The Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Ipswich

A look at the Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar at the Buttermarket in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Boom: Battle Bar's Crazier Golf course in Ipswich

We'd previously swung by Boom: Battle Bar in Ipswich back in 2022 when it became the 1,009th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. On our most recent return trip to the town we had time for a game.

In our minigolf match I scored the win with a round of 13 shots (including 5 holes-in-one!) to Emily's round of 19

Here's a look at the holes and obstacles on the 9-hole Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Ipswich's Buttermarket shopping & entertainment centre.

Hole 1 - Loop De Loop

Hole 1

Hole 1

Hole 1

Hole 1

Hole 2 - The Fan-tastic Race

Hole 2

Hole 2

The 'cup' on hole 2!

Hole 3 - Barrel O' Laughs

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 4 - The A-maze-ing Hole

Hole 4

The four 'greens' on hole 4

Hole 5 - The Puttmill

Hole 5

Hole 6 - Ramp It Up

Hole 6

Hole 7 - Helter Skelter

Hole 7 is a very striking and imposing hole on the course!

Hole 7

Hole 7

The 'green' and 'cup' on hole 7 is in an oil drum

Hole 8 - Blame the Aim

Hole 8

Hole 8

The targets and gutter holes for misfires

This is the 'club' you use for your shot on hole 8!

It's the first time we've used a catapult (cataputter?) to take a shot on a minigolf course!

The green on hole 8

Hole 9 - Over the Hill

Hole 9

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information on the Ipswich venue, other locations, and the range of games available.

Videos from our visit (June 2025).

Playing the first Boom: Battle Bar Crazier Golf course.

We've previously played the Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in the Castle Quarter shopping and entertainment centre in Norwich, Norfolk. That location was the first Boom: Battle Bar venue to open. We played that course in August 2021.

The Boom: Battle Bar Crazier Golf course in Norwich was the landmark 1,000th course visited by Richard, Emily & Christopher Gottfried on the combined Crazy World of Minigolf Tour! We're now up to 1,132 courses visited since September 2006.

Ghostbusters Crazy Golf

A look at Ghostbusters stuff at minigolf courses.

Ghostbusters was released in the USA on this day in 1984.

Slimer at Ghetto Golf at Hoults Yard in Byker, Newcastle

We've seen a couple of Ghostbusters-related things at miniature golf courses on our travels.

Slimer and a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on a tenpin bowling themed hole at Ghetto Golf in Liverpool

If you're in Rugby, and you feel hungry, who you gonna call...

...Gutt Busters!

We spotted Gutt Busters on a visit to Rugby in Warwickshire back in 2014.

Gremlins

The hit film Gremlins was released in the USA on this day in 1984.

What a day at the cinema that must've been - with Ghostbusters out on the same day!

Gremlins causing a scene at the Totally Stockport Comic Con a few years ago

Gizmo's in Morecambe, Lancashire is open from 4pm to late - I hope it closes before midnight

Ghostbusters Day

Happy Ghostbusters Day!

The blockbuster film was released in the USA on this day in 1984.

Ghostbusting in Urmston in 2019

Check out my Ghostbusters-related blog posts.

Playing at Sneaky Links Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

We recently played the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf course in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

We met up with our friends Lucy and Paul in Bury St Edmunds last Saturday evening and played a round at Sneaky Links Crazy Golf on Brentgovel Street in the town.

The squad

Emily and I have both previously swung by Sneaky Links Crazy Golf but either haven't had time, or weren't there when it was open, so this was the first chance we'd had for a game.

Yes, this is crazy golf!

Sneaky Links Crazy Golf was the 1,055th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the landmark 1,000th we've been to in the British Isles! It was the 582nd course we've played.

Lucy playing hole 1 - it was a fun hole for some!

It's a unique indoor 9-hole crazy golf course and the layout is very tricky and frustrating in places!

Playing the 9th hole - where the championship title and bragging rights were still up for grabs

Our fun - and very competitive - minigolf match had some ups and downs for each player and it was Paul 'The Challenger' English who emerged as the victor with a round of 24 shots over the 9-holes.

Paul putting on hole 2

Not too snookered

Emily and I tied for the runner-up spot having both scored 26 - I was happy with that after a disastrous 7 scored on hole 1!

Emily putting on one of the trickiest holes

Lucy 'The Blocker' Newton started her game the complete opposite of me, with an excellent hole-in-one on the first and ended with a round of 35.

Lucy playing hole 7

Lucy on hole 2

Final results of the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf Masters:

• 1st - Paul 'The Challenger' English (2 aces)
• 2nd (T) - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried (2 aces)
• 2nd (T) - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried
• 4th - Lucy 'The Blocker' Newton (1 ace)

Check out the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

The Rules of Sneaky Links Crazy Golf

The Rules of Sneaky Links Crazy Golf

The Leaderboard - and Loserboard!