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R&B's Sports World
19 Rowley Street
Winsted, CT
(860) 738-9799

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Visitor Review

• Reviewed: 2006
• By: Name
• Overall Rating (1-5): 4
• Maintenance: 5
• Creativity: 4
• Price: 3
• Fun: 3
• Difficulty: 3/5

R&B Sports is one of those multi-sport complexes that includes a a Go-Kart track, batting cages, billiards, table hockey and other sports along with a minature golf course. It was a busy place on the Saturday night we visited. The clientele was a pleasant combination of young families and teenagers. Noisy but friendly.

The minigolf course is fairly new, somewhat creative and quite attractive. Maintenance appeared first-rate and the entire course was clean and well lit for night play. A few straight shots, all long, and many obstacle holes that incorporate bends and curves as well as the usual compliment of chute shots and a creative twist of the obligatory windmill on the 18th hole.

Although R&B Sports is located in rural Winsted, I found the minigolf course setting a tad sterile but it's clean layout and excellent upkeep balanced that out. Par is 45 and quite reachable. In our party of three, one experienced player came in at 6 under par while his playing partners were both 4 over. Wait until next time!

Parking is more than ample and restroom facilities are clean. The snack bar serves delicious ice cream and other high-calorie snacks, just as they should. The only negative aspect of our visit was the fact that the Go-Kart track runs along the back 9 of the minigolf course. This means that you have to contend with the roar of about a dozen lawn-mower engines whizzing by while attempting to set up and hit your putts. I found this to be distracting (we had to shout at other to be heard) but not to the point that I wouldn't return to this pretty and mildly challenging putting course. I'll just be sure to wear earplugs next time.

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.)