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Golf Land is a complex where you might have had fun at before the age of ten. It consists of a miniature golf course, an arcade, go-carts and an 18 hole pitch-and-putt. The pitch and putt is
unique, but we didn't get a chance to play it. The rest of the stuff though is nothing really more than a place for parents to bring their kids on a Saturday afternoon to get them out of the house. This
being the case, the mini-golf course is less than stellar. Although it does rank a bit higher than some of the courses we've played, it's quite obvious that making a really good course
and making sure it is kept in good condition is high on the priority list of the owners. This course features a list of defects without nearly enough positives to balance. However, it was good enough
to keep out of the very bottom group of courses.
There are two good points that are worth mentioning off the top. The first is that the section of wall behind every cup is made of
brick instead of the wood that lines the rest of the hole. This is good because it provides a surface
which creates better ricochets. Second, their obstacles are for the most far well kept. The funny thing
about them is that they label every one as to what it is. .So, on the windmill there is a sign that says "Windmill", on the covered bridge a sign that says "Covered Bridge" and so on. There about a
half-dozen obstacles that are labeled. Any other obstacles are just jumps and the like. Also, one of the
obstacles is a tower that is located in the area which gives the course a nice touch of local color.
On to the bad parts of the course and it's best to stick with the obstacles first. There are three major
defects we saw on the course in relation to the obstacles. The first is that the windmills blades don't
reach ball high, so you can hit it underneath not matter where the blade is. We found this same problem
at another course we played. Second, on one of the holes that has a little jump on it, the wood on the end of the jump is rotting away making for some strange ball movements. Third, on one of the final
holes that used the two tier system, the ball got consistently stuck at the end of the tunnel leading from
the top tier to the bottom. It was almost impossible to get the ball through, which means that you didn't
have a shot at coming near the cup. Hopefully the will fix this problem before long. The other major
drawback here is that this course had the bad type of cups for it's holes. This is the type of cup where the rim is huge, making rimming out and bouncing out commonplace. On one hole, I was even robbed
of a hole-in-one when the ball stopped on a divot in the rim of the cup.
Overall, this course is borderline between being mediocre and being terrible. If the management does
decide to put a few dollars into minor repairs, this course will be, at the very least, decent. Thus, we will give it the benefit of the doubt for now, but warn you that this course is touch and go.
Pat Sheridan (2001), The Putting Penguin
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