(1/9/12): Happy new year! We begin 2012 with our last review from 2011, a new course in Walla Walla, WA sent in by a visitor. This past weekened we also played a course in Vermont, which marks our 32 second state. We will work to get that review up soon.
(12/26/11): We finally got around to posting some stuff from Mandy's 30th Birthday back in October 2011. First, her friends provided her with a great birthday present by going around to minigolf courses and collecting some things. See their adventure here. Also, under the Novelty page, we have a review of the minigolf course Mandy's family created for her birthday party (notice all the pictures of Putt on there)!
(12/8/11): We're into our 8th country! Thanks to Allan Cox (the winner of the Putter King Scavenger Hunt) we now have a review from Australia! It also markes out 211th course on the website.
(11/7/11): Today we posted our 210th course, a visitor review from Las Vegas. We have some other updates that we need to do to the site, including some updates to our own reviews. We hope to get these posted sometime soon.
(10/6/11): Today we posted our 209th course, a visitor review from Ohio. We also posted our updated review of a course in North Haven, CT. We have one more visitor review to post and then the queue will be empty so send some reviews along!
We also made a page showing how we've managed to earn our points for the Putter King Scavenger Hunt. Check out all the pictures and videos that have gotten us our points through 9/30/11. We're still on the hunt for more points before the contest ends!
(9/30/11): Today we posted our 208th course, a visitor review from Ohio. We have one more review from Ohio and another from Las Vegas to post. If you have some late summer reviews please don't forget to send them in.
(9/24/11): Today we posted our 207th course, a visitor review from England! We have 3 more visitor reviews ready to be posted in the coming days. Tomorrow we'll be playing the 10th Annual Odetah Fall Classic! Come out and support us if you are around.
Thanks to everyone who came out to support the One Love Fund last weekend at the tournament we held with the South Windsor Parks and Rec Department. $1,185 was raised for the One Love Fund and our winner shot a 42 (a great round for that course)!
(8/31/11): We posted our updated review and a visitor review of Farmington Miniature Golf in CT. We have more visitor reviews to post, including another one from England. Hope all the miniature golf courses in the path of Irene last weekend are cleaned up and open for business!
(8/26/11): Two more visitor reviews were posted today, both of previously reviewed courses. One was for Hidden Valley in CT and the other for East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. We still have some more reviews to post. Don't forget to check out our tournament page for information on the 9/17/11 charity tournament that is being co-hosted by The Putting Penguin!
(8/22/11): We posted a visitor review from MO, which marks our 31st state and 205th course. We're more than 3/5ths of the way to covering America! We have more CT reviews to posted in the coming days.
(8/20/11): We updated our review of Perfect Swing in CT and posted a new visitor review of Blackbeard's Cave in NJ (our 204th course). We have a couple more visitor reviews from CT and MO to post in the coming week along with some more Penguin review updates.
(8/18/11): Two reviews of previously reviewed courses went up today. One was our own review of Ocean's 18 in MA and another was a visitor review of Safari Golf in CT. We have plenty more reviews to post as well, some featuring new courses for the site!
(8/15/11): We posted out 203rd course today. It was a visitor review from New Hampshire. We still have plenty of visitor reviews and a few Penguin reviews to post, so continue to check the website over the next few weeks. Also don't forget to keep sending in those reviews as summer starts to wind to an end!
(8/10/11): Wow! We posted our 201st and 202nd course today. One of them was from Maine and the other from France (our 7th country represented) and both were submitted by website visitors. We also updated our review of Putter's Paradise in CT after playing there this weekend in a charity event. We have plenty of more reviews to post and we'll be pushing 210 courses very soon. Keep checking back here for more throughout the summer!
(8/8/11): Course #200 is now on the site! We posted a new review of ours of Stony Falls in Mass. We also posted a review of Golf Central in RI, which was a course previously reviewed by a visitor. We have a lot of more reviews to post so that course number is going to grow!
