Blog: Not Your Average Putt-Putt Golf Course

I live in a neighborhood where there are two things that at first seem incompatible: architectural covenants and miniature golf. The covenants keep everything in line: grass stays trimmed, houses stay nice-looking, and I think there might actually be a law against visible gnomes. And, apparently, the covenants keep mini-golfers in check, too. Go down the block, turn left, and behind the shopping center you come to our classy, understated putt-putt course. Really. No big dinosaurs, miniature windmills or pirates waving cutlasses. "The Columbia SportsPark features an 18-hole miniature golf course that is fun for kids and challenging for adults," says the wording on the Columbia Association website. "The course is surrounded by beautiful plant life, ponds, streams and running waterfalls. There are no windmills or clowns on the course because it is strictly a pros miniature golf course."

I hope you saw that: "Strictly a pros miniature golf course." They even have a hole-by-hole virtual tour. Is it…ethical…to have a mini-golf course that doesn't have Tidy-Bowl blue water and a couple T-Rexes?

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