Miniature golf captures all the fun of the original in a scaled-down version, much like table tennis, a baby carrot, or a celebrity bobblehead. Loop Lilliputian links with today’s Groupon: for $18, you get a mini-golf outing for four at Hollywood Park in Crestwood (up to a $37.96 total value). The outing includes the following:

• One round of mini golf for each person (a $24 value)
• Four drinks (up to a $13.96 value)

Hollywood Park maintains a sprawling expanse of family-friendly activities ideal for a day of fast-paced fun and cordial competition. Two of several on-site attractions, Hollywood Park’s pair of 18-hole miniature golf courses unveil tracts of twisting-and-turning turf to tantalize putting prodigies and apprentices alike. Out-putt roommates for rent money with precisely rolled orbs on the Sand Castle course, or bridge the broad gap between Star Wars fan and country-club aficionado while impersonating an ewok on the faux-grass corridors of the Tree House course. Groups can celebrate well-read swings with bottles of Heineken or Mike’s Hard Lemonade, or rejuvenate underperforming putters by dousing them with a 32-ounce soft drink between holes.