Professor Hacker’s Lost Treasure (Diamond) – N. Myrtle Beach, SC

Reviewed by Mr. Tee

Played October 10, 2019 with O Street (Rudy & Aaron), The Putting Penguin (Pat & Mandy), and Mark “Highlighter” Novicki plus guest Mike Kelly

As I eluded to in a post last fall, my trip to the Mini Golf Masters in October 2019 including many rounds of mini golf with newly made friends. Most of us had only met in person once while filming for Holey Moley. In the lead up to the Masters, all of us had exchanged numerous messages about playing early and often while we’re all in Myrtle Beach together. The time had finally come and despite Rudy, Pat, Aaron and Highlighter having played 6 rounds to start the day, they all were full of energy and ready to head out for more. Mandy from the Putting Penguin made the trip down to observe the tournament as well so she was up for putting which was an added bonus to kick things off. Newly-made mini golf pal and fan of the game, Mike Kelly filled out the group as an observer.

We took a train (!!) up to the top of the course and proceeded to make our way through a raucous and competitive round on the Diamond course. O Street documented all the fun as you can see in the videos below.

Rating

Hole-in-One – The train ride to start off the round was enough for me to put this course in our top rating tier, Hole-in-One. I’m a sucker for anything that makes a large and well-themed course even more immersive. Traversing caves, treasure chests, faux ancient temples, dino remains, ruins and other elements throughout our trip from the top of the place solidify the strong standing of this course. It doesn’t hurt that I got to play this course with a fun-loving group of mini golf nerds too. My only frustration was the metal-rimmed cups. They are unforgiving and helped a few of us add unneeded strokes to our games. Despite this and my lackluster play, I thoroughly enjoyed this as my first 18 holes at Myrtle Beach.