Sugar Grove Miniature Golf

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 Our intended course for today was the Sugar Grove Family Fun Center at 9 S. 825 Route 47, in Sugar Grove, Illinois.  You know, I mapquested it, but it seemed like you just head south on route 47, so I didn’t really pay much attention to the address.

So, we were headed south on route 47, and it seemed like we were going kind of a long way.  And then we saw a minigolf course on the left, so we figured we had reached our destination.  We pulled into the parking lot, and it seemed like there was another minigolf course just down the road, which looked more like what we thought we were looking for.  But, since we were already parked, we decided to play the Sugar Grove Miniature Golf.

This course was hilarious.  It took us about two holes to realize that ALL THE HOLES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!!!!  WOW!!!  Seriously,  the decorations are all different, but - look at this shot of the polar bear.  Cool bear, but look at all the other holes!!  It was so funny!!


The course was astro-turf, and it was in great shape.  There was a driving range immediately next to the mini-golf.  It’s a great place to practice - and for $6.00 for 18 holes a little cheaper than in Chicago. 

And another thing:  dig this knight carrying a shield!!  Do you recognize the shield??  It’s the Tri-Force shield!!  The Hylian shield!!!  The shield that Link uses in the Legend Of Zelda games!!!  They just STUCK Link’s shield on this anonymous knight!!!  The decorations are so crazy like that. 

 

For instance, look at this statue of Darth Vader.  It’s CLEARLY Darth Vader.  Only, look at his eyes!!  Those aren’t Darth Vader’s eyes!!  These eyes are big and sympathetic!!  You’d never make an evil emperor with droopy anime eyes like this!!!  And, what’s that barbeque skewer he’s holding??  Perhaps he’s hosting a party for wookies???  What’s up with these decorations???

 


And:  LOOK AT THIS!!!  Doesn’t this look like a giant butt??  With a tail??  We got to this decoration and I said to Aaron, OMIGOD, it’s a giant butt!!!  And he said, “no way!”  Of course, when we got around to the other side . . . I was so WRONG!!!!

This hippo hole was WAY better than the hippo hole at Skokie Sports Park!!!  And, dig this warped Pinocchio.  See what I mean about the decorations??  They’re all just a little off.  Like somebody made them in their garage from their memory of the characters.  And, why does this gorilla have such a pointy head??

 
AHA!!!  A loop-de-loop!!  There were two of them on this course.   The hole is STILL exactly the same - only there’s a loop-de-loop on it.  HA!!!

 

Oh, and see this hole with the seal - look!!!  The hole is different!!  Not counting the loop-de-loops there were exactly TWO holes that were different from the rest.

 

On the back 9 we noticed that the actual holes, the cups, were no longer “finished” with plastic or metal in the bottom.  They just were sand.  And they had lots of ants in them!!!  I hope we didn’t harm any ants!!

The 19th hole was a ball return, just like at many courses.  Only, this 19th hole was a legitimate hole on the course - you put it on your scorecard just like any other hole!!!

Statistics:

Par:  45
Aaron:  50
Peg:  51

Difficulty (1-6 putts, 6 putts being the most difficult):  2.5 putts
Rating (1-10 balls, 10 being the most wondrous):  4.5 balls

This was a great warm-up course, great to practice.  But not very exciting.

Coming Next:  Sugar Grove Family Fun Center