A glance at Greenville on the cheap
Posted by The Skyliner on September 2nd, 2009Leasy Sandal
Staff Writer
Photo by Jenny Farnham
About 30 minutes from NGU lies downtown Greenville, an area filled with exciting things to see and experience. Right across from Falls Park is a small, indoor mini-golf course.
Falls Park Golf and Games is an inexpensive way to hang out off campus and enjoy a night of fun.
The lobby is filled with arcade games and kid-friendly attractions. Dance Dance Revolution lights up the arcade area and music brings the place to high energy. A variety of refreshments are available for purchase, including pizza, candy and an assortment of sodas.
The quaint golf course offers challenging opportunities to score a hole-in-one. Most of the holes present typical mini-golf competition. A few of the holes, however, are separated from the rest in a dark room filled with neon lights. It is entertaining to watch your friends swing and miss in this fun room.
And like other golf courses, a hole-in-one on hole 18 is a prize at the end of a well played game.
Mini-golf is just $6 per person, and the complex is open from 11 a.m. until, but closed on Mondays. Parking is somewhat difficult, but two blocks from Falls Park Golf and Games is a local church that allows public parking on nights and weekends.
“The location is perfect. It is rather small, but each of the 18 holes seemed just right when we started playing. Take some great friends and you’re guaranteed a great time,” Amy Ellison, junior interdisciplinary studies, said.
Taylor Suppiger, sophomore Christian studies, agrees.
“Although it is an extremely compact course, it is an interesting setup and still challenging. Definitely a place I would take a few friends to hang out and have a good time. The location is great, right in downtown close to Falls Park and some great restaurants,” Suppiger said.
Within walking distance of the mini-golf is Falls Park. Known for its Liberty Bridge, Falls Park is a free place to enjoy the Reedy River and the beautiful waterfalls surrounding the bridge below.
Tags: Fall 2009, Vol. 109 - Issue 1