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Mar-Lea Miniature Golf
244 Boston Turnpike
Bolton, CT
(860) 649-7023
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The Putting Penguin &trade Review
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• Last Reviewed: 2003
• By: Putting Penguin Staff
• (All ratings out of 10)
• Difficulty: 2
• Creativity: 4
• Atmosphere: 6

This course is simple and decent for the price, but it is in need of some minor repairs and upkeep. With some replacement of carpet and a coat of paint on a few things this course would be an excellent value for the price. The landscaping is neat and the help is very pleasant. The course has mostly standard fare as far as the holes go with the exception of one horizontal loop and a pseudo-pinball hole. Other obstacles include the standard windmill, loop-de-loop, lighthouse and castle. Although there isn’t much creativity in the holes, they are the classic design of mini-golf which we appreciate. It also follows another of the classic mini-golf styles in that it looks like the course was stenciled into a giant slab of concrete. The course isn’t all that difficult and the pars are set very high so a decent round of golf will have you shooting at or under par. Other than that there’s not much that sets this course apart from others. It’s not a must play, but its not a bad one if you’re in the area.

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Our Review Criteria

• All numerical criteria are on a basis of 1-5. For most items, 1 is worst, and 5 is best.
• Overall: The reviewer's overall opinion of the course. 1 or 2 is not good. 3 is average, but nothing special. 4 is worth a visit, and 5 is an exceptional course.
• Maintenance: How well the course is kept.
• Creativity: Is this a cookie-cutter type of course, or does it have some flair?
• Price: How does the price of the course compare to the quality?
• Fun: Simply put, how fun is the course?
• Difficulty: 1-5, 1 easiest, 5 hardest
• A number of older reviews have a "Playability" rating. This indicates how able is one to play the course. Things like bent cup rims, twigs, clogged pipes, and too-difficult holes were included here. (These considerations are now part of Maintenance; Creativity was added in place of Playability in 2005.)