National Miniature Golf Day:

Celebrating the game of miniature golf, the National Miniature Golf Day is celebrated every year in May on the second Saturday.

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Related: Other National Days Celebrated on May:

National Mother’s Day

National Don’t Fry Day

National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day

National Senior Health and Fitness Day

Why National Miniature Golf Day?

Miniature Golf, as you can guess from the name is a miniature form of actual golf. The game came into existence as female players wanted to play the game in a male-dominated Victorian era in Scotland. While the history of how the game came into existence is interesting and is from the 19^th century, there is no denying the fact that it is among the most favored pastime in the USA and is played by people of all age groups.

The initial game was intended only for women but now the game is played by both men and women both and also the children. Despite the history, the game is quite interesting and offers the same benefits as the actual golf which is probably why you definitely need a day to celebrate this interesting sport. The day is a celebration of this interesting and inventive sport accessible to everyone, and into everyone’s budget as well.

How can we celebrate National Miniature Golf Day:

There are many ways to appreciate miniature golf as a gamer and celebrate the National Miniature Golf Day. If you are still perplexed about the right options to choose from, then here are a few guidelines to help you.

1. The best way is to obviously indulge in a game of miniature golf yourselves. And you can make it even more fun by simply having your friends and family for a round of golf in the local miniature golf course.
2. If you can pay a visit to the historic golf trail in Florida comprising of six miniature golf courses, whose history dates back to more than half a century.
3. Let your imagination run wild and use your backyard to create a miniature golf course of your own with props from your house like pool, slide, etc. You would really enjoy creating it and also playing it for sure.

Choose any method you want and do share your views and how you celebrated this day on social media with the hashtag #NationalMiniatureGolfDay.

Interesting facts about National Miniature Golf Day:

On this day, let us get to know more about miniature golf and even golf in general.

• The very first golf balls used in the game were made of wood from the box and beech trees.
• While the game of golf can be perceived as a slow game with not many workouts, you would be surprised to know that you can actually burn a lot of calories playing a game of golf.
• The very first miniature golf course in America was established in North Carolina in the year 1916 by James Barber and it was known by the name Thistle Dhu.
• The miniature golf game comprises of the same series as actual golf like 9 or 18 holes but comes with different themes and is shorter. Also, there is difficult to make the game interesting at every level.
• There is a miniature golf day also celebrated across the world on the 21^st of September every year.
• Only putters are used in miniature golf as the distance is too short to use any other club.
• The game of golf, not just miniature, but the actual golf, was banned by the government in Scotland many times because they believed it was distracting people from training in the military.
• Some of the miniature golf courses have castles, caverns, drawbridges, waterfalls, and more to make the game more interesting.
• The game is also popularly known by the names of peewee golf, putt-putt, midget golf, mini-golf, etc.

History of National Miniature Golf Day:

There is no specific information on how the day came into existence or who initiated this and for what purpose. But we do have some information on the history of miniature golf itself. The game was first played or rather founded by the Ladies’ Putting club in Scotland. The Victorian era in Scotland did not allow the ladies to lift golf clubs over their heads which is the reason the game was founded to replace the original game of golf in the year 1867. The game was pretty much known within the European continent until the 19^th century after which it came into the US and is now extremely popular.