Inside The World Of Professional Mini Golf (HBO)

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  • Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024
  • When Rainey Statum got pulled over by the cops, he had a hard time explaining what he was doing so far from Houston.
    “I said, ‘I’m going to Myrtle Beach to play mini golf. No, seriously, here’s my putter’”.
    Rainey is one of the best mini golfers in America, but he’s but one competitor in one of the most grueling events in his sport. Every year, professional putters from around the world descend on Myrtle Beach for the US Pro Mini Golf Association’s Masters tournament, competing for cash prizes, bragging rights, and the elusive green windbreaker.
    The whole thing - the tournament, and the USPMGA itself - is the brainchild of Bob Detwiler, a businessman who’s been pushing the Masters tournament for over 20 years. And he’s hoping that one day, his event will be in the Olympics.
    VICE News dropped in on the latest tournament to see what it takes to be a professional putt-putter.
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Комментарии • 422

  • @tigersforlife6767
    @tigersforlife6767 6 лет назад +385

    New Balance should sponsor this sport.

  • @seis6uno
    @seis6uno 6 лет назад +670

    I would watch this if it was televised instead of regular golf ⛳️

    • @brickpowell2771
      @brickpowell2771 6 лет назад +9

      Beans and Rice its on ESPN 8 "the ocho". 😂😂

    • @thargok
      @thargok 6 лет назад +1

      ESPN used to show the TV Event, which was a hole-in-one skins round from the Professional Putters Association (a competing league) although I imagine there is quite a bit of overlap in players.

    • @lxced_
      @lxced_ 6 лет назад

      lol same

    • @livewellwitheds6885
      @livewellwitheds6885 3 года назад

      same

  • @anthonyemmm
    @anthonyemmm 6 лет назад +186

    This isn’t as obscure as the college corn hole championship I saw the other day on ESPN. I’d rather watch this

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 6 лет назад +15

      Anthony M I thought the college cornhole championship was on pornhub.

    • @anthonyemmm
      @anthonyemmm 6 лет назад +3

      Boat Axe 😂

    • @ryanhanshaw2256
      @ryanhanshaw2256 6 лет назад +5

      Anthony M i thought i was the only one who saw that😂😂😂😂

  • @2332Stephen
    @2332Stephen 6 лет назад +116

    "Some people say we're adults playing a kid's game, and in a way that's true." hahahaha

    • @TravisMSimpson
      @TravisMSimpson 4 года назад +2

      What is baseball then? It's adults playing a kids game.

    • @ArrowFox89
      @ArrowFox89 4 года назад

      Much like minecraft

  • @hephaestus6365
    @hephaestus6365 6 лет назад +460

    All sports stars are adults playing a kids game.

    • @richardsonj96
      @richardsonj96 6 лет назад +2

      And what's wrong with that?

    • @sporqist
      @sporqist 6 лет назад +16

      @@richardsonj96 absolutely nothing.

    • @SpaceZombie426
      @SpaceZombie426 6 лет назад +18

      @@richardsonj96 I don't think he was bashing the idea that all professional athletes are adults playing a kids game. He was just stating a fact.

    • @nickschiffman6826
      @nickschiffman6826 6 лет назад +2

      Cjr no

    • @aestrobloome
      @aestrobloome 6 лет назад +6

      mma definitely a kids game

  • @Mrich775
    @Mrich775 6 лет назад +63

    Adults playing a children's game, I would agree, but isn't that really the description of all professional sports? From football to baseball to this, its all people getting together with something in common for fun and friendly competition.

    • @vickhj6333
      @vickhj6333 5 лет назад +1

      mini golf isnt a childrens game what are u talking about

    • @culdeestudios1725
      @culdeestudios1725 3 года назад +6

      The idea of Kid and adult stuff is dumb anyways. People of all ages like anything. Label something for kids and adults ignore cuz it's for kids or get shunned for liking it.

    • @rickybobby9649
      @rickybobby9649 2 года назад

      @@vickhj6333 Yeah, a sport for real men. Not many come off the putting course without lifelong trauma...

  • @iprincecharmbp
    @iprincecharmbp 6 лет назад +56

    Hell ESPN has covered less, give these guys a sponsor

    • @JustTheWarning
      @JustTheWarning 3 года назад +1

      Professional Cornhole

    • @iprincecharmbp
      @iprincecharmbp 3 года назад

      @@JustTheWarning that's actually super popular especially right now

    • @JustTheWarning
      @JustTheWarning 3 года назад

      @@iprincecharmbp why especially right now?

