Josh Clark
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Podcast Appearances
What a sportsman.
Oh, my goodness.
Well, we'll talk about go-karts one day more in depth, but today we're just going to focus on the miniature golf, okay?
Yeah, this is a pretty interesting history, I think.
Yeah, I had no idea how far back it went until we started researching this.
And actually, it goes all the way back to the 19th century.
And this is one of those rare things that's been around a while, but you can actually pinpoint like the first one.
And the first miniature golf course in the world, as far as anybody knows, is at St.
It's the Ladies' Putting Club of St.
And it was built in 1867 strictly for the women members of the Ladies' Putting Club.
Yeah, there's a couple of things at play here, actually really just one thing, which is not letting women do things.
Because there was a decree basically that women shall not take the club back past their shoulder.
The 11th commandment.
Yeah, like a real golf swing in other words was I guess improper for a lady to do.
The Victorian era was just so stupid when it came to social constraints.
I'm trying to figure out why.
Does thatβI don't know.