Bottom line: Â you come here to socialize and hang out, not actually practice golf.
I kinda feel badly giving this only 3 stars, because Top Golf is a really cool idea--target-oriented practice. I love the concept of scoring a practice session, with cleverly planted microchips inside golf balls to track distance, accuracy, scoring. Here are the pros and cons:
Pros: Â
-- Nifty concept
-- You can practice in the covered, heated stalls, even in the dead of winter
-- Food and drinks are served
-- Really respectful, helpful staff (main counter, bar, wait staff, everyone!)
Cons:
-- Expensive!! $7 for 20 balls is steep, especially when at a standard range $7 gets you around 50-70 balls.
-- Limited utility. The 5 main targets are 25, 50, 90, 125, 150 and 190 yards, along with the 260 "driver" target. This basically means that I am limited to hitting 5 clubs if I want to play the games. If I don't, I'm paying premium prices to hit overly used balls
-- Turf tee boxes and bad rubber tee selections. Turf tee boxes I can understand, but at least have a variety of tee lengths available at all tees. And if you are placed on the upper deck stalls, you can only use one half-inch rubber tee that is too high for fairway woods and too low for driver.
The concept is great, and for a social outing, it's very fun. But if you are looking to truly practice, go elsewhere. It might not be as fancy, but you'll at least get in some real practice. If you got 30 balls for $7, I'd rate this 4 stars.
Cousin takes me along with him so I eventually decided to get my own card. The people at the front desk are well chosen (Kevin) was great. Kevin had a smile on his face and dealt with us very professionally. I cant remember the name of the guy that was working the front desk sat night but he was welcoming as well! Never had a bad experience, however one thing that ticked me off was when the waiters would announce the prices... The days where I'm in a suit just off of work everything is cool. When my friends come along and I'm in jeans its like "hey that coffee is $3"... OK did I ask? Even though the whole waiter confirming you know the price thing is annoying some waiters actually know how to do their job like Kenna who was very courteous Parking isn't too bad people come and go very often. Thinking about getting that gold card however to make it really worth it id have to come every other night as well as having to pay every month without freezing the account if your not in town is kind of reminding me of the annoying gym membership. I was told their was an additional 125 starting fee and then 125 each month... or you may buy a pay as you go type card for $50 for a one time lifetime membership which comes with $50 to spend on games...
This place is awesome just some small things that could be better yet we all have to be reasonable to place is perfect. Almost forgot for cigar lovers they do have a small selection of cigars macanudo, Romeo y Julietta, is about all I can remember. The bartender Duncan also has a cutter if you forget yours!!! Nice guy... the way a bartender should be.
Would be 5 but off a 1/2 star for being a little on the pricy side and 1/2 star for a pretty lame putting green (it is (practically) putting on concrete). Â Otherwise, most golfers should really enjoy themselves here!
Each game of 20 balls is $7. Still, about the most fun way to tune up driver/irons for accuracy you can imagine. Food and servce are pretty good bar fare.
If you're brand new, staying in the area and you can swing it, it makes a lot more sense to pay the $60 start up card (forget what they call it) Â for all the games given. Â You'll likely come back and use up the credit.