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: $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