Aug 6 2020

How Miniature Golf Works

48 min 2 movies discussed
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Playing miniature golf is a very fun thing to do and, you’re about to find, learning about its origin and history is very fun as well. Join Josh and Chuck as they tee off on the mini golf story!

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# Stuff You Should Know: Miniature Golf

Josh and Chuck dive into the surprisingly rich history of miniature golf, from its Victorian origins at Scotland's Ladies' Putting Club in 1867 all the way through the wild 1920s boom that created thousands of courses across America. They explore how the sport evolved from fancy putting greens to the putt-putt courses you probably played at as a kid, and discover that North Carolina is basically the ancestral home of miniature golf in the entire world. Along the way, you'll learn about eccentric entrepreneurs, ridiculous craze statistics from the Depression era, and why only three people have ever scored a perfect 18 on a regulation putt-putt course.


Movies Discussed

Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
1939 G 1h 16m
★ 6.2
"Liliputian golf. Sure. After the little people in Gulliver's Travels — Chuck explains that miniature golf was called 'Liliputian golf' after the little people in Gulliver's Travels." — Chuck
Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore
1996 1h 32m
★ 6.7
"happy Gilmore or something like that, right? — Josh references Happy Gilmore as an example of what comes to mind when people think of miniature golf with clowns and windmills." — Josh

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