AGS has successfully installed an Anywhere Links, Jr mini-golf course at the Romps Water Port location in the US state of Ohio.
The new 18-hole course uses a patented interlocking panel system and replaces a 36-hole concrete-built course that dated back to the 1960s.
John Gabriel, co-owner of Romps Water Port in Vermillion, Ohio, said the original course “…was a lot denser. The holes were smaller in length, and it was an official Putt-Putt franchise course. After so many years, around 1999 or 2000, they wanted us to re-do the course into a bigger, more elaborate Putt Putt course. This is a working-class community that we’re in and we felt the community wasn’t ready for a $15 or $20 game ticket for that kind of a course. We’re more in the $5 - $7 ticket range in our community.
“We then changed the name (to Romps Putter Port) and the colour scheme of the holes; took out some of the Putt Putt obstacles and replaced them with Vermillion landmarks, like the distinguished water tower in the city. We had a bridge because the city is divided down the middle by a bridge that’s blue and it’s iconic, so we had a blue bridge on the course that looks just like it.”
The new course has also been developed to meet local codes and create more accessibility for people with mobility issues, said Gabriel, in addition to improved spacing for better traffic flow.
Romps Water Port is a 17-acre facility with a 250-dock marina that includes the mini-golf course attraction (Romps Putter Port), a heated swimming pool, an ice cream stand (the Dairy Dock), fuel and a full-service department to work on boats.
