About: Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (inventor)

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Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn is widely considered the inventor of modern miniature golf. Fairbairn is credited with changing minigolf from the earlier incarnation played at Thistle Dhu in Pinehurst, North Carolina to the modern version. Fairbairn's invention of an artificial green as well as his addition of artificial bunkers, curves and water hazards led to the miniature golf boom of the 1920s.

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  • Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn is widely considered the inventor of modern miniature golf. Fairbairn is credited with changing minigolf from the earlier incarnation played at Thistle Dhu in Pinehurst, North Carolina to the modern version. Fairbairn's invention of an artificial green as well as his addition of artificial bunkers, curves and water hazards led to the miniature golf boom of the 1920s. (en)
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  • Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn is widely considered the inventor of modern miniature golf. Fairbairn is credited with changing minigolf from the earlier incarnation played at Thistle Dhu in Pinehurst, North Carolina to the modern version. Fairbairn's invention of an artificial green as well as his addition of artificial bunkers, curves and water hazards led to the miniature golf boom of the 1920s. (en)
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  • Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (inventor) (en)
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