Give a pro miniature golfer two days’ notice on where he’s going to play in a big challenge match, and he or she often finds a way to practice on that course beforehand. Aaron Kaminski and Rudy Reel did it to me last year when they chose to take me on for the opener of “Can You Beat Biggy?,” and one of them did it again this year.

Unfortunately, Rudy couldn’t make it, but Aaron came up with some sort of excuse – something about delivering something to an Island business – to play the course on…