    • @iprincecharmbp
      @iprincecharmbp 3 года назад

      @@JustTheWarning well when other sports slowed down because of covid, and people were kind of stuck at home or small groups board and backyard games sales quadrupled in sales and cornhole was the most popular and you could also do social distancing with cornhole it started blowing up and saw Alot of tournaments

  • @mattamaral7492
    @mattamaral7492 6 лет назад +12

    "If you aren't doing anything later, why don't you join us at 9 o'clock on the ninth green...it's a secret of the pros...dress nice" -Shooter Mcgavin

  • @MattBellner5
    @MattBellner5 5 лет назад +21

    Thanks for the personal love at the 2:48 mark and for giving our sport some much needed exposure. Our Sponsors LOVE the Return On Investment value of getting involved with competitive putting.

  • @jack-q8y8b
    @jack-q8y8b 3 года назад +4

    I don't associate mini golf with kids more than I associate bowling with kids. It's a date night activity and centers around an important aspect of golf which is putting. It started in the 1920s as a means for rich city folk to play a type of golf but on the roof of a building.

  • @hiluxshred
    @hiluxshred 6 лет назад +67

    Happy, the ball has its own energy or life force, if you will. Its natural environment is in the hole. Why don’t you send him home? His bags are packed. He has his plane ticket. Bring him to the airport. Send him home.

    • @beertron7
      @beertron7 6 лет назад +4

      EazzzY_Three0Three Just tap it in

    • @extraaccount8774
      @extraaccount8774 6 лет назад

      Lol

    • @Sreht
      @Sreht 6 лет назад +1

      EazzzY_Three0Three This the kinda stuff people write when they’re really high

    • @hiluxshred
      @hiluxshred 6 лет назад +2

      Asher H
      Stoners think alike 😂

  • @spider5600
    @spider5600 6 лет назад +12

    Ive always wanted to see a fight break out on a mini golf course. The idea of watching two overweight blokes trying to rumble next to a windmill half their size just amuses me

  • @floriskaandorp5623
    @floriskaandorp5623 6 лет назад +2

    In the UK and the Neterlands Darts is a HUGE sport. The winner of this years biggest tournament won 500K in pounds. If you can make a fortune throwing arrows a couple feet you sure as hell could make a living out of mini golf if it's promoted in the right way.

  • @mindbodylightsound10
    @mindbodylightsound10 6 лет назад +64

    I think the president guy is taking it a little too seriously and weirding people away. Just make it fun and light. That's what it was intended for.

  • @AndyCutright
    @AndyCutright 3 года назад +5

    I used to watch pro mini-golf 35-45 years ago, on television! It was on every Saturday. I don't see how this much different from bowling, or pool.

  • @yoloswaggins1579
    @yoloswaggins1579 6 лет назад +56

    Mini golf is awesome!

    • @YazawaGrey
      @YazawaGrey 3 года назад

      Not as awesome as your profile picture.

  • @russelljohnson7004
    @russelljohnson7004 6 лет назад +8

    We gotta crowdfund a title prize y'all this league is exactly what we need right now.

  • @johnbowman3630
    @johnbowman3630 Год назад +1

    I lost it when it showed the guy on the ground stretching

  • @rob_4227
    @rob_4227 6 лет назад +3

    I love the way you covered this. Great segment!

  • @SKRE_DAWG
    @SKRE_DAWG 2 года назад +1

    That’s any sport i think they need to do a tour and make it a tv show and just rent out base ball stadiums and have it all hooked up with a standardized trailing set up

  • @ML-oz2gr
    @ML-oz2gr 6 лет назад +3

    Less than two seconds of contact with the ball for a weekend tournament. Leaves a whole lot of beer drinking time for me. I’ve found my sport ⛳️

  • @louiewhite5192
    @louiewhite5192 6 лет назад +1

    Stranger "So what's your job?"
    Guy "I sing the national anthem at mini golf tournaments."

  • @Spaced-Station
    @Spaced-Station 6 лет назад +6

    i'd watch pro mini golf - i had no idea that this even existed

  • @jostimantatarigan7657
    @jostimantatarigan7657 6 лет назад +1

    this is waay more interesting than traditional golf. Seriously the tense when the ball bounces around is interesting.

