PopStroke (Port St. Lucie)

PopStroke (Port St. Lucie)  11070 SW Village Pkwy Port St Lucie, FL 34987

If you know anything about PopStroke, you probably can guess that it would be pretty difficult to give it any less than a perfect score in our rankings. The quality of these courses are always top-notch, and our first visit was no different. PopStroke is what we believe to the originator (or if not, the people that perfected) the “upscale” mini-golf, with synthetic turf that incorporate fairways, bunkers, and rough, just like you would see on a real golf course.

PopStroke is much more than golf. It combines an onsite restaurant, ice cream, and playground. In addition, through their own app, you can have beverages delivered to you right on the course. Also, the course boast a giant TV with the latest sports game so you can keep tabs while playing a round. As for the mini golf, through their partnership with TaylorMade, you receive custom golf balls to keep for each person with your round, and you can also rent premium TaylorMade putters for your round.

We’ve seen this kind of atmosphere attempted at places around the country (Dingers in CT rents custom putters and boasts synthetic turf; few courses we’ve been to have decided to mix alcohol with mini golf), but it has never been as successful as it is as PopStroke.

While there are several PopStroke courses in Florida, we visited the Port St. Lucie course, recently redone in 2021. PopStroke offers All Day Passes to their courses, and we highly recommend going early and taking advantage of that as much as possible to make up for the $20/adult cost (seniors/military/children 3-5 are $16 each; each location has different pricing however). It boasts two courses, Tiger Black (easier) and Tiger Red (harder). We went early morning when they opened to play all 36 holes, had lunch, and then came back later that evening for another 36. Both courses have a par of 41, but the red has significantly more difficult reads and more challenging sand traps, while the black relies more on moguls. It was a bit weird to acclimate to what a par 3 was on the red versus what was a par 3 on the black, but that is such a small detail.

After two rounds on each course, we shook off some rust and were able to settle in, especially after starting poorly each round. Our low score on the red course was 43 (2 over par) and we came in at 41 (even par) on the black course. Overall, we really enjoyed our time here, and the quality of the course (as well as the atmosphere) is absolutely superior. In doing our research though, we’ve found that some courses go up to $35 for an All-Day pass, would be a little much for us.