Managing Courses
Courses represent the individual layouts players can choose at your venue. Most venues have one or two courses, but you can create as many as you need.
Creating a new course
- Open your venue admin dashboard and go to Courses.
- Click New Course.
- Enter a name for the course (e.g. “Ocean Breeze”).
- Choose the number of holes -- 9 and 18 are the most common.
- Set the par value for each hole. Par defaults to 3 if you leave it blank.
- Click Save. The course is live immediately.
Setting hole count and par values
When creating or editing a course, you specify the total number of holes and set a par value for each one. Par values are used to calculate relative scores (over/under par) on the player scorecard and leaderboard.
Most mini golf holes are par 2 or par 3. If your course has a mix, set each hole individually.
Editing an existing course
From the Courses page, click on a course to open its detail view. You can:
- Change the course name
- Update par values for individual holes
- Add or remove holes
Changes take effect immediately for new games. Games already in progress will keep the par values that were set when the game started.
Course slugs and URLs
Each course gets a URL-friendly slug based on its name. For example, a course named “Pirate Cove” at a venue with the slug “seaside” would be available at:
miniGolfScorecards.com/seaside/pirate-cove
The slug is generated automatically when you create the course. If you rename the course, the slug stays the same so existing QR codes and links keep working.