Like baby overalls and action figures of Supreme Court justices, miniature-golf courses provide as much entertainment as their full-size counterparts. Enjoy the smaller side of life with today's Groupon: for $9, you get one round of miniature golf for two at Timber Creek in Stouffville (up to a $19 value).

Outfitted with two elaborate miniature-golf tracks, Timber Creek dazzles putters with challenging holes and an interactive course design. Visitors can relish the rivers and valleys flanking the manicured landscape of the Logging Camp, an 18-hole layout anchored by a churning sawmill, rushing waterfalls, and a central pond. Players pursuing naval adventure or ancient barnacle specimens can plant their tees in 19 holes of the Shipwreck course, a sprawling, sinuous set of greens that regales eagle hunters with a foreboding canyon, a lighthouse, and a model wooden shipwreck bolstering a Canadian flag. Though Timber Creek outfits all customers with putters and balls in its air-conditioned clubhouse, seasoned chippers can tote their own clubs or whittled-down telephone poles. The expansive facility illuminates its courses for evening play, and customers can explore the 35-acre park's additional attractions, including a gemstone mining area, driving range, a 20-foot inflatable slide, and an arsenal of batting cages.