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21 interesting photos from Tiger Woods’ PopStroke mini golf course in Arizona

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Back in March 2023, Tiger Woods’ new PopStroke 36-hole mini golf course in Glendale, Arizona, opened for business.

The facility – which is located in Glendale’s Westgate Entertainment District – has two mini golf courses (Red and Black), made from synthetic turf, as well as a double-decker bar and restaurant, an outdoor game center, a pro shop filled with merchandise and putter rentals, an ice cream parlor, and a kids playground.

The PopStroke company is co-owned by Woods, and it was founded in 2018 as a technology-infused golf entertainment venture. So far, the company has open mini golf facilities in Florida (Fort Myers, Sarasota, Orlando, Tampa, and Port St. Lucie), Texas (Houston), and Arizona (Glendale). As per the company’s website, there are also four new courses coming in 2023 (Nashville, Scottsdale, Las Vegas, and Tuscaloosa) in addition to nine more locations coming in 2024.

“Tiger Woods has had the most significant impact in growing the game of golf around the world and his investment and partnership in PopStroke will undoubtedly introduce the game to a new and wider audience of participants,” said PopStroke founder Greg Bartoli.

Bartoli was right. The Woods connection hooked me in, and I recently visited the new PopStroke in Glendale to see what the experience was like for myself.

And I brought my camera along for the ride.

All of my photos can be found in our GolfWRX Forums here, but I’ll highlight my 21 most notable photos below as I take you on a tour of PopStroke in Glendale.

Enjoy!

1) The arrival

2) The pricing and hours

3) The merchandise for sale

4) The pre-round bar

5) The ice cream parlor

6) The scorecards

7) The putters (high-end TaylorMade Spider putter rentals for $10, otherwise putters are free)

8) The TaylorMade Distance+ golf ball (you get to keep it after the round!)

9) The GOAT speaks

10) The Black Course

11) The Riviera hole (with a bunker in the middle of the green)

12) The Red Course

13) The on-course service

14) The on-course bar

15) The daily competition for low round on each course

16) The 37th hole: The “Challenge Hole” to settle tie-breakers and bets

17) The double-decker bar-restaurant, which overlooks the course

18) The menu

19) The food

20) The outdoor game area

21) The game bar

More photos from Tiger Woods’ PopStroke here

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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  1. D Gillis

    May 10, 2023 at 12:46 am

    And — they have Bud Light on Tap!

  2. B Phillips

    May 9, 2023 at 12:58 pm

    Great review. Was there with a group of 8 back in March and thought it was very well executed and a good 2.5 hours of fun. We live in Nashville, and one has been announced for 24 which will be well received.

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Kevin Chappell WITB 2024 (April)

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 HL (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X

7-wood: Cobra King LTDx Prototype (21.5 degrees @20.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X

Irons: Srixon ZX (3), Cobra King CB (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM6 (52-08F, 56-10S), Cobra Snakebite (60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron SB-2, Scotty Cameron TourType TG6.2
Grip: SuperStroke Traxion Flatso 1.0

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Chappell’s clubs here.

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Spotted: Axis1 prototype broomstick putter

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We have seen an uptick in longer putters out on the professional tours with players gravitating toward either counterbalanced or broomstick styles. As a refresher, A “broomstick” putter is a long putter that is usually built to a length that goes up to your chest. If you have seen Adam Scott putt in a tournament recently, he uses what is classified as a broomstick putter.

Axis1 might not be the most common brand in the world of putters but they have been around a while, most notably in Justin Rose’s bag.

Axis1 is known for a putter that doesn’t look traditional but a design is used to get the center of gravity to the center of the club face, aligned with the shaft. This technology keeps the face aligned with the ball throughout the stroke. More traditional putters rotate around the shaft axis, which doesn’t align with the center of the putter, making it easier for the putter face to not be square to the target at impact.

This week at the Valero Texas Open, we spotted a prototype Axis1 putter in a long broomstick version. The head shape looks very similar to the current Axis1 Tour-HM putter that the company currently makes, which is a more squared-off mid-mallet. The prototype looks to have a similar multi-material head with a 304 stainless steel face mated to a composite back. Twin site lines run together, on the topline and on the flange, to create a longer line for aligning the putter. The steel face has a fairly shallow milling to it, and the flowing heel hosel connects to the aggressive shaft bend.

A matching black shaft is installed, and at the grip end is Super Stroke’s Zenergy Tour 1.0 two-piece in white and black. No word on if or when this will come to retail yet.

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/4/24): Mint set of TaylorMade Qi 10 irons

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Mint set of TaylorMade Qi 10 irons.

From the seller: (@ch1985): “Mint set of TaylorMade qi 10 irons 5-PW, AW (used 1 round and some range balls) with factory stiff steel shaft –  $925 shipped.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Mint set of TaylorMade Qi 10 irons

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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