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MINI MINOTAUR SONG (feat. Tobuscus & Tim Tim)

The Mini Minotaur

Mini Minotaur is a song released on April 02, 2013. it is the second song to feature Tim Tim. This song is mostly about a Mini Minotaur .

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[TOBY] : Tim Tim plays for days in a maze

and there's a Minotaur taur.

Tiny Minotaur taur.

Little Minotaur taur.

Mini Minotaur taur.

Minotaur taur.

Mini Minotaur taur!

Cute little tiny Minotaur

sitting in a cradle.

[TIM TIM] : Awww!

[TOBY] : He thinks that maybe it's a baby

[MINOTAUR] : BUT IT NAY BE!

I'M A TINY MINOTAUR!

LITTLE MINOTAUR.

KILL YOU ANY MINUTE-AURRRR!

[TOBY] : Minotaur taur.

How do you defeat a mini Minotaur?

Many Minotaur taurs hate tartar sauce.

They're deathly allergic to tartar sauce.

You'll be fine, do you have some tartar Tim Tim?

[TIM TIM] : NO.

[TOBY] : You'll need some tartar to kill him.

[TIM TIM] : Oh.

[TOBY] : Things are looking grim grim for little Tim Tim.

[TIM TIM] : Ahhh!

(Minotaur chomp Toby and Tim Tim*)

[TOBY] : Wait! What's that in his tum tum Tim Tim?

[TIM TIM] : What?

[TOBY] : It's a bottle of tar tar Tim Tim.

Someone before you tried to kill him.

OPEN THE JAR!

Twist the lid off!

Counter Clockwise!

RELEASE TARTAR!

To kill Minotaur.

[MINOTAUR] : Errrgh,tartar! My only weakness!

(Minotaur Explosion*)

[TIM TIM] : I'm alive. (uugg), Stop singing songs about me! You're ruining my life!

• This is the first appearance of the Mini Minotaur.
• This later includes a plush .
• The tartar sauce card is a reference to Pokémon.
• This includes a 10 hour version.
• Toby Turner perform this at VIDCON 2013.

Watch here!

Watch 10 hour version!

Watch the song from VIDCON 2013!

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Meet The Minotaur ...

Visit the Palace of Knossos ...

... the most well-known site of Crete

... and the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion to discover Europe’s earliest city and civilization

Archaeological museum regarded as one of Europe’s most important museums that bring together archaeological finds from all over Crete ...

... covering over 5500 years of the island’s history

We will discover the Minoan Palace of Knossos ...

... for a private guided tour with our enthusiastic professional guide

... admire this true archaeological masterpiece

... and learn all about the legends and history of the Minoan civilization

One of the best tours to most important sites of Crete, starting from Chania Crete

Knossos Minoan Palace ...

You will have time to explore Heraklion’s city center with your local guide ...

... and enjoy lunch in Crete’s seaside capital before heading back to Chania in the afternoon.

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Meet The Minotaur. Visit the Palace of Knossos and the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion to discover Europe’s earliest city and civilization.

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This is the ‘’must do’’ tour for history lovers.

Visit the Palace of Knossos and the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion to discover Europe’s earliest city and civilization.

Begin our 2-hour road trip to Heraklion (from Chania town) and head to the Knossos Palace for a private guided tour with our enthusiastic professional guide.

Admire this true archaeological masterpiece and learn all about the legends and history of the Minoan civilization.

After this inspiring tour, head to the Archaeological Museum regarded as one of Europe’s most important museums that bring together archaeological finds from all over Crete, covering over 5500 years of the island’s history. Our professional guide will talk you through the most important collection of Minoan antiquities.

You will then have time to explore Heraklion’s city center with your local guide and enjoy lunch in Crete’s seaside capital before heading back to Chania in the afternoon. 

- We will meet at your preferred location within Chania town around 09.00 am (flexible time)- region and we will head towards the East side of the island, towards  Heraklion town .

- After a 2-hour road trip through the north coast of Crete we will arrive at  Knossos Minoan Palace , where we will have plenty of time to admire this true archaeological masterpiece following the map and the information you will be given by your local guide. To complement this tour, you will also receive a mini iPad tablet that through virtual and augmented reality, you will see a representation of the site as it was before, in real-time.