(8/4/11): Today we posted a new visitor review of a Maine course we had previously played in 2002. We're still working towards our posting of our 200th course (and more!). Also a belated congrats to our own Pat Sheridan for winning the 1st Ocean's 18 Tournament last Saturday and then coming back and winning the 1st Mulligan's Warm Up Tournament on Tuesday!
(7/29/11): Today we posted a new visitor review of a Maine course we had previously played in 2002. We're still working towards our posting of our 200th course (and more!). Tomorrow we also are playing in our first indoor blacklight miniature golf tournament so that should be very fun!
(7/25/11): A new visitor review was posted today which puts us at 199 courses! We also posted an updated review of a course in RI that we hadn't reviewed since 2002. We still have a long list of visitor and Penguin reviews to post so keep checking back here for all the updates!
(7/21/11): One Penguin review was posted today, marking the 124th course we've reviewed and the 198th course on the website overall. We'll be over 200 very soon! We also have 2 more new courses reviews by the Penguin to post, along with an updated Penguin review of RI. On top of that we have 5 more visitor reviews to post from ME, CT and France!
(7/18/11): Two more visitor reviews were posted today, both of courses we didn't have on the site (from Maine). This makes course 196 and 197. We'll be over 200 very soon! We also have 3 more new courses reviewed by the Penguin to post, along with an updated Penguin review of RI. On top of that we have 5 more visitor reviews to post from ME, CT and France!
(7/12/11): We just posted a new visitor review, marking our 194th course. We also have 2 more new courses reviewed by the Penguin to post, along with an updated Penguin review of RI. On top of that we have 8 (yes 8!) more visitor reviews to post from MA, ME and France!
(7/7/11): We have a short new visitor review from a course in Illinois, which makes our 192nd course reviewed on the website. We also have at least one more visitor review from CT in the pipeline and a couple of Penguin reviews that need to go up soon. Keep an eye out here for them!
(7/2/11): A short new visitor review just got posted in MA today. We have at least two more Putting Penguin reviews of new courses to come over the next week plus a couple of more visitor reviews. It will be a busy time for the Penguin!
(6/27/11): We posted a new review today of a course in Connecticut (unfortunately it's not a favorable one). Also, we've got some information about at least one tournament in MA in July, so be sure to check out our tournament page for more information.
(6/6/11): A new visitor review was posted today, our 2nd from a course in Seekonk, MA. Also, for any in the CT/RI area, minigolf leagues start on June 21st. Contact us if you would like more information.
(3/14/11): We got a new visitor review in for a previously reviewed course in Whitinsville, MA. This makes the 166th visitor review our fantastic visitors have sent in, but we're still sitting at 190 courses on the website so keep sending them in!
(3/12/11): We just played our 121st course and did our first Penguin review of 2011. That just leaves us 10 more courses to 200! This was a great little 9 hole blacklight course in Massachusetts and the ice cream there was equally as good. If you're traveling that Mass Pike corridor its definitely worth a quick stop.
(2/28/11): First review of 2011 is now posted! It's a new visitor review of a course in Massachusetts that we had reviewed way back in 2004. You can check also out our new promo for the April Minigolf Marathon here and if you are interested in playing please check out our Tournament page for more information.
(2/13/11): You can check out our new promo for the April Minigolf Marathon here and if you are interested in playing please check out our Tournament page for more information. Tomorrow is also Valentine's day and we think minigolf is a great way to spend it with that special someone.
(1/29/11): In case you haven't heard, because of the enormous amount of snow Connecticut is receiving, the Ice Breaker Tournament was postponed until February 13, 2011 so if you're around please check out our Tournament page for more information. We're also waiting for our first review of 2011, so if you've played any courses send one in!
(1/10/11): One more visitor review from Nevada was posted today, wrapping up the last of the reviews we received in 2010. Right now we have nothing lined up in the way of reviews for 2011, so send some in and be the first for the new year! As a reminder, next weekend is the Ice Breaker Tournament in CT, so if you're around please check out our Tournament page for more information.
