How Switzerland became the ‘motherland of minigolf’

Switzerland might seem an unlikely country for standardising the laws of minigolf, but it turns out that a Swiss landscape gardener played a central role in the sport’s spread around the country – and the world. Have you ever been to the minigolf course on the Via Circonvallazione in Ascona, canton Ticino? I have – many times. It’s where we used to spend our family holidays and, as children, would throw away our clubs on one of the 18 holes when the ball didn’t go where we intended. Even if we…