The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-15
Capacity Crowd at
Indoor Golf Opening
Many Present at the Opening
of Stensvad's Miniature
Golf Course

A large crowd of enthusiastic golf
ers and curious onlookers were at
hand Saturday night to give the
Stensvad Chevrolet company a big
sendoff on the opening night of their
newly finished miniature golf course.
Ray P. Chase could not be present to
dedicate the course as it had been
planned.
Golfers from the surrounding ter
ritory were much in evidence trying
their skill at putting. The course is
an 10 hole model, covering 10000
square feet of space. The greens are
shaped similarly to the regular ones,
but constructed on a miniature scale.
There are not troughs as in some
"pee-wee" courses. Hazards are suf-
ficiently provoking to make the game
interesting. Par is 80, and in the
opinion of many local expert golfers
it is going to require much practice
in order to make this score.
Realistically designed by architect
ural artists, trees, plants and shrub
berry has been placed with harmoni-
Gus effect. The whole interior is rug
gedly beautiful. Rustic rail fences,
log cabin, an old fashioned well and
it's bucket, a waterfall gushing over
rocks, the water flowing like brook
let windingly through the greens
adds a natural scenic effect. Gold
fish fin their way in the quieter pools,
among lilies and other water vegeta-
ton. Green celebrations predominant
with leaves of yellows, reds, and
browns of oaks, maple and dogwood
trees as a contrast. A painted back
ground offers panoramic view which
the artist has blended to the natural
scenery.
Patterned after the sporty Califor-
MIA and Florida miniature golf
courses, as suggested by Carl Olson,
Miami golf course operator, Stensvad
Chevrolet company constructed an
indoor course which is up-to-the-
minute in architectural design and
technical arrangement. Visitors were
heard to remark that there isn't
anything like it in the Twin Cities. "
Hazards are effectively placed
necessitating skillfully accurate put
ting. Good judgment is required to
shoot the holes in par. Sand traps
and water traps make the game in
teresting. On few holes it is prefer
able to use mashie to overcome
hazards like the brooklet, or the sand
traps.
For the past seven years out on the
Pacific coast, Roy E. Sewers, former
golf instructor, has been engaged to
take charge of the sandwich shop.
MIR. Sewers made the first round in
four above par and he is of the opin-
ion that this course will be of prac-
teal value for golfers who wish to
improve their putting.
Fifty per cent Of golf is putting"
Mr.. Sewers said. The miniature golf
course was the result of the needs of
two pros, Clark and Sampson, to i'm
prove their putting. A course was
modelled after the regular thing on a
miniature scale. This became exceed
ingly popular and the idea was pat
ented, and courses were built every
where along the coast.
Local golfers making low score in
their first few rounds are Chuck
Burmeister, As; Douglas Kise, As; L.
j. Kise, 46; and young lad, Donald
Duea turned in score of AZ Sunday
afternoon. So far as it is known, no
one has made it in par, which is 80.
Stensvad Chevrolet company en-
ployed for the construction of this
course the following men from Hut
Crimson: Frank Zajicek, landscape
architect and painter with Jack Pow
ers assisting and H. A. Jennings,
architect and contractor.