(1/21/26): We are going a bit out of order and posted a few newer visitor reviews from New Jersey today. There will be more on the way and pending a potential snowstorm we'll be at our first AMA tournament of the season this weekend!
(1/9/26): Brand new review has been posted of the Dusty Planet course in Rhode Island that we played a couple of times this past year! We've also caught up on one old visitor review from New Jersey. We're going to try to catch up on a few more reviews in January and February before too much of the competitive minigolf season starts!
(12/7/25): We aren't sure if we will get a new review poste before the end of the year, so if not here's just a few things to consider if you want to enjoy some minigolf over the holidays:
- Congrats again to Jeremy Inabinet on winning the 9th Matterhorn International Pro-Am! You can rewatch all of the action over on the World Adventure Golf Tour's YouTube page. You can find more videos on our YouTube page.
- We also had a busy summer with being on ESPN's "the Ocho" and attending the Minigolf World Championships in Germany. You can follow our social media as well as the WMF's YouTube for more on those events!
- Be sure to check out the Puttcast for new episodes each month (which is now part of the GolferGang podcast network).
(10/7/25): New visitor review from CT posted today and not one, but three(!), reviews of library minigolf courses are also on the novelty page now. Congrats again to Jeremy Inabinet on winning the 9th Matterhorn International Pro-Am! It was a very close tournament and you can rewatch all of the action over on the World Adventure Golf Tour's YouTube page. We will be posting additional information across our socials.
We also had a busy summer with being on ESPN's "the Ocho" and attending the Minigolf World Championships in Germany. You can follow our social media as well as the WMF's YouTube for more on those events! If you are looking for other minigolf fun, be sure to check out the Puttcast for new episodes each month (which is now part of the GolferGang podcast network).
(10/1/25): New visitor review from MA posted today along with our newest Penguin review from a unique course in Florida that is associated with Pat's work. Congrats again to Jeremy Inabinet on winning the 9th Matterhorn International Pro-Am! It was a very close tournament and you can rewatch all of the action over on the World Adventure Golf Tour's YouTube page. We will be posting additional information across our socials.
(9/24/25): Congrats to Jeremy Inabinet on winning the 9th Matterhorn International Pro-Am! It was a very close tournament and you can rewatch all of the action over on the World Adventure Golf Tour's YouTube page. We will be posting additional information across our socials. We also posted today a review for a new minigolf course in CT that was re-built on a spot that had been closed for a while.
(9/14/25): It is tournament week! The pro division of the Matterhorn International Pro-Am tees off early on 9/20 and there will be live scoring as well as streaming action. (The smaller amateur tournament will be Friday night) This tournament is the highest level Blue tournament of the AMA which means there's lots of national ranking points available! It is also part of the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour. You can find plenty more to follow of the action on our Instagram, Facebook and YouTube pages.
(8/6/25): Did you see us on ESPN "the Ocho"? The National Putting Tour "Super Roll of Putting" aired on July 31st and we got a good few minutes of air time on the show. We are keeping an eye on any replays so that you can record it if you missed it. Don't forget we're now less than 2 months away from the Matterhorn International Pro-Am, so register now!
(7/6/25): Despite our best efforts, it has still been a month since our last update. We've been doing a lot of work helping cover the World Adventure Golf Masters as well as playing in a National Putting Tour event scheduled to be on ESPN 2 this summer! With all this going on, we have posted a new review from a course we played a few years back in Texas. Don't forget we're now less than 3 months away from the Matterhorn International Pro-Am, so register now!
(5/27/25): It has been a long time away but we're back with some visitor reviews. We posted two visitor reviews from NJ and one from RI today. The big minigolf news lately has been highlights of the World Adventure Golf Tour final made Olympics.com! We also have opened registration for the WAG Tour event, our Matterhorn International Pro-Am, held on September 20, 2025. Come try to win your way to the next WAG Tour final!
(4/6/25): After another month, we are back with a new Penguin review and a visitor review from NJ posted. As always we have a full backlog that we're working through but it has been slow going as we keep up with all the other minigolf things in the world! If you are interested in helping some friends of the Penguin go to an international tournament in May, check out our GoFundMe.
(3/9/25): We visited a course back in January that we hadn't play in CT in over 10 years. It's changed names/owners but a similar type blacklight course still. A couple weeks ago we also played in the AMA's O-Street Winter Classic and Pat finished with an impressive second place after never seeing the course before! There's plenty of AMA tournaments coming up - why don't you join the fun?
(2/7/25): Two more visitor reviews got onto the site today, one from MA and one from NJ. The AMA 2025 season has kicked off and we're ready for 30+ tournaments in 2025 including the Matterhorn International Pro-Am. Details on that tournament will be updated soon but save the date for September 20!
(1/22/25): Working our way through updates of reviews. We have a LOT of visitor reviews to get to, so sorry if you don't see yours up yet! Today was an update of our review of a course in MA, plus new visitor reviews from PA and NJ. The AMA 2025 season gets started on Sunday!
(12/22/24): A new review from our trip to TN is posted now and we updated a long-time favorite in CT this week as well. Happy Holidays to all who celebrate!
(12/2/24): Three visitor reviews from way back in 2022 were posted today in NJ! So many more to get through but hopefully this is a good start for our backlog. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to send in a review!
(11/6/24): We are getting back to review season and have now gotten up our review of Mossy Creek in Tennessee, which is home to the TN Open. Plenty more for us to work on as the nights turn cold here in New England.
(10/27/24): We are getting back to review season and got caught up on a visitor review from MA along with marking a few more courses closed unfortunately. Don't forget to look back at the 8th Matterhorn International Pro-Am and you can watch the live-stream replay - by the end of the year we should have the date of the 9th tournament locked down!
(10/3/24): So much happened in the month of September we couldn't keep up with it here (but covered it all on our social media channels). Most recently we just posted our review of a course in TN we played in August. Our own Pat also got back to the top of the podium in September, winning the 31st Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open, his second win there. After that we put on a very successful 8th Matterhorn International Pro-Am and you can watch the live-stream replay. Congrats to Highligther on winning and punching his ticket to the World Adventure Golf Tour Final!
(8/31/24): A long time since our last update as it has been a busy minigolf summer. We dropped a new review from RI today and in the past couple of months we have 1) played the Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament, 2) played the Maine Open, 3) played the O-Street Open and 4) played the TN Open! Next weekend we have the Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open and then on 9/21 it is the Matterhorn International Pro-Am which we hope to live stream!
(6/7/24): A second update in a week! Today we have a new visitor review from NJ as well an update of a CT course that we haven't played in 20 years! Congrats also goes out to our own Pat who secured his second win there, going back-to-back in the first years of that tournament. In addition, Mandy took home the title in the Women's Division for some of the first "sweep" of hardware by the Penguin team. Good luck to all playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships in the UK this weekend and the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM) in the Czech Republic next weekend!
(6/3/24): Today we posted a review from a sadly now closed course that we played in Minnesota back in 2023 the first time we went to the Looniest Open. Congrats also goes out to our own Pat who secured his second win there, going back-to-back in the first years of that tournament. In addition, Mandy took home the title in the Women's Division for some of the first "sweep" of hardware by the Penguin team. We also did two charity events in the past month so it has been a very busy time for us headed into the summer season.
(5/9/24): We have expanded into our 12th country now by way of our review of a course in Copenhagen, Denmark this year. There's a still about 8-10 reviews, both ours and visitors, we need to catch up on and we are working through that backlog. This weekend we head to Minnesota for our first tournament of 2024 and joining our friends A Couple of Putts at the Looniest Open, an AMA event.
(4/25/24): It is World Penguin Day! Happy waddling from this penguin family! Over the past couple of weeks we have had some great media for Dave and Caleb who are now in Brno, Czech Republic practicing for the World Adventure Golf Tour Final. You can find updates with all of this media on the GoFundMe page which is still taking donations. You can watch the tournament starting around 4am on Saturday, April 27 at this link. Then up next for us we have a trip to MN to play in an AMA tournament and hopefully some more review updates for the site. Keep up to speed with everything we are doing on our Facebook and Instagram accounts.
(3/31/24): Happy Easter to those who celebrate! We're about a month our from our friends Dave and Caleb leaving for the Czech Republic and we got some great press coverage on FOX61 on Friday. We still want to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support them. Dave and Caleb qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(3/19/24): We're about a month our from our friends Dave and Caleb leaving for the Czech Republic and want to continue to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support them. Dave and Caleb qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(2/20/24): We finally got around to posting another review from our 2022 Texas trip, whittling down how many we have outstanding. We also want to continue to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support two of our friends who are trying to make an international tournament. Dave and Caleb qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(2/14/24): Happy Valentine's Day! Don't forget that minigolf is a great date night idea! We want to continue to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support two of our friends who are trying to make an international tournament. Dave and Caleb qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(1/5/23): Two new reviews posted today. NJ is another place we're catching up on reviews so posted a new Penguin review from there and a new Visitor review from MA as well. We also want to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support two of our friends who are trying to make an international tournament. Dave and Justin qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(12/26/23): Two new reviews posted today. First we are starting to get through some of our MN reviews so Can Can Wonderland is on the site now. We also got a visitor review from NJ out of our backlog! We also want to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support two of our friends who are trying to make an international tournament. Dave and Justin qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(12/17/23): As we head into the holiday season we're hoping to catch up on a few things. Right now, though, we want to draw your attention to our GoFundMe to help support two of our friends who are trying to make an international tournament. Dave and Justin qualified for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour final and we are hoping our penguin family can help offset some costs of this significant achievement!
