Played on August 17, 2021
Reviewed by the Pink Putter
In August of 2021, we took a vacation on Long Beach Island with my family, something we did often when I was a kid but hadn’t done in at least 20 years. I was excited to visit all of the mini golf courses on the island, one of those being Sandbar Golf. We got to play this course with one of my best friends Maggie and her two kiddos, Q and J.
Rating
Sandbar Golf is a quintessential Harris Miniature Golf course. For those of you new to our reviews, Harris is a design and build company and their courses can be found all across the country. Their courses are pretty standard putting greens with water features, rock or wood obstacles, and similar layouts and challenges no matter where you play them. It is often up to course owners to add any custom embellishments. Sandbar is clean and well maintained, has lovely landscaping, and is a relatively quick play. However, aside from the unique illustrated signage and a giant painted clam, there isn’t too much else that gives this course a unique sense of place and skyrockets it into a top rating, especially when some of those courses are right down the street.
Our pals from O-Street (Biggy, Aaron & Joey) give you a sense of how the whole course plays
1011 Long Beach Boulevard , Surf City, New Jersey
Pros
Clean and well maintained
Well landscaped
Lighthouse, water features, mine and ship theming
Unique illustrated signage with local landmarks
Cons
Standard Harris course design with basic game play
Nerdy Notes
- 18 holes, Par 40
- final hole collects balls with a chance to win a free game
- $7 per person
- 5 stroke max
