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845 Sullivan Ave
South Windsor, CT 06074-2047
(860) 664-1001 Other
Activities: Ice cream, batting cages
Cost: $5.50
Par: None listed
2007 Ratings 2011 Ratings
Difficulty: 4 Difficulty: 7
Creativity: 2 Creativity: 8
Atmosphere: 8 Atmosphere: 8
Perfect Swing must be named for
its batting cages considering no one’s really taking swings in mini
golf. The Putting Penguin played this course on a beautiful sunny
Sunday in early May, and we were the only people there! Really it
was a shame because it was a good course. We hope they get a website
running or do some more advertising.
This course looks like many other
tournament-style courses. Most of the holes were a variation of a
curve and some type of bump in the course. It looks pretty
generic. So did the score card. It has no course name on
it or the par for each hole. The cups were a little too shallow on the front
nine, and the ball hopped out on a number of occasions. There are
flags in the cup at each hole, which is a minor annoyance because you have to
remove and replace them throughout play. The water wasn’t running,
but it was early in the season. Hole 13 was a 3 tiered hole and was
neat except for the pvc pipe
that was a little beat up and didn’t allow you to get the ball in the hole at
the bottom. There were some small lumps in the mats on the back nine
that we weren’t sure if they were purposeful or a problem with the mats, but
they didn’t seem to interfere too much with the movement of the ball.
Despite these criticisms we
enjoyed this course. The layout and vegetation looked great, and the
course was well maintained. Considering how prices have been going
up for miniature golf we thought the $5.50 was quite reasonable. The
location is great; it’s just down the street from the Buckland Hills Mall and
Evergreen Walk. We would recommend this course to
everyone. They even have Gifford’s ice cream!
2011 Update
It has been four years since we
have reviewed Perfect Swing, and right off the bat we have to say it is well
worth the visit if you live in the South Windsor area. It hasn’t even changed its price!
One noticeable difference between
our review in 2007 and our update is that we have changed the Creativity score
quite a bit. After playing over 100
courses, we have to admit that there are hole designs
at Perfect Swing that we have never seen any other courses. We also noticed this time that the “variation
of a curve and some type of bump in the course” appear to be purposeful. If someone were to play this course a few
times it would be possible to putt along these curves and bumps and make an
easy 2 or even an ace. We’re thinking we
must not have had that kind of appreciation for the course the first time we
played there.
We still don’t like the rubber
starting mats, but the course no longer has the flags in the cups, which we’re
happy about. Unfortunately, now there
are no hole numbers on the course so a player needs to
pay attention while keeping score on the score card. The scorecards themselves are still generic
with no pars listed, some of the cups are still too shallow, some of the
carpets need a little work, and the pvc
pipe on hole 13 is still beat up. But on
a positive note, the landscaping is still excellently maintained, and there’s a
lot of space between the holes.
The Putting Penguin still highly
recommends this course!
Reviewed by Pat, Mandy and Putt
Reviewed in 2007 & 2011
Course Pictures (click to enlarge)
You can also see pictures of all 18 holes on our Flickr Page
Map