  • @treball2982
    @treball2982 6 лет назад +3

    I’ve always wondered if this was a real thing. Thank You Vice ❤️

  • @Audios2010
    @Audios2010 3 года назад +1

    Ultimate Dad showdown

  • @brutledge3507
    @brutledge3507 Год назад

    Rainey and Greg are 2 of the best putters in the world on any surface or course. Great people too, make the sport alot of fun.

  • @Legalizeeveryhting
    @Legalizeeveryhting 6 лет назад +11

    Of course he drinks Ultra

  • @hitechback
    @hitechback 6 лет назад +3

    Still more fun and watchable than regular golf.

  • @homingpigeonraces
    @homingpigeonraces 6 лет назад +27

    Hey Arnold!

    • @lunchbag_larry
      @lunchbag_larry 6 лет назад

      you're a bold kid, arnold. a bold kid.

  • @RobertWeir
    @RobertWeir 3 года назад +2

    This has comedy movie written all over it

    • @hoochiehotel
      @hoochiehotel 2 года назад

      Write the script and go to hollywood. You’ll be rich forever bro.

    • @LiberalPeaceKeeper
      @LiberalPeaceKeeper 22 дня назад

      And have John Cena star in it.

  • @gnarshread
    @gnarshread 6 лет назад

    Mini Golf is a hell of a lot if fun. I'm stoked to see this get coverage.

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 6 лет назад +52

    I see there's a lot of grown men playing in the tournament.
    From the title and the thumbnail I expected to see more kids and/or teens

  • @billyfraiser6298
    @billyfraiser6298 6 лет назад

    people don't take it seriously for good reason. Sure this is cute and fun and even cool..... but it's gets about the right amount of recognition it deserves :)

  • @Pneuma3339
    @Pneuma3339 6 лет назад +2

    As soon as I heard the line “all the athletes” I laughed out loud so hard my stomach hurt. Hahahahaha.

  • @Grubdissimo
    @Grubdissimo 6 лет назад

    There was a mini golf championship video that popped up on my recommended about a month ago and it was so awesome that as soon as I saw this I clicked

  • @mikehunth5765
    @mikehunth5765 6 лет назад +1

    Can’t believe there’s more money in disc golf than this

  • @anthonylam3922
    @anthonylam3922 3 года назад +5

    I love how these "pros" have a awful putting stroke.

    • @rereleases
      @rereleases 3 года назад +3

      Mini golf is way different than actual golf and having more unique swings usually helps with actually playing the weird holes

  • @ggbossman9194
    @ggbossman9194 4 года назад +1

    The real prize is after you win the big glass cup, you fill the whole thing up with beer and chug it so you get drunk and forget that your actually a pro mini golfer

  • @danielscroggins4946
    @danielscroggins4946 6 лет назад

    Someone needs to tell the president guy that ESPN pays you to cover you 😂

  • @AnarchoHumanism
    @AnarchoHumanism 6 лет назад +1

    Finally a game I can be a pro at!

  • @ssaa8664
    @ssaa8664 6 лет назад

    Hey it’s the fresh prince of bel air doing the interview🤣

  • @DavidThomasTimmer
    @DavidThomasTimmer 3 года назад +1

    Crocs shoulda sponsor mini golf so should coors

  • @chocolatewheelchair
    @chocolatewheelchair 6 лет назад +9

    I thought that was Brad Hall in the thumb nail

  • @steelcityhero1994
    @steelcityhero1994 6 лет назад +6

    Is it really "professional", if the guy who won admits he couldn't do this for a living?

    • @42hermy
      @42hermy 6 лет назад +6

      I mean, isn't that how all "professional" sports started out? hell there are some people playing soccer for their national teams who still have full time jobs.

  • @goodsummer909
    @goodsummer909 6 лет назад

    I lost it when the guy was on the ground stretching lol

  • @LDRxFall3n
    @LDRxFall3n 6 лет назад

    Vice basically covers all the topics that stoned me thinks of and I can behind that.

  • @ioanpena
    @ioanpena 6 лет назад +3

    Beer industry should get involved . Tell me a sport where the players can drink beer during the game ?!

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 6 лет назад

      ioan pena Yeah, but as soon as it’s televised that would stop.