(11/22/23): We're sorry for such a long time between site updates - we've been busy with tournaments (running & playing) and other social media responsibilities! No new reviews yet here as we have a ton to work on but do you want to make sure your are catching a lot of our updates via the Puttcast and are following the fun of the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour. You can find the results of the Matterhorn International Pro-Am on it's page and you can find the final round and playoffs from the leaders over on the AMA YouTube page. Don't forget to check out the AMA website for all the information on the now completed 2023 season. Finally, you can check out Pat's latest blog about his Master's time over on Minigolfnews.com. Also, Happy Thanksgiving to our US followers!
(9/5/23): Sneaking in a couple of reviews here with a Penguin review from our recent trip to Sweden. We also updated two courses, one in NJ and one in MA, with additional visitor reviews we got in earlier in the year (there's still a bunch in our pipeline to update). Our tournament (the Matterhorn International Pro-Am) is coming up quickly so be sure to review the information below and sign-up if you want a crack at becoming this year's champion!
(9/5/23): It's been a very busy summer with tournaments (both played and covered, nationally and internationally) as well as tournament prep for the Matterhorn International Pro-Am, which is now just 2 weeks away! We'll be back at our reviews in a little while once some of this calms down.
(7/7/23): We've been on break a bit here from the reviews as we're focusing on content for the Matterhorn International Pro-Am. Walkthrough videos are being posted over on our YouTube if you you'd like some insight on how to play the course. Most of July will be dedicated to that along with prepping for some upcoming tournaments so we'll get to some reviews (both penguin and visitor) as time allows this summer.
(6/11/23): Couple of updates on the site today. We posted a new visitor review out of NY along with an update from the same visitor on a review she sent in a few years ago. We also posted our review of Dreamland in Texas, one of the most unique courses we have seen. Stay tuned over at the Puttcast for coverage of a lot of tournaments happening throughout June and July.
(5/28/23): In honor of our own Pat winning the 1st Looniest Mini Golf Open a couple of weekends ago in Minnesota (congrats Pat!), we pulled together a review of The Loon's Nest and pushed it to the front our line. In addition, with an upcoming charity event that we'll be a part of we also posted a new visitor review of Safari Golf in CT.
(5/7/23): Trying to catch up on reviews before starting into more 2023 courses but it won't happen fully as we're looking to head to MN next weekend to play in the Looniest Open! But anyway, we posted a new visitor review from NJ today along with an update of our review from a course in TX.
(4/12/23): We posted two new reviews from New Jersey today. One is a new course that was reviewed by a visitor and the other is a course we previously had visitor reviewed but now had a chance to add our penguin thoughts to. In case you missed the news, our tournament in September - the Matterhorn International Pro-Am - was selected to be a part of the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) World Adventure Golf Tour for 2023-2024. You can see the WMF article about what the tour is and means for players in our event. So honored to be connected with the global minigolf community!
(4/7/23): In case you missed the news last week, our tournament in September - the Matterhorn International Pro-Am - was selected to be a part of the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) World Adventure Golf Tour for 2023-2024. You can see the WMF article about what the tour is and means for players in our event. So honored to be connected with the global minigolf community!
(2/27/23): Busy week for minigolf last week, with the least of it being we managed to get up a new visitor review from NJ today. Over on the Puttcast, they had a talk about a letter we received from the USPMGA that garnered a lot of attention and there was the talk of minigolf sports betting this weekend on the World Putting League event happening today and tomorrow. It won't be long before the outdoor season is in full swing here in the Northeast (despite the snow we're getting today).
(2/20/23): It's been a short break for us posting, but we're jumping back into our backlog of reviews. Our most recent is another one from the Jersey Shore and a course we played last summer in Atlantic City.
(1/2/23): Welcome to 2023! Today we posted a review from the historic Cool Crest in San Antonio, TX as we continue to work through our backlog of reviews. This was a great course to play and review.
(12/27/22): Adding to our course totals for the year, we got a review up of another Monster Mini Golf course. This one comes from our April trip and is from Round Rock, TX. We still have about half-dozen reviews from 2022 to get through and posted to the site. Happy new year if we don't get another update done before the calendar flips to 2023!
(12/24/22): The stockings are hung and all the penguins are quiet in the house, so from our minigolf family to yours - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We posted a new visitor review from NC today and hope to get to some more reviews before 2022 shuts it doors.
(11/27/22): Nearly all complete on our visitor review backlog, posting two new courses from Virginia today and bringing our total on the website now to 402! We'll also continue to post several courses that we played in 2022 over the winter here as we prep for the 2023 season.
(11/24/22): Starting to catch up now with reviews in our queue. We just posted another visitor review from one of the most reviewed courses on our website in Connecticut - Hidden Valley. Happy Thanksgiving to all our followers in the United States!
(11/20/22): Big day today as we hit 400 courses reviewed on the website, courtesy of our latest Penguin review from Texas. This wouldn't be possible without a ton of visitor reviews we have gotten over the years. We still have a few in our email to get onto the site from 2022 as well. Here's looking to the next 100 courses and maybe we can round out all 50 states soon!
(11/8/22): Managed to get two more visitor reviews up today, one from Ohio on a course that was already reviewed and a brand new review form Washington. What will be our 400th course reviewed on the site?
(11/1/22): Lots of things going on in the past month. Today we posted 2 new visitor reviews - one from MA and one from NC. We finished up the Master's in October, with Pat getting to a career high 16th. You can find more around that and the finish of the first AMA year on the Puttcast episodes. You can also find a recap of the AMA season over on the AMA page.
(9/21/22): Happy Miniature Golf Day! We hope you are out there enjoying minigolf in all its forms today and if you play a course, feel free to send us a review (we promise we'll get it on the site eventually!)
The 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am was September 17th at Matterhorn Minigolf. You can find more information on our Pro-Am specific page. It was a great turnout and we look forward to the 7th event in 2023.
(9/7/22): Two more visitor reviews were just posted - one from Maine and one from North Carolina. Congrats goes to our own Pat who won the 41st Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament in August! This coming weekend we are up in Maine for the Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open. Find out more about this an all the American Minigolf Alliance Tournaments, including our tournament below on the AMA event page.
The 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am will be on September 17th at Matterhorn Minigolf. You can find more information on our overall tournament page or the Pro-Am specific page. The Matterhorn Mini Golf league has started on Tuesday nights at 6pm in Canton, CT so visit us there for 2 rounds for $20 with cash payouts if you want some low-stress competition (and some practice for the tournament). There is only one week left in league before the tournament!
(8/20/22): We've got another course review from NJ that is a year late, also from Ocean City. Maybe our next set from this past weekend won't take as long! We enjoyed the O-Street $1,000 tournament, finishing 4th (Pat) and 24th (Mandy). This weekend we have the 41st Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament.
(8/8/22): It might only be a year later but we have finally gotten around to posting our review of Tee Time Golf in Ocean City, NJ where we'll be competing in the 4th O-Street $1,000 tournament this coming Sunday!
(7/24/22): Another penguin review in the books today, covering what should have been a very interested, but turned out to be a very disappointing, traveling course that we caught in Texas.
(7/18/22): We've got a new visitor review from North Carolina on the site today and we're well on our way to passing the 400 course mark this year with what is in our backlog. The Matterhorn Mini Golf league has started on Tuesday nights at 6pm in Canton, CT so visit us there for 2 rounds for $20 with cash payouts if you want some low-stress competition!
(7/4/22): New Penguin review posted from Texas today as we continue to work through our backlog of reviews. Leagues and tournaments are ramping up now with summer so we expect to be busy all over social media during the next few months.
(6/26/22): New visitor reviews from NC and MO were both posted today and made a couple adjustments to some now closed courses. We've got a handful more visitor reviews in our backlog and over a half-dozen of our own reviews to get posting this summer.
(6/23/22): New visitor review from CT posted today and we've got a lot to work through this summer (along with playing new courses). Overall we did well in the Odetah tournament finishing 5th (Pat) and 7th (Mandy) overall. If you're looking for more tournament information check out the AMA website or give a listen to some of the latest episodes of the PuttCast podcast.
(5/29/22): We've skipped around a bit posting a 2022 review before we've finished the 2021 reviews. This newest review is from our recent trip to Texas. This coming weekend (June 5th) we'll be playing at a tournament at Odetah Campground in Bozrah, CT. See the Squeaky Bagel for more information if you want to join us.
(5/2/22): New penguin review from NJ was posted today for Haunted Golf. We are slowly working our way through the courses we played last summer as well as more recently. The 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am will be on September 17th at Matterhorn Minigolf. You can find more information on our overall tournament page or the Pro-Am specific page. Also don't forget to check out our Facebook page for posting of many other tournaments and charity events happening this year.
(4/29/22): Two new visitor reviews posted today from NC. We have a lot of items in our backlog from NJ (in 2021) and TX (from 2022) and will be posting them over the coming weeks. We have also announced the 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am on September 17th at Matterhorn Minigolf. You can find more information on our overall tournament page or the Pro-Am specific page.
(4/10/22): Some sad news and some happy news today. On the sad side, by mutual agreeement the International Mini Golf Summit in Austin was postponed. You can find out more at the AMA website. However, on the bright side we have announced the 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am on September 17th at Matterhorn Minigolf. You can find more information on our overall tournament page or the Pro-Am specific page.
(3/9/22): Registration for the International Mini Golf Summit is now live! We're about 6 weeks out from the tournament in April and have opened registration for what is sure to be a one-of-a-kind event.In addition, today we posted two more visitor reviews from 2021, one each from CT and RI.