- After this inspiring tour, head to the  Archaeological Museum  regarded as one of Europe’s most important museums that bring together archaeological finds from all over Crete, covering over 5500 years of the island’s history.

- You will then have time to explore  Heraklion’s city center  with your local guide showing you around the main highlights of the town.

- This tour would not be complete without a delicious lunch in one of Heraklion’s seafront tavernas.

- At the end of your tour, our mission will be accomplished – you will leave with enjoyable memories and a much better understanding of the  Minoan civilization  and the capital city of Crete.

PLEASE NOTE : - As this tour involves walking, comfortable shoes are recommended, please do not forget your sunglasses and sun hat. * Please do inform us in advance  if you wish to book an extra professional guide for a private guided tour of the Knossos palace and/or the archaeological museum. - We could offer you an optional transfer to Lassithi region - extra charge

Prices per group

- 2 adults – 486 euros  - 3 adults – 610 euros - 4 adults –  723 euros - 5 adults –  793 euros - 6 adults –  882 euros - 7 adults –  910 euros - 8 adults –  950 euros - 9 adults –  865 euros - 10 adults –  1020 euros

infants 0-3.99 years old : free of charge  youth 4-12 years old : 50% of adults rates

Persons per private tour: min 2 adults – max 7 persons

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Chania center or from your hotel - please indicate your pick-up point when booking ( for pick up points 15km+ away from Chania's center, an additional fee will be charged)

Total duration: 10 hours 

- personal pick up and drop off with a flexible start time - private sightseeing tour with a local insider guide (excluding the archaeological sites) - 3D audio tour for visiting the Knossos palace - transfers in fully air-conditioned car/van - entrance tickets for the Palace and the Museum -all taxes

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- private guided visit with a professional guide (visiting the Palace and the Museum) – extra cost: 150 euros in total (paid directly to the guide) - food and drinks - personal expenses

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Tim Tim plays for days in a maze and there's a, Minotaur-taur, tiny minotaur-taur, little minotaur-taur, mini minotaur-taur Minotaur-taur, tiny minotaur-taur, little minotaur-taur, mini minotaur-taur Cute little tiny little minotaur sittin' in a cradle (Awwe) He thinks that maybe it's a baby, but it NAY BE! I'm a tiny minotaur! Little minotaur! Kill you any minute-ARRR! Minotaur-taur, tiny minotaur-taur, little minotaur-taur, mini minotaur-taur Minotaur-taur, tiny minotaur-taur, little minotaur-taur, mini minotaur-taur How do you defeat a mini minotaur? Many mini minotaur-taurs hate tar tar sauce They're deathly allergic to tar tar sauce You'll be fine, do you have some tar tar Tim Tim? (No) You'll need some tar tar to kill him. (Oh) Things are looking grim-grim for Tim Tim! (Ah!) Wait, what's that in his tum-tum Tim Tim? It's a bottle of tar tar, Tim Tim! Someone before you tried to kill him. Open the jar! (Twist the lid off...) Open the jar! (Counter-clockwise) (Oh) Release tar tar, to kill minotaur. (Ah! Tar tar! My only weakness! Hurrr-) (I'm alive! Stop singing songs about me, you're ruining my life...)

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The Minotaur Myth: A Tragic Tale

The Minotaur is a creature from ancient Greek mythology. According to the records, it was a monstrous creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. The Minotaur was born as a result of a curse on King Minos of Crete.

The story of the Minotaur revolves around the Labyrinth, a vast and intricate maze constructed by the skilled craftsman Daedalus on the orders of King Minos. The Minotaur was placed inside the Labyrinth because it was a dangerous and uncontrollable creature, feeding on human flesh.

The most popular story about Minotaur is that one involving the Minotaur and Theseus and has inspired various works of literature, art, and film.

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Who, or What, Was the Minotaur?

The Minotaur, child of the Queen of Crete and a God-created animal, was part bull, and part man. It was doomed to wander the Labyrinth of Minos and would feed on Athenian children.

