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Although not nearly as bad as its Berlin Turnpike neighbor (Putter's Paradise), this course has much to be desired. However, it also has some good points which makes playing it, at the very
least, bearable. We'll start with the good first. The atmosphere gets a decent rating because the course is aptly named. There are many animals and waterfalls places nicely around the course and it
looked like there was some thought put into them. Although a few of the animals need another paint job, they look nice overall. There is also good use of rocks throughout the course, whether it be part
of the course design or as part of a well made rock wall bordering the small pond. The cups also have a nice sound to them when you sunk a putt, but as will be pointed out below, there is a major problem
with most of the cups on the course. That about sums it up for the good.
Onto the bad. We start here with the creativity and difficulty of the holes. There is none of either. The holes rely mostly on rock obstacles or positioning of the hole, and they are very simple. Scores
would be very low on this course if not for the next point, which is that many of the cups are placed so that a ball hit slightly too hard hits the back of the cup and goes flying in the other direction.
As a group, we probably had a dozen hole-in-ones robed from us over the 18 holes. Although speed of a putt should be a determining factor in deciding who a good putter is and who isn't, the design of the
cups at this course takes this to the extreme and causes the round to not be fun. Included in the creativity/difficulty, is the use of "rough" on this course. We have seen other courses use a shaggier
mat as a rough, which is interesting and does make the holes a bit tougher. However, this course insists on using indoor/outdoor carpeting, which doesn't look good at all, especially when it is worn thin
in some areas. Thankfully, they keep the use of this to a minimum, but it is still annoying on the holes where it does show up. Following along these lines, there is the fact that the course overall
needs some upkeep done to it. There are several areas besides the animals that need painting and some of the cups are in bad disrepair.
Now, although we rated this course better than other Berlin Turnpike ones, we still don't suggest that you run out to play it. Like, Norwich, this is a course to play when you really have nothing else to
do and aren't expecting too much from a mini-golf course.
Pat Sheridan (2001), The Putting Penguin
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