Anchor Golf Center

Anchor Golf Center 21 NJ-10, Whippany, NJ 07981

Atmosphere: C+ Difficulty: B- Pricing: C Creativity: C

OVERALL: C+

We’ve never been to a mini golf course that is “presented by” a real estate agent, but I guess there is a first time for everything! A fair warning, almost all of the pictures on the courses website are extremely outdated, probably pre-pandemic. The course has far less obstacles and characters than on its website, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

We played here a year ago and were extremely disappointed by the fact that there was a birthday party on the course and kids were just randomly running around through our game, so we couldn’t really even evaluate the course. However, we decided to give it another chance this year, and were pleased to replace that old memory. The course is almost entirely flat, except for some elevation changes onto almost deck-like elevated platforms. The course may be in the middle of the slight refurbishing, as it seems about half the course has new paving stones. All of the turf looks very new and is in great condition, despite maybe one or two ripples. Metal cups are always a bit of a negative for us.

Also worth noting is the course is completely out in the open with no shade at all. There is also very little space between holes, so a crowded day would be difficult. However, the course does make use of its space with longer greens and interesting pathways. While the course does look like it lives in a bit of greyscale, it does still have interesting gameplay. However, it certainly isn’t the multicolored course shown on the website.

The course is $10/adult and $8/child, which is a bit more than we would have liked to pay, but its pretty accurate for any kind of mini golf in the area. The course uses a basic score card with no par listed, but if we were to guess, it probably is somewhere between a 43-45. We had a poor showing here, with our winner carding a 47 with only one ace. Overall, the course makes for a nice outing, and while there isn’t any above average here, it still is well kept enough to be enjoyable.