Although the name Asterion is sometimes given to the Minotaur, it would make for a confusing moniker. In other myths, Asterion (or Asterius) has been a name given to a child of Minos, a Grandchild of Minos (and son of Zeus ), a Giant, and one of the Argonauts. Asterion is said to be another King of Crete, and in another telling, a god of rivers.

READ MORE: Jason and the Argonauts: The Myth of the Golden Fleece

However, no other name is ever given to the Minotaur, so many storytellers give him this one. After all, it is quite Cretan.

What is the Etymology of “Minotaur”?

The origin of the word “Minotaur” is quite unsurprising. “Taur” is the ancient Greek word for bull, and the originator of the astrological “Taurus,” while “Mino” is simply the shortening of “Minos.” “Mino-taur” is, quite simply, “The Bull of Minos.”

While this etymology may sound simple at first, it is worth noting that it means ancient Greeks emphasized the bull belonging to King Minos , rather than its origin in Poseidon or its placing in Crete. Is it because Minos was the character most affected by the existence of such a creature, or is this an indication of just how important the Cretan King was to Greek history? It is difficult to know.

Who Was the Mother of the Minotaur?

The mother of the Minotaur was Queen Pasiphae, the Greek goddess , and wife of King Minos of Crete. She has been charmed into cheating on her husband and gave birth to the creature as a result of this infidelity. It is because she was the queen of Crete that her son was sometimes called the Cretean (or Kretean) Minotaur.

Pasiphae was the daughter of Helios , the Greek sun god . Queen Pasiphae was immortal and, despite being charmed by Poseidon’s Bull, had her own powers as well. In one Greek myth, she discovered her husband cheating and cursed him so that he would “ejaculate snakes, scorpions, and millipedes, killing the women with whom he had intercourse.”

Was King Minos the Father of the Minotaur?

While the Minotaur was literally “The Bull of Minos,” the real father of the creature was the Cretan Bull, a mythological creature created by the sea god Poseidon. Poseidon sent the bull originally for Minos to sacrifice and prove his worthiness as King. When Minos instead sacrificed an ordinary bull, Poseidon cursed Pasiphae to lust after it instead.

What Was the Cretan Bull?

The Cretan Bull was a beautiful, white bovine of great significance, having been created by a god. According to one myth, it was this bull that carried Europa for Zeus . As part of his twelve labors, Heracles (Hercules) captured the bull and presented it to Eurystheus. However, before this occurred, Pasiphae was to become cursed to lust after it.

Obsessed with the bull, Pasiphae had the inventor Daedalus construct a hollow wooden cow that she could hide in to have sex with the bull. In Greek mythology , sleeping with mythological animals (or gods pretending to be animals) was quite common but always disastrous. In this case, it led to the Minotaur’s birth.

How is the Minotaur Described?

For a creature so often referred to in myths, the descriptions offered are quite general and vague. The Minotaur was most frequently represented by the body of a man and a bull’s head. In some cases, only the face was that of a bull. According to the Greek mythology recorded by Diodorus Siculus , the creature was described as having “the upper parts of the body as far as the shoulders being those of a bull and the remaining parts those of a man.” 

In modern representations of the Minotaur, the human part of the creature is larger than an ordinary man, and quite muscular, while the bullhead includes large horns. Pablo Picasso, who created many sketches of the mythological tragedy, shows the Minotaur with many different versions of the bullhead, while his work Wounded Minotaur includes a tail on the poor character.

Today, many computer games which use liberal references to European mythologies include “minotaurs” as enemies. These include the Assassin Creed series, Hades , and Age of Mythology .

Dante, in his famous epic The Inferno , described the Minotaur as “the infamy of Crete” and filled with such rage that it bites itself when seeing the adventurers. Dante finds the creature at the gates of Hell proper, between those not worthy of heaven and those to be punished.

What Happened to the Minotaur?

Minos was enraged at his wife and what she had done with the Cretan Bull. Ashamed of the resulting “monster,” Minos worried about his reputation. Despite returning victorious from conquering many nations, he could never get over the insults thrown at him.

“I do not wonder that Pasiphae preferred the bull to you,” says the scorned Scylla after being refused safe passage after helping Minos win his latest battle. If such insults from his enemies became the common rumors of his people, Minos would lose respect and power. That would not do. So he came up with a plan.