(12/27/10): One more visitor review from Nevada was posted today, this one being out 189th course reviewed. We still have one more visitor review to post as well, also from Nevada. It's snowing like crazy right now in New England (great penguin weather) but in other places where you can get to a minigolf course we hope you are playing this final week of 2010!
(12/20/10): Today we posted a new review of an indoor course in CT. It's our 120th review and 188th course overall. We still have 2 more course reviews submited from NV that we have to get up soon. In case we don't post again before Saturday, have a merry Christmas from The Putting Penguin!
(12/13/10): We posted two new visitor reviews from Las Vegas today, making courses #186 and #187 on the website. We have two more visitor review from Nevada that will still have to post and with any luck we'll be playing a new course in CT this week. As the holidays approach, don't forget about all of our wonderful Putting Penguin and other minigolf gear on sale at Zazzle and Lulu!
(11/20/10): Posted our review from Las Vegas today. It's one of the worst courses we've ever played (we didn't have a chance to get to any of the good Las Vegas courses this time around). With that we're put of reviews so if you have any courses that you've played lately send in reviews to keep us going through the winter!
(11/19/10): Today we posted 1 more visitor review from MA of a previously reviewed course. Next week we will bring you a Penguin review from Las Vegas (don't get too excited, its underwhelming) and one more visitor review from MA.
(11/13/10): Today we posted 2 more visitor reviews from MA, one of an previously reviewed course and one of a new course (#185 for the site). Next week we will bring you a Penguin review from Las Vegas (don't get too excited, its underwhelming) and one more visitor review from MA.
(11/9/10): Today we posted 2 visitore reviews from MA, one of an previously reviewed course and one of a new course (#184 for the site). Later this week we will bring you a Penguin review from Las Vegas (don't get too excited, its underwhelming) and several more visitor reviews from MA. Also, we sadly didn't get a chance to implement guerilla minigolf on the Strip this time out, but maybe we'll have better luck on our next trip to Sin City.
(11/1/10): A new visitor review was posted today from RI. It marks our 183rd course! We have a bunch of new visitor reviews from MA that came in recently that we also have to post. Also, some of us are headed out to Las Vegas this week so we hope to play some minigolf and report back here!
(10/7/10): Last review in the email was posted today (Pirate's Cove in MA). Make sure you keep sending in reviews from warm weather areas, Halloween themed courses, or indoor courses as we move through the Fall and into the Winter.
(10/4/10): Course #182 was posted today. It's another visitor review (Infield) from OH. We also posted another visitor review of a previously reviewed course in CT (Cove Mini Golf) and have one more from MA to post this week. We'll try to get those posted by the end of the week.
(10/1/10): A belated congrats to Lee Stoddard, Steve Barrett, Mandy Ranslow, Karin Rockwin and Terri Lawson who were all winners of the various tournaments and divisions in last weekend's Odetah Fall Classic. We have a review in OH that we need to post and another visitor review from CT that also needs to get posted in the next couple of days.
(9/25/10): As a reminder, the 9th Annual Odetah Fall Classic is tomorrow! If you need information check out our tournament page. Course #180 and #181 got posted today, both in OH. This leaves us one more OH review that needs to hit the website.
(9/21/10): As a reminder, the 9th Annual Odetah Fall Classic is next weekend (9/26/10). If you need information check out our tournament page. We also posted a new visitor review from OH and that makes course #179 in the books. In addition, there's another 3 more reviews that just came in from OH, so we'll work on getting those posted soon.
(9/20/10): A belated congrats to Peter Gilchrist on winning the 2010 Maine State Open. Check out the article here. As a reminder, the 9th Annual Odetah Fall Classic is next weekend (9/26/10). If you need information check out our tournament page. We also posted a new visitor review from NH and that makes course #178 in the books. In addition, there's 3 more reviews that just came in from OH, so we'll work on getting those posted soon. While summer is at an end, this is the season for Halloween-themed minigolf so be on the look out for any local courses doing a Halloween theme and send us reviews if you play them.
