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| - Pretty cool mini-golf course, just north-east of uptown Charlotte.
Your Lost Duffer experience starts at the pro shop for the Paradise Valley par-3 golf course. Inside, you'll find an arcade, a food counter, and the cashier. Decor-wise, it actually looks like it could be the activity center at a retirement home. The arcade games were all off on my visit (not sure why...), but I did get to grab a beer at the counter and experience the mini golf.
There are 18 holes, most of which are designed to be par 2's, and there are quite a few hole-in-one possibilities - half of the holes at least. It seems like a popular course with regulars likely being high school kids or UNC Charlotte students.
The first nine holes are outside, and they do tend to run together. A couple times, it looked like they had planned a larger hole but cut it into two smaller ones. Once you're done outside, you open a door to the mine shaft, which is really just a themed, blacklight-filled, damp basement. It's cool though, and worth experiencing.
There aren't really any special holes, but I did like the 18th hole and its free game opportunity.
Definitely worth a stop. I think they could do a bit more to make this a destination mini golf course (if that kind of thing exists).
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