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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Mini Golfing in Myrtle Beach

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In Myrtle Beach, mini golf is not so mini. It’s over the top! This episode was produced in partnership with Visit Myrtle Beach, and to find a list of all mini golf courses, go to VisitMyrtleBeach.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's a fall day in Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, and a crowd has gathered on the green

0:11.6

of a golf course to watch the final swings of an annual master's tournament.

0:17.5

The man potting is in a striped golf polo and he's staring with laser focus at the ball.

0:24.4

The stakes are high and it has all come down to this moment.

0:31.0

Here's a test swing.

0:33.0

The winner will be decided on this final stroke as people wait with baited breath.

0:41.8

They can hear the hiss of a turquoise waterfall in the background.

0:48.2

In every 20 minutes, there's a volcano, spitting fire.

0:55.0

This is mini golf.

1:05.3

I'm Dylan Thurus and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

1:10.2

and wondrous places.

1:11.2

And today, we're talking about what is very possibly my favorite sport of all time.

1:18.0

We are talking about mini golf.

1:20.0

Today's episode was produced in partnership with Visit Myrtle Beach because they are the

1:24.8

mini golf.

1:25.8

It's not mini.

1:26.8

It is a sort of maximalist mini golf heaven.

1:30.4

It is so over the top, it is just glorious.

1:35.4

So today, we take a trip to what is at least according to me the most important place

1:41.7

in sport.

1:42.7

We're going to the mini golf capital of the world after this.

2:02.2

When you grow up here, you just don't notice it.

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