(9/19/10): A belated congrats to Peter Gilchrist on winning the 2010 Maine State Open. Check out the article here. As a reminder, the 9th Annual Odetah Fall Classic is next weekend (9/26/10). If you need information check out our tournament page. We also have a new visitor review from NH come in recently and we'll try to get that posted this week. While summer is at an end, this is the season for Halloween-themed minigolf so be on the look out for any local courses doing a Halloween theme and send us reviews if you play them.
(9/8/10): Course #176 went up today and we added our 6th country covered (England). Thanks to Richard for sending in that review. Course #177 got posted tonight thanks to Delano (this one in OH). The Maine State Open is this weekend at Dolphin Mini Golf in Boothbay, ME so good luck to all who are playing in that (see our Tournament page for more information).
(8/20/10): Three new visitor reviews got posted today - one in CT (a previously reviewed course) and two in MA (both new courses). That clears are queue of reviews, so send in some more (only 25 away from 200 courses)! Other news: 1) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years and;2) Don't forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened -send them your stuff so they can grow!
(8/15/10): Posted a new visitor review for a previously reviewed course in CT. We also have more from CT and MA that have to get up on the website. Thank you everyone and keep the reviews coming!
(8/14/10): Thanks to everyone who visited because of the Boston Globe article or because you heard us featured on The Bower Show on 96.9 Boston Talks on Tuesday. Because of all the publicity we have a lot of new reviews to post from all over. The first one we just added was another review from the U.S. base in Iraq. and we just added one frome OH We also have ones from CT and MA that have to get up on the website. Thank you everyone and keep the reviews coming!
(8/13/10): Thanks to everyone who visited because of the Boston Globe article or because you heard us featured on The Bower Show on 96.9 Boston Talks on Tuesday. Because of all the publicity we have a lot of new reviews to post from all over. The first one we just added was another review from the U.S. base in Iraq. We also have ones from OH, CT and MA that have to get up on the website. Thank you everyone and keep the reviews coming!
Other news: 1) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; 2) Don't forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened; and 3) To anyone playing the Cove Mini Golf tournament tomorrow, we'll see you there! Continue to check Flickr, Twitter. YouTube, Zazzle and Facebook for more minigolf stuff being posted by us!
Other news: 1) We have 1 visitor review from OH to post and 1 from CT; 2) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; and 3) Don't forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened.
(8/7/10) We posted a new visitor review in NJ for a course already reviewed and a new vistior review for a course in MA, which is our 172nd course reviewed. We also posted 2 new updates of courses played in MA. Other news: 1) We have 1 visitor review from OH to post; 2) This Tuesday (8/10/10) we will be featured in a Boston Globe article about minigolf, so check it out; 3) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; and 4) Don't forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened.
(8/3/10): A new visitor review was posted from MA today (our 171st course)! Other news: 1) we have 1 MA visitor review and 1 NJ visitor review to post; 2) We have two more Penguin updated from MA to post; 3) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; and 4) Don;t forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened.
(8/2/10): Just posted a new visitor review in CT and we have a couple more in the door from MA. We also have 2 reviews we need to update after last weekend. Other news: 1) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; 2) We signed up for the Cove Mini Golf tournament in Norwalk, CT and you should too; and 3) Don;t forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened.
(8/1/10): We justed posted one of three updates to courses reviewed 5-8 years ago. This one was Billy McGolf in Dedham, MA. We hope to have the other two posted in the coming week. Other news: 1) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; 2) We do have another visitor review from CT that just came in this week, 3) We signed up for the Cove Mini Golf tournament in Norwalk, CT and you should too; and 4) Don;t forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened.
(7/30/10): Thanks to a visitor review, 30 states have been touch by the penguin. The newest is Tennessee! This is course #170 in total. Other news: 1) Don't forget to check out our new book - 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years; 2) We do have another visitor review from CT that just came in this week, 3) We signed up for the Cove Mini Golf tournament in Norwalk, CT and you should too; and 4) Don;t forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened.
