Billy McGolf
Mini-Putt Return to Massachusetts page
(781) 326-9616
Price: $6.75
Par: 47 Other Activities: Driving Range, Snack Bar
Difficulty: 1
Creativity: 2
Atmosphere: 4
To me, Mini Golf should be about
the ability to get a hole in one while navigating fun, creative, and often
moving obstacles. This course did not meet any of these requirements.
McGolf is an 18 hole course laid out over a lot of
land next to the driving range, and with a large waterfall koi
pond in the middle. Though aesthetically pleasing, I could do without all of
the scenery, and the trees/shrubs along the greens (as well as the giant pond)
provide plenty of mosquitoes.
The holes themselves are built on concrete with a thin carpet-type padding that
makes them play fast. There are hardly any obstacles and most holes play like
actual greens on a real golf course. I was the only person in my party to get a
hole in one and I think it was more luck than anything. There are a couple of
holes with a large pipe to hit through, or a one foot drop, but mostly they are
either flat or have some sort of raised surface to hit around/over. The greens
were mostly littered with debris from nearby mulch and brush.
The final nail in the coffin were the
"motion-sensitive" overhead lights which would turn off
intermittently and leave you playing in the dark.
Reviewed
by: SM
Reviewed
in: 2009
Original
Review (see original review for course pictures and map)