Mulligan’s
Miniature Golf Return
to Massachusetts
page
(978)
422-5022
Par:
42
Price:
$7 (season pass is $60) Other
Activities: Grill, Video Arcade
Moonlight Golf Day Time Golf
Difficulty:
9 Difficulty: 5
Creativity:
5 Creativity: 5
Atmosphere:
9 Atmosphere: 9
Unlike
the other moonlight golf we’ve played, which was in the center of a town, thus
had to deal with street lamps and the like, this course is in the middle of
nowhere. In fact, on the night we played
it was less “moonlight golf” and more “pitch black golf”- but that made it
fun. Although this course played the
same, with glow-in-the-dark lights in the cups and sticks in the balls, many of
the holes were so long and windy that you couldn’t see the faint green glow to
guide you. Most of the time you more or less putted into the darkness, hoping your ball didn’t fall into a pile of rocks or slide down an opening
into the water.
Because
of the darkness, the true difficulty and creativity will differ from the
moonlight ratings because we couldn’t really see anything. The course seemed to be in good shape and the
holes were somewhat tough, but playing them in the dark with balls that roll
slightly different than normal ones really adds to the difficulty. The only real flaw we found in the course was
that if the ball did go into the water it often traveled quite far before you
could retrieve it. There weren’t many
nets or traps to keep the ball from going all the way down to the ponds at the
bottom, should you be unlucky enough to dump it in the drink while you were
towards the top of the hill. It was also
a little hard to keep score as you had to do so by the glow of the ball, which
wasn’t all that much light.
The
overall atmosphere of the course was great and they had a lot of little things
we hadn’t seen much of before. Each hole
was names after a particular animal and had fun facts about the animals (and
the scorecard asks that you allow all woodland creatures to cross the greens
before putting). The scorecard also had
an “animal tracking” activity on the back where you wrote down what hole you
saw particular animal tracks at. Both
are good ways to kill time while waiting to play a hole. In addition, there were soda machines at the
10th hole and the course had a great lodge for a clubhouse. In the lodge one could purchase merchandise
from the course or see if their score beat the lowest or highest for the
day. The course had good music playing
and uses a bingo style free game where if the ball pulled out of the bingo
turner matches any of the holes on which you had a hole-in-one, you get a free
game. The theme is exactly the sort one
would expect from a course in the woods of
2007 Update
We
reviewed this course again in the daylight and when we re-rated it, we did it
without looking back at our first review.
So, it was good to see that both the course and our review style
remained consistent by the scores we gave.
It was also nice to see that the price didn’t change in the four years
since we last played the course.
Overall, the course is extremely well maintained and has very simple and
good looking landscaping. The carpets
are in excellent condition and our previous note about the balls running away
in the water didn’t have any effect on us this time. We really enjoyed that there was an open
starting area to each hole (no rubber mats) and the cups were the good plastic
kinds. The music was also a great
addition and added to the overall atmosphere.
All of our previous notes about the free game, low score and clubhouse
all still apply. Again, this is a great
course to play even if you have to travel a little bit off the beaten path to
get there.
Reviewed
by Pat, Mandy, Megan, Katie, Putt
Reviewed
in 2003 & 2007
Map
Cost: $12
Par: 42
Difficulty: 8
Creativity: 8
Atmosphere: 8
Course is basically a Harris course - but holes are longer & have unique design. Fun facts about animals at each hole & although it is on a main state highway road noise is not an issue. Nice water fixtures, good staff - only detraction from the atmosphere score is that I played on a very busy night & the course is not designed well to keep things moving efficiently.
Reviewed by Glenda R
Reviewed in 2024
Cost: $11
Par: 42
Difficulty:
8
Creativity:
8
Atmosphere:
10
Mulligan's Miniature Golf is one of the finest mini
golf places in central Ma. It is ranked #12 Best Mini Golf in U.S.A. by Men's
Journal in 2015. It has 18 unique and exciting holes of golf, along with
gorgeous landscaping, great music, and waterfalls. Check out the Fish Pond under the bridge as you enter the clubhouse it has Koi and Goldfish! Each hole is named after
an animal and gives a fun fact about the animal the hole is named. Each hole
has "Spinners" which make playing mini golf even more interesting and
challenging-try the behind the back shot and see for
yourself! 2022 Pricing Adults $11.00(13-55), Kids $9.00 (4-12), Seniors $9.00
(55+). Wednesday is SENIOR DAY when seniors play for $8.00. They also have GLOW
IN THE DARK Wednesday Nights during JULY & AUGUST FLAT RATE price of $13.00
per person (no discounts and. not included with Season Passes) Try it out LED
GOLF BALLS- SO KOOL-
Reviewed
by Anonymous
Reviewed
in 2022
Cost: $7.00
Par: 42
Difficulty: 7
Creativity: 8
Atmosphere: 9
Not too remote... Exit 6 off of 190, I believe. A very good family oriented place. Outstanding landscaping... clean...colorful. My family and I were greeted promptly and politely by the two gentlemen at the counter. The "Moose Caboose" grill provides tempting aromas while you navigate the course. The facilities inside were exceptionally clean too. We'd gladly return if/when in the area.
Reviewed by Rob Fenstermacher
Reviewed in 2007