INDEX:
Purpose
and Description of Site
Rankings
Minigolf Related Links
Submitting
your own reviews
Shameless
Attempts to Make Money and Other Links
I am currently in the process of moving to a new service provider. Therefore, I am reformatting some pages and links. Please, let me know if you come here and find that something is broken. I think I've found everything, but am also sure that I will eventually miss something when I make these changes. Thank you.
Purpose and Description of Site:
One of my favorite pastimes is playing miniature
golf. I have decided to review the various places I have made the
attempt to play at and set them up here. If you have a comment,
please send it to me and I will add it. I will rate all of the
locations on four options using a scale of one to ten. The facilities
will be rated on: Challenge, Variety, Fun and Overall Value.
There will also be a brief description of the facility and the
amenities offered as well as prices as remembered from past
experience. Some prices may have changed since I was there.
Challenge is a ranking of how difficult the course is to play. There may also be a factor for how much skill it takes vs how much luck is involved in playing the course. Try to view it as if you don't play often when using this rating.
Variety is a ranking of how many other things are available to do at the facility. Does it have any extras like batting cages or go-carts. I generally will keep courses that have a good variety of holes but nothing else around a 5-6 range. The more amenities, the higher the score.
Fun may be my most subjective item. Is the golf course too difficult to have a good time, or to easy. Is there a good balance between difficulty and challenge. How much do you enjoy this course vs. some others? Would you take a date there?
Overall Value is based on the price to play vs the fun had. It should reflect some composite of the other factors.
Feel free to try them out and tell me if
you agree or disagree with my ratings. I am, by no means, an expert.
I just know what I like.
Also, a note for the owners of the locations: If you find I have made an error in reporting your location or prices, drop me an email and I will correct it at my first opportunity. My opinions are my own regarding value for dollar, but I don't want to provide incorrect factual information.
Please note that, unless otherwise stated, all prices are for one round adult admission. Children's pricing and specials may vary.
I wanted to apologize, publicly, for not having updated the site for a while. I've been very busy and, frankly, the web site was not at the top of my priorities. Please check to make sure I have updated everything you sent.
There is one other thing. I have noticed that a lot of miniature golf owners lately have been sending me reviews of their own places, basically for free advertising. I have no problem with this, per se, but I would like to ask that any owners who do so also be sure to post at their facilities that they are shown on the Miniature Golf Review Page and encourage your customers to send me an objective review. (I know many of you try to be objective, but it is extremely difficult to be critical of your own work. Trust me, I know.) It seems like a fair deal for those looking to get themselves noticed.
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
Ontario, Canada
Alberta,
Canada
THE CARIBBEAN
USA
Florida
Georgia
Maine
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH PACIFIC
Places to Golf.com offers a wide variety of golf related information. Give them a look and let them know I sent ya.
There is also an official site for miniature golf enthusiasts at www.mgho.com which has a lot of data. Let them know I sent you over.
Reviews
There is a review page out there for Europe as well.
www.miniaturegolfer.com
is a site dedicated to miniature golfing in Europe. Give them a
visit if you are heading across the pond.
Pat Sheridan contacted me some time ago asking that I put a link up to his mini-golf review site. To my shame, it has taken me a month to do so. Sorry Pat. Check it out, New England area is well covered by www.theputtingpenguin.homestead.com
Finally, check out the www.thePmga.com
Construction
Several people in
the past few years have asked me, "How do I go about building a
miniature golf site?" I've never really known how to answer
them. I have now been contacted by a company in Sweden that does
just that. They seem to have a very good website (which is in three
languages). I am linking to the English version. The company is City
Golf AB and is located in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
Drop by and tell them you saw them here. How cool is this, I am
recognized internationally. ;-)
There is another company which builds miniature golf sites located in the USA. http://www.sportexe.com/ is a company that has their fingers in many sports related pies. Give them a shout if you need advice.
Well, the construction sites keep coming. I was contacted by the folks at Atlantic Minature Golf and they also provide help constructing miniature golf facilities. They are willing to help out those who are interested in getting their questions answered. A big thank you to Christopher Cawley for letting me know about them. Let them know where you saw them.
One more place sent me their link, but basicly hit me with an advertisement trying to get be to buy from them instead of asking me to put them up. I'll put up the link, but cannot vouch for their information. www.bowenminigolf.com
That's all for now. I'll try to add more if I find any others.
Write me and I'll add yours.
One request, when submitting a site, please try to follow the format of my other reviews. If I don't have a description or a location I will not put up the review. If you wish to allow people to contact you, let me know and I will add your email address to the review. I will always try to give credit where credit is due. If you have any other request for me regarding a submission, add them at the end of your description in a separate paragraph and I will do my best to accommodate. I would ask that anyone submitting a review, please include an email address so I can contact you with any questions. I do not keep any sort of mailing lists (I HATE spammers) and will never distribute your names for any reason to mass marketers. I will only post email contacts for people who are willing.
Please do not use the feedback form to contact me for other reasons. The email link at the bottom should work for everyone. If that is not the case then, by all means, use the feedback form to get my attention. I usually write back within a few days. ;)
I know people out there care a great deal about many things. A longtime friend of mine is doing a drive around the country with her husband to raise money to combat childhood cancer. This is a VERY important thing. Even though their cancers happened much later in life, I have lost three people I was close to to this disease and would like to support any effort to stamp it out. Please go to http://thesurvivorrv.wordpress.com/to get more information about Deb's drive for awareness. And, if you can, please give generously to the fight.
Yes, I am giving it a shot again. Why not.
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Andrea Strumpf, my sister-in-law, is now selling children's education books at her website www.andrea-aplus.com. Please check her site out.
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Last Minigolf Update: 7/13/2009