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728 Main Street (Route 28)
South Yarmouth, MA 02664-5158
(508) 394-6200

Price: Adults 7.00, Children 6.00 for either course. Replay (18 addt'l

holes) 4.50 Adults, 3.50 Children

Difficulty: 3

Creativity: 9

Atmosphere: 10

On 5/12/04, my sister and I played a round of mini-golf at the brilliant Pirates’ Cove Adventure Golf in South Yarmouth, MA. As its name suggests, this is a pirate-themed miniature golf course, which is open from 9 AM to 11 PM.

Pirates’ Cove has an amusement park flavour, and includes plaques with information on the various pirates, caves where talking pirates can be found hiding with their bounty, and where the skeletons of the unfortunate can be seen; as well as a complete ship, a shipwreck, a large waterfall, and several pirates in the water. A particularly funny touch is a shark bursting through a wall overlooking the parking lot - with a bag of golf clubs in his mouth!

There are actually two courses here – The Captain’s Course and Blackbeard’s Challenge. Of these two, we only got to try Blackbeard’s Challenge, because the Captain’s Course was in the midst of being re-carpeted. Blackbeard’s Challenge speaks well for the rest of Pirates’ Cove, however.

The holes are kept in good condition, and are very creatively designed. There is a good selection of obstacles in the holes, which included varying levels of difficulty. (Hole 17, which includes a staircase leading to the top of a long corkscrew ramp, even has a handicapped accessible alternate hole, so that handicapped players need not worry about the stairs.)

For beginners such as we, this course was perfect. Cheerful music played at a pleasant volume added to the experience. Pirates’ Cove also has a fun gift shop and arcade. The gift shop even sold copies of the flag of one of our more illustrious forbears, Henry Every (aka Avery). Small world...

Altogether, this miniature golf park is worth the drive and the entrance fee, and we shall definitely be back to test the Captain’s Course sometime in the next few weeks!

Reviewed by: Tina Avery

Reviewed in 2004

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