King Minos demanded that the famous Greek inventor Daedalus (who was seeking refuge in Crete at the time) would build a large labyrinth in which the Minotaur would be trapped. After all, it was Daedalus who built the wooden cow, and the King could always revoke his protection.

Daedalus put a lot of work into building a maze no one had ever experienced before. Those who did not know how the Labyrinth would work could never find a way to leave. Thus, the walls would keep the Minotaur surrounded and safe, the people would feel free from its grasp, and Minos’ reputation was secure. The maze would be at times called “The Minotaur’s Labyrinth,” “The Labyrinth of Minos” or simply, “The Labyrinth.”

Little is said about how the Minotaur was treated, but it can be assumed it wasn’t well. The people of Crete knew him only as a monster, captured by King Minos, and the Queen told no one what she had done. We don’t know if anyone talked to the Minotaur, or what it was fed, but it is safe to assume that, with no other option, it turned into the monster everyone thought it would be. As a punishment, Minos ordered Athens to send a group of seven young men and seven maidens, who he forced into the Labyrinth. There the Minotaur would hunt them down, kill them, and eat them.

What is the Minotaur’s Labyrinth?

The Labyrinth of the Minotaur was a large structure built as a prison for the creature, filled with passages that would wind back on themselves, “vague windings,” and “mazey wanderings that deceived the eyes.”

The design of the maze was so complex that Ovid writes Daedalus, “the architect, hardly could retrace his steps.” Pseudo-Apollodorus wrote of the Labyrinth, “that with its tangled windings perplexed the outward way.” It was impossible to tell if you were going further towards the exit, or deeper into its depths.

What is the Difference between a Maze and a Labyrinth?

Many modern texts insist on calling the Minotaur’s Labyrinth a maze, saying the name “Labyrinth” is not correct. This is because some English horticulturalists decided that a labyrinth has only one path, in which you cannot get lost.

Who Killed the Minotaur?

The Minotaur was eventually killed by Theseus , the Greek adventurer and eventual founder of “modern” Athens. Theseus, to prove his birthright as king, had to travel through the underworld, and underwent six “labors” (somewhat similar to those of Heracles). Upon finally arriving in Athens, he found himself against Medea, the King’s consort, and Minos’ threat against Athens to provide “seven Athenian youths of each sex” to feed his beast. If he was to take the crown from the weak King Aegeus, he would have to deal with them all.

It was for this reason that the Athenian hero Theseus went to see the Minotaur.

Theseus and the Minotaur

Theseus, upon hearing that King Minos ordered Athens to send children to their deaths, took the place of one of the children. With the help of Minos’ own daughter, Princess Ariadne, he was able to find a way to beat the Minotaur.

The night before he was to be forced into the maze, Ariadne came to Theseus and offered him a spool of thread and a sword. “Take these,” she said. From the moment Theseus had set on Cretan shores, Ariadne had become entranced by him. She was not charmed like her mother was, simply in love.

On the day the Minotaur was to be given his human sacrifices, Theseus told the children with him to not be afraid but to stay near the door. To wander further in would surely end in them being lost.

Theseus gave one of them the end of the string and let it follow behind him as he dove into the crooked Labyrinth. By following the thread back whenever he reached a dead end, he was able to ensure he never double-backed too far and had an easy way to return.

READ MORE: Theseus and the Minotaur: Fearsome Fight or Sad Slaughter?

How Was the Minotaur Killed?

For an adventurer that was experienced in fighting, Theseus knew he would win easily. In Heroides , Ovid states that he broke the Minotaur’s “bones with his three-knotted club, [and] he scattered them over the soil.” He did not need Ariadne’s sword after all. Perhaps the people of Crete could hear the cruel bellowing of the creature’s death. Perhaps some were glad to be rid of it. No one records if Queen Pasiphae was happy or sad about the death of her child.

Theseus killing the Minotaur was to begin the downfall of Minos. Daedalus escaped with his son, Icarus , while Minos’ daughter, Ariadne, went off with Theseus. Soon, the Athenians drew stronger, and Crete eventually fell to Greek hands.

