II.6.1. Main rules
The game
- The game starts from a teeing-off area. The ball has to be holed in 6 strokes.
- The number of strokes the player had to hole the ball must be written on a score-card. If the player fails to hole the ball after 6 strokes 7 points are to be registered. The winner is the player with the lowest score on the total of 18 lanes.
- The ball that did not pass the line marked at the two sides has to placed on the starting point again. The ball that passed the line has to be hit from the point it rested. Ramped lanes do not have this marking: every stroke has to be taken from the teeing-off area.
- It is not allowed to step on ramp lanes. All strokes have to be taken from the teeing-off area. It is prohibited to step on the obstacles. A moving ball must not be hit, because that can damage the overlay of the court. Players risking the condition of the course can be excluded.
- If a ball comes to rest near to the boundary, it can be placed inwards at a 90-degree angle up to 20 cm.
- If a ball comes to rest near an obstacle either without or after passing it can be placed 50 cm away from the obstacle, parallel to the side line.
- If a ball leaves the playing area after correctly passing the border line, it is placed at the point where it left the playing area, 20 cm from the boundary line.
- It is allowed to use different types of balls, but each lane shall be finished with the one that it was started with.
(http://www.minigolf.hu/jatekszabalyok.htm)
Mini golf world championship in the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2AMWoZs7z0
Course types
I. Miniature golf
Material of the playing sufrace: eternite, concrete or special wood panel
Size: length 6.25 m, width 0.9 m, diameter of the circular green 1.4 m.
There are 25 variations of the obstacles. When building lanes 18 of these may be chosen. There is no obligatory succession of the lanes.
Important rule: unlike other types of courses it is not allowed to step on these lanes.
This kind of course is to be found in the cities below:
Budapest, Szeged, Tápiószentmárton, Budakeszi, Fonyód
II. Felt golf
Material: wooden panel with felt overlay
Size: length 9-18 m, width 0.9 m, diameter of the circular green 1.8 or 2.4 m,
There are 25 variations of the obstacles. When building lanes, 18 of these may be chosen.
Important rule: if on a lane with ramp the ball has not passed an obstacle, the next stroke is to be taken from the teeing-off area. Stepping on ramp parts is prohibited.
It is allowed to step on level lanes and on the end-circle for stroking.
Courses in Hungary: Budapest, Tápiószentmárton, Visegrád
III. Minigolf concrete
Material: concrete with artificial stone overlay
Size: length 12 m, width 1.25 m, diameter of the circular green 2.5 m
Order of the lanes is set, their succession is the same everywhere.
Lane 7 is quite different in size and character because it resembles the original golf course. The ball has to be hit through a grassy area to a distance of 20 m into a circular green with a diameter of 5.5 m and then hole it.
Courses in Hungary: Szolnok, Balatonföldvár
IV. Adventure courses
Length, width, circular green diameter are not specified since being unique is essential at this type of course.
In Hungary the majority of the courses fall under this type.
Courses in Hungary: Balatongyörök, Orfű, Sirok, Komárom
Mini golf game in the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2QjfL3ClO8