Happy National Miniature Golf Day! In addition to hosting Big Mini Golf Day, we are so excited to finally share that we’re going to be on TV! Mr. Tee and the Pink Putter will both […]
Holey Moley! We’re Going to Be On TV This Summer!
Join us for Big Mini Golf Day 2019!
May 11th, 2019 is National Miniature Golf Day and we thought, what better way to celebrate than to play mini golf! While we’ve hosted small get-togethers in past years, we were inspired an experience with […]
Engagement Photos at Par King
This past August, we had a wonderful time posing for our engagement photo shoot at the beloved Par King Skill Golf in Lincolnshire, IL. As one of our top five favorite mini golf courses […]
Best of 2018: New Favorites From The Past Year
As we reflect on this past year, we count that collectively we’ve played twenty-seven new courses in 2018. Some of these establishments have been open for decades and a couple of these courses are fresh […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 9: Final Chapter & Living Archive
October 18, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) Our critique and documentation of courses have come from the perspective of being passionate fans of the experience of mini golf. An opportunity exists in the […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 8: Classic North Course
October 14, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) Now onto my favorite and the most memorable of the 3 courses at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park, Executive Course 1. I prefer calling it […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 7: South Executive Course
September 21, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) Our continuing voyage down memory lane glides through the three mini golf courses at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park. On the most recent episode of […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 6: Waterslide Woes to Championship Course
September 14, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) When searching to play mini golf in the Twin Cities Metro, we dearly miss having the option to play the outdoor complex that was Goony Golf. […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 5: Change of Ownership
September 7, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) If you’ve been following the saga of Sir Goony Golf / Spring Lake Park Amusement up to this point, we’ve documented an opening, name change, and publicity stunt […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 4: The “Bo” of Anoka County
August 28, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) You may be wondering, why are you looking at a bunch of shirtless young men on a post about the history of a beloved mini golf […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 3: New Name
August 24, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) Only two years after becoming a Sir Goony Golf franchise, the owners of the Spring Lake Park location decided to switch things up. The original owners […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 2: It Came From Tennessee (or maybe Florida)
August 13, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) The Sir Goony Golf Franchise was launched in 1962 by Dutch McGrath in Chatanooga, Tennesee with the opening of a new course. Notably, this wasn’t far […]
A History of Spring Lake Park Amusement / Sir Goony Golf – Part 1: Sunset
August 6, 2018 by Tom Loftus (aka Mr. Tee) We begin this magical mini golf journey at the very end. After nearly 40 years, closing time came to a classic mini golf course from my […]
Joe’s 3rd Annual Mini Golf Open – 2018
Written by Mr. Tee An elaborate and enthusiastic email kicks off this story. Joe, a fellow mini golf fanatic based in Minnesota, sent us a kind note in June thanking us for this mini golf […]
Minnesota Mini Golf – Top 5 Courses, 2018 Putting Guide & Archive
*For an updated guide on mini golf in Minnesota, check out our new Minnesota Mini Golf Putting Guide posted in July 2021.* Around the world, the game is written and verbalized in English in numerous […]