Does the Minotaur’s Labyrinth Exist?

While the Minotaur’s Labyrinth may exist, no archeologist has yet to find conclusive evidence or evidence of the Minotaur itself. It may be a palace, a series of caves, or lost forever. The Minos Palace does exist and is under constant excavation. Each year, new discoveries are made. The Labyrinth may yet be found.

One of the most popular theories is that the palace of Minos is the remains of the Labyrinth, repurposed after Theseus slew the Minotaur. Texts like The Iliad , and letters from around the Middle Ages agreed with this idea , and archeologists have discovered that the palace was rebuilt multiple times .

Other theories are that the Labyrinth was entirely underground, or that no such historical Labyrinth existed. Ancient historians are curious, however – with how popular the story was, could it be that there was once a maze so intricate you could get lost forever? Many researchers have attempted to find a historical explanation for the Minotaur myth, and how it connects to the end of Crete’s dominance over the Mediterranean. So far, few have come to an agreement.

Are There Other Mythological Creatures like the Minotaur?

The Minotaur is quite a unique creature. Other deities and creatures have been presented as having elements of the animal, including the ancient Greek Satyrs , the Irish Faeries, and Christian Demons. However, very few have two distinct parts the same way as the Minotaur. The Lamassu, ancient Assyrian figures who protect those in prayer have been around for millennia and influenced mythology around the world. It may well be they influenced the part man part bull that is better known than the Minotaur himself, the Sphinx.

The Lamassu of Assyria

The Lama was an Assyrian goddess who protected her followers from harm as they presented their pleas to other deities. Lamassu (or Shedu if male) were figures that represented the goddess’s powers and it was believed that having such a figure would offer protection on earth.

Because of this, the Lamassu has been found in motifs, carved as statues, and painted on urns from ancient Assyria. The Lamassu appear in the Epic of Gilgamesh and are believed to have inspired many later mythological beasts.

While the Minotaur had the body of a man with a bull’s head, however, the Lamassu’s human part was their head. It was their body that was animal and often winged. In fact, many Lamassus had lion’s bodies with human heads, making them look quite similar to the Sphinx.

The Sphinx of Greece and Egypt

The famous statue of the Great Sphinx that watches over the Pyramids of Giza is well-known to most people. This giant statue of a cat with a human head, watch for something unknown. In Greek and Egyptian myth, the Sphinx was a lion with a woman’s head, and wing, and would guard the most important places. If she appeared to you with a riddle and you failed, you would be eaten.

The most famous tale of the Sphinx is when she was sent by the Egyptian gods to protect Thebes. Only Oedipus could solve her famous riddle , saving his own life. Unfortunately for the King’s own story, making it to Thebes would be the start of his troubles.

The Minotaur myth is a tragic one. A child born from adultery, punished by being imprisoned in an impossible maze, fed on children, before being bludgeoned by Theseus for crimes he could not understand. It is difficult to find meaning in the tale of the Minotaur, but it leaves a lasting impression and forms an important role in understanding the move from Minoan to Greek rule over the Mediterranean.

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A Mini-Tour Primer

Everything you need to know about a dozen circuits, small and smaller.

The mini-tour landscape changed massively in 2012, when the PGA Tour introduced its international tours in Latin America, Canada and China (no longer operating). Those tours took players and money overseas, leaving the mini-tours in the States floundering. The two big mini-tours at the time, Egolf and Hooters, soon folded or were sold, and in their place, a lot of small tours popped up. These tours appear and often vanish just as quickly. 

If you are turning pro, looking for a place to test your game or just a golf nerd like me, here are a dozen mini-tours that are operating in the United States. 

All Pro Tour

Format: 72 holes

Entry fee: $950 for members; $1,350 for non-members (A season-long membership is $1,500)

Average field size: 100-plus, with bigger events getting almost 200

Geographic area:  Central U.S. mostly

Purse size: $ 100,000-$175,000; the fall season features three-day events with purses averaging around $50,000

Website: APT | All Pro Tour

Fun fact: Defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler played three events, with a best finish of T-5, in preparation for Q school in 2018. 

