Spiffy new banner announces the event, confuses neighbors
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Golfopoly, from Putter Bros (Steve Fox, Leslie Crawford, Sam Fox, Eric Knorr, and Jean Teerlink).
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Live action shot, as we roll the dice
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Needless to say, both the houses and hotels double as windmills.
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Rent $28? Obviously not a San Francisco property.
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Putt into the wall upstairs, and it comes out downstairs, in "Free Putting"
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Our first three-floor hole: Putt into a tube upstairs (in the wall) and emerge downstairs in the "Country Club Jail." Take a "Get Out of Jail Free" card, and putt into another tube that finishes in the basement.
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Rachel Levin's conceptual "Two in One": cross your eyes, until a third hole appears. Par is "20-20." |
Eric Dahl and Erik Larkin offer the golfer alternate paths to baseball stardom in "Bonds, Balco, and the Babe"
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If you choose the first path, spin the wheel...
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Or take the long route to the stadium.
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A solid swat propels your ball into "Your Name Here Stadium" and maybe even clears the fences for homerun #715.
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No steroids for this golfer.
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The route to the stadium invariably takes you past South San Francisco ("The Ugly Sign City").
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Stephanie and Sean McLoughlin's "Have Your Cake and Play It Through"--our first entirely edible golf hole.
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Wrapped milk chocolate balls stand in for golf balls.
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To get a hole in one, the ball needs to land in a cupcake at the bottom of the ramp. Cupcake placement is key.
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Par was 130 calories.
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An intent golfer plays through.
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Veteran designers Jennifer Dempster, Annika Dukes, and Kas Neteler offered up a majestic "March of the Penguins."
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Yes, there was dry ice involved.
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A shimmering lake, plus a polar bear.
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The blue Astroturf is a nice touch.
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Two penguins in repose.
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Penguins, penguins everywhere.
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"You Decide" by "The American People" (in reality, Crawfox mini-golf design vet John Forster). Musical accompaniment: A tape loop of "I'm the Decider (Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo)"
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The decision? Should Rummy stay, as determined by where the ball ends up. Here, a young decisionmaker prepares to launch the golfball up the tube.
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A loop-de-loop -- a mini-golf classic -- starts the "Descent After Victory" in this live-action shot.
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The "Leap of Faith." Note the ball in mid-air, about to go into the "decision box."
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The ball lands in "No." Rumsfield is history.
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"Get Outta Gitmo," from Henry Cordes, Wesley Sparagon, Colin Duwe, Hilary Duwe, Betsy Cordes, Chuck Cordes, and Bart Sparagon
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Handcuffs are mandatory for all prisoners...
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...as is a handsome orange jumpsuit.
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Sasha Fisher and Johanna Kanes -- manacled -- plot their escape from the island.
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Fortunately, this prison has a US Army-approved regulation mini-golf windmill.
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A perfect putt, up the ramp and into the waiting boat, offers the only way to get outta Gitmo. And of course, it must be done while wearing handcufffs.
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Minier Mini-Golf," from Shari Weiser
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A complete, and exceedingly small, mini-golf course -- nine holes, no waiting.
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Par was listed as .000003
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Creator Shari, with husband Lee, admire the well-manicured course.
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Miniature trapeze artists provide a challenging obstacle.
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A Crawfox tradition: The mini-golf cake, created by Leslie Crawford.
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"Who Golfed First -- The Chicken or the Egg?" from long-time Crawfox Mini-Golf designer Melissa Riofrio.
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The original art tells the story.
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Out of the proverbial frying pan.
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The fox in the henhouse.
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"11th Not Quite Annual Putter County Spelling Bee," from Max, Margaret and Chris Barr
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Chris grills the contestants. How do you spell "sesquipedalian"?
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The Barrs scored big points with their first-ever Crawfox mini-golf creation, as "Putter County" proved to be a crowd pleaser.
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Who knew putting and spelling would go so well together?
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"Cheney's Dream," from Steve Fox, Henry Kaiser, Ken Richards,
Sharon Rudnick, and Kirk Steers
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The Vice President falls into a deep sleep and goes quail hunting, but ends up shooting Condy...
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... or Rummy...
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... or Osama, or W, or Dan Quayle (close, at least phonetically), or Whittington (the guy he actually shot).
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From left: Ken, Henry, Jason Wechter, and Kirk demonstrate the true power of free speech.
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The bottle of Scotch may explain Dick's erratic aim.
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"Cheney's Dream" won the coveted Best Hole award. It was Sharon Rudnick's second triumph (1999's "Sixteen Candles") and the first win for the rest of the crew.
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Crawfox Mini-Golf 2006 was a benefit for the Friends of the Urban Forest (fuf.net). Here FUF's Executive Director Kelly Quirke (kneeling) works the front table.
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Stephanie and Sean McLoughlin try out a classic oldie from the Crawfox "Hole of Fame" collection, Melissa Riofrio and Sami Iwata's 1998 "Tilt 'n Turf."
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The awards ceremony, with prizes awarded for best hole and best dressed.
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Charlie Haas and B.K. Moran won the Best Dressed award.
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The official Crawfox Mini-Golf 2006 scorecard.
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The Best Hole award rests on Cheney's featherbed.
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Sam Fox's original illustration graced the cover of the 2006 Mini-Golf invitation and trumpeted the event on crawfox.com.
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