Fore! Mini Golf in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Derided by serious golfers, but a lot of fun for the rest of us who don't know and don't care what the difference between a putter and a birdie is, a round of mini golf is a lot of summer fun.

The Walker Art Center currently has two Walker on the Green artist-designed mini golf courses in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The temporary golf courses, designed by Minnesota artists, designers and architects, are intended to highlight socially responsible design. The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden has free admission, and there's an $8 adults/$5 children charge to play golf.

In St. Paul, the Science Museum of Minnesota's Big Back Yard EarthScapes permanent mini golf course has plenty of water hazards. The 30,000 square-foot course includes streams and rivers designed to illustrate how water has shaped the landscape. Mini golfers have to pay the museum admission charge plus an extra charge for a round of golf, except on summer evenings where visitors can pay $5 adults/$4 children and seniors for admission to the Big Back Yard and a round of golf between 5 p.m. and dusk.

More Mini Golf Courses in the Twin Cities

• Centennial Lakes Park 18-hold miniature golf course, Edina
• Lily Putt Mini Golf, Coon Rapids

• More July Events in Minneapolis and St. Paul
• More about the Science Museum of Minnesota
• More about the Walker Art Center

_{Walker on the Green Mini Golf. Photo: Gene Pittman}