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Putter King Blog
Two blogs, fifteen years apart. Twelve posts from the original 2011 putterking.com blog — interviews with minigolf champions, features on the community, and app updates — all recovered from the Wayback Machine. Plus the five-part retrospective I wrote in 2026 telling the whole story from the inside.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine
The original 2011 blog
Twelve posts we originally published on putterking.com back in 2011, pulled out of Wayback Machine snapshots and rebuilt here. Grouped by type.
8 posts
Interviews
Q&A conversations with miniature golf champions and community figures from the UK, the US, Australia, and beyond.
c. 2011 · 1,991 words
Miniature Golf Down Under
Allan Cox (AUS) is a member of the Australian Putters Association (APA) and is the 1st Annual Putter King Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt Champion. He plays for the Ermington Putters Club in Sydney,…
Read postc. 2011 · 1,892 words
A Dentist’s Precision
Brad has been a professional miniature golfer since 1991 and has over $112,000 in career money winnings. When not busy practicing dentistry you can usually find Brad competing and winning on…
Read postc. 2011 · 1,765 words
Putting Away Parkinson’s
Part IV of the Putter King Interview Series An Interview with Mick Cullen Mick Cullen is a mini-golfer, world record holder, professor, psychotherapist and philanthropist who has played…
Read postc. 2011 · 1,262 words
The Minigolf Machine
Oliver \"The Machine\" Florence is a journalist from Surrey, U.K. who decided to take up miniature golf in 2009. You can follow his career exploits on his blog or through his twitter feed…
Read postc. 2011 · 1,173 words
Adventures on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Richard Gottfried is a British Minigolf Association (BMGA) Tour Pro, Great Britain International Minigolfer and a member of the 2008 BMGA British Club Champions – the Midlands Minigolf Club. He and…
Read postc. 2011 · 1,445 words
The Finger on the Pulse of the Minigolf World
John Mittler (Finland) is a competition minigolfer and author of 'Win yourself at minigolf'. He played his first minigolf competition in 1985 and he holds the Finnish record of 27.20 on 5 rounds of…
Read postc. 2011 · 1,003 words
The Greatest Nutter to Ever Hold a Putter
Tim \"Ace Man\" Davies is the five-time World Crazy Golf Champion, the top British minigolfer over two millennia and has represented his country four times. He is also renowned in the minigolf world…
Read postc. 2011 · 462 words
An Insight into Creativity and Imagination
Patrik Washburn is an artist and writer who has been living in Japan for over 17 years. He is a pop/subculture junkie and he loves to create and tell stories through whatever media available: art,…
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Features
Longer-form pieces: a tour through The Putting Penguin review site and the iconic Top 10 Nostalgic Miniature Golf Obstacles list.
c. 2011 · 1,980 words
Minigolf Ninjas
The Putting Penguin is a miniature golf review website that features reviews from over 200 courses from 30 states and 7 countries. The core Putting Penguin team provides the official reviews and…
Read postc. 2011 · 140 words
Top 10 Nostalgic Miniature Golf Obstacles
Miniature golf courses continue to evolve and change over time. Here is a look back at the Top 10 Nostalgic Miniature Golf Obstacles. Many of today’s courses feature rolling greens and elaborate…
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App updates
Announcements from the Putter King Adventure Golf team — new holes, scavenger hunt riddles, and everything in between.
c. 2011 · 394 words
Putter King Adventure Golf Update
Putter King Adventure Golf for iOS and Android was updated this past week to include 3 new holes designed by the 2011 Putter King Hole Design Contest winners. We would like to congratulate our…
Read postc. 2011 · 265 words
#PKSH2 Riddle
On February 13th we released a riddle to give potential Scavenger Hunt competitors a chance to learn 1 of the 20 tasks for the upcoming 2nd Annual Putter King Miniature Scavenger Hunt before the…
Read postThe 2026 retrospective
The Putter King Chronicles
Five posts on my personal blog telling the full story of Putter King — from the dream to the legacy. Published on kevinsdias.com.
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Part 1 of 5
The Dream
A daydream on the Yamanote line and a warehouse in Oyama that never got built.
Read on kevinsdias.com - 2
Part 2 of 5
The Hustle
Building the brand: a team, a mascot, a ten-song soundtrack, and a life-size Putty costume.
Read on kevinsdias.com - 3
Part 3 of 5
The Crisis
Nine months of contractor hell — and finding the real developer hiding underneath.
Read on kevinsdias.com - 4
Part 4 of 5
The Transformation
The app shipped. The marketing flopped. The scavenger hunt changed everything.
Read on kevinsdias.com - 5
Part 5 of 5
The Legacy
What survives when a product disappears from every store.
Read on kevinsdias.com