Walker Art Center - Walker on the Green - Artist Designed Mini Golf

Yes! I got one of the holes for the Walker Art Center Mini Golf Course on the grounds of the Walker Sculpture Garden.

My piece "Peril in the Garden" is a loose take on a 'carny game' combined with the idea of an snake in the 'Garden of Eden' or in this case the Walker Sculpture Garden.

My par 4 hole is designed to meet the grounds specifications of the garden by being very compact. It uses a few tricks to challenge the golfer. It has a small ramp to launch the ball into the mouth of the serpent and roll down it's coiled back to a channel at the bottom. Once it hits that, the tail of the rattlesnake shakes making a rattling sound. The ball then rolls from the channel underneath to the green where the golfer has to put it past a couple of obstacles - plants and stones.
Not crazy hard, but tricky enough given that many families - including mine will be using it to entertain their kids.

Speaking of kids, it really makes me happy that my kids can play with a sculpture that I designed.

http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/walker-on-the-green-artist-designed-mini-golf