Visited and Documented on October 13, 2019 by Mr. Tee
Early on in our search for distinctive mini golf to play around the world, we landed on Myrtle Beach due to the ridiculous concentration of courses within a single city. Mayday Golf kept popping up on national top 10 lists and the spectacle of a massive airplane crashing and full-size helicopter amongst safari animals piqued our curiosities.
Once my inaugural trip to Myrtle Beach came about, I was overwhelmed by the all you can eat buffet of putting playgrounds. I ultimately prioritized taking in rounds across town with new friends during my first trip to MB. It’s infinitely more fun to putt with fanatics of the form than plowing through every course solo. Since several in our group of merry mini golfers had already played Mayday, I opted to put off visiting the course until the last day of my trip. With a long drive out of town ahead of me, I could only pop by the Mayday for a few snapshots which you can find below. You can see full video documentation by our pals the O-Street mini golf below for a deeper look into how the course plays.
Nerdy Notes
- 2 18-hole courses – Rescue Falls & Mayday Mountain
From Mayday’s In The News section:
Mayday Golf is a small, family-run, miniature-golf course built in 1997 in Myrtle Beach. Featured on a Travel Channel program “Mini Golf Madness” about worldwide miniature golf courses and subsequently voted “Best Survival Course,” the aviation theme is no accident, as one of the partners is a licensed pilot.
What makes these two 18-hole mini courses so outstanding? Owners Ellen Parrish Marie Leonard answer that the “original design concept where you have crash landed on a deserted island” is a novel theme. She continues, “The Big Yellow Airplane [a registered service mark] and rescue helicopter give our course a distinctive look, as do the rushing waterfall and the lush vegetation.”
