Most miniature golf courses have 9 or 18 holes per course. These dozen abandoned courses, on the other hand, have more holes than Blackburn, Lancashire.

Flickr user Tom Faulkner (tom faulkner photographs) has apparently done the impossible by turning an abandoned miniature golf course into an oasis of breathtaking beauty. The course is located somewhere in Maryland and though the artificial greens and fairways still reflect hints of their former verdant glory, the true glory of Faulkner’s images comes courtesy of Mother Nature in all her autumnal glory.

Pasture-ized

It’s so annoying when a perfectly good miniature golf course closes its doors and drifts into deterioration and decay. In fact, one might say it really… gets our goat. Kudos to Flickr user Isaac Sachs, who snapped the currently “now serving as a goat pasture” status of the former Scappoose Mini Golf in September of 2013.

Eurotrashed

Flickr user bertolino captured this baaadly overgrown and abandoned miniature golf course on May 2nd of 2009… hey, don’t they have goats in Europe?

Not Milwaukee’s Finest

Dead Kennedys; D K; decay… coincidence? We think not! Flickr user Retinal Fetish brings us these post-apocalyptic images taken in 2006 and 2007 at Willow’s Miniature Golf in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The graffiti’d divider wall looks a little like swiss cheese – gray and moldy swiss cheese but hey, beggers can’t be choosers. Hopefully it won’t attract giant rats.

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Putt Hurt 12 More Abandoned Miniature Golf Courses

No ifs, no ands and above all no putts. These 12 abandoned miniature golf courses are as silent as the 18th at Augusta when the green jacket’s on the line.

The only birdies you’ll find at the Shipwreck Island Waterpark‘s kitschy minigolf course in Panama City Beach, FL are those busy building nests in its mouldering infrastructure. Kudos to Flickr user epyonxero (John Moore) for capturing the abandoned minigolf course in all its spooky black & white glory on August 30th of 2013.

Sandy Trap

Sometimes miniature golf courses go out with a whimper, other times they exit with a bang… and the collapsed course above epitomizes the latter. Flickr user LennyNJ was in the right place at the right time – late December of 2012 in Point Pleasant, NJ – when he snapped the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Wow, Sandy must really hate minigolf.

Gone On Safari

Safari Joe’s miniature golf course is closed but Walmart’s doing just fine, go figure. This abandoned 80s-era minigolf course located east of Memorial on Admiral in Tulsa, OK won’t go gentle into that good night, however.

According to Flickr user Tom Baddley, “As of the end of 2008, this course has been razed and turned into an auto lot. The rhino and hippo are still there, along the fenceline near Admiral, and the main sign is still standing.” Is anyone surprised the rhino’s horn is damaged?

Snake Eyes

Rolling Dice by The Tumbling Stones? Photographer Eliot Niman posted the above images of an abandoned miniature golf course near Fenton, NY on October 2nd, 2011. According to Niman, “This was part of a failed and abandoned convenience store opposite the entrance to Chenango Valley State Park on Route 369.” Not quite convenient enough, one might say.

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Hole In None 12 Abandoned Miniature Golf Courses