Glowgolf Return
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Holyoke
Mall
50
Holyoke Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
(413)
536-1441
Cost:
$9.00 Adult, 54 holes Other
Activities: Laser maze
Par: ?
Difficulty:
7
Creativity:
9
Atmosphere:
9
Glowgolf is a chain of minigolf courses
designed to occupy vacant mall spots.
This is the second Glowgolf that we have
played and in comparison to the other one (which was at the Meriden Mall in CT)
it was a much better course. This course
has 36 holes (so for $9 you can play the whole course once then the first 18
again) and we estimated that 25-30 were unique in design so you didn’t feel
like you were playing the same hole over and over. There were some duplicates to the other Glowgolf course we played but there were also a lot of
unique holes including a giant loop and a rather evil little “courtyard” hole. In fact many of
the holes were quite difficult and required some thought to do well, but there
were also a handful of easy to ace holes as well to keep your confidence
up.
The area is quite spacious (it
looked like it was in an old Barnes & Noble), but as we played we realized
the layout was not well thought-out. (It
was a bit confusing to find the next hole a couple times.) The course overall is in excellent
condition. It is well constructed and
all the carpets were in great shape. The
paintings and theme were a mix of space, undersea and jungle but it all seemed
to hang together as you moved through the holes. Similar to the other location the music was
all Top 40 stuff and was a bit overbearing at times, though nothing too
annoying. The course finishes with a Plinko type hole that gives the player a chance to win
either $2.00 a return visit or a free try at the laser
maze.
On the day we played it was
relatively empty and it made for a great couple of hours. We could see the place being crazy on a rainy
day when its filled with kids, but if you can hit it
at an off time it’s definitely worth the $9.
Reviewed by Pat, Liz, Mark, Maggie
and Mini Putt
Reviewed in 2012
Course Pictures (click to enlarge)
Map