Highlights:
- Top Golf
- White Sox Game
- Birthday week
Had a great group of friend go sit in the bleachers at the White Sox Park. We “coincidentally” sat right next to the Modello/Pacifico beer stand in left field. 2 very large bag of peanuts and about 12 home runs later the White had a major come from behind victory against Detriot.
Overall this was a party week! I took advantage of it to the max. All my friends and family that came and celebrated with was what made it special to me and I would like to thank them.
On Sunday a group of us went to take advantage on the sunny but super wet day after our early tee time got canceled we decided to hit up Top golf in Itasca. After being to more than a few top golf location in the country, I was ready for the usual good time with all the fun interactive games and endless bays. Turns out this was the third location built.
I was used to the four-story and like a billion bay location I’ve been to in Las Vegas, Tampa, Orlando, and Naperville-IL. Those locations were all built after the proof of concept that their Itasha location was/is.
It was still the same general set up hot golf balls into targets that dug into the ground and you score points the closer the ball lands to the center of the target.
This location was smaller in only had two stories and was missing almost all of the fun electronics and TVs the newer location have. The biggest thing it was missing was the in-bay ball dispenser. This missing key feature also led to a different price model and sign ing up for a new top golf card which was very aggravating! In short, you had to purchase “games” which consist of a basket of 20 balls that you would have to get in one central location like a traditional golf range. This is where the experience really disappointed me. if memory y serves me right it was 8 dollars for 20 balls which feels way more expensive than you and your buddies split 50 dollars an hour at newer locations. All in all I will stick to the two other locations here in Illinois and be mindful to check when I go out of town and to make sure and not attend this generation of Top Golf.
To be fair I do like Top Golf as long as its a one of the newer locations, but nothing beats being out on the course for 18.
Cheers.