(7/24/10): Big release today - our new book! 10 Courses for 10 Years looks back at some of our favorite courses we've reviewed in the past ten years. Check it out for your coffee table or as a gift for someone who likes something different. Other news today: 1) We posted a new visitor review from a previously played Monster Mini Golf in Groton, CT. 2) In our queue is a review from Tennessee, our 30th state! We hope to get that one posted soon; and 3) Don;t forget to check out the new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum that just opened. Don't forget to continue to check Flickr, Twitter. YouTube, Zazzle and Facebook for more minigolf stuff being posted by us!
(7/20/10): Big things these days: 1) Just posted a new review of our 169th course (118 by The Putting Penguin), this one from Rhode Island. 2) In our queue is a review from Tennessee, our 30th state! We hope to get that one posted soon. 3) We also have another visitor review of a Monster Mini Golf that needs to get posted. 4) we just learned that a new Crazy Golf/Mini Golf Virtual Museum just opened; and 5) Be on the look out (within a day or so) for our launch of the 10th anniversary Putting Penguin book! Don't forget to continue to check Flickr, Twitter. YouTube, Zazzle and Facebook for more minigolf stuff being posted by us!
(7/11/10): We just updated our review of Blue Fox Walk in Simsbury, CT and added some new pictures. Mark 10/10/10 on the calendar for another possible tournament run by The Putting Penguin at this same course. Also, we just played a new (for us) course this weekend- a Monster Golf in RI. We'll be looking to have that posted in a few days. Don't forget to continue to check Flickr, Twitter. YouTube, Zazzle and Facebook for more minigolf stuff being posted by us!
(7/3/10): New visitior review for Safari Golf in CT just got posted! Few remaining housekeeping items: 1) We just posted information about a tournament in August in CT; 2) We have some updated course pictures and an updated review of our own; and 3) mark 10/10/10 on the calendar for another possible tournament run by The Putting Penguin!
(7/1/10): Few housekeeping items: 1) We just posted information about a tournament in August in CT; 2) We have a new visitor review that we have to get posted; 3) We have some updated course pictures and an updated review of our own; and 4) mark 10/10/10 on the calendar for another possible tournament run by The Putting Penguin!
(6/27/10): Our #117 course is now posted. We played an indoor course last week during the rain in CT. Remember to keep your reviews coming so we can march towards 200 reviews this year.
(6/24/10): Just posted another review for a course in SC (a second visitor review). We also have another Putting Penguin review that needs to go up soon. Keep looking here for updates.
(6/22/10): Now we're back to more regular updates. We just posted a new course review from a visitor (course #167 in total) from SC today. We also have one more review to post that we just got in this weekend, so keep an eye out for more updates.
(6/12/10): It has been a long time between updates, but we have a new review in CT that we just posted! This makes our 116th course officially reviewed. Remember your reviews are just as important as ours in making this the best minigolf review website in the USA!
(5/8/10): We just updated our final course review in the queue. It's an update of one of the Disney Courses in Florida. This means we have no new course reviews to post - so please start sending them into us. We're going to try to pick off one or too soon, but we need your help to keep the site growning as always. We're up to 29 stats and 5 countries, so let's see how far we can get in the 2010 season!
(4/15/10): New visitor review got posted in FL today, for coruse #165. We still have some of our own to get up as well. Meanwhile, the weather is getting nicer here in the Northeast, so get out your putters and review some courses!
(4/7/10): Woo! Finally caught up a bit an got another Florida review up today. There is still one more that needs to get posted. We also have a visitor review from FL that we recently got and are working on getting it up on the website. Meanwhile, the weather is getting nicer here in the Northeast, so get out your putters and review some courses!
(3/16/10): Just a reminder that we will be having an encore of the CBH Mini Open course set up on April 3rd at the Cambridge House Brew Pub from 11-5 prior to their St. Baldrick's charity event. Also reviews from the course are up on the Novelty page. We still have a couple of FL reviews that need to be posted. The Penguin has been a little behind over the past week or so, but we hope to get caught up.
