144 Waterbury Rd.
Route 69
Prospect, CT 06712
(203) 758-4121
Price: $4
Par: 40
Difficulty: 1
Creativity: 2
Atmosphere: 6 Course Pics!
If not for Tee-Time in Naugatuck, this course as the Prospect Driving Range would be our home course. I’ve played it countless amounts of times simply because it was the closest one to my house. As you can tell from the ratings above, it’s not a terribly exciting or challenging course but the decent atmosphere score does make it worth playing if you live in the area, plus it’s less expensive than most courses, which makes it a good Friday night activity.
The course doesn’t really offer much in the way of exciting obstacles or holes. All you have is your basic miniature golf fare: a windmill, a cave, a multi-tier hole (which gives you the option of using one or both tiers and the par is adjusted accordingly) and putting around rocks and posts. It does have real sand traps, which add to the atmosphere of the course, especially since they were well maintained. Another positive area is that they removed the flag-sticks that used to be in the holes. Although they may seem like a good idea, flags in the holes are usually annoying and its good to see that this course decided to get rid of the ones they had.
Other than that, there’s really not much to say about the course. They’ve redone a lot of the club house (which is also used for the driving range) and the people who worked the course are pleasant. It’s about as average as you can make a miniature golf course, but it’s still worth the cost of playing.