The headline might be a bit misleading.
I don’t golf. At least what most people think of when they hear the word golf.
But I do like mini-golf, and so does the rest of the Borden family (or at least they say they do).
So today was our inaugural 2021 Mini-Golf outing.
Thankfully, we didn’t keep score, because it wasn’t pretty.
The surface was a bit wet from last night’s rain, and it was a bit windy. So it took me a while to adjust to the conditions.
But the good thing is that it can only get better from here.
P.S. One of the items on my bucket list is to play the mini-golf course featured in Happy Gilmore…
Yeh, mini golf is as far as I got too. I hope you get to play on the Happy Gilmore course 🙂
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It’s a good excuse to plan a trip to Vancouver!
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Haha, as good as any!
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👍
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Haven’t played mini golf in years but it was always fun no matter how bad I was.
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when our family plays, we are all pretty much the same, so it’s always a toss-up who will win…
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Fun! I “golf” too lol Jk 😂😁⛳ my husband and I love mini golf, we save our score sheets from every course and we try to get a game in wherever we’re traveling 👍😜
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we usually don’t save the cards, unless it was an amazing score but we do look for courses when we travel; we found one in Singapore last year, but did not find one in London a couple of years prior to that (but maybe we didn’t look too hard because the weather was kind of chilly 🙂 )
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Golf is more fun when you don’t keep score. Plus the concentration required for stroke counting is tiring.
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I usually like to keep score, it’s a number thing,,, 🙂
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I just said to my husband this evening that we all need to go mini golfing again! 🙂
My Dad is a real golfer but he enjoys mini golf too. Growing up we went alot. Fun childhood memories.
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it’s a good family activity for all ages and abilities…
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Mini-golf is far more relaxing than regular golf to me. For one thing, everybody can putt a golf ball, but swinging all different sizes of clubs takes a lot of skill. I only humiliate myself once every couple of years because my son likes to golf. If it weren’t with him, I’d probably retire the sport. Oh yeah, it’s expensive, too! If I pay a lot of money, I actually want to enjoy myself.
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that’s how I feel about regular golf; it is frustrating, expensive, and takes up a lot of time. Why would I want to do that in my leisure time? Mini-golf is none of those…
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When it comes to mini-golf, I always seem to have the highest score. Rather than feel unaccomplished, I see it as being the most cost effective. In the end, I will have paid less for each stroke than everyone else. Glad you and the family got some quality time out of the house!
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I like your positive spin on the scoring; it was a good day to be out and about…
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Typical golfer, blaming the weather 😂
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well it couldn’t be me… 🙂
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Might have been the clubs?
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it was a borrowed club from the facility… 🙂
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Ah, that explains it – unfamiliar club, not used to the feel of it, things just had to go wrong didn’t they? 😉
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between the club and the weather, I didn’t have a chance 🙂
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I get that. Maybe next time…
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I’m sure I’ll have an excuse next time as well…
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Better start working on it so you’ll be ready…
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it’s easy to come up with excuses…
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yep, I’m at the mini-golf level as well. I think they should have mini-golf tournaments.
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the tournament might take part of the fun away…
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You’re right
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I played mini-golf with my grandchildren recently. I scored holes in one on the last two holes. The last hole was quite an amazing feat. I had to do it ‘topsy turvy’, which meant I had to hold the club upside down. I didn’t even think I’d be able to hit the ball. We were all stunned when I got a hole in one. My granddaughter declared that she was going to hold the club like that whenever we play again. (I was the last to play.)
Also at that centre, they had foot golf, which requires kicking a soccer ball over the course of 9 holes. Hub and the children did that. I declined. Both children are keen soccer players so they enjoyed the activity. Granddaughter said it was her favourite activity during the holiday.
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that sounds like a fun day – and it sounds like you’ve got a future as a mini-golf trick shooter! The foot golf sounds fun. I have never seen that anywhere…
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We all had a fun day. 🙂
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We call it putt putt here and it’s something I haven’t done in decades.
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some places call it putt putt here as well. good to know it’s played around the world…
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I’m with you on golfing. Mini-golf is great, but regular golf just ain’t my game.
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it’s cheaper, not as time consuming, and more fun. what’s not to like…
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