Pee Wee Golf & Arcade

In a word, WOW! This place is incredible! Truly a gem in Guerneville, CA! The owner is very nice, friendly, and you can tell he really has a passion to reflect the history of this place and keeps it incredibly well maintained. Established way back in 1948 and still going strong! With not (1) but (2) 18-​hole mini golf courses on the premises, creatively animated holes, and ingenious hole development, Pee Wee is a mini golf hodge podge of entertainment for family and friends of all ages. Yet it doesn’t just have mini golf, it also has a game room with arcade games including a retro console with probably 60 or 70 old school video games that I used to play as a kid, pinball machine, pool table, air hockey, and a jukebox… this place has it all and is terrific for parties too! The 2 courses rival, even surpass many of the larger venues such as where I used to frequent when I was a child growing up in Phoenix, AZ (Golf N Stuff, now called Castles N Coasters). All of the colorful imagery at every hole, many of which still remain since the venue’s inception 67 years ago, makes you feel like a kid again. And talk about clean, there doesn’t appear to be even a leaf anywhere that could divert your ball away from its intended path. Nestled among the picturesque trees and scenery near the Russian River, Pee Wee Golf and Arcade is in a terrific location and a great place to go to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life, stress, and just have some fun. If you’ve never been here before, you have got to go, it is a longstanding staple within the city of Guerneville; you absolutely WILL NOT be disappointed!

We had a blast! The owner is very accommodating and friendly. The kids mini golfed and the adults sat near the fire-​pit and listened to old school music on the jukebox. A must visit when you go to Guerneville!

We’ve been driving past this place for years and always wanted to go. With all the old (sometimes questionable and creepy) statues at this course, it really catches your attention from the highway, and you get the impression it could be trashy, but this place was very fun. Clean and charming, with nice staff, and also has a small arcade + jukebox that plays on the course, too. Memorable place.

I was ready to hate it. After going there in 2011 and the bad shape it was in I had every expectation to be disappointed. But, the 12 and 9 yr olds have shorter memories and really wanted to go. So we did.
BLUF– new construction, better obstacles and a cleaner arcade left me feeling satisfied. I will go back, and that is about the highest praise I can give.
$ 8 a person.

We played golf here with my family & I was so impressed by how adorable and well kept the course was. The owner has made such an effort to keep the place nostalgic. It brought back incredible memories of when I was a kid. I highly recommend playing here rather than the big chain Scandia. The course is so much more fun and interesting! I’d much rather support the little local business owner, also. Can’t wait to go back!

It’s really cheap. The guy working there was friendly. The place is, frankly, a bit of a dump /​dive, but it’s open until around 10 PM, and lets you BYOB — if you’re staying in the area (we were camping across the street) it’s a really fun way to spend an hour or two at night.
I was surprised at how much fun I had. It’d get a fifth star if I thought it’d be nearly as good an experience during the day.

no complaints, had a great mini golf game across from the hotel. cheap and fun. that’s the most important.

The silver lining in the drought of Winter 2011 – 2012 is that Pee Wee Golf will stay safely above the Russian River, so there shall be no mud or muck to plug up the PVC tubes that carry your golf balls through the extraordinarily colorful, cartoonish concrete reptilian obtacles, and the tightly-​laid turf shall keep those putts rolling true.
Hanson’s all alone in his estimation of this place as a locals-​only trash-​riddled antithesis of a tourist trap. The course is clean, well-​maintained, and exceedingly playable. There are no more little pits on the turf, and it’s kept reasonably free of debris which can drop from the trees. Putts roll a bit fast on the fresh turf, but the plane of the putting surface stays pretty flat on the x axis. Sometimes, it’s a little bit confusing to figure out the sequential layout of the holes because two courses are squeezed onto a modest-​sized lot (maybe a quarter acre), and the tee-​off areas for two different holes come close together.
Throughout the course, the concrete statues of animals ranging from spiders to dinosaurs harken back to an era of early– to mid-​20^th-​century roadside Americana, and especially the kind that popped up next to the old pre-​interstate freeway system roads such as U.S. Route 101, Route 66, Route 99, 395, etc. In fact, these statues (and especially the dinosaurs) make me think of the statues of Thunderbeast Park (r.i.p.) on U.S. Route 97 near Chiloquin, Oregon, if only those hadn’t been left to the ravage of the savage freeze and thaw cycles of that area. The statues at Pee Wee are kooky handmade originals, fun and friendly rather than hulking and scary, and very brightly colored.
The spider’s web obstacle on the westside course is one of the most inventive obstacles I’ve seen at any mini-​golf course.
The staff may seem a little bit buzzed on their own adult beverages, but they are always courteous and helpful.

Wow! This is the kitchy old-​school mini-​golf spot of my dreams. Places like this seem to be plentiful in East Coast vacation towns, but here in Norcal, real vintage putt-​putt golf is a rarity. The place has recently received a mini-​makeover so all of the paint is shiny and bright, the Astro Turf pristine. The kitch is top notch in this place — among he many characters to create obstacles for your ball or just to entertain are a giant T Rex with no hands and another T Rex with a glowing red eye beckoning you to come and play. This is by far the best entertainment I have had for a mere $ 9.

This is one of the best mini golf courses I’ve ever played coast-​to-​coast. Really fun holes with creative concrete statuary, including a moving spider trap on the last one. Seems like a cool business to support. Big up Yaself!

I love this place. It’s a bit on the pricey side $ 8 per person all ages, but it’s a classic mini golf place with lots of character and clean bathrooms. I’ve been with a large group several years ago and the owner did shots with us, and he really enjoys showing off the course.
The first course is the best for younger kids, and the back course is fun too but not as interesting. My 5 year old loved it! Parking was easy and it was way more low key than other chain mini golf places.

Like I’ve been saying my family and I come to Guerneville every summer. We always bring our huge group to this place. This is the smallest yet most challenging peewee golf course! The statue things give us a laugh every time and always make sure we take pictures with them. We usually have a big group but the owner/​staff never stressed, they are very chill. Fun music is always playing and we have been there very late, but they didn’t tell us to leave. Fun place to go after a day on the river.

My gf and I crashed this place after a night out across the river. It’s pretty amazing. As they were closing, they let us hang out and take pictures, while they absolutely blasted «Runaround Sue» followed by Underworld. We were the last people out, right behind the neighbor that came to yell at the owners about the music. Rock on, goofy golf!
More about the history behind this place here:

It is what it is… A 36 hole pee wee golf course with small arcade…
We played here over the weekend… The guy on duty was helpful…
The courses are fancy, but we had a good time…
The establishment has been here for a long, long time.
We will be back.

I’m pretty sure that this place was built in the ’70’s, and that it has not changed ever since. There are two little minigolf courses that are quite ill-​maintained, if at all. Balls roll more oddly than usual, turf is full of holes, and the castles/​dragons/​windmills are like roach motels… balls go in, but they don’t come out.
They also have a game room with a few video games, pinball machines and two pool tables, where all the teens hang out. I’m pretty sure I saw Leif Garrett and Jodie Foster there, but I couldn’t stay in there for very long; ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Back in Black’ were cranking way too loud.
Guerneville has had more than its share of hard knocks over the years, but if you’re reading this review, you’re most likely a tourist, and although I’m sure that PWGA is a four or five-​star to the locals, it isn’t really a place for an out-​of-​towner to find enjoyment.