Visit Bugsy!
I don’t know if it even has a name anymore, and the “for sale” sign has been in the front for years, but that mini-golf next to the Dairy Queen on Brecksville Road in Richfield has been around for as long as I can remember. It’s actually about the only place in the area I remember going with my family as a kid that’s still there. I went there as a kid, I took my nieces and nephews there when they were kids, and today, to carry on the tradition, I introduced my kids to it. You can’t beat the price — $3 for adults, $2 for kids 12 and under. Sure, it’s all broken down and the figurines are peeling and poor “Bugsy” no longer has ears and the windmills and other moving parts don’t work anymore. But … it’s a slice of history. And it’s inexpensive. And no one is hardly ever there so you don’t feel all this pressure from the “serious” golfers behind you. And, when you’re done, you can walk across the parking lot to get a hot fudge sundae! See ya on the golf course!! (P.S. The first time I saw the “for sale” sign in front, I cried, thinking the last vestiges of my childhood would soon disappear. But since the sign has been there for a few years now, the course-that-has-no-name doesn’t seem to be going anywhere soon!)