ScottVee Gaming

We played the Pirate's Cove mini golf course, and with only a few people playing, we could take our time.  We forgot to get a scorecard but whatever ... we don't play for points anyway.  Just hit the ball and have fun, though with the freeway 100 feet away the whole area smelled like gas.  We were behind a couple who never heard of the rule to pick up your ball after five shots and move on.  So I had time to check out the design of the place.  The first big structure looked like the final scene of Butch Cassidy but with stairs up and over and down to the next hole, then stairs back up the fake mountain with the water pouring down the side.   We were overtaken by a couple with two hyperactive little girls who walked all over the hole we were at, so we just let them go first and move on to bug other people.  Around hole 7 there was an orange cat in the bushes, looking content with itself.  Around hole 9 we both felt suddenly faint.  That was fu...

At a Street Fair a few weeks ago, we ran into something we had never seen before.  It made sense, and has probably been around for many years.  But there it was: a selection of portable mini-golf courses. There was a good variety of themes and designs, each about 6-8 feet long.  I found the nameplate of the company supplying the tables, but when I got home I couldn't find whatever receipt I had written it on. The best match I can find is SD Pop Up Mini Golf - check out their site.  Both layouts shown above are on their gallery page here .  They have a system where you can rent a 6-hole or 9-hole or 18-hole course per hour for a minimum of 3 hours, with all kinds of sensible add-ons like custom score cards ($20 per 50) and an actual attendant on an hourly basis. There are a lot of companies offering similar options for your neighborhood parties or fundraising events.  Not surprisingly, some of them can also bring over full cornhole tournament setups, giant ...