My dad used to take me there when I was a kid. I'm thinking it was where the Volkswagen dealership is now.

It had a two foot high metal pole perimeter (painted orange) and the course was concrete lined (also painted orange).

There was an old Long John Silvers right next door, I think.

I used to climb over the orange railing and go play on the railroad tracks behind the putt-putt course.

I think there were 2 or 3 sets of track over there (it was an industrial spur line for the Union Pacific).

If any historical photos or photos at all of this location/business exist, please provide them. Thanks!

This is from 1976:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/puttputt1976.jpg

They were all pretty much the same layout:

HTTP://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/puttputt1976b.jpg

OMG yes!!!! Mom & dad and my oldest sister and BIL went to Casa Bonita then to Putt-Putt many, many Saturday nights. I loved it!!!

i had forgotten about these... there was one around sw 70th and western that looked almost exactly like that, right down to the light fixtures.

ha... the internet delivers! i remember these ads on tv:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e11tPlNLnc

Sure enough. Right there where the spur line came up from the south.

Thanks for the images above, Pete!

Remember it? I'm pretty sure I still have some trophies stashed somewhere from tournaments I played in there.

Here's a little FYI that most people didn't know about Putt Putt courses:

If you ever noticed a cigarette burn in the carpet, a ding in a rail, or most any other irregular mark on a hole. It was put there by one of the professional Putt-Putt players to know where you needed to hit the ball to make a hole in one.... The other info that was kept secret was where you needed to play the ball from on the tee mat and whether you needed to push/pull or hit the putt neutral.

Once you figured out the last 2 pieces of the info. You had a pretty good chance of aceing the hole every time.

Putt Putt Southside all the time in my youth. Norman Putt Putt to play volleyball in my teens. Loved those places.

Interesting. Do you know roughly when the course on 39th went out of business? I got excited when I saw this thread, because I too remember a putt-putt course on NW 39th, but I was almost certain the one I'm thinking of was closer to Bethany. Maybe it was a different one, or maybe my memory is getting foggy (my memory is almost certainly getting foggy). The memory I have is of a course that was possibly even PAST Bethany, and this was in the late 1980s.

I sure do miss that Roy Rogers just east of Putt Putt. I ate there all the time. Their roast beef was so much better than Arby's. And their Double R Bar burger with ham on it. I also worked at that Sirloin Stockade for a few months as a dish washer in High School. When I wasn't washing dishes I would wrap potatoes in foil for baking. What you have labeled Fred Gangs I remember being Billie Lee Pies. Pretty sure Sirloin Stockade got their pies from there that they served. Thinking Sirloin Stockade owned BLPs too. We had a prep lady named Alfia that made the salads and cut the pie slices and if she messed up a slice of pie cutting it she would bring it to the dish room and give it to me. There was also a liquor store next to that Monterey House that sometimes when we got off work, Alfia would go there and buy me and my friend that was a cook at SS a 1/2 pint of Cherry Vodka to split. I spent many a summer night on that strip of 39th between Ann Arbor and Meridian. 1971-1973.

Interesting. Do you know roughly when the course on 39th went out of business? I got excited when I saw this thread, because I too remember a putt-putt course on NW 39th, but I was almost certain the one I'm thinking of was closer to Bethany. Maybe it was a different one, or maybe my memory is getting foggy (my memory is almost certainly getting foggy). The memory I have is of a course that was possibly even PAST Bethany, and this was in the late 1980s.

I used to play at the Putt Putt on 39th as a kid, and it was usually full in the early 80s but the place started dying off around 87 or 88. I know the last time I went was in junior high and my friends and I were literally the only ones there on a weekend, and they had all but given up on maintenance. That was either 89 or 90, so I'm guessing it was shut down sometime soon thereafter.

Closing in the early 90s sounds about right. Then I remember it sitting abandoned for quite a while before anything happened on that lot.

