This Highway 54 business finally has its star attraction: golf

A year later than planned, Mega Pines Mini Golf finally is opening with its star attraction: an out-of-the-ordinary 18-hole miniature golf course.

“It is not like any other course that is in Kansas,” said Kelli Miller, a teacher who is opening the business with her family.

The entertainment center is on 14 acres at 1802 Highway 54, which is about a mile and a half east of Andover Road.

The wait on the course was due to trying to get on a Michigan company’s schedule to install the course, Miller said. Now that it’s in, she said, “I’m very impressed.”

Unlike most miniature courses with obstacles on them, Miller said this one is built “more like natural greens.”

“It’s more challenging than your typical Kansas course.”

There are a lot of elevations.

“It takes a little bit more physics to know how balls travel and velocity and the pitch of the land,” Miller said.

Instead of things like windmills or waterfalls on the greens, there will be educational material about national parks along with animals and artifacts seen in them.

The educational components, which are next to the greens, are geared to a range of ages. Small children might enjoy, say, some of the animals on the course, and older kids and adults can learn fun facts about the national park system.

“Every age is going to find something that appeals to them,” Miller said.

Half of the holes are ADA compliant.

Some of the holes will have spinners that guests can spin for silly instructions, such as taking a selfie Mount Rushmore style, and a chance to win prizes.

Miller said there are “a bunch of different fun things just to kind of mix it up to keep it fresh.”

She said in the future, she hopes to expand with another course on American history.

Golf is $12 for children, $12.50 for adults and free for children 36 inches and under.

There’s also jelly ball and packages to play it and golf together.

There are also yard games and areas to throw parties. There is a range of prices as well as add-ons for party packages.

By June, there will be an indoor area for parties.

There will be an overnight camping option, too.

In addition to statues of animals, there are some actual wild animals who make Mega Pines their home, including mallards, geese, bunnies, turkeys and deer.

“They just have moved in,” Miller said.

She said she hopes corporations will use the space, too, and she wants to be involved with school fundraisers as well.

“We’re really hoping to be part of the community, not just a business.”

Mega Pines opened briefly over the holidays last year with some winter activities.

The official grand opening is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, with a ribbon cutting at noon.

“Everything won’t be 100% ready,” Miller said. “We have fought the weather a little bit with rains this spring. We will continue to improve and finish things up.”

She said she wanted to go ahead and get open, though, “and start letting families have some fun.”

This story was originally published May 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM.