Top 10 Golf Holes – Full Size Crazy Golf

Ask anyone who doesn’t play golf if they have played the great game before and the inevitable and irritating answer is “no…but I have played crazy golf though!”. As we all know crazy golf is not golf as we love it but it is a whole load of fun nevertheless! Having recently visited Celtic Manor on a UK golf break I was lucky enough to have a crack at the two new adventure golf courses at the resort. One of these adventure golf courses has been based on famous holes from around the world and that got me thinking about some of the most extreme and whacky golf holes that, when scaled down, would be right at home on a crazy golf course. Here are ten of the best. Read more

Five fun online golf games worth checking out

There’s a plethora of online golf games a few clicks away and here we’ve picked five that you should be able to spend hours playing in between getting out and doing the real thing.

World Golf Tour

Millions of online players compete on World Golf Tour – and it’s easy to see why. Create and edit your player picture and profile and then hit the fairways and greens of some of the most iconic courses in the sport in next to no time. The graphics are incredible and match any of the golf games available for the leading consoles. There’s plenty of free content to keep you happy before you need to stump up the ‘green fees’ to access some of the courses. It’s easy to play – especially with the help of the tutorial videos – and incredibly playable. Read more

The greatest ‘crazy golf’ shot ever?

Everyone loves crazy golf. It is one of those ‘must do’ activities whenever there’s a family getaway and the resort has a crazy golf course, and anyone who has ever played crazy golf has a story to tell about an amazing shot around any number of obstacles enroute to a hole-in-one.

But those stories might be hard-pressed to beat the tale of one man’s attempt to get his ball out of a water hazard.

In the clip, the player is standing precariously over his ball, which is submerged in a water fountain; and in true Jean Van de Velde fashion is getting ready to play his shot. However, as he goes to play the shot, the fountain begins to geyser, lifting the ball clear of the water.

The player seizes the opportunity to putt the ball from the jet of water, and you can guess the rest as the ball pops into the hole.

The video, labelled ‘the greatest putt-putt shot of all time’ now has almost 600,000 views on You Tube, but some are already claiming the shot was rigged.

Rigged or not, there’s no doubt Jean Van de Velde would have wished for such a thing happening at Carnouste back in 1999, but what do you think?

Is it a genuine shot? Or staged for camera? What’s your best crazy-golf story?

Play Crazy Golf on Windows Mobile Devices

Recently we told of a new iPhone app which allows users to play a virtual round of golf whatever their environment. Now, Pocketnow has published a a mini-golf game for Windows Mobile devices.

Mini Golf Wacky Worlds consists of 3 separate worlds – Tiki Links, Sky Lands and Arctic Nine. Players play each to unlock the next course and in each world there are obstacles to avoid, such as floating islands, volcanoes and ice.

Players can earn ingame cash which can be used to upgrade their putter and the game has three different playing styles.

On sale for $6.99, the game can be purchased from Windows Mobile Marketplace – but only if you’re in the United States.