438 Old Union Tpke
(978) 537-8922
Par: 72
Price: $5.00 Other Activities: Driving Range, Basketball game, batting cages, ice cream
Difficulty: 10
Creativity: 7
Atmosphere: 1
After reading the Putting Penguins review I just had to try
out this par 72 course. After playing the course it seemed to me like the
designer of the course (probably just the owner) had a good idea using the
names of various world-renowned holes and making them into mini-golf holes.
That's about the only good idea he had about the course. I found that the
greens were in decent shape and the upkeep of the course wasn't terrible.
The huge turn-off of this course was on 2 or 3 holes there is simply no way to
keep your ball in play. On one hole you hit it up over a bridge and then it
rolls right off the course. I went back and tried the putt 3-4 more times with
the same result. One of the holes about
halfway through the course was on such a slant it was nearly impossible to get
the ball to stop near the hole. It forced you to make about a 10 foot putt that
had quite some break to it. The lack of bricks was also ridiculous,
I
thought a sand-trap was supposed to slow your ball down not speed it up?? The
course did have some enjoyable holes though, and I managed to come in under par
both times as some of their par 5's were not very
difficult. I found that on most holes it is wise to make 2 or even 3 lay up
shots before going for the hole.
I'd recommend this course only to teenagers or adults who are looking for a
very challenging course. Unfortunately for this course the majority of
mini-golfers are going to be young kids with their parents and teenagers who
just want to fool around or take out their girlfriends. Neither of those groups
would probably re-visit this course.
Round#1 score 68 Round#2
score 67
Reviewed by Kyle
Reviewed in 2008
Original Review (see original review for course pictures)
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