(2/10/22): Just posted another visitor review from North Carolina today. But the big, big news is that at the end of January we launched our partnership with A Couple of Putts and O-Street Minigolf - the American Mini Golf Alliance! The first tournament of the AMA 2022 rankings is this weekend so check out the website for more information and sign-up to become a member- it's free!
(1/9/22): Just posted another visitor review from North Carolina today. Be sure to check back here often during January for more reviews being posted as well as information about some major 2022 tournaments!
(1/3/22): Happy new year and we welcome 2022 with another couple of visitor reviews. One is an update from CT and the other is a new course for the site from NC. We'll be continuing out updates throughout January as we keep working through the backlog of visitor reviews from last year.
(12/28/21): Two more visitor reviews were posted today thanks to some of our frequent reviewers. They are in MA and NC. We've still got more to post as well as cleaning up, unfortunately, some lists of now closed courses. If we don't make another update this week - Happy New Year and here's to more putting in 2022!
(12/21/21): Working our way through some reviews as the year comes to a close. Today we posted up a review from one of several courses we visited in Ocean City, NJ this summer.
(11/29/21): Thanks to some visitor contributions we're getting caught up on some courses that have closed and getting them marked as such. We also have a new visitor review from Massachussetts on a previously reviewed course. Don't forget if you are looking for some holiday presents, we have some fun minigolf items in our Zazzle store.
(11/20/21): Getting back into a more regular schedule of updates now. We've posted a new visitor review from North Carolina and a new penguin review from Washington, DC. Both of these are on courses that are new to the site, so helping us move toward 400 courses covered! Lots more in the pipeline to get posted along with a lot of media from other courses as well as the tournaments from the Fall.
(11/11/21): Now that we are out of the height of tournament season for us, we're taking some time to get back to our backlog of reviews. We just posted one visitor review from North Carolina and have a lot more to get through over the coming weeks. We also will be finishing up posting media from a lot of the tournaments so keep an eye out for that over the winter.
(10/19/21): There has been so much going on the past 6 weeks that we've been updating social media and other outlets like crazy but have been neglecting the wesite. If you want a quick update you can read about the Dolphin tournament, share in Pat's success at our Matterhorn tournament, check out the scores from the USPMGA Master's and see the reults and the video from the Mt. Atlanticus Mighty Minotaur Minigolf Tournament that we played in and help run with A Couple of Putts and O Street Mini Golf while down in Myrtle Beach!
(9/2/21): Two new Penguin reviews were posted from our NJ trip earlier in the summer. We have more NJ reviews to work on from our latest trip and a backlog of visitor reviews to get ip on the site. We'll be pushing 400 courses soon! There's still time to register for the Matterhorn International Pro-Am and you can check out the tournament page for the latest on the tournament coming up on Septmeber 18th.
(8/4/21): New penguin review from a course in NJ was posted today. While we still have a couple more new courses to review from our latest trip we'll be heading back down there next week for a tournament, so hopefully a few more new courses for the hopper. We also have a few visitor reviews we need to fromat an post. Check out the Matterhorn International Pro-Am tournament page for the latest on our tournament coming up on Septmeber 18th.
(7/29/21): Posted a new visitor review from NC today, one of several in the hopper. New penguin reviews will be coming this summer as well, so a lot of updates to come. We just dropped another episode of the Puttcast but will be off for a bit while Holey Moley is on a break. The 5th Matterhorn International Pro-Am is coming up in less than 2 months. Check out our tournament page and why not give it a try if you are in the area?
(7/13/21): The first of four New Jersey reviews have been posted to the site and we have some new visitor reviews that we are working on as well. Going to be a busy summer getting these reviews posted- but that's a good thing! The Puttcast is dropping new episodes each week now with the return of Holey Moley 3D in 2D. We just covered the 4th episode and will be bringing you new ones each week during the summer.
(6/28/21): Today we posted two new visitor reviews from Ohio, with one being a new course for the site. We have several new NJ reviews we are working on after a quick trip to the shore this past week, so stay tuned for more updates this summer. The Puttcast is dropping new episodes each week now with the return of Holey Moley 3D in 2D in the United States so be sure to subscribe to that on your favorite podcast platform.
(5/26/21): Today we posted the last outstanding visitor review in our queue, this one from Ohio. As always, we welcome new reviews all the time so feel free to send them in as you are hitting the minilinks this summer! The Puttcast is dropping new episodes all the time, with the latest one covering the new connected reality game OneShotGolf. Make sure to follow Puttcast and OneShot on social media for a chance at prizes coming up. With Holey Moley starting in under a month we'll be returning to episode recaps soon!
(5/19/21): We are back to hitting the minilinks and with that comes some course reviews and updates. Today we posted an update from a course we first reviewed 15 years ago in CT. The Puttcast is dropping new episodes all the time, with the next one covering the new connected reality game OneShotGolf. With Holey Moley starting in under a month we'll be returning to episode recaps soon!
(4/19/21): Two new visitor reviews were posted today, one from NH and one from NC. As courses start to open up, follow us here or on social media for all our minigolf travels. The Puttcast is now on its 14th episode and we've moved on from Holey Moley Australia, tackling the U.S. Open with our first interview in the latest episode. We'll be covering a few more general minigolf topics before the U.S. version of Holey Moley returns in June!
(3/17/21): Somehow we forgot that we had one more 2020 review from Maine, so we just got it posted today! We are now on episode 7of Puttcast: Minigolf, Holey Moley and All Things Putting.covering the first Australian season of Holey Moley. We're working our way toward the finale and once we get there we'll turn our attention to the larger world of minigolf, so gives us a follow/subscription and an ace of a rating!
(2/28/21): As we move into March we have a new visitor review from our friends over at O-Street Minigolf of a course and gameroom in Massachusetts. It looks like a pretty cool place and not too far away from us, so we have to get over there! We are now on episode 4 (with 5 being posted soon) of Puttcast: Minigolf, Holey Moley and All Things Putting.covering the first two the Australian season of Holey Moley. We'll be wrapping up the Holey Moley run about halfway through March and then turn our attention to the larger minigolf world.
(2/17/21): Today we posted a new visitor review on our Novelty page of a course developed at someone's house. It's pretty cool! Also we recently released our first two episodes of Puttcast: Minigolf, Holey Moley and All Things Putting.covering the first two episodes of the Australian season of Holey Moley. We'll be releasing quite a few more episodes throughout the month so check us out wherever you find your favorite podcasts!
(2/5/21): Pat is excited to announce a new podcast he is co-hosting with Tom from A Couple of Putts call Puttcast: Minigolf, Holey Moley and All Things Putting. The trailer is available right now on all of the major podcast networks and we hope to drop the first full episode this coming weekend. We'll start the run by looking at the Australian version of Holey Moley but will be covering all type of minigolf items all year long. Come check us out, subscribe and rate us!
(1/20/21): Posted a new review from Maryland today, marking our last course from 2020 that needed to be posted on the site. We're looking forward now to hopefully playing some new courses in 2021! Keep an eye on our socials as get out when we can this winter and participate in some putting at home with the Putt18 league.
(1/11/21): First update of 2021 and we are cleaning up our final 2020 reviews. Today we posted an update of a NJ course we managed to play twice in 2020 plus a brand new review of another course in New Jersey. This course marks the 200th course that was reviewed by the penguin team
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(12/17/20): One more visitor review posted today, another from South Carolina. Will it be the last of 2020? We will have to see with just 2 weeks left!
(11/28/20): Another update filled with visitor reviews today as we posted two more from Ohio, getting us near to the end of our backlog of reviews. Thank you to everyone who has been sending them in this year and we're sorry we don't get them posted quicker sometimes!
(11/8/20): Big update today as we posted three new visitor reviews from South Carolina, all from Murrells Inlet. We will be continuing to post more as the weeks go on and don't forget to check out our social media channels for more minigolf content during the week.
(10/29/20): Two new visitor reviews are posted on the site. One is from a course in South Carolina that hasn't been reviewed before and the other is an update to a course review from Ohio
(10/26/20): Backf rom our final tournament of the season where Pat finished 3rd and now we're getting to work on cleaning up our backlog of reviews, photos and videos. Don't forget you can check out Minigolfnews.com for Pat's blogging about tournaments and stay tuned to us all throughout the winter for minigolf content.
(8/31/20): Congrats to Pat and Mandy for having a great tournament yesterday at the O-Street $1,000 Tournament in NJ. Mandy finished 2nd in the women's division. Pat cleaned up in the overall division, winning first place, having the most aces and setting a course record (35) in his first round. Up net for tournament play is the Lee Stoddard Maine State Open in Boothbay, ME on Sept 12th. We'll have a new episode of "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Windmill" this coming Friday at 11pm ET following a new episode of Holey Moley on Thursday.
(8/29/20): Two new visitor reviews went up today - one from NC and one from ME. We are back on the minigolf tournament circuit this Fall with most scheduled competitions still taking place. We picked up a win last weekend at the 39th Farmington Miniature Golf tournament and you can follow along with other tournaments on our social media pages. There's still two weeks left on Holey Moley this season and we're still doing "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Windmill" over on Facebook, so check us out there for the latest episodes and timing. Happy putting!
(7/2/20): Two new visitor reviews went up today - one from SC and one from ME. We've also been pumping out episodes of "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Windmill" over on Facebook which is now covering both Hardcore Minigolf and Holey Moley (among other minigolf relates items). We usually go live at 10pm or 11pm ET on Friday's so be sure to check our pages for information on the most recent episode.
