miniature golf

noun

: a novelty golf game played with a putter on a miniature course usually having tunnels, bridges, sharp corners, and obstacles

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The Sacramento location contains a 9-hole miniature golf course, the tabletop golf game 1-2 Putt, and other games such as Skee-Ball and corn hole. —

Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 In addition to its miniature golf course, the upcoming spot will have a 2,000 square-foot patio. —

Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026 The driving range was packed, families milled around the miniature golf course, and inside, the pro shop had been picked nearly clean of gear bearing the course’s logo. —

Rick Maese, Washington Post, 4 May 2026 The $30 million, 28-story towers contained 3,000 rooms, an 18-hole rooftop miniature golf course complete with sand traps and its own hospital. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for miniature golf

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of miniature golf was in 1907

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