An Overview of Miniature Golf Course

Doing your own miniature golf construction gives you the freedom to enjoy miniature golf at your own home, whether in the basement or on the backyard. Different sources say that the first ever miniature golf course is situated in St. Andrews, Scotland from the Ladies Putting Club. Presently it is still in operation ever since it started in 1867. Some members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club founded the “Himalayas”, as it was then called, in order for the women to experience the joy and discipline of playing golf. The conventional social norm before perceived women as the “weaker” sex, so people thought it would be inappropriate, unladylike and arduous to execute a golf swing. So they have to settle for a miniature version of golf.

Miniature golf construction starts after the floor space is designed and utilized and the holes are assigned to designated areas. They are 1/10th the scale of the regular course, and it is played with a golf putter and a driver. These courses include the usual hazards of a real golf course such as sand traps, ponds, trees, and hilly greens.Thistle Dhu (This’ll do) began the commercialization of the miniature golf courses in 1916. They made it more compressed and incorporated a classical design that integrates fountains, plants, and symmetrically placed skyways.

Try digging a 6-inch diameter hole and place a PVC pipe, to catch the ball. For creative purposes one can connect the PVC pipe from one hole to another so when one sinks the ball into a hole, the ball would end up in the next hole.In New York City alone, around 150 were built and tens of thousands all over the United States. But the Depression thumped the development of miniature golf courses. Nearly all of the miniature golf courses were demolished because people do not want to lavish on putting a ball with the economy on a standstill.

Miniature golf construction at home can have the same challenges and competitiveness of a commercial golf course with the help of natural obstacles and household items.They innovated a different kind of miniature golf course from the ones that were built in the late 20’s. The courses now have obstacles, the current windmills, castles and wishing wells, together with the hazards and landscaping of the previous miniature golf courses. These new innovations have impressed a lot of people that they have been clamoring for the innovators to build them their own golf courses. The US military even contracted these people to construct and ship hundreds of courses to all the bases of US militaries around the world.

The moment the miniature golf construction is over, make sure to make a trial run so one can enjoy the fruits of one’s labor.It has come a long way from being simply a recreational activity for women to a spectacular leisure today.

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