Can anyone remember there being another one closer to Bethany/SNU, or have the sands of time clouded my memory and I’m actually remembering this one and have my locations mixed up?

Can anyone remember there being another one closer to Bethany/SNU, or have the sands of time clouded my memory and I’m actually remembering this one and have my locations mixed up?

There wasn't one in that area; you are thinking of the one on 39th which was only a couple of miles from Bethany.

I suppose so, but sure did think I was remembering one a few miles west of there.

There are two big mini-golf chains looking for OKC locations right now:

https://www.puttery.com/

https://popstroke.com/

There are two big mini-golf chains looking for OKC locations right now:

https://www.puttery.com/

https://popstroke.com/

popstroke is awesome and is in major expansion mode ...

that would be a great get for the Half ...

Popstroke would be awesome. It is Tiger’s company and partnered with Taylor Made Golf. Would say it may be a reach, but they are opening up one in Tuscaloosa, so you never know.

popstroke is awesome and is in major expansion mode ...

that would be a great get for the Half ...

That's a good call. Would be perfect at the Half.

*** Does anyone remember the "mini" golf course in Edmond at Boulevard and Memorial? I never played it but from what I remember and saw as I drove past it; it looked like a real golf course but mini sized. I can't remember how many holes there were but I seem to remember you played with a driver,a wedge and a putter. Then a few years later a Mercy medical clinic and other things were built there. What year this was for the golf course...early '90's???

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That was Lions Fun Park. Opened early-mid nineties. Had a passable mini golf, but also an arcade, a driving range and a REALLY nice little 9-hole par 3 course. Redeveloped maybe 15 years ago..?

Edit: closed and seized for tax liability in 2003. Redeveloped a few years after.

*** Does anyone remember the "mini" golf course in Edmond at Boulevard and Memorial? I never played it but from what I remember and saw as I drove past it; it looked like a real golf course but mini sized. I can't remember how many holes there were but I seem to remember you played with a driver,a wedge and a putter. Then a few years later a Mercy medical clinic and other things were built there. What year this was for the golf course...early '90's???

This is from 1995; Boulevard is on the right side of the image:

HTTP://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/edmondminigolf1.jpg

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I seem to remember there were also some softball-related components. I think the oddly-shaped area near the middle of that shot may have been a batting cage.

There was also a 9 hole par 3 golf course and batting cages on the east side of Western across from Downtown Airport.

How about the course SW of Wilshire and Broadway Extension? I think the sign may still be there...round and repurposed

There was also a 9 hole par 3 golf course and batting cages on the east side of Western across from Downtown Airport.
I remember a driving range being there, but I don’t think I ever knew about the other stuff. Possible that it was gone before I moved to OKC and/or before I became familiar with that part of town. So mid-late 80s.

How about the course SW of Wilshire and Broadway Extension? I think the sign may still be there...round and repurposed
It’s the home for Ball Golf. I think the Balls took it over after the course folded and still have a range area.

There are two big mini-golf chains looking for OKC locations right now:

https://www.puttery.com/

https://popstroke.com/

Any new news you could share on popstroke?

There was also a 9 hole par 3 golf course and batting cages on the east side of Western across from Downtown Airport.

I used to practically live at Wheeler Park playing softball and don't remember this. How far back might this be?

I used to practically live at Wheeler Park playing softball and don't remember this. How far back might this be?

https://jrspubandgrill.com/

I used to practically live at Wheeler Park playing softball and don't remember this. How far back might this be?

It's been awhile... I think the course closed in the 80's... The most visible view on Google Earth is April 1990 and it doesn't appear to still be active in that view.

I used to practically live at Wheeler Park playing softball and don't remember this. How far back might this be?