(3/7/10): We will be having an encore of the CBH Mini Open course set up on April 3rd at the Cambridge House Brew Pub from 11-5 prior to their St. Baldrick's charity event. We have posted an article summarizing the event on our tournament page and hope to have course reviews posted shortly. We also hope to have the final FL reviews posted as well in the coming days.
(3/4/10): New review just got posted for FL! Still a couple more to go! Also the 1st Annual CBH Mini Open was a great success, raising about $250 for childrens cancer research! Congrats to Gary Shiff on winning in full playoff round by 2 shots. See our Flickr page or our Facebook page for pictures. We will have some reviews of the course up on the Novelty page soon. We also might be doing an encore of the course very soon, so keep an eye out here for information. Stay tuned for updates.
(3/2/10): The 1st Annual CBH Mini Open was a great success, raising about $250 for childrens cancer research! Congrats to Gary Shiff on winning in full playoff round by 2 shots. See our Flickr page or our Facebook page for pictures. We will have some reviews of the course up on the Novelty page soon. We also might be doing an encore of the course very soon, so keep an eye out here for information. We also have some FL reviews we have to finish up and post as well. So we have a busy couple days coming up for the website! Stay tuned for updates.
(2/25/10): We have an awesome new review sent to us from the Red Cross minigolf course at Camp Liberty in Iraq. See below for the Iraq page. We also plan on having a couple more FL reviews in the next few days. Finally, don't forget that the 1st Annual Cambridge Brew House (CBH) Mini Open is coming up in less than 2 days! This event is a Drunken Penguin Sports production brought to you by The Putting Penguin. This event will be held at the Cambridge Brew House in Torrington, CT from 11-4 on 2/27/10. Cost to play will be $10 with the amounts going to charity and a free beer! Check out our Facebook page, our tournament page or email us for more information.
(2/22/10): We have our second new review from FL posted today (#112 for the Penguin). A few more FL ones to come in the next couple of weeks. Also, don't forget that the 1st Annual Cambridge Brew House (CBH) Mini Open is coming up in less than a week! This event is a Drunken Penguin Sports production brought to you by The Putting Penguin. This event will be held at the Cambridge Brew House in Torrington, CT from 11-4 on 2/27/10. Cost to play will be $10 with the amounts going to charity and a free beer! Check out our Facebook page, our tournament page or email us for more information.
(2/18/10): We have a new category of courses - Novelty. Here we will take reviews from courses that are up for only short periods of time (such as ones done for chairty). We have a new review posted there (#111 for the Penguin) and we have more FL reviews coming soon. Also, don't forget that the 1st Annual Cambridge Brew House (CBH) Mini Open is coming up in less than two weeks! This event is a Drunken Penguin Sports production brought to you by The Putting Penguin. This event will be held at the Cambridge Brew House in Torrington, CT from 11-4 on 2/27/10. Cost to play will be $10 with the amounts going to charity and a free beer! Check out our Facebook page, our tournament page or email us for more information.
(2/14/10): The first of several new Florida course reviews just got posted to the site. Look for a few more in the coming week. Also, don't forget that the 1st Annual Cambridge Brew House (CBH) Mini Open is coming up in less than two weeks! This event is a Drunken Penguin Sports production brought to you by The Putting Penguin. This event will be held at the Cambridge Brew House in Torrington, CT from 11-4 on 2/27/10. Cost to play will be $10 with the amounts going to charity and a free beer! Check out our Facebook page, our tournament page or email us for more information.
(2/3/10): Some new corse reviews to come soon. But more importantly, we're proud to annouce the 1st Annual Cambridge Brew House (CBH) Mini Open! This event is a Drunken Penguin Sports production brought to you by The Putting Penguin. This event will be held at the Cambridge Brew House in Torrington, CT from 11-4 on 2/27/10. Cost to play will be $10 with the amounts going to charity and a free beer! Check out our Facebook page, our tournament page or email us for more information.
