I’m not sure if you know this but there is a United States Open Miniature Golf Tournament! We’re not kidding and it gets underway this weekend on the Jersey Shore in Oceanport. While an official tournament may be a little intense for us given that we only think of mini golf while we’re at the shore or on vacation, it made us realize how much we enjoy putting around the whimsical courses filled with loop-di-loops and fake castles. It also made us realize the last time we’ve been to a course and scratching our head to think of a local course to play (no, not to prepare for the US Open of Mini Golf!).
We did some digging and there are actually a ton of courses to check out. Lucky for us in New York, we are enjoying some perfect weather to take our girlfriends on a date only to get frustrated when they beat us!
Here’s where to play!
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Crab (24 Reed Street between Conover and Van Brunt Streets)
$5 for adults, $4 for children under age 14 per game
This one also has a seafood shack!
Jewish Children’s Museum (792 Eastern Parkway near Kingston Avenue)
Free with admission: $13 for adults, free for children under 2
Brooklyn Golf Center (3200 Flatbush Avenue)
$8 for adults, $5 for children for the first game; $4 per person for replays
Bronx
Turtle Cove Golf Center (City Island Road in Pelham Bay Park)
$7 for adults, $6 for children under age 13 per game
Governors Island
Figment 2014 Mini Golf Course (Governors Island)
Apparently the price isn’t the only thing that draws people to this course. It’s recreated every year and supposed to go above and beyond any minigolf standards (whatever that means) and ps, it’s FREE
Manhattan
Pier 25 in Hudson River Park (North Moore Street and the Hudson River)
$5 for adults, $4 for children under age 14 per game; cash only
Randall’s Island Golf Center (1 Randall’s Island)
$9 for adults, $7 for children under age 13 for unlimited play
This course has a WATERFALL!
Staten Island
Staten Island Go Karts Mini Golf (215 Schmidts Lane between Manor Road and LaGuardia Avenue)
$6 per person per game
Go Karts, Batting Cages and Minigolf! Sounds like a full day to me!
Queens
Alley Pond Golf Center (232-01 Northern Boulevard)
$6.50 for adults, $5 for children under age 14 per game
Flushing Meadows Golf Center (100 Flushing Meadows Corona Park Road)
$8.25 for adults, $6.75 for children under age 13 per game
Rocket Park Mini Golf (New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th Street near 47th Avenue)
$6 for adults, $5 for children ages 2-17 per game plus museum admission: $11 for adults, $8 for children
Check out this review from MommyPoppins.com: This nine-hole course boasts two real NASA rockets, making it truly out-of-this-world. Kids get to explore concepts like propulsion, gravity, escape velocity, launch window and gravitational assist while playing. Forget spinning windmills; in Splash Down, players attempt to shoot their balls across the putting green into a Skee-ball-type mechanism, with a globe as its main target. The whole park is reminiscent of the Space Age ’60s, making the atmosphere super cool.