Park Golf is a new family friendly fun form of golf , it has components of regular golf , mini golf and croquet . Popular in Japan where it originated in 1983 and has now gorown to to 3500 courses . Its slowly spreading to North America with 8 courses in the U.S and Rines Creek Park Golf being the only one in Canada . Park Golf is played with one club and one ball , the club has the shaft of a putter and the head of a driver with no loft . The ball is the size of a pool ball but lighter . The fairways are shorter and narrower with playing conditions similar to croquet. The cup is larger at 8 ...