nPostednon May 10, 2014
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Somenmini-golf courses are offering specials and even freebies today –nbecause National Miniature Golf Day is a great day to celebrate thisngame.
Somenmini-golf courses are offering specials and even freebies today –nbecause National Miniature Golf Day is a great day to celebrate thisngame.n
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nIt’snall about putting (which is why one company is called Putt-Putt).nThere are no long drives or chip shots in mini-golf. So no golf bags andnno caddies, no long hikes from shot to shot, no golf carts.
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nMiniaturengolf with artificial “grass” that was actually carpet first begannin the early 1900s in England and the U.S. Soon companies were makingnstandardized mini-golf courses. But it wasn’t until Thomas Fairbairnninvented a really good artificial putting green (using cottonseednhulls, sand, oil, and dye) that mini-golf really took off. Fairbairnninvented the artificial green in 1922, and by the late 1920s therenwere over 150 rooftop mini-golf courses in New York City alone –nand tens of thousands across the U.S. Soon courses sprung up innCanada, Germany, Sweden, and other nations as well.
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| Have you ever played black-light mini-golf? |
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Thennext big innovation in mini-golf came in 1938, when Joseph and RobertnTaylor began to build courses with large-scale obstacles, many of which required “trick shots.” Instead of just havingnramps and curves and banks, the Taylors included windmills, castles,nand wishing wells on their courses. n
Thennext big innovation in mini-golf came in 1938, when Joseph and RobertnTaylor began to build courses with large-scale obstacles, many of which required “trick shots.” Instead of just havingnramps and curves and banks, the Taylors included windmills, castles,nand wishing wells on their courses. nn
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nNowadays,nwe wouldn’t even recognize a mini-golf course if it didn’t have anwindmill or a castle, right?
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nBesidesnfor playing miniature gold at a nearby course, how can we celebratenNational Miniature Golf Day?
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Buildn your own mini-golf course. Check out the ideas on this Pinterest board. n
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nThrown a party in honor of miniature golf! Heren is another Pinterest board with some great ideas.
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nPartyn City sells “finger mini golf games” for under two dollars. Nown that’s really miniature!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversarynof Supreme Court ruling: tomatoes are not fruit
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nAstronomernCecilia Payne-Gaposchkin’s birthday
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nPlannahead:
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Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nMayn holidays
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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nJunen holidays
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