I promised to share some photos of the MOS minigolf course that we are building to an amusement park in Finland. These photos were taken today and yesterday. (When we have finished the wall, we will put carpet on the lane, play some test shots, and then decide where we will make the hole, and where we will put obstacles.)

This lane is 10 m long, and its average width is 1.5 m. First 4 m is on level ground (9 cm above floor), then next 1 m is uphill rising 15 cm. Again 1 m level ground, and then a short uphill rising 4 cm to the green. Behind the green is a sand bunker in 4 cm downhill, and the last 50 cm behind the bunker is level ground.

The green is very small, smaller than the green of eternite lanes. Playing the ball to green from the start requires a very precise force (with enough power to climb the last uphill, yet without rolling to the sand bunker).

The obstacles for competition players will be very tight -- tighter than what the rulebook allows for felt courses. An easier route will be arranged for public players, and the lane will have two tee-off lines: pro players start from the beginning of lane, and less serious players have the option to start 2 m in front of the pro line (which will increase the tolerance of obstacles about 200%).

This lane has three pre-designed playing lines for competition players: two different straight lines (through two different obstacles), and a third playing line using the velodrome on the left side.

If the ball falls to the sand bunker, playing continues from the level ground behind the bunker. The velodromes around the green give a chance to get the ball to hole from behind the bunker, but the hole will be so close to the bunker that this spare shot will be quite risky.

I don't know who invented the word "adventure golf", but I guess this minigolf course will be an adventure, for players of all skill levels. Yet strictly based on skill and not luck.

This is not typical American adventure golf. American MOS courses typically have the hole behind a curve, without a straight line from start to the hole, and the walls are made of old rugged bricks. My design uses completely unplayable walls (round garden poles), and the pre-designed routes to hole are straight (sometimes bending in a velodrome).

This minigolf lane is not typical British or Swedish MOS either. Typical adventure golf courses in Britain and Sweden have very wide routes to the green (in most cases).

My style in MOS design is not American, not British, and not Swedish. I guess it could be called "fusion" style: mixing the visual style of traditional MOS courses with the cruel difficulty of Scandinavian felt minigolf. The result will be an extremely challenging and adventurous, yet sporty and skillful, minigolf game. And last but not least: a good-looking game.