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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Just outside the sixth-floor club’s doors is an impressive rooftop play area with amazing Disney World views, a rock-climbing wall and a miniature golf course that pint-sized patrons (and their parents) love playing on. Katie Lara, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 There also are optional add-ons for water parks, golf courses and miniature golf courses. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025 The restaurant will offer barbecue with baked beans, potato salad and cornbread from 2 to 6 p.m., along with live music and a free nine-hole miniature golf course. Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025 Today’s great photo is from Times photographer Genaro Molina at a miniature golf course along the Third Street Promenade, where every hole is intended to be Instagrammable. Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for miniature golf

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of miniature golf was in 1907

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“Miniature golf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miniature%20golf. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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