Dakotas Tour

Format: 54 holes

Entry fee: $840

Average field size: 60-75

Geographic area:  North and South Dakota

Purse size: $50,000-$70,000K

Website: The Dakotas Tour - Professional Golf - Professional Golf In The Midwest

Fun facts: The Dakotas Tour is largely considered the best economical option in mini-tour golf. Events often offer host housing for the players, and the pro-am format makes the purses player-friendly, meaning players collect a larger percentage of the money taken in than most other tours. 

The G Pro Tour

Entry fee: $920-$1,165

Average field size: 80

Geographic area: North and South Carolina and Georgia

Purse size: $50,000-$75,000; one event last season offered $93,000 

Website: GProTour (thegprotour.com)

Fun fact: When Brendon Todd was struggling with the full-shot yips, he played multiple events on the GPro Tour to work on his game.

Asher Tour (former Golden State/Outlaw Tour)

Entry fee: $750-$1,350; some are two-day/36-hole events

Average field size: 50-70; some of their bigger events have well over 100

Geographic area:  Arizona and California

Purse size: $30,000-$40,000; $100,000 for bigger events

Website: HOME (ashertour.com)

Fun fact: The Asher Tour runs one of the few events in which the winner gets an exemption into a PGA Tour event. The winner of the Reno Open, in late May, receives a spot in golf's fifth major, the Barracuda Championship. 

Emerald Coast Tour

Entry fee: $700-$850

Average field size: 25-40

Geographic area: Florida, Alabama and Mississippi

Purse size: $15,000-$20,000

Website: Home (emeraldcoasttour.com)

Fun fact : Doug Barron was playing on this tour prior to Monday-qualifying for, and winning, a Champions Tour event in 2019. He has since added a second victory on the senior circuit.

Rolling Red Tour

Format: 36 holes

Entry fee: $729-$869

Average field size: 20-30

Geographic area:  Southern U.S.

Purse size: $7,000-$10,000

Website: Rolling Red Golf Tour

Fun fact: The tour also hosts an 18-hole shootout, so players have two events in which they can cash. 

Florida Pro Tour

Entry fee: $300-$450

Average field size: 30-90

Geographic area: Florida

Purse size: $5,000-$20,000; its biggest event last season had an $85,000 purse

Website: Home - Florida Professional Golf Tour (fpgtour.com)

Fun fact: In the 2017 season, mini-tour legend Kevin Alywin started with three wins and two runner-up finishes. He won the money title that year with more than $29,000, nearly triple the total of the player in second. 

The BO Tour

Entry fee: $200-$700

Average field size: 20-35; a few have had upwards of 60

Geographic area: Southern California

Purse size: $3K-$20K

Website: The Bo Tour Event :: 2023 Professional Points (golfgenius.com)

Fun fact: The tour was founded by Steve “Bo” Boreri. If you want to play in an event, send him a text. For a long time he accepted cash and paid players the same day.

West Florida Tour

Format: 18 or 36 holes

Entry fee: $230-$950, the latter for 36-hole events

Average field size: 45-plus

Geographic area: West Florida

Purse size: $10,000-$20,000

Website: Welcome to WFGT (westfloridagolftour.com)

Fun fact: Christian Bartolacci has owned the West Florida Tour for 12 years and is largely a one-man operation. A PGA member, he handles registration, course setup and rules. 

Minor League Golf Tour

Entry fee: $235-$525

Average field size: 30, but some of the bigger events approach 100 

Geographic area: South Florida

Purse size:   $5,000-$20,000

Website: Professional Golf Tours - Mini Tours - Developmental Golf Tours - Women's Golf Tours (minorleaguegolf.com)

Fun fact: Sunny Kim, who has become a cult hero among the golf nerd population, has 86 wins and has earned more than $337,000 on this tour. 

Moonlight Tour

Entry fee: $120-$350

Average field size: 15-30

Website: Mobi | Hybrid Template (ogatour.org)

Fun fact: The Moonlight Tour has been around for over 20 years, and PGA Tour veteran Patrick Sheehan has racked up more than 300 victories. 

