Mandy Straussberg breaks miniature golf record
A re-print of an article from The Odyssey Owl
By Sarah Pratchett
Blinky's Miniature Golf Emporium has always
been a huge challenge for everyone who goes there to try their putter at the
highly competitive sport of "putt-putt golf." Mandy Straussberg recently
earned a score of 37 on the course, shattering all previous records for
golfers age 12 and under. She was awarded the "golden putter" for her skill.
Mandy said that her golfing wasn't anything special. "I didn't practice up
or anything. I've never really done that well. I must have just gotten
lucky."
A final score of 37 means that Mandy only averaged about two strokes on each
hole. Her only major "goof" was getting a four on the tunnel hole. "I wasn't
sure which tunnel came out on the green. I had to get a lot of hole in ones
to make up for that," said Mandy.
Bart Rathbone, a previous record-holder, said that the course was much
harder when he golfed. "Take hole 12, for example," he said. "Thirty years
ago, they had it so you practically had to stand on your hands to make the
perfect putt. Now it's a piece of cheese."
Mandy broke Alex Jefferson's record of 38, set the day before. Mandy said
she hasn't been asked to sign any autographs yet, but she has her pen ready
if anyone comes along.
This
article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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