miniature golf

noun

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

Examples of miniature golf in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

An adult also could travel with one during a business trip or miniature golf courses might reduce their inventory of flat sticks. —Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2025

As for amenities, Discovery Princess has four pools (Alaskan weather didn’t tempt me in, even in summer, though the kids on board were not deterred), 10 hot tubs, a very small miniature golf course, and a track. —Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2025

Gone are the decades-old bumper-cars area and miniature golf course. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above