Farmington Mini-Golf Return to Connecticut page
1048 Farmington Ave (RT 4)
Farmington, CT 06032
677-0118
Cost: $5 for adults at
night Other Activities: Ice Cream Parlor
Par: 48
Original 2001
Rating Updated
2003 Rating
Difficulty: 10 Difficulty: 10
Creativity: 7 Creativity: 7
Atmosphere: 5 Atmosphere: 6
Overall, Farmington is a nice course to play. It’s very well kept and has some interesting holes. There is also a bonus 19th hole, where you shoot for a free game and return the ball. We appreciate the additional 19th hole instead of having the 18th hole be one of those holes where you always get a hole in one and simply just return the ball. It allows you to have the feeling that you played a complete course, then makes it even better by having that last shot for a free game. Additionally, we ran into two problems that dropped the atmosphere score. The first is that they limit the number of players in a group to three, which is a strange and inconvenient number, especially when you go as two couples. The second was a curt employee who said he would “allow” us to play as a foursome if we would move it along. He told us this after the first hole, making us feel somewhat rushed for the rest of the game, even though we were keeping pace with the rest of the players on the course.
2003 Update
After playing this course again, we reaffirm the 10 on the difficulty scale. Almost every hole is designed so that if you don’t go through the obstacle on your first shot it will be at least two more strokes before you get the ball in the hole. It is critical on this course that you hit a great tee shot or else your chances of sinking an easy two-putt are greatly reduced. Speed is also a huge factor on this course as many putts make you worry more about the speed of the ball than the placement. One of the good things about this course is that they do have pars adjusted accordingly as there are only a handful of par twos on the entire course. We also fared a little better with the employees this night, but this might have been due to the fact that only two of us played (this helped to increase the atmosphere rating as shown above). The course is kept in very good shape, with the carpets and bricks showing little sign of wear. The obstacles were also kept in good shape and none seemed to be in disrepair. One drawback that we don’t like is the rubber putting mats at the beginning of each hole, but at least they are fixed into the ground. This is one of the better courses in Connecticut and worth playing.
Reviewed by Pat, Mandy, Scott, Michelle,
Reviewed in 2001 & 2003
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