Pitch and putt

Pitch and putt is an amateur sport very similar to, and derived from, golf, where the hole length is typically up to 90 metres (100 yd)[1] and just 2–3 clubs are normally used.

The game was organised and developed in Ireland during the early 20th century, before expanding through the 1940s, and is now played in dozens of countries.

While a similar short par-3 course was opened in 1914 in Portsmouth, England (described as "miniature golf"),[2] the website of the Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations suggests that the organised game of pitch and putt began in County Cork, Ireland in the late 1920s,[3] before being developed through the 1940s and then spreading internationally.

FIPPA's original members included Ireland, Catalonia, Norway, Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Chile, Andorra, and the United States.

The International Pitch and Putt Association (IPPA) was formed in 2009, when France, Italy, San Marino, and Denmark voted to leave FIPPA and EPPA and found a new organisation,[11] together with Spain and Portugal.