Mini Golf - Looking Back At Its History

If you're new to the game - play miniature golf, then you'd be surprised to know that this sport has been around and played by the whole world for many decades now.

Decades ago, the word mini-golf quickly conjures playing golf along with windmills and obstacles that a player has to go through. And that was the impression that lasted even in the later years of mini golf's history.

However, this sport has transformed, and now, it is played as "golf in miniature" - coming complete with miniature versions of water and grass traps, contours, etc. You can check out any mini-golf course and I'm sure you'll find more than one with botanical gardens, fountain displays, rocks, and everything that you'll see in a real-golf course.

That means everyone - the whole family, can enjoy the challenges and entertainment that full-sized golf has to offer with through playing mini-golf.

Looking back to 1930's, it was estimated that there are over 50,000 mini-golf courses just in the US alone! And just in case you're thinking how much those mini golf courses cost - it rounds up to $325,000,000. Four million Americans who're fans of mini-golf didn't hesitate to invest that much even after the stock market crash when mini-golf links became very expensive.

Fast forward to 1955, Lomma Enterprises Inc. revived the wacky type of mini golf - the one that's filled with trick hazards, making it more challenging and difficult to play than straight putting. With this wacky-kind of mini-golf, your shots need more accuracy and they should be perfectly timed if you want the ball to get through those windmill blades and other obstacles.

There are many more events, ups and downs, etc that mini-golf has gone through as a sport and it stood the test of time. In closing, to give you an idea of where mini-golf is headed to, let me tell you that ESPN aired an annual National Mini-Golf Championship for 4 years a program produced by PGA Tours Production which was closely watched and followed by 63 million people.