(6/11/20): Today we posted a new review from NJ where we were able to play a course prior to the lockdown. Coming up tonight is the 4th week of season 2 of Holey Moley and we are continuing our show "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Windmill" with A Couple of Putts over on their Facebook page. This coming week (6/12) we will be going live at 10pm ET. We will be going live each Friday at 10 or 11pm ET so keep a watch on either or our social media accounts for the specific airings that week. You can also find a hisotry of the shows over on their website.
(6/1/20): A lot of events since we last updated the site. First, we are cleaning up some old reviews and posted one in Colorado from 2018 that we hadn't gotten on the site yet. This past month we got to participate in two virtual minigolf events - Putt4Pledges to raise money for chairty and the Putt18 putting mat 4 Nations Cup, where we (and Team USA) ended up 3rd.
Holey Moley also started up again in May with season 2 dubbed "The Sequel". In case you have missed it, we are doing a recap show with Tom Loftus from A Couple of Putts over on their Facebook page. We're probably going to settle into an 11pm ET Friday time slot but follow our pages for time announcements.
(4/14/20): We expect that reviews will be kind of slow over the next two months but we do have two new visitor reviews of library events held earlier in the year that we just posted. If you want to send in some reviews of courses you have played previously, now might be the time to get on that!
With many states and countries extending their stay-at-home orders through at least April 30 (and many longer) we're extending our Putting Penguin Pandemic Putt Off challenge over on Facebook until May 9th, which is Miniature Golf Day. If you are interested in joining we encourage you to post videos of your homemade holes or courses on our Facebook page or at least tag them with #puttathome and #isolationminigolf if you post them other places. Who knows, you might win a prize pack from us!
(3/25/20): Well a lot of stuff has changed since our last update! With COVID-19 impacting the world around us, much of the minigolf world has taken a hit though there's still some places that are able to be open for safe social-distancing fun. With that in mind we're going to try to catch up on a bunch of things here over the next month (hopefully not too much longer). We've also launched the Putting Penguin Pandemic Putt Off challenge over on Facebook to highlight your best #Puttathome designs whie we're all staying to stay safe and stay home.
(2/20/20): We have finally caught up on the backlog of 2019 visitor reviews that we had. The last two are from California and they were both posted to the site today. We just got thre first couple of reviews from 2020 in so we will be working on those next. Looking forward to some warmer weather here in the Northeast to start putting outside again!
(2/3/20): Our next update is here with a visitor review from North Carolina. This one is a little different as it's a retroactive review of a course back in 2016 before the course closed. We've got a couple more reviews to catch up on for 2019 then we're turning our attention to getting more courses covered in 2020!
(1/13/20): Holey Moley! After many months we have finally pulled together our review of the Holey Moley course with some help from fellow contestants and minigolf friends! We hope you like this inside look at the course and how it played. If you were a contestant and want to add your thoughts let us know. We're looking forward to season two and hope that some folks will send in their own reviews of what is sure to be some fantastic holes!
(1/1/20): We jump two courses in our total as we kick off the new year with a visitor review out of NY and a penguin review out of CA. There's still about a half-dozen visitor reviews that we'll be working on posting before we get too far into 2020. We hope everyone has a great 2020 and that all your putts roll true this year!
(12/28/19): A visitor review out of GA now brings us to 342 courses on the website and we're still working on our backlog. You can check out our 2019 year in review over on Facebook and Instagram, and we have plenty of media around the web if you're looking to fill some time over the holidays.
(12/8/19): We posted one new visitor review from IL today, bringing our total courses on the site to 341. We also updated our review of the Hawaiian Village course in North Myrtle Beach after recently playing there at the Master's. There's officially snow on the ground in the Northeast so our minigolf will move inside for most of the winter. Looking at catching up on more reviews too!
(11/25/19): Today we posted three new visitor reviews from Illinois, bringing our total up to 340 courses now with a review on the site. We are working our way through posting a backlog of reviews, updating some of our own reviews and posting other media across our social media sites. Keep tuned to us throughout the Northeast winter to catch-up on all this content!
(10/25/19): Today we posted our 323rd visitor reviee and 337th course overall on the website. This marks the beginning of us working through our backlog of reviews that have built up during tournament season.
The USPMGA Master's wrapped up on the October 12th and we're going through and posting what we have to various social media sites. We'll also be posting lots of tournament information later on through the Fall and Winter. Currently, in China the Minigolf World Championships are going on and you can follow the action on the official tournament page.
(10/3/19): Congrats goes out to Justin Seymour who kept up his hotstreak on September 21st by winning the 3rd Matterhorn International Pro-Am by a mere one stroke. Our own Pat came in 3rd after losing in a playoff for second place and our own Mandy finished in 12th place. We'll have stats available soon and hope to put up a new page with historical information about this tournament.
Today we posted our 193 Penguin review and 336th overall course review, this one from California. We're getting a chance now to catch up on our backlog. However, next week we'll be fully involved with the USPMGA Master's as our last major tournament of 2019. Look for updates on our social media pages.
(9/18/19): The day is almost upon us for the 3rd Matterhorn International Pro-Am on Septmeber 21st (Miniature Golf Day). You can still signup for tournament and get free practice on Friday. If you are interested in the statistics from the 2018 event, you can find them here.
Two weekends ago, Pat extended his excellent finishes at the (newly named) Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open, coming in 2nd to fellow Connecticut putter Justin Seymour. We'll have to see if these two match up again this weekend.
(9/4/19): Today we posted one new visitor review from Connecticut. We have a backlog of reviews to get through, including that long awaited review of the Holey Moley course. This weekend, we head up to Dolphin Mini Golf in Boothbay, Maine for the Maine State Dolphin Open, a tournament Pat won back in 2016 and both Pat and Mandy will be playing in the tournament this year. Will have to see if we hit up any other minigolf courses on the way!
(8/22/19): In honor of today's 2-hour Holey Moley season finale (starting at 8pm ET on ABC) we posted a new review from a course in LA that we played while filming our episode. We will still have more Holey Moley content coming with our course review and Pat's restrospective blog of his experience over at Minigolfnews.com. This past weekend Pat scored his 5th career tournament win, taking home the title in the 38th Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament with a final hole ace! Doesn't get more exciting than that!
(8/13/19): Today we posted two new visitor reviews from courses that are new to the site - 1 in Illinois and 1 in South Carolina. There's still plenty of reviews in out backlog including our review of Holey Moley. Up next for us this weekend is the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament. It will be our 6th time playing this wonderful local tournament. There's still time to sign up for it!
(8/7/19): Today we posted two new visitor reviews from previously reviewed courses in both Florida and Illinois. We have a lot of reviews in our backlog to post and are doing our best to catch up with them over the next few weeks, including our review of the Holey Moley course. Up next for us is a meet the pros day on Sunday at Matterhorn Mini Golf where we talk all things minigolf from 12-2pm. Then it's the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament on 8/17 and 8/18.
(7/29/19): Welcome Holey Moley viewers! Our latest review is from Sweden, and GolfOasen where the 2019 World Adventure Golf Masters was held. You can read about Pat's tournament adventures in his blog. We also just posted a visitor review from Ohio, marking course 331 covered on this site. We've got plenty of updates to come this summer between reviews we're catching up on to tournaments we're playing in, so check back often for new information!
(7/25/19): Welcome Holey Moley viewers! We hope you have found this site because you are interested in seeing about our minigolf travels. Feel free to browse our reviews and submit your own - we'll be doing a review of the Holey Moley course once the season is over. We're constantly in a state of update given how long we've been doing this so you'll see some spots more current than others. Our latest review is from Sweden, and GolfOasen where the 2019 World Adventure Golf Masters was held. You can read about Pat's tournament adventures in his blog.
(7/11/19): Holey Moley - we're going to be on TV! It's official, we will be on the July 25th episode of Holey Moley on ABC (8pm ET). You can also check it our streaming on Hulu. We can't wait for you all to see how much fun we had on the show and to showcase more of our love of minigolf!
(7/1/19): We posted two new visitors reviews today, one from OH and one from VA. With Pat home from the World Adventure Golf Masters, you can read all about his trip (and all the tournaments this summer) via his blogging on Minigolfnews.com. Also this summer, don't forget to watch Holey Moley on Thursday nights on ABC or streaming on Hulu. We'll see Pat on a future episode!
(6/27/19): Two new course reviews were posted today, one penguin review (SC) and one visitor review (LA), bringing our total to 327 courses. The LA course also brings us into our 39th state with at least one course reviewed. With Pat home from the World Adventure Golf Masters, you can read all about his trip via his blogging on Minigolfnews.com. Last week on June 20th, ABC premiered Holey Moley, the new miniature golf competition show on which our own Pat was a participant! No word yet on exactly which episode he'll be on but we know it won't be any earlier than July 18th. It was a very successful premiere based on ratings so here's hoping that continues all summer!
(6/18/19): Welcome home Pat from the World Adventure Golf Masters, held in Sweden this past weekend! While Pat didn't medal, Team USA did, taking 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze over 4 of the 8 divisions played. You can see all of the results at the link above and you can catch all of Pat's blogs about minigolf tournaments at Minigolfnews.com. This week, June 20th, ABC will be premiering Holey Moley, the new miniature golf competition show on which our own Pat was a participant! No word yet on exactly which episode he'll be on but we know it won't be any earlier than July 11th, so keep tuned to us for updates.