(1/22/10): Congrats to Steve Barrett on winning the 2nd Annual Ice Breaker tournament this week. Pat Sheridan (of The Putting Penguin) came in 2nd. It looks like we should have some new reviewes for you in the next couple of weeks so keep your eyes here. We're always looking for more reviews in our attempt to get to 200 in 2010, so keep them coming.
(1/14/10): Happy New Year (two weeks late) to the minigolf community! Things have been a bit slow around here but we wanted to remind pepople that the 2nd Annual Ice Breaker Tournament is happening this Sunday (1/17/10) at Knoles 'n' Holes in Bozrah, CT (check out our Tournament page for more). We're always looking for more reviews in our attempt to get to 200 in 2010, so keep them coming.
(12/23/09): Merry Christmas everyone! Hope people take some time to play some courses with any time off that you may have. We've started to update our tournament page for 2010 tournaments that we know about, so keep your eye on it for information. If you know about some, please email us so that we can post the information for everyone.
(12/15/09): Reviews have slowed down a bit right now, so if you have some we'd love to see them. We are continually updating our Facebook and Twitter pages with interesting miniature golf news, so don't forget to become a fan and follow us. Also, with Christmas time nearing, don't forget to stop by our Zazzle store for your miniature golf gear!
(11/25/09): We got a new visitor review in from our 29th state - Colorado. Thanks to our friend over the pond for hooking us up with that. Don't forget to check out his blog when you look at the review. Also, don't forget to check out our Facebook and Twitter pages for other minigolf updates during the winter. Finally, don't forget to checkout our Zazzle page if you need ideas for Christmas presents.
(10/19/09): One of two new visitor reviews (this one in CT) has been posted. Hope to get to the second one soon. Also, don't forget to go play whatever local minigolf is doing a Halloween theme this year. It seems like more and more courses are doing haunted minigolfs. If you can't find one, you can always go visit the Monster Mini Golf chain as they are always Halloween themed!
(10/7/09): Few quick notes. 1) We have two visitor reviews that need to get posted. 2) We've posted some updated information about Schooner Miniature Golf in ME that was provided to us by the new owners. 3) Congrats to our own Pat Sheridan for coming in 2nd in both the stroke and match play tournaments at the Odetah Fall Classic last week. Also good luck to everyone playing in the minigolf Masters next weekend.
(9/21/09): The last review in line (a Penguin review - our 109th - in PA) has now been posted. We're out of reviews pending folks, so get them into us! We need to keep busy as the fall starts. Putters in warmer clients we need you to help us through the winter!
(9/17/09): After some internal discussion, we decided to add Washington D.C. as its own page and not have those courses on the Virginia page, so you will see that as a change. We still have a couple more updates to bring you over the next few days. We're also working a bit on updating links page.
(9/15/09): Couple items. First, a new visitor review from NH just got posted today. Second, congrats to Tom Dixon on winning the Maine State Open. Also congrats to Pat and Putt on coming in 6th in that tournament. The Putting Penguin was well represented last weekend. We still have a couple more updates to bring you over the next few days. We're also working a bit on updating links page.
(9/10/09): Penguin review #108 is now up. H Street Country Club in Washington, D.C. (you can find it on the Virginia page). A cool indoor course associated with a restuarant/bar. It was the hot talk of the town this summer. We have one more Penguin review and one more visitor review waiting to be posted.
(9/8/09): 28th state in the books! Thanks for a visitor review from NH! We also have our second visitor review from NH sitting in the queue, along with two Penguin reviews from D.C. and PA coming your way. Keep your eyes out for them.
(9/3/09): Good update for the state of MD today. Two visitor reviews for courses we already had got posted. We still owe everyone a Penguin review from a course in D.C. and now one from Gettysburg. We also have a NH visitor review which will make yet another state down. Hope everyone gets some minigolf in over the Labor Day weekend in the U.S. If you do, send us a review!
(9/1/09): Good update today. We posted our review and a visitor review for a course in CT, bringing total courses reviewed to 152. We have two more reviews from MD to post plus a new one for NH. As always, keep stopping back to see when these reviews are posted.
