03/17/09

Great Place for an outing

by montel111

What I mean about the con is that if a funeral is planned for your day, then they get FIRST priority! That makes sense right?

The owner made this course for his son and it is definitely challenging and fun! When I was there, it also had 3 or 4 video games that you could play when you took a break between rounds of golf! 9 HOLES!

This is GREAT for a party up to 30 people I believe or a great date! The TWO hours went by so fast and it does not seem like a funeral home when you are in the basement!

• Pros: FREE minigolf and videogames
• Cons: Might be a funeral

03/22/06

Gather the kids for a rousing game of mini-golf in the basement of a funeral parlor.

by Elisa Kronish

The Scene
Sound kinda bizarre? It is kinda bizarre. But thankfully, Ahlgrim & Sons funeral parlor is also respectful of the dead--groups play only when the place is funeral-free. Not for the easily spooked, this course has spirit like no other. The silly, tongue-in-cheek hole designs--built mostly by Roger Ahlgrim, the mastermind behind this 35-year-old creep-course--include a skull and bones, a graveyard with tiny headstones with names of each funeral employee, a haunted house, a castle with a guillotine entrance, and, yes, a coffin on Hole No. 2. Ahlgrim's mini-golf has appeared in Golf Digest, Sports Illustrated, Business Week and other intrigued publications. "Ripley's Believe It or Not" plans on stopping by soon too.

Facts
It's all free, but book ahead because apparently funeral parlor mini-golf is quite popular. Just make sure you have a backup plan: Golfing takes a back seat to funerals, and Ahlgrim's hosts 300 of them annually.