(6/4/19): It's a huge few weeks for minigolf here at the Putting Penguin. We posted the first of many new course reviews we have in store for you, this one from California. We just got back from playing in the U.S. Open in May and next week we'll be in Sweden playing in the World Adventure Golf Masters. Finally, on June 20th ABC will be premiering Holey Moley, the new miniature golf competition show on which our own Pat was a participant! No word yet on exactly which episode he'll be on but we'll be sure to post it here as soon as we know!
(5/16/19): It only took until the end of April but we finally have posted our last 2018 visitor review (from TN). We are now working on the ones we received in 2019 along with some of our own new reviews. Going to be a busy month as the U.S. Open is now less than a month away!
(4/29/19): It only took until the end of April but we finally have posted our last 2018 visitor review (from TN). We are now working on the ones we received in 2019 along with some of our own new reviews. Going to be a busy month as the U.S. Open is now less than a month away!
(4/19/19): Two visitor reviews from MA were posted today, representing two new courses to the site. We've still got a backlog of visitor reviews (thank you to everyone for submitting) and our own reviews to post so it will be a busy few weeks for us.
(4/12/19): Two visitor reviews posted today, one from CT and one a new library course also from CT (can be found on the Novelty page). Also, if you haven't seen minigolf is coming to ABC this summer starting June 20th. Can't wait to check out what this show has in store for some fun summer watching.
(4/11/19): Lots of updates to come to the site soon. A few visitor reviews we've caught up on, along with a few new courses that we have played. Also, if you haven't seen minigolf is coming to ABC this summer starting June 20th. Can't wait to check out what this show has in store for some fun summer watching.
(2/14/19): Finally posted our last penguin review of 2018, from our visit to South Carolina in October. We still have about a half-dozen visitor reviews from 2018 to get up on the site.
(1/7/19): This is our first update of 2019 and we're still working through quite a 2018 backlog. Our update today is from our visit to the UK and is our 316th course on the site and 187th penguin played course. We have one more from SC to post along with a lot of visitor reviews to get through.
Also, you can save the date for the 3rd Matterhorn International Pro-Am, which will be held on September 21, 2019 (Miniature Golf Day)! If you are interested in the statistics from the 2018 event, you can find them here.
(12/19/18): Today we posted two new visitor reviews from CT, both on courses that were previously reviewed. We still have a pipeline of our own reviews (from SC and the UK) that we need to post as well as some more visitor reviews. Hope to have them all up by the end of the year but we'll just have to see!
(11/29/18): Today we posted two new reviews, bringing our course total to 315. One review is from our recent visit to South Carolina for the Masters. The other is a visitor review from Michigan. We still have a few more reviews in the pipeline so check back over the next couple of weeks as we get them wrapped up.
(11/2/18): Working through reviews now. First, we have a new visitor review from Connecticut on a course that's now been reviewed 7 times be website visitors! We've also posted our 185th Penguin review, and 313th course overall, from one of the additional courses we played while down in Myrtle Beach, SC last month. More reviews to come!
(10/23/18): Finally getting back to some updates on the site, starting with a new visitor review from Colorado. We have quite a few visitor reviews to post plus a few of our own reviews to add from South Carolina. Congrats to Justin Seymour who won the 2nd Matterhorn International Pro-Am back in September and to Greg Newport who recently won the USPMGA Master's (both of which we played in). As tournament season is drawing to a close in the Northeast we'll hopefully find more time to catch up on our site updates, so keep checking back often.
(8/29/18): New visitor review from MI was posted today and we have another from CO that we need to get on the site. There's a lot of tournament action coming up over the next couple of months so be sure to check back here and our social media pages often.
(8/17/18): New visitor review from PA was posted today along with a new one from FL (which is also a new course for the site). We have a few more reviews to get posted and there's a lot of tournament action coming up over the next couple of months so be sure to check back here and our social media pages often.
(7/14/18): We updated our review of a Disney course last played in 2006 and we're slowly working through the backlog of other reviews we have. Keep an eye out for updates all throughout the summer!
(6/26/18): A couple more visitor reviews were posted from MA and we updated one of our reviews of a CT course. We've got plenty of stuff in our backlog that we're working through so keep any eye out on all our social media channels for new content being added weekly.
(6/14/18): A couple more visitor reviews were posted from CT today along with our updated review of a course in PA. We still have a pipeline of visitor reviews and updated Penguin reviews to get to over the next few weeks. This weekend is the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM) in the Czech Republic and we want to say good luck to all our friends playing in the tournament!
(5/28/18): The 2nd of 2 reviews from England was posted today, marking 307 courses reviewed on the site. We've got a few more visitor reviews to get up plus we've been posting some pictures from our trip to the U.S. Open where Pat finished tied for 15th. Coming up on June 1st we get to see Through the Windmill, a minigolf documentary that we play a small part in!
(5/10/18): Two new visitor reviews were posted today, one from MA and one from TX. The TX course brings us to 306 courses on the website. We still have plenty of reviews to post plsu we'll be playing in the U.S. Open next week in North Carolina so we'll have some pictures and videos from that tournament. Don't forget to mark your calendar for the 2nd Matterhorn International Pro-Am in September! We hope to see you all there. You can find the entry information on our tournament page.
(5/5/18): The first of two courses we reviewed during a recent trip to England has been posted. The British Masters 2018 was played on this course and we got the opportunity to watch the tournament as well. We've also posted another visitor review, of which we have a backlog we're still working through. Don't forget to mark your calendar for the 2nd Matterhorn International Pro-Am in September! We hope to see you all there. You can find the entry information on our tournament page.
(4/7/18): The Masters inspired us to make an update today. We're keeping it quiet as we posted three new reviews of library minigolf courses. One was a penguin review and two were visitor reviews, all from Connecticut. You can check them out on the Novelty page. Don't forget to mark your calendar for the 2nd Matterhorn International Pro-Am in September! We hope to see you all there. You can find the entry information on our tournament page.
(3/25/18): Just updated our review from a course in Washington, D.C. Up next we have a library minigolf review to post as well as many visitor reviews to get on the site. We also just posted the details for the 2nd Matterhorn International Pro-Am in September! We hope to see you all there. You can find the entry information on our tournament page.
(3/22/18): A big milstone for minigolf today as we pass over 300 courses reviewed on the website. We posted two new visitor reviews today, one from Connecticut and one from a libary minigolf. We've got over a dozen more reviews to get through as well so plenty to update. We also just posted the details for the 2nd Matterhorn International Pro-Am in September! We hope to see you all there. You can find the entry information on our tournament page.
(3/18/18): A small update today as we update our last course from our trip to South Carolina in October, a course we had visited twice before and one of our favorite in the country. We have another backlog of visitor reviews to get to, as well as another update from a recent course visit and a new library minigolf to post, so we'll be breaking through the 300 course number very soon! Also check back soon for the announcement of this year's Matterhorn International Pro-Am to be played in September.
(2/19/18): Still holding at 299 courses as we post a couple more visitor reviews from CT today. We've still got a backlog to get through and we're also updating our reviews a bit to be a bit nicer on the eyes. With so many courses already on the site, this is a big set of work! On the plus side we're inching closer to Spring in the Northeast which means more minigolf to come!
(2/12/18): We are now up to 299 courses as we just posted our review of a course in South Carolina! It marks the 181st course that has been reviewed by the Penguin. We still have a backlog of visitor and penguin reviews to post so we'll continue to be plenty busy during these winter months, so keep checking back regularly.
(2/9/18): Today's up date brings us to 38 states covered now thanks to a visitor review out of Iowa! It also brings us up to 298 total courses on the site. We still have a backlog of visitor and penguin reviews to post so we'll continue to be plenty busy during these winter months, so keep checking back regularly.
(1/21/18): Up to 297 courses on the website now thanks to a visitor review from Connecicut in 2017 that we just posted. We also posted 2 more visitor reviews from the same state today. Our backlog is shrinking but still have a half-dozen items to get up on the site and will hopefully get those done before we get a chance to play too many more courses!
(1/14/18): We kick off 2018 with a review from 2017 as we get our 180th Penguin reviewed course onto the site, making course #296 in total. We've got two more penguin reviews/updates to reviews to post and a handful of visitor reviews as well, so we will still be busy even though it's the middle of New England winter right now for us!
(12/30/17): BLooking to end 2017 on a big note as we published a new review today, pushing us into our 37th state (Minnesota)! It's our 179th penguin review and 295th review overall. With some additional reviews still lingering from 2017 we'll be pushing 300 overall courses reviewed very soon!
(12/27/17): Big update to the site today! We posted a new penguin review from Missouri, which makes our 178th penguin reviewed course and 294 courses on the site. We also psoted 3 visitor reviews on previously reviewed courses in Connecticut. We still have 10 more reviews from 2017 to get up onto the site soon! Don't forget to follow us on Facebook to catch our year in review which is happening all this week.
(12/23/17): We updated our review of one of the USPMGA Master's courses today. We've still got a few more courses to review along with several visitor reviews to get through and are hoping to use some of our holiday time to get this done. On Facebook we're cracking through our Top 10 Minigolf Moments of 2017 so be sure to check that out. Happy Holidays to all of our minigolf friends!
(12/12/17): Another three visitor reviews posted from Connecticut today, all on previously reviewed courses. Watch this space for more reviews to be posted this month and don't forget to check out our Facebook and Twitter pages for our countdown of our Top 10 Minigolf Moments from 2017 coming later this month.
(12/3/17): Today we posted a new Penguin review from a course in South Carolina where we already had a couple of visitor reviews. We still have a lot of reviews of our owns and that visitors have sent in to get through so we'll continue to update the site in the coming weeks.
