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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That’s something developers normally have to do, which is millions of dollars; miniature golf makes no money. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025 New shops and attractions like Holey Moley miniature golf and Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream are always opening as well. Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 Upcoming events: Main Street Mini Masters, an 18-hole miniature golf tournament held on Kercheval: Sept. 20. Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025 In the warmer months, guests can enjoy mountain biking, ziplining, miniature golf, an organized kids’ program and golf at the resort’s state-of-the-art Perfect Break facility. Taryn White, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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