# I am the king of Mini Putt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308 "2002-07-10T21:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/1 "2002-07-10T21:34:52Z")
At least in my office. [Here](http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~pyang/flash/miniputt.swf) is where you waste company time play mini golf on your desktop. My best score is 29. IS THERE NO ONE TO CHALLENGE ME? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/2 "2002-07-10T21:45:54Z")
22 - but it took a about 2 weeks of play ---
**Author:** ![XCchick22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e19b73/32.png) [@XCchick22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XCchick22)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/3 "2002-07-10T22:20:35Z")
I got a 42 after about 5 games.☹ I think I need more practice. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/4 "2002-07-10T22:56:11Z")
Do you really want to be bragging to us about your mini-putts? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/5 "2002-07-10T23:29:35Z")
I have seen somone score 18. My best was 22, then I retired. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/6 "2002-07-10T23:34:20Z")
I hate hole #14. 9 over par. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/7 "2002-07-10T23:54:34Z")
Damn you. I played. I scored a 50 (4 over par on #12 was my worst hole). I have bookmarked this filthy bastard of a game. My life is over. ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/8 "2002-07-11T00:02:12Z")
My best on this when it appeared on the boards a few months back was a 19. I can get a hole in one on every hole, just not all in one game. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/9 "2002-07-11T00:43:19Z")
I’ve gotten 20 numerous times. The holes I flub to keep from getting 18 keep changing. (Just did it again - goofed up on 5 and 11, which are _easy_. Used to just say that if I could do 4, 8, and 17, I’d have it in the bag. Then it was if I could get the timing right on the damned windmill hole. Now I’m not sure what it’ll take.) But people have gotten 18, and it’s not surprising. Once you figure out how to do a hole right, it’s not that hard to do it right most to all of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/10 "2002-07-11T19:28:34Z")
Well, I just got a 27. You see the game was going around my office for a about a month before anyone clued me in on it. Then in about an hour I had the best score in the office by 2. So everyone here quit playing. I knew some dopers would have to beat 29. But 20!!! 22!!! 19!!! 18!!! Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/11 "2002-07-11T20:25:53Z")
How do you get a hole-in-one on #4? ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/12 "2002-07-12T00:15:18Z")
4 - Drop ball in bottom right corner of the start box. Now, do you see the declined surface directly in front of the start box? You should, and you should also notice that theres evenly spaced tringles pointed right. Place the second furthest dot in the center of the 5th full triangle on the top. Hole in one. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/13 "2002-07-12T03:15:52Z")
Does this mean we can call you King Putz? Or the Putz King? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/14 "2002-07-12T03:57:42Z")
How about #8 (the one shaped like a reversed, squared off ‘S’? I have NEVER been able to get the ball around BOTH bends, and I can’t seem to get enough of a ‘backswing’ in any case. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/15 "2002-07-12T04:47:32Z")
I once played 72 holes of REAL miniature golf (now there’s an oxymoron) in one day. Does that count for anything? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/16 "2002-07-12T12:57:03Z")
That’s nothin’, **Cranky**. When I was in between jobs for a few weeks one summer many years back, I used to go down to the local Putt-Putt in mid-afternoon when they had about zero business, and play the first 17 holes of each course repeatedly. I played more than 72 holes in an hour and a half, probably. #8: drop ball in bottom left corner. You’re going to place the farthest dot even with the bottom edge of the first long thing you’re trying to get around. How far L-R is the question then. You see those faint vertical lines in the green of the putting surface? See the second line from the left? Place the dot on the left of that line so it’s just touching it. Now if I could just get the timing down on the damned windmill…every time I think I have it, I manage to botch it when I’ve nailed holes 1-12. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/17 "2002-07-12T13:25:04Z")
I eventually had this game mapped out and could hit an 18 pretty easily. For #8 I would shoot backwards, it allows for a larger backswing to get around the second 180°. On the windwill you can use the grey stone-looking things to get around the windmill. You then won’t need to time the fan. Keep shooting guys, you’ll soon get that 18. 🙂 For better scores, write down where you place the ball and where you aim. That way when you ace a hole you can repeat the feat. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/18 "2002-07-12T13:37:55Z")
Is there some way to play one hole over and over instead of going through the whole course? Oh and if you can’t make a dick (or sex) Joke from the thread title, it’s not a very good thread title. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/19 "2002-07-12T18:13:51Z")
Thanks, **Frank** , I knew you could hit the ball through them, but I didn’t know there was a hole-in-one shot that way. Now that I know, it’s time to experiment. **Zebra** - if you’re in the middle of playing a hole, but haven’t yet holed your putt, right-clicking “Back” then right-clicking “Play” will re-start that hole. But you can’t go back to a hole you’ve completed, and the “Forward” is disabled; it makes you re-start the course if you click there. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308/20 "2002-07-12T18:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Thanks, **Frank** , I knew you could hit the ball through them, but I didn’t know there was a hole-in-one shot that way. Now that I know, it’s time to experiment. \*\* Try placing the ball at a front corner of the mat. Aim for the wall just in front of the closest grey thing. You’ll bank off the wall and head through the grey-thing at an angle, hopefully banking off the back wall and in the hole. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-king-of-mini-putt/118308.md?page=2)