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John Garnet Carter (Feb. 9, 1883, in Sweetwater, Tennessee – July 21, 1954) [1] [2] was an American inventor and entrepreneur who is considered one of the fathers of miniature golf. In 1927, Carter was the first to patent a version of the game which he called "Tom Thumb Golf". His course was built on Lookout Mountain in Georgia where Carter ...
One feature of Fairyland was going to be a golf course, but Garnet decided instead to build a miniature golf course because the original took too long to build. He later franchised his miniature golf concept as Tom Thumb Golf, now recognized as the nation's first mini-golf course. Fairyland was 700 acres (2.8 km 2) and encompassed Rock City.
A rare surviving example from this period is the Parkside Whispering Pines Miniature Golf Course located near Rochester, New York, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [8] The first miniature golf course in Canada was at the Maples Inn in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. The "Mapes" was constructed as a summer home in the 1890s ...
The nation's oldest miniature golf course is right in Rochester's backyard.
The first attraction built was a miniature golf course and an adjacent building. This course came to be known as the "Landmarks of New Hampshire" miniature golf course. A small clubhouse was also built next to the course, and in 1965 it was expanded into a 4,000-square-foot (370 m 2) billiards room. [3]
Putt-Putt, LLC (founded in 1954 as Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America, Inc.) is an American franchiser of Par 2 miniature golf businesses in several states as well as locations abroad. The franchise was originally branded as Putt-Putt Golf , but with franchise expansion into family entertainment centers , many locations are currently branded as ...
The course includes an 18-hole course, two 9-hole courses, and a miniature golf course. [2] It is the busiest of the city's three golf courses (all of which are publicly owned). [2] The original nine-hole course opened in 1921, and the miniature golf course in 1930 (making it one of the oldest miniature golf courses in the nation). [3]
Hawaiian Rumble Golf, with it’s volcano is a popular mini-golf location in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Dozens of popular mini-golf courses provide a variety of opportunities for play. December 1, 2022.