#1 Kingdom of Legends, Celtic Manor, Newport

Type: Mini-golf
Price: £4
Duration: 30 minutes
Rating: 5/5

Review:
This is a brand new course at the now world famous Celtic Manor. There are two 9-hole courses, the 'Celtic Challenge' adventure course and the other that replicates some of the best known real holes from around the world.

There are holes modelled on St Andrews, Pebble Beach and Augusta and some inspired by past Ryder Cup venues such as The Belfry, Valderrama and Valhalla, not forgetting the signature 14th hole on The Twenty Ten Course at Celtic Manor.

We only played the second course as it's more advanced, and we didn't fancy £4 each for each course. The surface was excellent astroturf, very smooth with white astroturf for bunkers. The stream running through meant all the holes had real water hazards, based of course on the real holes. There were ramps for these hazards, which meant some tricky positional shots were needed.

As expected the course design was great, you can hardly argue with that as these holes some of the most famous in the world! We really enjoyed the challenge, but felt £4 was a little steep for 9 holes. However, the course was superbly maintained, which you can expect to continue being a 5 star hotel resort.

Result:
On a par 34 course, Debs won by 3 strokes with a brilliant 4 under par. The hole in one at "Augusta" all but sealed the victory early on!