Vestal, NY -- The next time you putt a ball through the windmill at a miniature golf course, think of Robert Taylor. Taylor and his brother Joe started building and operating miniature golf courses in 1938. The first course they built was in Williamsport, PA. The brothers went on to design and build many of the first modern miniature golf courses across the country and around the world. Robert Taylor died Tuesday at a nursing home near Binghamton, NY. He was 89. The Taylors are credited with popularizing miniature golf courses that were landscaped, featuring obstacles like wishing wells and windmills. Many of the courses they designed are still in use.
Miniature Golf Pioneer Dies
Robert Taylor helped design and build the earliest modern miniature golf courses.
