Puttcast: Mini Golf, Holey Moley & All Things Putting

Tom and Pat do a quick review of some recent tournaments with the help of field reports from Aaron Kaminski and Bryan Akers. After that they dive into a long-overdue interview with one of the legends of minigolf Hans Olofsson. We talk about his history with the sport, how he moved into adventure golf and how he has managed to be one of the winningest players ever on that discipline. They then talk about some of the details of being in the minigolf business, how that impact his view of the sport and the intersection of business and tournaments.

As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!

Key Episode Moments:

Virtual AMA tournaments (Putt18 and Walkabout) (1:36:27)

Polish Adventure Golf Masters (1:44:16)

South Carolina Open (1:53:25)

Upcoming Tournaments (1:58:00)

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​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form.

You can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season.

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OneShotGolf final live stream tournament with Pat and Tom

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest: Hans Olofsson

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We went big (golf) time! In a special episode, Pat joined other golf podcasters from the Golfer Gang Network for a Masters roundtable. With one of the most famous golf tournaments in the world coming up, they talked about the tournament, the podcasters' relationship with it and then dove into a variety of betting lines for the tournament.

As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the Golfer Gang network.

​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

2025 AMA membership and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form.

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

OneShotGolf final live stream tournament with Pat and Tom

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

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Tom and Pat look at what has already been a very busy winter of putting in the United States starting with the first four AMA tournaments of the season. They also cover some other events both home and abroad that have happened and take a look into the future a little with the WAG Tour and the upcoming Final event. It's a great episode to get you ready for the full slate of tournaments that will be quickly upon the minigolf world starting in the spring.

As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!

Key Episode Moments:

Prodigium Tournament (7:45)

O-Street Winter Classic (12:53)

Coziest Mini Golf Open (19:50)

Big Putts-a-Pa-Looza (28:40)

AMA Virtual Tournaments (38:24)

Other US Tournaments (42:09)

USPMGA Scoring (1:00:12)

WMF WAG Tour (1:03:39)

Other International News (1:07:42)

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.

​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form.

The USPMGA scoring rubric discussed can be found here and you can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season.

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

OneShotGolf final live stream tournament with Pat and Tom

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

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Tom and Pat managed to wrangle two of the most infamous names in UK minigolf, though we use the term "wrangle" loosely. Ted "Big Top" McIver and Tim "Ace Man" Davies have been around the world of minigolf for 25+ years and collaborated on the seminal tome "Nutters with Putters". We somehow managed to get them to talk about their history, their views on some courses in the UK, the current state of UK minigolf and drop some hints for coming attractions. This was all intertwined with a plethora of stories from the past and bickering about details the way only two long-time friends can do. What we didn't know is that they hadn't talked to each other in 10 years! There's plenty more surprises dropped like that throughout the interview and we hope to have these two blokes on again sometime.

As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field! You can also contact us if you have other books or games you'd like to share and maybe we'll cover them in a future episode!

Some links to items in the episode:

Nutters with Putters by Tim Davies & John McIver

Win at Miniature Golf or the Gamesman's Guide to Crazy Golf (A Holeistic Approach) by Tim Davies

Teaser on YouTube

E4 Grudge Match Episode with Ted & Tim

Nutters with Putters accompanying DVD/video

2004 Team Great Britain Mini Golf Documentary with Ted

54 Problems Interview with Ted

British Mini Golf Association (BMGA)

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook

​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form.

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guests: Tim "Ace Man" Davies and Ted "Big Top" McIver

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Tom and Pat hosted a live Puttcast session on Facebook and YouTube on January 15, 2025. For this episode they went away from the normal recapping of events and focused on a variety of a miniature golf culture items, specifically focusing on books in their libraries and games they have played. It was a great look at many items that are available to purchase now to keep away those off-season blues as well as several harder to find and out-of-print items that may now be collectors items.

As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field! You can also contact us if you have other books or games you'd like to share and maybe we'll cover them on a future episode!

Key podcast moments:

WAG Tour Final (9:00)

Books (16:00)

Games (47:00)

Some links to items in the episode:

Miniature Golf by John Margolies

Nutters with Putters by Tim Davies & John McIver

Amazing Strokes by Gretchen Smith

Tilting at Windmills by Andy Miller

2024 Guinness World Records

The Minibook of Mini Golf by Tim Hollis

One Last Shot by John David Anderson

Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

My Family and Other Hazards by June Melby

Win at Miniature Golf or the Gamesman's Guide to Crazy Golf (A Holeistic Approach) by Tim Davies

The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf by Mike Vargo

Minigolf Photography by Simon Martin

Minigolf Designer

Crazy Golf - The Mini Golf Dice Game

Putting Pool

Putt18

Walkabout Minigolf

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​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the season wrap-up meeting and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form.

