Comments on Silver Spring, Singular: What Silver Spring Needs - Mini Golf

I miss Monte's over in College Park.

2008-04-17T19:35:00.000-05:00

I miss Monte's over in College Park.

Mini golf is fine unless there is space for a pitc...

2007-12-19T09:18:00.000-05:00

Mini golf is fine unless there is space for a pitch and putt or a driving range and a full size course would be perfect, the important thing is that the local community has access and reaps the benefits, mini golf can be fun but so can a driving range and it also gives serious golfers somewhere to practice. Currently at Polaris World I find that any kind of course or range can be of benefit to a community in many different ways.

"No Sweats or Athletic Wear." Does that prove onc...

2006-10-14T17:29:00.000-05:00

"No Sweats or Athletic Wear." Does that prove once and for all that bowling isn't a sport? What about golf--mini or otherwise?

It's not the abbreviation itself but the making up...

2006-10-09T10:36:00.000-05:00

It's not the abbreviation itself but the making up of a neighborhood. ("South Point")

Sligo, so why are you okay with MoCo but not SoPo ...

2006-10-09T10:34:00.000-05:00

Sligo, so why are you okay with MoCo but not SoPo ??

If Rockville can become North Bethesda, Germantown can become North Potomac, why no SoPo ?

Ewww...mini golf?!

2006-10-09T08:18:00.000-05:00

Ewww...mini golf?!

Anybody heard anything lately about plans for the ...

2006-10-08T19:50:00.000-05:00

Anybody heard anything lately about plans for the civic building/ice rink? I hear park and planning is fending off any public statements when asked about what's going to happen with the green...

What about putting a putt-putt or batting cage pla...

2006-10-07T16:05:00.000-05:00

What about putting a putt-putt or batting cage place up on top of a building? Big old nets around it of course.

Love the mini-golf idea. On a completely unrelated...

2006-10-07T15:04:00.000-05:00

Love the mini-golf idea. On a completely unrelated note, StoreHouse is set to close in December. I read about it in today's WaPo.

I wonder what will go in there next?

We already have a mini golf course in Silver Sprin...

2006-10-07T09:59:00.000-05:00

We already have a mini golf course in Silver Spring. It's called the Sligo Creek Golf Course and Sligo Creek Parkway. They clipped it when they built the Beltway a few years ago. The Schweinhaut Senior Center is sitting in the middle of the old seventh fairway. I've played both courses hundreds of times. Once I got a double eagle 3 on the ninth hold by hitting over the trees behind the eighth tee.

Yes, they turn the ice rink into mini-golf in the ...

2006-10-06T22:50:00.000-05:00

Yes, they turn the ice rink into mini-golf in the Kentlands (or at least they used to), but that makes for a pretty small mini-golf course AND takes away a potential performance area for summer concerts. I'd agree that the top floor of City Place might have made better sense, if it weren't being converted into office space (or a wider range entertainment venue like Dave & Busters).

urbannomad: I think mini-golf is great for urban ...

2006-10-06T19:37:00.000-05:00

urbannomad:

I think mini-golf is great for urban areas, as it can be done on rooftops of the buildings, which otherwise might be useless.

According to Wikipedia, there were over 150 rooftop mini-golf courses in New York City.

I'm all for a bowling alley I'd love that, but not...

2006-10-06T17:56:00.000-05:00

I'm all for a bowling alley I'd love that, but not so much on the mini-golf. Just seems like something some suited for far-out suburbia, not in an urban area like downtown silver spring... but if they did it right I suppose it could work.

I'm for a driving range and batting cages.

2006-10-06T16:17:00.000-05:00

I'm for a driving range and batting cages.

Good find on the Ballston course.

2006-10-06T15:37:00.000-05:00

Good find on the Ballston course.

There are similar plans to open a mini-golf course...

2006-10-06T15:08:00.000-05:00

There are similar plans to open a mini-golf course in Ballston. Maybe we should talk to them and see what they're doing . . .

Noooooooo! Not the soccer field, although I never ...

2006-10-06T14:57:00.000-05:00

Noooooooo! Not the soccer field, although I never get to play anymore b/c stupid Joe Ferg pulled the league due to "lack of interest." Uhhhh, hello? We have a lot of hispanics and africans in SS and they lova da futbol, as do I. Next year Joe Ferg. Next year.

Put it on top of something but don't take up preci...

2006-10-06T14:40:00.000-05:00

Put it on top of something but don't take up precious land. This is an urban area afterall. Jessup Blair park or Fenton Park? Maybe take part of the soccer field for it?

I'd be down with a driving range, especially one t...

2006-10-06T14:30:00.000-05:00

I'd be down with a driving range, especially one that was outdoor and BYOB like they have in California and Japan. On a sunny afternoon in the summer, nothing could be better.
Love driving the ball, but hate golf. Go figure.
Putt-putt would never work, people would steal all the little clubs all the time or use them to participate in muggings. Plus it would flood SS with more little children than are currently present on the globe. Yes, children from other planets would come to SS to play on our course.