After playing the Diamond Course, we went to a nearby Mexican restaurant for lunch before returning to play the Golf Course. The Diamond Course was the more challenging course with several holes that were not straight on shots (either around the corner or multi level). As part of making it a field trip, we did some science experiments on the multi level holes hypothesizing which was the best and then testing our hypothesis.
For my birthday, I decided we should go play mini golf at Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf because I had been seeing ads for it in my game apps and it looked interesting that it involved a train ride. As it was a school day, we made it into a field trip with Nora somewhat reluctantly doing the adding for the running total score after each hole.
The experience starts with a train ride to the top of the mountain where the courses start. We choose to start with the Diamond Course, which the conductor told us was the easier course. We enjoyed the variety of holes including some in caves, ones with obstacles to aim through, and one where you used the river to get down to the hole (Mom and Dad both managed a hole-in-on-one on this one).
For the over five years we've lived in Myrtle Beach, we've driven past Snake River Golf many times and I thought it looked like an interesting mini golf course. However, it had already been closed down and was very rundown looking. A few weeks ago, we were driving by and I was surprised to notice it looked cleaned up with fresh looking greens. With summer ending and some cooler, less humid weather, I choose it as our next mini golf adventure.
Overall we enjoyed playing a round at Snake River Golf. The courses were nice with the greens still seeming very new (I think, it reopened back in May). There were still some feeling of it being rundown including a deck area that was falling in with falls in several parts that really should have been blocked/roped off for safety. The themeing was also mostly pretty plain, but there were some snakes and caves. Definitely, cannot beat the price, though, as $8 per person for all day play is among the cheapest (if not cheapest) in the area.