Carolina Mountain Tour 

Entry fee: $220

Average field size: 15-25

Geographic area: Carolinas

Purse size : $2,000-$5,000

Website: Carolina Mountain Professional Golf Tour (mountaingolftour.com)

Fun fact: On its website, the tour touts itself as the longest-running mini-tour in the U.S. It is beginning its 27th year in 2023.

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Manatee and Minotaur on a mini tour

Sometimes I put tremendous effort into creating the stupidest cartoon possible. This one is Exhibit A. I probably wrote 50 different versions of the text before I landed on the one that made me groan the loudest. But I must admit I’d like to go on that manly tour with Manatee and Minotaur. (I love mini tubas.)

By the way, you might wonder why Manatee and Minotaur are each crying out of only one eye. They both have a rare condition (Single Eye Cry Syndrome) that causes that phenomenon.

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Rory McIlroy using new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper at RBC Heritage

Rory McIlroy swing the new TaylorMade BRNR mini-drive in Round 1 of the RBC Heritage. (Andrew Reddington/Getty)

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Harbour Town Golf Links, home of the RBC Heritage, presents a unique challenge to PGA TOUR players. Its relatively short, tight and winding layout makes course management a chess match.

Players must position themselves off the tee to the proper distances and locations in the fairway to have an unobstructed line to the green and not be blocked by overhanging trees.

Long hitters can succeed at Harbour Town, but it’s not a “bomb-and-gauge” course. Far from it. Due to the sharp doglegs and tight lines off the tee, it’s easy for longer hitters to hit the ball too far, leaving them in a difficult position, or chipping out sideways.

As such, early-week equipment testing at the RBC Heritage was focused around long irons, driving irons and utility woods that can help shape the ball from right to left and left to right.

Rory McIlroy, ranked fourth in Driving Distance on the PGA TOUR, has added TaylorMade’s new BRNR Mini Driver Copper 13.5-degree club to his bag this week, and removed his 3-wood.

A look at Rory McIlroy testing the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper at the RBC Heritage. (GolfWRX)

On Tuesday, McIlroy told GolfWRX.com that the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links would be “a good week” to debut the club, due its demands for placement off the tee.

McIlroy began testing the new BRNR Mini Driver prior to the Valero Texas Open, and he had it in the bag during practice rounds for the Masters.

McIlroy never ended up using the club during the Masters, however, opting instead to stick with his TaylorMade Qi10 3-wood.

This week, though, the BRNR Mini is expected to be in McIlroy’s starting lineup when he tees off at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday. When asked on Wednesday following his morning pro-am if he planned on using the new, nostalgic BRNR Copper this week, he said, “I think so.”

Harry Diamond places the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver back into McIlroy's bag. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Adrian Rietveld, senior manager of Tour TaylorMade, works closely with McIlroy on his equipment needs, and he offered some further insight:

“For someone like Rory, who’s that long at the top end of the bag, and then you put him on a course like Harbour Town, it’s tough off the tee,” Rietveld said. “It’s tight into the greens, and you have to put yourself in position off the tee to have a shot into the green. It kind of reminds me of Valderrama in Spain, where you can be in the fairway and have no shot into the green.

“I’m caddying for Tommy [Fleetwood] this week, so I was walking the course last night and looking at a few things,” he continued. “There’s just such a small margin for error. You can be standing in the fairway at 300 yards and have a shot, but at 320 you don’t. So if you don’t hit a perfect shot, you could be stuck behind a tree. And then if you’re back at 280, it might be a really tough shot into the small greens.

“So for Rory [with the BRNR], it’s a nice course-specific golf club for him. He’s got both shots with it; he can move it right to left or left to right. And the main thing about this club has been the accuracy and the dispersion with it. I mean, it’s been amazing for Tommy.

Rory McIlroy with his golf bag showing the TaylorMade new BRNR Mini Driver Copper headcover at the RBC Heritage. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

“This was the first event Tommy used a BRNR last year, and I remember talking to him about it, and he said he couldn’t wait to play it at Augusta next year. And he just never took it out of the bag because he’s so comfortable with it, and hitting it off the deck.

“So you look at Rory, and you want to have the tools working to your advantage out here, and the driver could hand-cuff him a bit with all of the shots you’d have to manufacture.”

For more information and photos of Rory’s switch, head over to GolfWRX.com .