Late 70s. around 1977-1980 time frame, maybe longer. I worked with the guy that bought it around that time at the Western Electric plant. His name was Joe Richard. Not sure about the last name spelling. I worked at a lawn mower shop when I was in high school so I knew a lot about lawn mowers. I would work on the lawn mowers occasionally Joe used to use to mow the golf course. I don't remember if it was a full 9 hole course, but is was all Par 3 holes for however many holes it had. And it had some batting cages too. Around 1981 I worked in a different area of the plant on a different shift and didn't see Joe much after that. I think he had a farm way south in OKC too.

I think I hit balls there (the place across from what is now Wheeler) once, shortly after moving to OKC. I moved here in '86, and by 1991 I was working downtown and it was definitely not an option at that point.

Also, just to be clear, it was across Western east from what is now Wheeler DISTRICT, as opposed to Wheeler PARK, which is across the river. At the time Wheeler DISTRICT was the Downtown Airport.

I was there 1 time around 1979-80. All I remember is there was a cute girl working the snack bar & box office, and she was sneaking swigs off a beer when we walked up to pay.

I think I hit balls there (the place across from what is now Wheeler) once, shortly after moving to OKC. I moved here in '86, and by 1991 I was working downtown and it was definitely not an option at that point.

Also, just to be clear, it was across Western east from what is now Wheeler DISTRICT, as opposed to Wheeler PARK, which is across the river. At the time Wheeler DISTRICT was the Downtown Airport.

Yes it was on the east side of Western across from Downtown Airport. Maybe a tad to the south rather than directly across the street.

I used to practically live at Wheeler Park playing softball and don't remember this. How far back might this be?I'm with you. I played softball at Wheeler, River Park, etc. for years and I don't remember that being there. Tunnel vision I guess.

i have no memory of this place, but here is an aerial from 1984. you can see the downtown airport on the left, western in the middle, and what appears to be a small minigolf course on the right...
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You can see the Par 3 course (the greens) in that photo too. Looks like a miniature golf too. I don't remember that, but I never went there. Joe used to bring his mowers to my house to work on them.

Late 70s. around 1977-1980 time frame, maybe longer. I worked with the guy that bought it around that time at the Western Electric plant. His name was Joe Richard. Not sure about the last name spelling. I worked at a lawn mower shop when I was in high school so I knew a lot about lawn mowers. I would work on the lawn mowers occasionally Joe used to use to mow the golf course. I don't remember if it was a full 9 hole course, but is was all Par 3 holes for however many holes it had. And it had some batting cages too. Around 1981 I worked in a different area of the plant on a different shift and didn't see Joe much after that. I think he had a farm way south in OKC too.

I have a limited familiarity with the Rischard's through work so I thought I'd pass this along. Unfortunately, Joe passed away a few years ago. But JRs Pub and Grill posted above at I-44 and SW 149th St was Joe Rischard's as well. And yes, he had a Sod Farm in South OKC. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/joseph-rischard-obituary?id=13894899

Joe was a nice guy and I liked him a lot.

i have no memory of this place, but here is an aerial from 1984. you can see the downtown airport on the left, western in the middle, and what appears to be a small minigolf course on the right...
19059Wow. I even did a lot of electrical work in the late 70s, early 80s for Downtown Airpark. Some of it in those hangars. And I still don't remember the golf stuff being there. Again, must have been tunnel vision on my part.

I have a limited familiarity with the Rischard's through work so I thought I'd pass this along. Unfortunately, Joe passed away a few years ago. But JRs Pub and Grill posted above at I-44 and SW 149th St was Joe Rischard's as well. And yes, he had a Sod Farm in South OKC. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/joseph-rischard-obituary?id=13894899

I never knew about JR's Pub and Grill and that it was Joe's. It looks like it is still there and open even after Joe's passing. And knowing Joe I'm not surprised it also has a mini golf, par 3 course and a driving range. Like I said I didn't keep in touch with Joe after about 1981 because of different work shift and placement at the plant.

Apparently the two Putt Putt locations (This one and south Western opened between June an August of 1972.

They got boring pretty quick, but the memory is still a good one in that "innocent" pre-internet time.