Mount Atlanticus Minotaur Goff (Minotaur Course) – Myrtle Beach, SC

Played on October 12, 2019

Reviewed by Mr. Tee

Accompanied by O-Street Mini Golf (Evan Rundgren, Aaron Kaminski, Rudy Reel), Randy Rice & Mark Novicki (aka Thee Highlighter)

After playing the first round with friends, a new putting pal, Mark Novicki (aka Thee Highlighter), came on board for our 2nd trip around this mythical mini golf course. This crew had a blast on many courses during the week of the 23rd Mini Golf Masters in Myrtle Beach but for my money, we had the most fun at Mount Atlanticus.

Rating

Hole-in-One – I know I’ll be back to Myrtle Beach many times and while there are countless courses across this touristy beach town, Mount Atlanticus will remain a must to play each time. Some mini golf complexes offer multiple courses that are nearly identical in experience, look and feel. The two separate 18-hole courses offer truly immersive and memorable journeys. The generous cup sizes and banked areas surrounding the holes make aces a fairly common occurrence but equally raises the sense of wonderment already embedded in the creative use of space. You’re going to have fun on this course and the only potential criticism would come from people looking for a traditional tournament style course. There are tons of standard mini golf courses with well-maintained greens and challenging aces nearby but Mount Atlanticus. If you need a non-mini golf comparison, I’d compare this expansive structure to House on the Rock. Equal parts wild, weird and wonderful.

Highlighter (right) caught up with us to play round 2. He and Rudy practice on this odd but awesome practice green before we start. Yes, there are a range of cup sizes.

Randy finishing up indoors next to a series funny murals

The trip from inside to outside unveils all sorts of new undulating surfaces

Many holes had alternate hole placements like seen in this photo on the bottom center-left

“Oh yeah, that’s where I left my putter”

27 holes in and still having a blast at…

A special shot to get it in the small drainage opening versus the hole.

Palms trees surrounding high pitched walls

A picture from above the cup of Rudy to give you a sense of scale

Randy celebrating an ace and a funtastic course

Bird’s eye view from the thatched birdcage 18th hole on each course

A 19th hole to take a shot at a lifetime pass to this incredible course

Mt. Atlanticus on Roadside America

Mt. Atlanticus Website

Our review of the Conch course at Mt. Atlanticus

Pros

Oversized holes and environments
Goofy and fun themes/mythology spread throughout
Mix of indoor and outdoor putting spaces to help avoid the heat and/or rain
Truly magical space filled with large palm trees, murals, caves and a variety of water features
One of the most unique mini golf courses we’ve ever seen
Lots of opportunities for holes-in-one

Cons

Huge cups on all of the holes could be considered overly forgiving and too easy to ace
Parts of the course (and the website) could use some touch-up work

Nerdy Notes

2 18-hole Courses, Minotaur & Conch
No par set for the course
1 Round – $10 Adult, $8 Kids (Open-6pm) – $12 Adult, $10 Kids (6pm-Close). All-day pass runs $14 (Adults) & 12 (Kids).
Daily 9am-midnight (June-Aug.) hours vary in other months
Rubber covered putters
Opportunity to win a lifetime pass by sinking a hole-in-one on the 19th hole
Most of the holes had alternate cup placement options
The course reportedly cost $3 million and the structure was built out from an abandoned department store
“50,000-year-old mini-golf resort that broke away from Atlantis, floated to Myrtle Beach, and somehow lodged itself into the old Chapin’s Department Store.”