Pensacola, Florida: Goofy Golf

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Address:: 3924 W. Navy Blvd, Pensacola, FL
Directions:: West edge of the city, on the north side of US Hwy 98/W. Navy Blvd, just before its intersection with Hwy 295.
Hours:: F, Sa, Su only Local health policies may affect hours and access.

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Goofy Golf.

Classic old-style mini-golf, built in 1958, with many concrete figures. Now a golf skills and "life-training facility," but with the same goofy statues.

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Pumpkin hole.

Goofy Golf

Goofy Golf was easy to find, however it was closed. We walked around taking photos through the gate. An awesome gentleman came out and let us in.

[Jen, 09/05/2020]

Goofy Golf.

Abandoned Goofy Golf

No longer abandoned and under new ownership, Goofy Golf was first established in 1958.

[A.W. Ratliff, 07/08/2018]

Goofy Golf.

Goofy Golf in Ruins

Goofy Golf is still in ruins, but looking pretty good. Even the road sign is still intact. There are lots of weeds, but the figures are in good shape. There is a small rope keeping trespassers out, though a decent zoom on your camera provides great photo opportunities.

There is a DirectBuy next door that has a parking lot right next to the Goofy Golf. A small, occupied house is in the back portion of the two courses.

[Craig & Katelyn Wingerson, 04/27/2015]

Goofy Golf dinosaur.

Goofy Golf #2

According to Tim Hollis, author of Dixie before Disney, Panama City Beach's Goofy Golf was opened in 1959, after a string of proto-Goofy Golf establishments in Ft. Walton Beach and Pensacola, FL. The Pensacola courses had fallen on hard times in recent years but we are happy to report that new owners are actively restoring the courses. Course #1 (which includes the dinosaur and alligator holes) was repainted this year and efforts are underway to begin work on course #2. Wood and carpet is being replaced. We found the course to be a good challenge and playing among the original creatures was great fun.

[Wade H. Jeffrey, PhD, 09/02/2003]

2007: After damage suffered in 2004 during Hurricane Ivan, Goofy Golf closed. It reopened in 2007. September 2003: Tim Hollis, author of Dixie Before Disney and his upcoming Florida's Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast, provides this updated info: Lee Koplin built the first Goofy Golf in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1957 or 1958 (later demolished, Koplin replaced it with a second one nearby that exists today as Magic Golf). The next Goofy Golfs were built in Ft. Walton and Pensacola (~1958); final evolution of the Goofy Dynasty was the attraction at Panama City Beach built in 1959. At Pensacola, 90% of the concrete figures on the course were actually added in the late 1970s, part of the "Sir Goony Golf" chain. Tim sez his new book has a whole chapter on FL's mini-golf saga...