<P> The first standardized minigolf courses to enter commercial mass - production were the Thistle Dhu ( `` This 'll Do '' ) course 1916 in Pinehurst , North Carolina , and the 1927 Tom Thumb patent of Garnet Carter from Lookout Mountain , Tennessee . Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn ( inventor ) , a golf fanatic , revolutionized the game in 1922 with his formulation of a suitable artificial green -- a mixture of cottonseed hulls , sand , oil , and dye . With this discovery , miniature golf became accessible everywhere ; by the late 1920s there were over 150 rooftop courses in New York City alone , and tens of thousands across the United States . This American minigolf boom of early 20th century came to an end during the economic depression in the late 1930s . Nearly all minigolf courses in the United States were closed and demolished before the end of the 1930s . A rare surviving example from this period is the Parkside Whispering Pines Miniature Golf Course located near Rochester , New York , and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 . </P>
<P> The first standardized minigolf courses to enter commercial mass - production were the Thistle Dhu ( `` This 'll Do '' ) course 1916 in Pinehurst , North Carolina , and the 1927 Tom Thumb patent of Garnet Carter from Lookout Mountain , Tennessee . Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn ( inventor ) , a golf fanatic , revolutionized the game in 1922 with his formulation of a suitable artificial green -- a mixture of cottonseed hulls , sand , oil , and dye . With this discovery , miniature golf became accessible everywhere ; by the late 1920s there were over 150 rooftop courses in New York City alone , and tens of thousands across the United States . This American minigolf boom of early 20th century came to an end during the economic depression in the late 1930s . Nearly all minigolf courses in the United States were closed and demolished before the end of the 1930s . A rare surviving example from this period is the Parkside Whispering Pines Miniature Golf Course located near Rochester , New York , and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 . </P>
where was the first miniature golf course built
where was the first miniature golf course built
Pinehurst , North Carolina
Pinehurst , North Carolina