(11/22/17): Three new visitor reviews out of Connecticut were posted again today. We've got plenty more to continue posting over the coming weeks. Don't forget to check some of our social media sites in December as we count down some of our achievements from last year and look back on some courses we've played.
(11/11/17): Three new visitor reviews out of Connecticut were posted today. We've got a ton more in the hopper and will continue to bring you updates through the end of the year.
(11/5/17): A new penguin review was posted today in South Carolina on a course that had previously been a visitor reviewed course. We still have 10+ reviews (both penguin and visitor) in the pipeline and we're working to get them up to the site over the next couple of months as well as posting media from the courses on both Flickr and YouTube. Stay tuned for more great content!
(10/30/17): Two more visitor reviews from Connecticut were posted today as we slowly work through our backlog of reviews. We will have great updates to the site over the next couple of months with everything we have to post!
(10/26/17): We had a great time at the USPMGA Masters earlier this month and as a result we've got plenty of new reviews to post from South Carolina. We also have a lot of visitor reviews that have some in lately so we'll be working on putting them together. Today we posted a new visitor review from CT on a course thaty's been heavily reviewed and a new visitor review from Michigan which is our 293th course covered on the site.
(9/30/17): New visitor review from CT was posted today. We've got plenty of more updates that we are working on and will continue to update you as they are done.
Congrats goes out to all of the winners at the Matterhorn International Pro-Am last weekend. A great time was had by all and we were excited with how the tournament worked out. Pat was lucky enough to place 4th, after a 2nd place finishin the Maine State Dolphin Open. Check out the article on Minigolfnews.com for a recap of how the Matterhorn tournament went.
(9/2/17): New visitor review from MI was posted today brining us to 292 courses on the site. Unfortunately we also updated the status of a few courses to closed as well. We've got a review from MN in the queue and are gearing up for the Maine State Dolphin Open next weekend!
(8/27/17): Just updated a course from CT that we hadn't played since 2002 and unfortunately the condition of the course has deteriorated a lot since then. We have a course from MN that is waiting a review plus we're still getting media from the Farmington tournament posted. You can catch the wrap-up article on Minigolfnews.com along with Pat's blogging about the tournament.
(8/12/17): New visitor review from New Jersey was posted today bringing us to 291 courses. We've got some reviews and re-reviews in the pipeline that we are working on getting posted. This coming weekend we'll be playing in the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament. Follow us on social media for updates from the tournament.
(7/31/17): Congrats goes to our own Pat Sheridan who finished T-10th in the extremely competitive 2017 U.S. Open. Making the penguin look good at tournaments! Today we posted a nw visitor review from Florida and we have quite the backlog of reviews to get through. Don't forget to follow us on social media to see everything we posted from the U.S. Open.
(7/17/17): Visitor review #259 (Indiana) brings us both our 289th course review but also puts us in the 36th state for which we have course reviews. We've got some more reviews to post of our own and this week we'll also be busy playing in the USPMGA U.S. Open.
(7/4/17): Penguin review #174 (Illinois) and visitor review #257 (North Carolina) both hit the site today, bringing us to 288 courses on the site now. We've got two more reviews that still need to be posted that we will get to soon. Summer is really heating up!
(6/18/17): Just posted our 173rd Penguin review today of a course on top of building in Atlanta, Georgia. We also played a pop-up style course in downtown Chicago last week are are working on our review of that course.
(6/10/17): Posted a new visitor review from Pennsylvania today and we have a review we're working on from a visit in Georgia. We hope to get that one posted soon.
(4/23/17): Just posted a new library minigolf review on the Novelty page of a course we played a couple of months ago. Don't forget about our partnership with Matterhorn Mini Golf in Canton, CT to bring you the 1st Matterhorn International Pro-Am Tournament. It will be held on September 23rd with $1,000 purse on the line. Check out the tournament page for more information!
(4/16/17): We're a bit behind in our reviews but are very happy to announce our partnership with Matterhorn Mini Golf in Canton, CT to bring you the 1st Matterhorn International Pro-Am Tournament. It will be held on September 23rd with $1,000 purse on the line. Check out the tournament page for more information!
(2/14/17): Our first official review of 2017 is done thanks to a trip to London and playing an indoor course there. We also visited a library minigolf which we will be reviewing soon. The days are getting longer and although there's plenty of snow on the ground by us we know that Spring is coming soon.
(1/11/17): To kick off 2017 we're posting our last review from 2016. It's an indoor course we played in Connecticut over the holiday break. We've gotten word that another course is being built local to us so we're looking forward to playing it this year if it's open. We hope everyone gets their 2017 started off with plenty of aces and low scores all around!
(12/2/16): We're now into our 10th country thanks to a short visitor review from Germany! If we don't get another chance to update soon we hope everyone has a happy and low scoring holiday season! Don't forget to check out Facebook where we will look back at our Top 10 Minigolf Moments toward the end of the month.
(11/19/16): A new visitor review from Florida was posted today and we have another review in our inbox that we'll get posted soon. This puts us at 280 total courses reviewed on this site! For those of you in the US, we hope you have a good Thanksgiving!
(10/10/16): Two more visitor reviews posted from Connecticut this week. Also a very belated congrats to our own Pat Sheridan who won the 2016 Maine State Dolphin Open back in early September!
(9/5/16): We posted both a new penguin reveiw and a new visitor review today. We're almost up to 170 total courses reviewed by us with almost 280 courses in total on the website. We're hoping to crack 300 soon and we thank all of our visitors for their help in getting there!
(8/5/16): One new visitor review posted today and its a new course for the site, bringing us to 278. We've got a few tournaments coming up in August so we're looking forward to enoying a lot of minigolf!
(7/15/16): Two new course reviews posted today. First we have our review of a libary miniature golf in our past hometown. In addition, we have a new visitor review from Ohio. Great to keep that course count rising!
(7/2/16): A new course review from New Jersey was posted today along with a Connecticut update. We also have a library course to review plus a visitor review to get posted. It's good to have such a backlog of minigolf stuff!
(6/22/16): Updated course review from Orlando is now posted. We have an updated review from CT that we are working on along with a new review from New Jersey. The Summer is off to a good start!
(6/5/16): We finally posted our review of the 2016 U.S. Open course - Putt U. We've also played a couple more courses where we need to do review updates and we will be posting them soon.
(5/28/16): Two new visitor reviews were posted today, one from FL and one from MA. We will be workingon posting our review of Putt U, the 2016 U.S. Open course, soon. On that note, congrats to Joey Graybeal on beating a tough field and two tough courses!
(5/7/16): We've got a new visitor review to post today, making our 274th course on the website. This one comes from Maryland. Next week the U.S. Open kicks off and we'll be participating and providing some updates throughout the week. Good luck to everyone playing!
(4/10/16): Two new visitor reviews were added to the site today. One is another review of Hawaiian Rumble from SC. The second is a new review on Timber Falls in WI, which makes course #273 on the site!
(4/3/16): A short update today as we posted a visitor review on a previously reviewed course in CT.
(3/12/16): A double update today! First we bring you a review of a novelty course that was done local to use for charity. Then we have for you a new visitor review out of Florida!
(1/24/16): Our first 2016 visitor review came in and we're happy to announce that it put us into our 35th state (West Virginia) and is now the 270th course reviewed on the website. ONly 15 states left to get at least one review in so that we have the whole US covered!
(1/16/16): The first review we post in 2016 is one of the very last visitor reviews we received in 2015 and moves us into the 9th country we have reviews from. We also received another visitor review this week and will work on getting it posted soon. Happy putting!
(12/31/15): Sneaking in a visitor review before the end of 2015- this is our first from Arkansas which marks the 34th state in the US we have covered. Don't forget to swing by our Facebook page to check out our 2015 minigolf year in review. We look forward to a great 2016 and continuing to share our love of miniature golf with the world!
(12/28/15): We hit course #267 as 2015 comes to a close thanks to a course we recently played in New Hampshire. Don't forget to swing by our Facebook page to check out our 2015 minigolf year in review. We look forward to a great 2016 and continuing to share our love of miniature golf with the world!
(11/22/15): Today we posted two visitor reviews - 1 from SC for the Hawaiian Rumble course and 1 from MA and a new course reviewed (#266 for the site). Winter is normally our slower time so we appreciate reviews from those warmer sections of the country and the world!
(9/27/15): We just posted a visitor review from Florida courtesy of our good friend Allan Cox. This brings us to 265 total courses on the website now. Congrats to all the winners this past week at the PPA National Championships and now everyone is looking forward to the USPMGA Masters Tournament in October.
(9/20/15): Our third and final course form the Florida trip has been reviewed and posted. We only got to play one of the two courses at Universal but definitely would stop by to visit the other!
(9/12/15): Course number 2 from our Florida trip now has it's review posted, bringing us to 263 courses on the site. This course was another Pirate's Cove and is the 5th Pirate's Cove location played by the Penguin. One more review to post from Florida that we'll hopefully get to next week.
(9/5/15): We had a great weekend in Florida last week as we played three new courses for the website! We've posted a review of the first today, which ended up being our least favorite of the trio. This brings us to 262 courses reviewed on the website and 161 covered by our penguin team. Keep checking back as we post the remaining reviews over the coming weeks
(8/26/15): We're up to 261 courses now thanks to a visitor review from Florida. We're hoping to play a couple of courses in Florida this weekend as well! Congrats to Pat and Mandy who both managed to place in the upper and lower tiers of this past weekend's 34th Farmington Miniature Golf tournament. Check out our blog for some thoughts from the tournament.
