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| - To recycle a joke from Pineapple Express (and remove the profanity), TopGolf is like if a driving range and a skeeball game had a kid, and then in a different part of the country a bowling alley and a Dave and Busters had a kid, and then THOSE kids grew up, met, and had a kid - BAM! - Topgolf! Time for another episode of Pros and Cons!
Pro: Options for everyone - there are difficult and easy golf games, all built around on the GPS tracked golf balls and large targets in the ground on the range grass and based on accuracy, distance, direction, etc. They have clubs of all sizes ready to go, along with shuffleboard, pool, some TVs with sports or Xbox Kinects...
Con: Not that great for kids - a little dangerous if they're on the driving range deck - I can't remember if this one has minigolf (some TopGolfs do)
Pro: Servers take orders for food and drink and bring the food right to your station - pub and sports bar type options, plenty of adult beverages that can even come in pitchers, and super-American options like loaded nachos, Chicken and Waffle sandwiches, and injectable donuts.
Con: Had to go through a pretty extensive sign-up process for a guest pass - took 10-15 minutes - just seems like it's a marketing info grab and they could do without it.
Pro: One of the best times I've had, just a very creative combination of a number of awesome things
Con: Super big missed opportunity? When the cart zips around to collect the balls, all the computers should just say "HIT THE CART!" for a few minutes - everyone is thinking it already, and it seems like the GPS could track if you did it or not - just put a couple nets on the cart like sails on a pirate ship. It would be an epic community event and would look super cool like a mix of "NYPD! Hit the chopper" from The Other Guys and the archers from the last battle in Braveheart.
Overall, stellar idea and decent execution
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