Défi mini-putt (Mini-putt Challenge) was a weekly show in the early 1990s on the Quebec cable sports network, Réseau des sports. It was the first professional miniature golf tournament to be regularly broadcast in Quebec. Each course had exactly the same design, with some natural tweak, and every hole was a par 2. The Mini-Putt franchise used a minimalist design, featuring only hills, bunkers, and a few obstacles. This contrasts with the exotic, windmill-laden layouts of most miniature golf courses in the eastern United States and Canada. Holes description The 18 holes of the "Mini" course usually played by the contestants were: Le totem, with three twelve-inch tall wooden totem poles La croix, a course in the shape of a cross La courbe, a slightly inclined curve La discothèque, a sideways T-shaped course Le billard, a long rectangular course played by banking as in billiards Le hockey, an elongated "L"-shaped course La rivière, a ramp to jump over a river Le putter, a U-shaped course Le chameau, with two steep hills Les trappes, a ramp bordered by two traps Le carrefour, a Y shaped course Le slalom, with two off-centered gentle hills Les laurentides, with three steep hills Le zig-zag, a stretched Z-shape course Le monstre, an irregular incline La culotte, similar to Le putter L'équerre, a curved metal bracket leading to the hole Le plateau, a steep 2 feet high incline In the 1990s, the Maxi course was also played occasionally on the show. Its 18 holes were: Les cailloux, with two traps avoided by hitting a metal bar L'escalier, a concrete staircase leading to the hole La tablette, a square flat-topped step Le recoin, a course similar to La courbe on the Mini course but including a trap Les montagnes russes, a long course made of gentle hills La cachette, a course where the hole is hidden in front of the player La coulée, a U-shaped concrete ramp leading to the hole Le triangle, a course where a metal triangle is hit to reach the hole Le nez, resembling a nose seen sideways L'Achaland, two gentle curves bordering traps Les sentinelles, where the hole is guarded by two upright metal pipes La soucoupe, with a circular depression leading to the hole Le facile, with gentle hills leading to the hole La fourche, a "Y" shaped course with a concrete step Le super monstre, an irregular incline with a