(8/15/15): Our 4th England review comes from Richard Gottfried and pushed us to 260 total courses reviewed on the website! We also have a visitor review from Florida that we hope to post soon as well. This coming weekend we'll be playing in the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament and we wish the best of luck to everyone playing in the World Championships in Finland!
(8/10/15): We've posted another visitor review today, bringing us to 259 courses on the website. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be preparing for the upcoming Farmington Miniature Golf tournament.
(8/3/15): Congrats to Dave Warner who has become the first person to be sponsored by us to play in a miniature golf tournament. Check out our blog post to find out more! We also posted our 258th course review today thanks to a visitor review from Ohio.
(7/26/15): Our 160th course reviewed by the Putting Penguin and 257th course overall is now posted. It's a course in Canton, CT that is brand new and Swiss themed!
(7/15/15): Today we posted both a visitor review from a course in Maine, one which we haven't been to since 2002, and our updated review of our favorite course of all time Perils of the Lost Jungle in Herndon, VA
(7/3/15): We posted a visitor review today from Mendon, MA. This course was first reviewed by us back in 2002. Also, if you haven't seen our contest for sponsorship to play in the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament and live in CT, check out the flyer!
(6/20/15): Couple updates today- 1) we've posted our 256th course review, this one coming from the course in NC where the 2015 USPMGA U.S. Open was held and 2) If you haven't seen our contest for sponsorship and live in CT, check out the flyer!
(6/6/15): Today we posted our 158th Penguin review, marking the 255th course we have on the website. This review is the second Putt Putt course we have played in North Carolina. We also have our wrap-up post on our blog about this tournament and we hope to return to our blogging ways for the next tournament we play.
(5/22/15): Congrats again to Brad Lebo on winning the USPMGA 2015 US Open! We hope you have been following our blog about the preparation for this tournament and we'll have a few wrap up posts soon! Today also brings a new course review form Connecticut, upping our count to 254, with a couple more reviews on the way.
(5/19/15): Congrats again to Brad Lebo on winning the USPMGA 2015 US Open! We hope you have been following our blog about the preparation for this tournament and we'll have a few wrap up posts soon!
(3/16/15): Two great posts today. First a new visitor review from our 251st course in California. Then we have our first Penguin international review from England, marking our 252nd course on the website! We were excited to play this course with our friends from the Ham and Egger Files. It shows how truly international minigolf is!
(3/8/15): Big changes today! We're trying out a new homepage look for the US courses - let us know if you like it (you may have some issues with older versions of IE). We also have our 250th course review today thanks to playing a course on a cruise ship. We also have a big release coming up, celebrating an international minigolf minigolf event! Finally, if you are in CT this week, stop by Chicago Sam's in Cromwell to play some bar minigolf that we're setting up.
(1/31/15): We made our first major update of 2015 today. While not a new course review, we have updated a review of a course in Myrtle Beach, SC that we haven't played in over 10 years!
(1/3/15): We posted our 249th course review today and that wraps up our 2014 season. Happy new year to everyone and we look forward to more minigolf in 2015!
(12/23/14): We posted our 248th course today, this one from the garden island of Kauai, Hawaii. Merry Christmas to all of our miniature golf friends!
(11/26/14): Couple updates to the site today. First we have posted our review and a visitor review of the Archaeology Minigolf held in CT in October. We've also updated our tournament page to reflect the 2015 tournaments we know about right now.
(10/25/14): Been a long time since our last update. During that time Pat came in 5th in Dolphin Open 2014 (personal best), we set up an archaeology minigolf (review to come) and we've reviewed our 246th course for the site - a Monster Minigolf in NJ. Congrats goes to all the playes in the Masters last weekend and good luck to all the players in the World Crazy Golf Championships this weekend in the U.K.
(9/2/14): Our course count jumped by two today to 245 thanks to visitor reviews from Georgia. We're always very appreciative of our visitor review and encourage folks to continue to send them in. We'll be at Dolphin Minigolf this weekend playing in the 2014 Maine State Dolphin Open.
(8/30/14): Thanks to Colin McEnroe for having us this week on WNPR! It was a really great time and we are always happy to talk about minigolf. We have just posted our review of of Saybrook Point and Bluegrass Minigolf, home of the 2014 U.S. Open. Please send in your reviews if you have them!
(8/29/14): Thanks to Colin McEnroe for having us today on WNPR! It was a really great time and we are always happy to talk about minigolf. We will be updating the site for our review of Saybrook Point in the next week or so. We just posted our review of Bluegrass Minigolf, home of the 2014 U.S. Open. Please send in your reviews if you have them!
(8/26/14): Thanks to Colin McEnroe for having us today on WNPR! It was a really great time and we are always happy to talk about minigolf. We will be updating the site for our review of Saybrook Point in the next week or so and we also have a review of Bluegrass Minigolf, home of the 2014 U.S. Open that will be posted soon. Please send in your reviews if you have them!
(7/25/14): Long time since we updated but today we posted two new reviews. One was a new visitor review of a course in CT and the other was a Penguin and a visitor review from a backyard minigolf played over July 4th weekend.
(6/7/14): Two new reviews posted today. One is our 239th course, another Monster Golf from Danbury, CT and the other is a visitor review for a course in MA. Summer is looking great here in the Northeast and we can't wait to play more minigolf!
(5/24/14): Another visitor review was posted today for West End Creamery in Mass. We're still working on our next CT review and hope to have that posted in the coming week. Don't forget that Memorial Day weekend is a great time to play a few rounds of minigolf with the family
(5/19/14): Today we broke into our 33rd state with our 145th Penguin review from a course in Texas! We also just played a new CT course and we'll be getting that review up in the coming days as well. Don't forget that Memorial Day weekend is a great time to play a few rounds of minigolf with the family.
(4/5/14): We posted a new visitor review of Lexington Ice Center in Kentucky today, a course we had reviewed back in 2008. Thank you to all who send in reviews and keep sending them in this Spring and Summer!
(3/29/14): Today we posted our 237th course review thanks to our 215th visitor review. This is a new one from North Carolina. Over the next few weeks we're going to work on updating the tournament information that we have so everything can be in the loop and hopefully see us at a few!
(3/1/14): We can't believe it's March already! That means it will be warm soon in the Northeast which means the minigolf courses will be opening soon. Today we posted a visitor review from another cruise ship minigolf, making our 236th course on the website.
(1/7/14): Happy new year to our minigolf friends! We're going to get this year started right by catching up on our inbox and posting our 235th course review thanks to a visitor from Michigan.
(12/21/13): New novelty course review posted today for the Archaeology Minigolf that we built in October. On Facebook we'll also be counting down our top 10 list for 2013 so don't forget to Like us over there!
(12/20/13): Been a long time since our last update! We've been busy with our real jobs and haven't had a lot of time to play minigolf or get some of the updates done here. With Christmas break coming, we hope to clean up a few things that have been sitting out there! On Facebook we'll also be counting down our top 10 list for 2013 so don't forget to Like us over there!
(10/26/13): Today we posted a new visitor review of a course in CT that's been reviewed a couple of times in the past. We have some more reviews to post in the coming weeks. We hope everyone is out playing some Haunted Minigolf this weekend and if you do, be sure to send us a review!
(10/5/13): Course number 233 was just posted today and this was one from Nevada. We've had a couple more visitor reviews come in as well, though some of these are just updates of previously reviewed courses. We will continue to work on posting all of them throughout the Fall. Good luck to everyone who will soon be competing in the Minigolf Masters in Myrtle Beach, SC!
(9/30/13): Congrats to John O'Leary on winning the 2013 Odetah Fall Classic! We had 13 pros and 5 amateurs competing this past weekend and everyone had a great time. We look forward to seeing everyone at the 2014 Odetah Fall Classic and we will annouce the dates as soon as we know them.
(9/27/13): This is it! Tonight is OFC 2013 practice and tomorrow is the tournament! Today we also posted a new visitor review from PA, making course #232 on the website. Look back here for tournament results after this weekend.
(9/20/13): We're only a week out until the 2013 Odetah Fall Classic. Check out our Tournaments page for the entry form and an informational flyer. Today we also posted course #231, which was a visitor review from Michigan.
(9/14/13): Time to catch up on a few things. First, congrats to Josh Tiberio for winning the 2013 Maine State Dolphin Open and for our own Pat in coming in 8th. Second, we posted a new visitor review today from a course in Michigan. Finally, make sure you continue to check out our Flickr, Youtube and Facebook pages as we've been posting a lot of media and articles about several upcoming tournaments and charity events.
(9/3/13): We have a few updates today. First an over due congrate to our own Pat on finishing Tied for 4th in the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament. We're looking forward to playing in the Maine State Dolphin Open this coming weekend. Finally, we just posted a new Penguin review from South Carolina and have a couple of visitor reviews from Michigan to post soon.
(8/17/13): We posted an updated review from Prospect Golf in CT today. We have one more new course review coming soon and we're currently 2 rounds through the Farmington Miniature Golf tournament where Pat is sitting in 4th place! We'll provide some more updates next week.
(8/9/13): New visitor review posted today. We also have one more updated review to post along with a brand new course from Hilton Head. Some great activity happening this summer!
(8/3/13): Today we posted an updated review of Son Siam in Old Saybrook, which was formerly Tin Cup. Over the past weekend we played a course we hadn't been to in over 10 years so we'll have more updates to come.
