The Brits shouldn’t bother sending a team to any more major minigolf championships. Why? I hear a small disinterested voice in the back ask.

“One half of the players don’t want you here and the other half REALLY don’t want you here.” A quote from the Nations Cup in Tampere. That’s not even a major!

Because we don’t have any competition standard Swedish Felt, Beton or Eternit courses. There are no plans to build any in the UK that I’m aware of. And why on Earth would anyone build one? The public would swiftly run to the nearest adventure or crazy golf course for a decent game.

So how can we compete? We can’t. So let’s not bother. For those wanting the unique Mittel European Minigolf experience by all means play. Pay your own way and don’t expect any funding from the British Minigolf Association. And be honest you’re playing for your own reasons, full stop.

We have never sent a full strength team to any championship. In Canegrate we didn’t have a team. Why, because we didn’t have 7 players who could be bothered. Pure and Simple. For the NC in Tampere, we sent two teams – remarkable! Mainly because there were only four players in each team and less time was required. Could it be these individuals had a life! And once more we were last or thereabouts.

We, in the UK, are a small number of players. Any folly, such as sending teams to majors in the past has been an unnecessary drain on limited resources. Last or second to last doesn’t really swing it.

What do we get out of it? Not a lot. Individual players seem to view it as a way of self-aggrandizement. Very little is passed on to other players.

UK players view the World Crazy Golf Championship as more important, accessible and fun than any major in Mittel Europe.

When finally the minigolf world comes to it’s senses and MOS features in a major championship, then and only then should we send a team.
As for the Nations Cup - I love it!