Postby Qarl » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:32 pm
Most people I know in Northern California call it "miniature golf", though since there are so many transplants here, you occasionally hear "mini golf" and very rarely "putt putt". One note though, the way we usually pronounce it is "min-uh-chur golf", and the "min-uh-chur" part is run together quickly, giving it only one beat, so to speak.
However, having said that to answer your poll, the way it works in practice is that people around here call it whatever the name of the place is. So people say, we're going to "Golfland". Or "Scandia", or whatever.