(7/27/13): Today we posted a new review of Shelter Island Whale's Tale in NY. This marks our 228th course reviewed on the site. We have one more review to post in the coming days. We also just posted on our Tournaments page the entry form and an informational flyer about the 2013 Odetah Fall Classic sponsored by The Putting Penguin. We hope to see a lot of people there!
(7/20/13): Today we posted a new review of Pine Ridge Sports Park in RI. While not a new course to the site, it was the first time we rviewed it. We have two more reviews to post in the coming days. We also just posted on our Tournaments page the entry form and an informational flyer about the 2013 Odetah Fall Classic sponsored by The Putting Penguin. We hope to see a lot of people there!
(7/17/13): We now have 3 reviews being worked on and we hope to have those along with pictures posted in the next few days. We also just posted on our Tournaments page the entry form and an informational flyer about the 2013 Odetah Fall Classic sponsored by The Putting Penguin. We hope to see a lot of people there!
(5/24/13): Today we posted a short update of the RW BBQ course in Brookfield, CT. It's Memorial Day weekend in the US and while you are remembering those who served and are enjoying time with your families, why not also play some minigolf?
(5/18/13): Our 227th course reviewed is now on the site. This marks the 140th course played by The Putting Penguin team and the 50th course covered in our home state of Connecticut. This was a course in Brookfield, CT right around the corner from where our own Pat Sheridan got married!
(5/1/13): Our first course review of 2013 has now been posted! This is a new minigolf on the site of an old one in Ridgefield, CT that we had previously reviewed. We do have a few more updates coming to get the 2013 season started right!
(3/24/13): It's been over a month since we updated the website. It's been pretty slow for us in February and March but we hope that the minigolf picks up as Spring nears. If you play an courses definitely send in reviews, we'd love to get to 250 courses in 2013!
(2/8/13): Who's ready for a blizzard? These penguins are! We're hunkering down in New England waiting for our 2 feet of snow. It's going to make shoveling out those minigolf courses very tough.
(1/20/13): We finally posted an updated review of one of our favorite courses in Boothbay, Maine, which wraps up our 2012 items. We hope 2013 ends up just as good - but as always we need your help with reviews! Don't forget to let us know if local tournaments this year so we can keep the website updated.
(1/2/13): Happy New Year to all! We managed to sneak in our 225th course just at the end of the December and have posted the review for your reading pleasure to start off 2013. We'd love to get to 250 courses on the website by the end of this year - you can help us do it!
(12/26/12): Merry Christmas everyone! Today we posted our 224th review, this one a review of a 9-hole course in Waterbury, CT. With the winter holidays upon us, don't forget to play some miniature golf with friends and families and send up some reviews!
(12/18/12): Thank you to everyone who played at the Hops, Holes & Holiday's P-arr-ty last Friday. We had a great time and a great trophy was awarded! With the winter holidays upon us, don't forget to play some miniature golf with friends and families and send up some reviews!
(11/21/12): Today we posted a new review from Granby, MA making it our 223rd course on the website! We're still doing all sorts of great minigolf things as it turns to winter here in New England so keep submitting your own reviews. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our U.S. friends!
(11/12/12): We'd like to salute all of our Veterans today and thank you for making a place where we can safely play minigolf! We just posted a new visitor review from CT and have a new review from MA on the way. We'll be doing our best to continue to bring you content as the weather turns cold up here in New England!
(11/3/12): Congrats to the defending Putter King Allan Cox on winning the Putter King Scavenger Hunt for the second year in a row. You can find all about it on the Putter King website. We managed to come in 2nd this year! Today we also posted a review of a novelty course that we stumbled upon when picking pumpkins this Fall and an updated review of our Odetah Fall Classic Tournament course. We'll continue to bring updates all through the winter!
(10/18/12): Just posted another review of an Australian course today. We also have a couple of updates of the tournament courses that we need to post sometime soon. Finally, there is only 13 days left until the end of the #PKSH2 - so don't forget to send in your entries to the Putter King!
(9/28/12): Thank you to everyone who participated in the Odetah Fall Classic and congrats to our winners: Peter Gilchrist (Pro division); Teresa Barrett (18+ Am Division)l and Richard Barrett (< 18 Am Division). We are still posting pictures and videos of that tournament plus the Dolphin Open on our Flick and Youtube Pages. We also hope to have updated reviews of both of those courses soon.
(9/17/12): We're less than a week until the Odetah Fall Classic! We've ordered the trophies and started pulling together all of the great prizes. In the meantime we have some great stuff for you to check out including an updated review from Maine and the release of our new app (on the Google Play store right now, iPhone to come soon!)
(9/11/12): Wow, what a weekend of minigolf! First, we played two courses that we haven't played in 10 and 4 years, respectively, so we'll have some updated reviews for them soon. Second, we played in the Maine State Dolphin Open on Saturday and Sunday. Pat managed to sneak into the top 8 and win some money after winning a stunning 4 hole playoff! We are posting a ton of pictures on Flickr and a ton of videos on Youtube so don't forget to check us out there. If you like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter you'll be able to see everything as well.
(9/8/12): We're at the Maine State Dolphin Open this weekend. As of this writing, 6 rounds are done with 4 more to go (two tonight and two tomorrow afternoon). Looks like the top couple of places are starting to pull away from the pack but there is quite the logjam from 3rd on back. Looks to be another close one this year!
(9/1/12): We posted a new visitor review today from Rhode Island. We're always looking for new reviews, so if you play any courses over Labor Day weekend here in the States, send in some reviews!
(8/17/12): Double update today! First we have our 221st course reviewed, thanks to a visitor review from Ohio. Second we have an update of a Massachusetts course that we recently re-played.
(8/13/12): We posted visitor review #202 today, which was another review of Prehistoric Minigolf in Portland, CT. We still have more visitor reviews to post and an update of a course in Massachusetts.
(8/2/12): We posted visitor review #201 today, which features a review of a re-designed course in Ridgefield, CT. We still have 2 more visitor reviews to post and an update of a course in Massachusetts.
(7/26/12): We just posted our 200th visitor review! This one comes courtesy of an update to a course in Ohio. We also posted an update of that same course from a previous reviewer - so you get 2 for the price of 1! We have two more visitor reviews to post, plus some updates of our own course reviews.
(7/18/12): Our 220th course review was posted today thanks to Mandy making a trip to NY and bringing us our 134th official review. We've still got some updates from CT to make and it does look like our 200th visitor review is in the inbox! Stay tuned for more updates.
(7/10/12): Today we posted a new visitor review from RI. We have a bunch fof updated reviews from CT that we'll be posting soon along with at least one new course. The big question is, who will provide us with our 200th visitor review?
(7/3/12): Happy July 4th (a little early) America! It's a big holiday week in the States and we hope you spend some of it minigolfing. If you do, send in some reviews! We have an update to post of a CT course and a visitor review for a RI course that still needs to be posted. Also, if you are going to play minigolf why not visit the Putter King website and see if you can submit something for the ongoing Putter King Scavenger Hunt. There's not a lot of participants right now so you'll have a good shot at some prizes!
(6/11/12): Today's update features a new review of Glow Golf in the Holyoke, MA mall. We also played a course yesterday which we haven't reviewed since 2002, so hope to have that review updated sometimes soon. Don't forget to check out our Youtube and Flickr pages for some exciting videos and pictures of our Redneck Minigolf while tailgating during the NASCAR events in Dover, DE. We also need your reviews to keep this site growing so don't forget to send them in!
(5/25/12): Today we updated our review of Hidden Valley in Southington. We have a new review we're working on for Glow Golf in Holyoke that we hope to get posted next week. We hope everyone in the U.S has a great Memorial Day weekend and plays a lot of minigolf! Also, don't forget about The Putter King's 2nd Scavenger Hunt happening all throughout 2012.
(5/18/12): We posted one of two updated reviews from the courses we played in CT on National Miniature Golf Day. We also posted a new visitor review of Safari Golf in CT. we have one more update to make from a prior course and we would love more reviews so keep sending them in.
(4/28/12): Today we posted our 218th course and 132nd reviewed by the Penguin team. It's another glow-in-the-dark course in Canton, CT. That's the last of the reviews we currently have so be sure to start sending them in. Also, don't forget about The Putter King's 2nd Scavenger Hunt happening all throughout 2012.
(4/14/12): We just updated our review of Riverfront Miniature Golf in Unionville, CT. We should have our new Canton, CT review up next week! Stay tuned.
(4/7/12): Our 131st course comes via Mandy's roadtrip to Buffalo! It's another of the Adventure Landing chain. In the queue we still have our update of a course in CT as well as a review of a new course in Canton, CT. Happy Easter everyone!
(3/31/12): We just posted our updated review of Pirate Minigolf in Southington, CT. Last time we played there was 2008. We have two new course reviews plus an update of another course in Unionville, CT. So keep an eye on the site for more updates!
(3/12/12): Allan Cox continues to expand our horizons! We now have another country covered thanks to his review from New Zealand! That also brings us up to 216 courses in total. We're looking forward to another great year as it starts to warm up in the Northeast U.S.
(2/27/12): Today brings us our 215th course, this one from another cruise ship! Big thanks to Allan Cox who sent in this review. We also have another one from him that we have to work on getting posted here. Spring is almost here for the U.S. so we expect those minigolf courses to start opening up and those reviews to start flowing in!
(1/30/12): Today we posted our first Penguin review of 2012! This is our 130th course (214 in total) and we have ventured into our 32nd state - Vermont! Check out the Pizza Putt review on our Vermont page. We also want to say good luck Patriots in the Superbowl this year as we're big Pats fans here at The Putting Penguin.
(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)