    • @ioanpena
      @ioanpena 6 лет назад +1

      @@boataxe4605 I live in eastern europe and here beer and wine are not considered alcohool (there is no tax on them) and adds are everywhere here.

    • @k9feces
      @k9feces 6 лет назад

      Bowling

    • @ioanpena
      @ioanpena 6 лет назад

      @@k9feces ...yes your are right and I think darts too !!! ...but we want even more sports and beer ...

  • @HalaMadridynadamas96
    @HalaMadridynadamas96 6 лет назад

    Lmao the trophy is a flower vase 😂

  • @bnimer92
    @bnimer92 6 лет назад

    Im only 26 and ESPN used to air the mini golf nationals early some mornings randomly

  • @LTColonelAnnngus
    @LTColonelAnnngus 6 лет назад

    It has been televised by ESPN a long time ago but it was still on. I would watch. They should use youtube/twitch and grow a following that way

  • @discgolfwes
    @discgolfwes 6 лет назад

    You should definitely do one of these on disc golf!

  • @fromthawell
    @fromthawell 6 лет назад

    Check out Brooks Holt. He has a RUclips channel where he and Elisha mini golf.

  • @jakethemuss3
    @jakethemuss3 5 лет назад +1

    First prize gets a corn dog and a snow cone.

  • @superdeluxesmell
    @superdeluxesmell 2 года назад

    Glad to see Kid is still getting work.

  • @burnanator2004
    @burnanator2004 6 лет назад

    ...when the wife and kids can't stand playing minigolf with you anymore.

  • @thekornreeper
    @thekornreeper 6 лет назад

    Thanks for this

  • @kremdelakrem7883
    @kremdelakrem7883 6 лет назад +3

    nice trophy, my mom has the same one she puts her flowers in

    • @joeyjoe5770
      @joeyjoe5770 6 лет назад

      I think he just uses it to carry out the 5 to 10 grand he won

    • @joeyjoe5770
      @joeyjoe5770 6 лет назад

      Sorry bro, reply for the other guy but it sometimes it tags both lol

  • @iansmullity1506
    @iansmullity1506 6 лет назад

    Legend has it, John Daly was banned from this sport for fitting the profile too well.

  • @jasonirelan1737
    @jasonirelan1737 6 лет назад +2

    We get gini molf.
    Take care and God loves you.

  • @Zangdoodle
    @Zangdoodle 6 лет назад

    So inspirational.

  • @MRTN13
    @MRTN13 6 лет назад +2

    who needs acid if you can join the mini golf league

    • @BGwestwayz
      @BGwestwayz 6 лет назад

      MRTN13 everyone. Acid = life

  • @Hunedpcl7
    @Hunedpcl7 6 лет назад +1

    That course looked sub-par, especially for it being such a big event.

    • @zesolodar
      @zesolodar 2 года назад

      it is, i have a place in myrtle beach and that course is 5 mins from the condo. there are tons of mini golf courses (as well as regular golf courses) in myrtle beach and i would but that one near the bottom

  • @billrichardson6620
    @billrichardson6620 6 лет назад

    3:25 wtf was that noise? I thought someone outside my house screamed

    • @RestNestt
      @RestNestt 3 года назад

      Sounds like a bird

  • @aliawan5490
    @aliawan5490 3 года назад

    mini golf is so much more entertaining then regular golf tho tbh

  • @wesmac3349
    @wesmac3349 6 лет назад +1

    I should probably get some homework done now.

  • @psdelport8893
    @psdelport8893 Год назад

    After a neck injury I can't really play conventional golf anymore. Maybe I should try this 😮

  • @JeremiahK
    @JeremiahK 6 лет назад +25

    Journalism at it's best.

    • @lazylion420
      @lazylion420 6 лет назад +6

      bro even the "real" news has plenty of fluff pieces, were you born yesterday?

    • @JeremiahK
      @JeremiahK 6 лет назад +1

      @@lazylion420 Did you just take offense to something?

    • @errlshmirl3130
      @errlshmirl3130 6 лет назад +3

      Whats journalism?

    • @thivyaprasad1414
      @thivyaprasad1414 6 лет назад

      Yeah lol

  • @petersent123
    @petersent123 6 лет назад

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA...what is next, professional cup stacking? o wait

  • @spookily1661
    @spookily1661 3 года назад +2

    I’m a very good mini golf player but they haven’t suspended me from using foreign substances

  • @darj617
    @darj617 6 лет назад

    You can tell it's a real sport by the shape the "athletes" are in.

