Puttcast: Mini Golf, Holey Moley & All Things Putting

Our hosts welcome back to the show friend of the pod and AMA co-founder Aaron Kaminski to talk about his experience playing in the singles division of the recent PopStroke tournament in Florida. He also provides insight into the tournament as a whole and compares/contrasts it to other professional minigolf experiences. The guys then chat a bit about some recent news about regulatory hurdles being cleared in some states for gambling on minigolf, which is a follow up to some of the discussion that was held at the Master's. Finally, given it's Thanksgiving week in the United States, they discuss what they have been thankful for this past year personally and in the world of minigolf.

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Check out the American Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website.

Article discussing the gambling regulatory clearance in Colorado and Wyoming.

PopStroke individual round results and pairs round results.

You can find (and comment on) the final results of the 2022 USPMGA here.

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

Episode Guest Aaron Kaminski from O-Street Mini Golf

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For the second year in a row, our hosts had the chance to participate in the USPMGA Master's held in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, SC. The tournament was October 6-8, 2022. They talk about their experiences playing the 3 courses (Island course at Aloha South, Pineapple course at Aloha North and Hawaiian Rumble), how they played overall and the overall standings (including how they fared after 12 rounds). They also spent a good amount of time looking at the positives to come out of the tournament this year (relationships, course condition, etc) as well as some constructive critizism on where they think the tournament can elevate it's game (more information needed, rules clarity, etc).

You can find (and comment on) the final results of the 2022 USPMGA here. You can also find the Minigolfnews article reapping the tournament here.

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You can also check out the complete video of the final two rounds, with Tom commentary, over on our YouTube page. The Putting Penguin page also has a full playlist of what was live streamed during the tournament this year.

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After 9 tournaments over nearly 9 months of competitive putting, the first American Minigolf Alliance (AMA) season comes to an end and Tom and Pat celebrate the success of the season. Before that, though, they recap the slate of 4 September AMA tournaments that ranged from Maine to Connecticut to Missouri to Minnesota. Those tournaments created some great drama and the season winner came down to the final two - Matterhorn International Pro-Am and the Miniest Mini Golf Open.

It all culminated in Mick Cullen taking the top prize after a 1st at the Miniest Mini Golf Open and a 2nd at the M.C. Mini Masters. He was able to squeak ahead of Justin Seymour and Matt Liles who put on some great putting clinics in the Northeast this year and share 2nd place to round out the podium. Pat & Tom cover the whole top 15 as well as looking at some stats over membership and participant levels, as well as looking at their own performances within the AMA.

Check out the AMA rankings page for a full review of the Top 10 and the complete standings. Swing on over the to the events page to dive into the results of individual tournaments.

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In the long tradtion of TV sitcoms, Tom and Pat finally have a crossover episode with another minigolf focus podcast! They got together with Andrew and Simon from the 54 Problems podcast (a must listen if you are interested in international minigolf) and had a long discussion around the USPMGA Masters covering a variety a topics from what Myrtle Beach is really like, the courses and format of the tournament, who's some projected top players are, their own personal expectations and how this tournament relates to the selection of the US national team for the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM).

This is part 2 of the overall discussion. Part 1 can be found over at the 54 Problems feed.

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Episode Guests Andrew Edmonds and Simon Brown of 54 Problems.

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Tom and Pat kick off the episode with some great news - Holey Moley Season 5 (7:00) is now casting and it looks like they will be filming internationally! That's great news for our future podcasting prostpects and exciting news for TV in general. There was also a quick discussion about a new PopStroke tournament in October (5:30) and the results of a tournament at the Shack in Pennsylvania (4:05). A majority of the discussion this episode was focused on the upcoming AMA tournaments:

Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open: Sept. 10-11 (14:50)

They deep dive with histories, course facts, run downs of expected play, personal experiences and possible winners. Everything you need to know before jumping into playing, watching or just following along.

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Check out the slate of American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) tournaments and a few recaps over on the AMA event page and don't forget to sign-up to be a member (free in 2022!). The 2022 AMA rankings have also been updated for all of the tournaments through August. You can find them on the AMA ranking page.

You can find information on the Holey Moley casting at the MysticArt page.

