2020 Putt Putnam County Mini Golf
Unfortunately caught Covid-19 like many other Putnam County events. With the event being held the last 2 years at First Friday in downtown Greencastle (which has been canceled for the rest of 2020) and indoor restrictions we’ve postponed the event for this year. There’s a chance we’ll have a few of last year’s holes on display at a Saturday Farmer’s Market in October.

This family-oriented event is open to anyone in the community. It’s a great opportunity for your family, a group of friends or organizations in Putnam County to work together making a mini-golf hole. Here’s the 2019 guidelines. You can also read about the previous competitions in a 2018 blog post, 2017 and 2016. Also be sure to check out our PuttCode competition, programming Lego robots to drop a golf ball into one of the mini-golf holes.

The event started in 2016 as a miniature golf course building competition for youth, which we held at the Putnam County Public Library. The original 7 holes were built in groups of 3-5 people per team, along with a mentor to help the younger groups. In 2017 it was open to everyone and we had the putt-offs on Franklin Street.
2018 Highlights
2017 Highlights
2016 Highlights
This hole won best Putnam County themed hole, even though the moving covered bridge didn’t get completed. Platform construction working into the night. Second team works on layout at the makerspace, while another team admires the “zombie fish” being printed for Halloween. DePauw student team start building their miniature golf hole.