Beach every year for the right to wear the coveted green windbreaker – a nod to golf’s famous green jacket. And at the British Minigolf Masters, played just off the A20 Sidcup bypass, the winner gets a tweed jacket bought at a charity shop in Southend.
The minigolf world has a healthy level of self-mockery that is far more endearing than the millionaire tantrum-throwers of professional golf.
The skill levels are off the scale at the top of minigolf. Leading up to tournaments, practice regimes can be as intense as those of PGA players. The only difference is that when the tournament is over, Minigolf players generally have to go back to their day jobs.
Fancy seeing some of the top minigolf players in action, or even have a go yourself? We’ve got details of UK tournaments coming up in 2021. These are correct at the time of writing and we expect that many will go ahead, but check the BMGA website nearer the time to make sure.
May 2021
Midlands Open
29th May
Four Ashes Golf Centre, Dorridge
June 2021
Cardiff Open
26th June
Tee Rex Adventure Golf, Cardiff
July 2021
Worthing Open
10th July
Splash Point Mini Golf, Worthing
More info nearer the time
August 2021
Cambridgeshire and Essex Open
7th August
Dunton Hills Golf Course, Brentwood
More info nearer the time
BMGA Matchplay Doubles
8th August
Dunton Hills Golf Course, Brentwood
More info nearer the time
Sussex Wasps Open
29th August
Peterborough Minigolf
September 2021
World Crazy Golf Championships
10th-12th September
Hastings Adventure Golf
BMGA British Open
25th-26th September
Hastings Adventure Golf
October 2021
BMGA Club Championships
3rd October
Aces Minigolf, Gloucester
More info nearer the time
BMGA British Championships
16th-17th October
Strokes Adventure Golf, Margate
More info nearer the time
British Adventure Golf Masters
31st October
Mr Mulligan’s, Sidcup
More info nearer the time
November 2021
Cornwall Open
21st November
Woodland Adventure Golf, Saltash
More info nearer the time
All information thanks to the British Minigolf Association on the 23rd of April, 2021. Keep checking their events page for updates as the year progresses.
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