Miniature golf

Miniature golf shrinks the putting green into a course of short holes with banks, tunnels and water, a seaside and roadside pastime since the early twentieth century.

How it is played

Players putt a ball from a tee to a hole on each of nine or eighteen small greens, counting strokes; obstacles and slopes make each hole a small physics problem.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom, United States.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.