Miami's Best Mini Golf Experiences

The world of mini golf has come a long way since the windmills and astroturf of your childhood. Today, mini golf is a social event where you can hold a putter in one hand and snap selfies with the other, taking breaks to eat nachos. Technology has changed mini golf for the better, too, with innovations like automatic scoring and interactive games taking the experience to a new level.

Miami’s best places for mini golf run the gamut from traditional putting courses to full-scale facilities where you can work on your short game. You can play indoors or outdoors. Whatever you’re feeling, Miami’s best mini golf courses have a game that’s right for you.

Puttery Miami

You can play on themed courses at Puttery, a social mini-golf experience in Wynwood. Each course feels like a detailed movie set where you’re immersed in a different world while you play your way through nine Instagram-worthy holes. Each Puttery venue around the country offers different motifs, and the current themes at the Miami location are a ski lodge, an urban rooftop and a stately library. The courses branch out from Puttery’s main room, which feels like a high-end bar and restaurant. Golfing is unlimited, so you can take a break after every course and enjoy a cocktail or refuel with bar food. You can even bring your drink onto the course with you or have one delivered to you while you play.

Puttshack Miami

Puttshack is perched high inside Brickell City Centre in Brickell. This place puts a futuristic spin on the pastime with a nine-hole game that plays a bit differently than your typical mini golf course. Rather than traditional scoring based on the number of strokes, this tech-infused concept uses a points system where golfers get different scores based on hitting targets, answering trivia questions and how many shots they take. It makes for an interactive game where every player stays involved no matter how far behind they are. Bright lights and pop culture-themed holes put a smile on everyone’s face. The balls have tracking chips (so unscrupulous golfers can’t pad their scores). Playing at Puttshack is a social experience, and the full bar and food menu are as much a part of the fun as the putters.

Palmetto Mini Golf

Sometimes, you don’t want a full bar and flashing lights with your mini golf. Sometimes, you just want to get outside with your family and putt some balls through waterfalls and palm trees. For that kind of experience, Palmetto Mini Golf is the best option. This 18-hole outdoor course in South Dade is a traditional miniature golf course, not an amusement park with putters. The course has been a staple for local families since 1959. If you’d like to test your game, there’s a driving range and a full 18-hole golf course onsite.

Topgolf

Topgolf isn’t really mini golf. It’s more like a high-tech, gamified driving range with a full bar and a menu of tasty bar food. But much like mini golf, Topgolf offers guests an accessible, social and fun experience for all ages, no matter their skill level. While mini golf focuses on putting challenges, Topgolf focuses on driving accuracy. Topgolf’s multi-level complexes in Doral and Miami Gardens invite you and your crew to post up in a private bay, where servers bring you food and cocktails while you compete to see who can hit targets far out into the range. You can aim for specific, brightly colored sections, or just play to see who can hit the ball farthest.

Golf Miami 305

Golf Miami 305 in Miami Gardens is a full-service golf simulator where you can work on your game with real-time feedback from virtual golf pros. Rather than putting through a course designed for kids, you can improve your game with a high-tech putting area or try your putts in the Outdoor Zone. Golf Miami 305 also offers a nine-hole indoor course simulator, where you can play half a round against a screen. For the most detailed feedback, book time in the Trackman 4 bay, where you’ll get instant data on your swing and how to improve it.

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