Math · Level 1 · Prince
Angles
- Parts of an angle
- Labeling angles
- Types of angles
Future Kings™
Miniature Golf Math & Physics
At Putter King, we believe our children are the future and we hope to help further their education as well as inspire their creativity and imagination. The Future Kings™ program is our way of giving back.
We believe that the best way to learn about a new topic is to make it fun, challenging, interesting, and stimulating. These lessons are free and are designed to be used by teachers in the classroom or for self-study online. There are many math and physics concepts hidden in the game of miniature golf — let’s uncover them together.
Math
There are many math concepts hidden in the game of miniature golf. Three lessons take you from the parts of an angle all the way through trigonometry, the law of sines, and the Pythagorean theorem.
~2 hrs · 40 min teach · 20 min practice · 60 min project
Math · Level 2 · Princess
Angles (advanced)
- Supplementary angles
- Complementary angles
- Congruent angles
- Adjacent angles
- Linear pairs
- Vertical angles
- Angle bisectors
Math · Level 3 · Queen
Trigonometry & mathematical proofs
- Trigonometry
- Right triangle definitions
- Trigonometric functions
- Law of sines
- Law of cosines
- Postulates and axioms
- Theorems
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Mathematical proof
Physics
Two lessons unpack the physics living inside every miniature-golf hole, from the Law of Reflection that governs bank shots to the Newtonian forces that send the ball rolling.
Physics · Level 1 · Prince
The Law of Reflection
- Surface normal
- Angle of incidence
- Angle of reflection
- The Law of Reflection
Physics · Level 2 · Princess
Force and motion
- Force
- Gravity
- Law of Universal Gravitation
- Newton's First Law of Motion
- Newton's Second Law of Motion
- Newton's Third Law of Motion
A note from Kevin
This site is an archive. The door is still open.
Putter King began in 2010 as a daydream on the Yamanote line — 18 themed holes, a little character named Putty, a warehouse in Oyama that never got built. The app shipped, the scavenger hunts connected people across three continents, and then the world moved on.
I kept the dream. If you’ve read this far and something in you lit up — if you’re thinking “I could actually build one of these”— I’d love to hear from you. I’m open to helping, investing, or co-founding a real Putter King location with the right person.
— Kevin Scott Dias, founder