{"id":34455,"date":"2026-06-10T07:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=34455"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:22:40","slug":"time-for-putt-putt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/10\/time-for-putt-putt\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME FOR PUTT-PUTT"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nWhatever happened to Putt-Putt? There are only 29 Putt-Putt courses left in the United State.<\/p>\n

My son Teddy had a childhood birthday party at the Northfield Road Putt-Putt in 1990. He got a trophy and a cake. The birthday boy got a trophy, no matter what.<\/p>\n

At Putt-Putt, you can make a hole-in-one on every hole if you are good and lucky. All the holes are par 2. Teddy — in his adulthood — had a friend who was a Putt-Putt pro.<\/p>\n

There used to be a Chinese mini-golf course on Libby Road at Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, with a Buddha that went up and down. That was the epitome of exotic outings to my high school gang.<\/p>\n

My grandkids are now two and four years old. Time for me to revive my mini-golf outings? I just need to stay healthy so I can bend down and pick up the ball. That\u2019s the hardest part of mini-golf.<\/p>\n

I always liked the windmills and streams, like at Pirate’s Cove. The man who started Putt-Putt called those features “gimmicks.” He was Don Clayton of Fayetteville, North Carolina. I’m not him.
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Yiddishe Cup plays a free concert 7 pm Sunday, June 28, at the Alma Theater, Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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