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

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Tom and Pat, along with AMA organizers Bryan Akers, Aaron Kaminski and Kyle Cutshaw, hosted a virtual players meeting for AMA members on December 11, 2024. This episode is the audio version of that call. The group summarized the 2024 season in statistics and achievements. They also highlighted all the event winners, the rankings both nationally and regionally, and gave shout outs to other top players in the youth and women categories. Before heading to some Q&A, they turned their attention to the upcoming 2025 season and the majority of already confirmed events.

If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field!

Key podcast moments:

Kick-off of AMA meeting (3:36)

AMA 2024 tournament rundown (16:41)

Spirit Award (36:20)

AMA 2025 season schedule (40:00)

Q&A (58:30)

Maine Minigolf Tour Update (1:29:58)

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the season wrap-up meeting and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

2024 AMA survey as discussed in the episode.

Live stream replay of the WAG Tour events (including the Tennessee Open and Matterhorn International Pro-Am) are available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

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Tom & Pat start with a quick wrap up the final virtual events for the AMA and the last tour stops of the year for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour. Then they highlight some of the AMA season stats and celebrate the amount of minigolf played across the US before getting to the main event - an interview with the AMA's top ranked player in 2024 Bryan Akers from Georgia. They talk about his short, but full, history with competitive minigolf, walk through his season with the AMA and other tournaments and turn an eye towards his goals in 2025. The episode wraps up talking about a chance for everyone to get involved with the AMA season wrap-up in December.

If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field!

AMA Virtual Events

WAG Tour Events

AMA Season Highlights

Interview with Bryan Akers

Upcoming AMA Players Meeting

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​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the season wrap-up meeting and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

Live stream replay of the WAG Tour events are available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest: Bryan Akers

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Tom & Pat take the time to go through a huge list of events from the AMA, the WMF World Adventure Golf (WAG) Tour and more that were played since late September, many of which they had firsthand experience with. They also chat a bit about how the AMA seasons is wrapping up, cover some of the changes to the WAG Tour Final and step back into the world of minigolf gambling with the Putt Tour.

If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field!

Mossy Creek Masters (Kyle Cutshaw) (4:50)

Miniest Mini Golf Open (8:30)

Ice Age Classic (13:50)

Putters League Championship (15:50)

WAG Tour Final (21:50)

Manchester Adventure Golf Masters (25:20)

Aces Spotlight Event (35:50)

British Open (43:30)

Australian Masters (55:45)

USPMGA Masters (57:20)

Salty Scallywag (1:03:50)

Popstroke (1:06:30)

Asian Championships (1:09:40)

Putt Tour (1:11:30)

Upcoming Events (1:19:30)

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​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

Live stream replay of the WAG Tour events are available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

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Tom & Pat celebrate the massive amount of tournaments played during the month of September, including several they were involved in across the U.S. They also take some time to discuss a massive scheduling conflict that has come up in the competitive world and the impact of too little sharing in the world of competitive minigolf. The episode wraps up by looking forward to more events that close out September and run into October.

If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us ([email protected]) to provide your own report from the field!

NC Open report (Jason Durgala) (4:30)

Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open (9:30)

Rogue Eagle (15:37)

Matterhorn International Pro-Am (20:04)

Branson Open (39:01)

WAG Tour (40:25)

Putt Putt National Championships (42:10)

City Golf Tour Final and Other Events (48:15)

Australia Open Report (Josh Mars) (56:40)

Scheduling Conflicts (1:03:00)

Upcoming Events (1:21:20)

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​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

Live stream replay of the Matterhorn International Pro-Am is available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

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Tom & Pat grind their way through recaps of an assortment of tournaments happening around the world at the end of August and as we head into September. Then they take some time to talk with Kyle Cutshaw, owner of Mossy Creek Mini Golf and the tournament director of the Tennessee Open as well as many other tournaments at the course. Kyle provides some insight on how they developed a competitive minigolf community in Jefferson City, TN and how that grew into hosting events like the USPMGA U.S.Open and the largest field ever for the TN Open in 2024. Then they recap the event and some of surprising storylines that came out of it.

If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us [email protected] to provide your own report from the field!

Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament (4:15)

German Adventure Golf Masters (9:00)

Swedish Adventure Golf Masters (11:55)

Bro Hof Putt Masters (14: 55)

Polish Championship (16:50)

TN Open and interview with Kyle Cutshaw (18:50)

Upcoming AMA and international events in September (1:06:30)

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Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

You can watch all of the TN Open via the WAG Tour opening and final live streams.

Podcast Sponsors

Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game

Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors

Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest

Kyle Cutshaw

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