  • @alekseylavochin120
    @alekseylavochin120 6 лет назад

    This is hilarious the guy was stretching!

  • @AlexNHitDogs
    @AlexNHitDogs 9 месяцев назад

    Jay Klapper what a name 😂

  • @chadallen6645
    @chadallen6645 6 лет назад

    this is so awesome

  • @ZImpresive
    @ZImpresive 6 лет назад

    When you finally beat Rugrats Mini Golf Stage and Finally ready to go Pro.

  • @jimmyjoejoeshabadoojr
    @jimmyjoejoeshabadoojr 6 лет назад +1

    These guys seem like a character Patton Oswalt would play in a movie.

    • @HotBoxTrucking
      @HotBoxTrucking 6 лет назад

      you seem like a guy who thinks patton oswalt is funny and/or an intellectual heavyweight

    • @jimmyjoejoeshabadoojr
      @jimmyjoejoeshabadoojr 6 лет назад

      @@HotBoxTrucking Merry Christmas.

    • @HotBoxTrucking
      @HotBoxTrucking 6 лет назад +1

      @@jimmyjoejoeshabadoojr haha you too

  • @marcuscoe2020
    @marcuscoe2020 4 месяца назад

    I love it, good on them 💯

  • @bagelbaker411
    @bagelbaker411 6 лет назад

    There are full, televised Skins tournaments on RUclips. They're oddly engaging.

  • @holymoly7118
    @holymoly7118 6 лет назад

    hardcore stuff man

  • @hondo7996
    @hondo7996 3 года назад

    how many strokes did he win by

  • @ottergreen8190
    @ottergreen8190 6 лет назад

    So, this isn’t considered a sport but “Professional Poker” is on every sports network there is?

  • @LucasHxnt
    @LucasHxnt 6 лет назад +1

    I feel like this league is just full of middle aged dads that aren't good enough to play in golf competitions

  • @etan...
    @etan... 4 года назад

    His name is Jay Clapper because he claps his enemies...

  • @toddadams6353
    @toddadams6353 6 лет назад

    They need a doper course and an liquor sponsor to step up lmao

  • @ferick397
    @ferick397 6 лет назад

    100% on board with this

  • @PuttPuttdownunder
    @PuttPuttdownunder 5 лет назад

    I gotta play that one day.....

  • @cycling_with_kenz
    @cycling_with_kenz 6 лет назад

    0:20 thought that was Steve Martin lol

  • @bosports3396
    @bosports3396 Год назад

    “Are you a virgin”
    Me:

  • @spartanboosts
    @spartanboosts 6 лет назад

    3:44 does someone say "horrible"?

  • @nowayjose4214
    @nowayjose4214 2 года назад

    Why were they stretching?😂😂

  • @86marcoz
    @86marcoz 6 лет назад

    this would be more fun to watch on tv

  • @yoyomajerk
    @yoyomajerk 6 лет назад

    It's just like any other minor sport, there's gonna be community but in the end it will only be taken so seriously. Off the top of my head things like ultimate frisbee, disc golf, bowling, table tennis, cornhole, even things like esports all have noticable communities but won't ever be recognized to the degree of mainstream sports. It's just the way it is, enjoy what you do and let others enjoy what they do.

  • @richardd1309
    @richardd1309 6 лет назад

    "I think he's gonna try and put this in." shocker.

  • @gen-x_dude
    @gen-x_dude 5 лет назад

    I love this!!!

  • @MaggotDiggo1
    @MaggotDiggo1 6 лет назад

    I'm just here for the comments about the journalist's hair.

  • @murrayfranklin5997
    @murrayfranklin5997 6 лет назад

    Okay, this is epic.

  • @Yodplods
    @Yodplods 6 лет назад

    Twitch.tv is begging for this.

  • @adrianlouw2499
    @adrianlouw2499 6 лет назад

    I see no reason why mini-golf shouldn't be legit...it's like taking an aspect of golf and specializing in it, the same way that boxing is but an aspect of the martial arts.

  • @NickLiang
    @NickLiang 6 лет назад

    Jesus christ, those are specimens of sporting excellence right there........

  • @tropigirl88
    @tropigirl88 3 года назад +1

    Why were no women interviewed/Why did we not see any women's interviews?