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Tom and Pat deep dive into the results of four popular US tournaments that happened in August: The Red Putter, Maine Open, O-Street $1,000 and Farmington Miniature Golf. Between them, they putted in 3 of the 4 (Maine being the only exception) and talked about not only thier personal accomplishments but the success of the tournaments as a whole. They gushed over the variety of styles seen in the courses and the tournament formats. Tom even begrudingly gave Pat his due on winning Farmington. After a quick check of what this all meant for the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) rankings after 5 tournaments, they turned their eyes to a quick list of upcoming events. Keep your ears open during the episode as well for mention of some famous cross over competitors who attended the Farmington tournament.

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Check out the slate of American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) tournaments and a few recaps over on the AMA event page and don't forget to sign-up to be a member (free in 2022!). The 2022 AMA rankings have also been updated for all of the tournaments mentioned in this episode. You can find them on the AMA ranking page.

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Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered our hosts Tom and Pat recorded a podcast beyond the Goblin City with two of the creators of the newest Walkabout Mini Golf course - Labyrinth! Henning Koczy & Don Carson from Mighty Coconut joined our hosts to talk a litany of minigolf related topics. They went deep into the style of the Labyrinth course and tried not to give away too much to spoilers. They talked favorite IRL (in real life) minigolf courses and styles, some hopes and expectations for Walkabout courses in the future and what all goes into designing something that looks and feels realistic while also being the most fantasical courses you'll ever putt on. What's said was said during the podcast - but don't worry our hosts meant it all and there's no chance in anyone being turned into the Prince of the Land of Stench!

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Check out the slate of American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) tournaments over on the AMA event page and don't forget to sign-up to be a member (free in 2022!).

Check our the Walkabout Mini Golf page to find out more about this amazing game and you can buy it, and the associated downloadable content, straight from your preferred VR store.

If for some reason you have never seen Labyrinth you can buy or rent it on Amazon or other streaming services.

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Episode Guests: Don Carson and Henning Koczy

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It is time to dive into a big chunk of the competitive mini golf around the country (and the world) that has been going on since the Spring. Tom and Pat first look at the two AMA events coming up in early August with the Maine Open in Auburn, ME and the O-Street $1,000 Tournament in Ocean City, ME, diving into the events, the courses and some of what to expect from these tournament. Next up it is recap time as they go through a bunch of putting tournaments that have happened in the last couple of months both in the US and internationally, with a lot of AMA participation in all of them! They wrap up the pod highlight a few other upcoming tournaments across the country setting the stage for a hot month of August on the mini-links.

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Check out the slate of American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) tournaments over on the AMA event page and don't forget to sign-up to be a member (free in 2022!).

As mentioned in the podcast, you can find a huge slate of competitive miniature golf dates listed at the Squeaky Bagel.

Friend of the Pod Frank Bisesi's WAGM walkthrough video can be found over on YouTube.

The live stream of the last day of WAGM can also be found on YouTube.

Please do check out our fellow UK miniature golf fanatics and their 54 Problems podcast as well for additional mini golf nerdiness.

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Pat and Tom decided to do a live reaction show to the Holey Moley Season 4 finale over on the Puttcast Facebook page and this is the audio from that show. They break down the great putting on the holes, the return of Parcade, the new Distractor to finish things off, and of course talk plenty about the unprecedented back-to-back aces from Kathy! Then they spend some time going through the season as a whole and wrapping up thier final thoughts. They are also visited (at times) by Pat's son Malcolm with his thoughts on the show.

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Competitors Ep 10: Jaime Jacob (Ep1) | Nate Kennelly (Ep2) | Katie Kearney (Ep3) | Kathy Valyo (Ep4) | Rick Anderson (Ep5) | Dylan Bolhke (Ep6) | Tyler Kairy (Ep7) | William Keys (Ep8) | Erika Shavers (Ep9)

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Pat and Tom kick off the episode recapping some recent international tournament results with WAGM 2022 and the M.C. Mini Masters (an AMA tournament), as well as looking ahead to some competitive putting on the horizon including Putt18 and the Putter's League Atlanta. Then it's a full blast of episode rundowns as they cover all the results from the past three episodes (7, 8 & 9) including some hole talk, their favorite Muppet moments and all the good and bad that they can remember from thier notes! At the end they take a look ahead at some of their expecations for the season finale and break down our season winners, along with some hole notes along the way.

Holes Ep 9- Is This guy Weird?: Dutch Courage en Fuego | King Parthur's Court | Donut Hole | Hole #2 | The Distractor | The Pecker | Trap-Tee-Ze

Competitors Ep 9: Kate Pasterkiewicz | Joe Larkin | Erika Shavers | Nicole Jones | Mark Smalls | Michelle Na | Thang Le | Nathan Joy

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