(8/26/09): So we posted two new visitor reviews today - 1 from MA and 1 new course from RI. We also got a new review from MD in today to. So unposted reviews looks like this: 2 visitor ones from MD and 1 from CT. Plus we have 2 courses we need to get our act together and finish the review for. So plenty to still come from us!
(8/23/09): We're down to four reviews that need to go up now thanks to posting a new visitor review from CT today. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to send them in!
(8/21/09): New visitor review from MA posted today from a couple of weeks ago. In the past 5 days we've gotten 5 more visitor reviews, so I'll be working on getting those posted to the site in the next few days here. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to send them in!
(8/13/09): New visitor review from VA posted today, leaving us with just one more from MA in the the queue. Thanks folks for all your reviews and keep them coming as we wind our way through August (the last good minigolf month before school).
(8/9/09): New visitor review from Mass posted this evening and we just got one in from the same course tonight that we'll try to get up soon. On top of that we have a new visitor review from VA. Thanks folks for all your reviews!
(8/4/09): New tournament being held in Norwalk this year. Check our the tournament page for some more information.
(7/29/09): State #27 down thanks to the visitor review from Georgia! Only 23 more left...we need your help in getting to all 50!
(7/24/09): We've officially got more visitor reviews than Penguin reviews. Big thanks to everyone who continues to tribute. This site would be monthing without you. We're on our 26th state now with a new visitor review from IL. We have one more from GA to post as well. With the weekend coming, don't forget to get out there an minigolf and send us reviews!
(7/21/09): One new visitor review for a newly reviewed course in RI. Also in the queue are 2 more visitor reviews from 2 new states: IL and GA. Hope to get those up around the end of the week.
(7/16/09): Today we got two more visitor reviews up. One for a course we reviewed in Maine, and the other from a cruise ship in the Caribbean! Another first for us! We're still working on optimizing the reviews for the mobile-friendly version of the site. You can find the mobile page at www.theputtingpenguin.com/mobile
(7/15/09): We updated a RI course review this weekend (Mulligan's Island) and we also posted a new course review (Tiki Golf- one we haven't been too yet) from a visitor in CT today. We also have a new review from a cruise ship that needs to go up! Third, we're still working on optimizing the reviews for the mobile-friendly version of the site. You can find the mobile page at www.theputtingpenguin.com/mobile
(7/10/09): New visitor review from Arizona this week is now posted. That makes 25 states - 1/2 of America is covered by the Penguin. Also, good luck to all the friends of the Putting Penguin who are playing in this weekend's minigolf U.S. Open in Chicago. Third, we're still working on optimizing the reviews for the mobile-friendly version of the site. You can find the mobile page at www.theputtingpenguin.com/mobile
(7/6/09): Couple developments: 1) We've updated our review for Golf Quest in Southington, CT. This course was originally reviewed in our first year. Also, we've put together a more mobile-friendy version of our website for those of you who want to check it out on your phone. The main pages have been done, but the reviews still need some phone-friendly optimization. You can find the mobile page at www.theputtingpenguin.com/mobile
(6/30/09): The reviews keep on rolling in. We've now got both Alaska and Hawaii represented giving us 24 states. We've also updated some of the information on the tournaments in New England and have put together a news archive page in case anyone wanted to go back and look at how we're evolving. With the July 4th weekend coming up in the U.S. we hope people get out there and play some courses.
(6/29/09): Well, last weekend was a busy weekend. We got three new visitor reviews in- 2 from Alaska and 1 from Nevada. This makes 23 different states we have reviews from and who would have ever guessed we'd get one from Alaska! This also marks 100 visitor reviews! As we go into the July 4th weekend here in the States we urge everyone to get out and minigolf! (Course Count: 143; State Count: 23; Country count: 3; Official review count: 106; Visitor review count: 101)
(6/16/09): A new visitor review in CT just got posted today and a new visitior review in MI also got posted today. Also, you can now follow us on Twitter! (Course Count: 100; State Count 21; Country Count: 3; Official review count: 106; Visitor review count: 98)
