Puttstars, which already has a crazy golf venue in Leeds, is opening up two new sites in August. The new locations in York and Rochdale were meant to open in April and May respectively, but the dates were put back because of the coronavirus.
Each venue has a choice of three 9-hole courses; Zig Zag, Slingshot and Pin Ball. Rather than traditional scoring, the number of putts taken is converted into points, and players have two chances to play a joker, which doubles your points. Scores are digitally calculated using screens at each hole, and are totted up as players make their way around the course.
Puttstars is part of the Hollywood Bowl Group ten-pin bowling business, which has more than 60 centres operating under the Hollywood Bowl, AMF Bowling and Puttstars brands.
The Rochdale site was due to finally open on August 7, with York following on August 17. However, at the time of writing these dates had been pushed back to later in the month, with final dates still to be confirmed.
* Posted 05.08.20. Picture credits: Puttstars