#1 Rated Miniature Golf Courses in Dane County

The new INDOOR 18 hole "Madison" landmark miniature golf course (pictured at right) is now open!  This course features the most fun, educational, interactive and amazing holes we have ever built.  You have to see the Capitol Building and "Rhythm & Booms" in black light - awesome!   Take a break and race remote control boats on "Lake Mendota" and "Lake Monona".

Come play the #1 rated miniature golf courses in Dane County!  The two outdoor 18 hole miniature golf courses - the California Course and the Wisconsin Course - have been consistently rated by Dane County Kids publication as the #1 miniature golf courses in the greater Madison area and in Dane County.  Our courses offer entertaining, challenging, and interactive fun. 

We have golf holes such as "Lambeau Field" - a hole where you can score a touchdown and perform your own version of the "Lambeau Leap".  You can also park your "car" while rocking back and forth on springs.  Two years ago, we created Misty Beach, California - a "mistical" adventure where you can cool down with a mist machine while playing miniature golf.  The Misty Beach hole includes palm trees, a life guard station and jumping pods!  We also remodeled the final hole of the Wisconsin course which features a pinball type game in addition to putting!  The new "Giraffic Park at San Diego Zoo" hole recently completed in 2006 is equipped with double slides, a dolphin to ride, and cage for "wild" and "tame" miniature golf fun!

We encourage more than just putting on our miniature golf courses. Our courses are fully interactive and we mean FULLY interactive. Even if you dont care much for putting, there are still plenty of entertaining features to maintain your interest making it fun for all family members and friends. Did you ever: take a stroll under a waterfall, ride a monorail over a pit, slide down a mine shaft through a mountain - putt & walk under a giraffe - crawl through a barn - step to the top of a lighthouse - climb a mountain to a ranger station - ride a Beastie - log roll - or putt through mountain caverns? This and more can be experienced by playing our two 18 hole miniature golf courses.

Come join the fun and play the #1 rated miniature golf courses in Dane County where you always have a chance to win a free game on the last hole of all three of our 18 hole courses! Special group rates and packages are available; please contact one of our managers or visit the rates & hours page.

George Vitense Golfland, located conveniently at Whitney Way & West Beltline Highway in the heart of the west side of Madison, Wisconsin, was founded in 1955 by George Vitense, a longstanding PGA professional, past president of the Wisconsin PGA and an inductee of the Madison Sports Hall of Fame. Although George Vitense died in 1988, his grandson, Joel Weitz, President & PGA Professional of Vitense Golfland and honorary president of the Wisconsin PGA, continues the operation of the business today.

In 1955, George had a vision of developing a multifaceted, affordable, day & night family golf environment. In its first few years of operation, George Vitense Golfland already featured a large double deck golf range, two 18 hole miniature golf courses, and a 9 hole par 3 golf course.

Today, we have continued our family vision of high quality, affordable, family golf & sports related entertainment. The facility includes a Top 100 Rated Golf Range in America open all year, the first lighted golf course in the State of Wisconsin and the only lighted golf course in the area, the #1 rated miniature golf courses in Dane County, the new "putting edge" INDOOR Madison Landmark 18 hole miniature golf course, 8 state of the art baseball and softball batting cages, a 24' five station climbing wall, HiBall - the trampoline game, Water Wars - water balloon slingshot fun, "The Rock" - 24' climbing wall and concessions. All activities are available at night. Recently opened in September, 2006 is our new 20,000 square foot building which allows us to offer fun activities year round. In addition to the new 18 hole indoor Madison Landmark miniature golf course, we also offer a full arcade with tickets for prize redemption. You may also drive remote control boats on our "Lake Mendota" and "Lake Monona". We also offer full food & beverage service for breakfast, lunch and dinner from the Green Tree Grill. We have a beautiful dining area with 3 sided fireplace, 50" plasma screen and beautiful view of our facility.

We offer hiqh quality year round golf instruction from six PGA professionals (Joel Weitz, Mark Reif, Tom Gerke, Jim Schuman, Mike Schnarr and Bill Furnari) and one PGA Apprentice (Darin Key) to offer a wide variety of lessons and league opportunities through the George Vitense Golf Academy. Lessons with view of full ball flight are available from our academy studio where we can open an overhead door, keep you warm with two 90,000 btu heaters, then close the overhead door and analyze your swing in a comfortable indoor environment. The academy studio also includes a putting green to work on your short game year round.

If you're looking for golf equipment, you should be able to find what you're looking for at Nevada Bob's Golf Shop located in our main building. Nevada Bob's offers the latest equipment available for you to test on our Top 100 Golf Range in America.

Our New Building is Open!

Vitense Golfland is now open permanently, year round, with many exciting new activities. The new 20,000 square foot building offers the following:

* Two privately access controlled community rooms are now available for birthday parties, company meetings/team building/outings and other group outings. Make your reservation now! These rooms may be used individually or combined for larger groups and are equipped with cable, internet and music access.

* The new Green Tree Grill features a glassed in display grill and many other items to offer a wide variety food, drink and tasty treats. Get ready for Dippin' Dots ice cream, smoothies, slushies, and many tasty beverages. A comfortable seating area is available complete with fireplace, 50" plasma TV and a fantastic view of all activities. Outside of the seating area, is a deck and terrace to relax and enjoy the surroundings.

* Wireless internet is available for FREE! Relax in the dining area, on the deck or on the terrace and catch up on personal and business matters.

* An academy studio equipped with latest in digital video technology for George Vitense Golf Academy allows us to provide instruction directly from the lobby of the building year round! Our experienced PGA Golf Professional staff is available for game improvement every month of the year! Inside the academy studio is a putting green to allow year round putting practice.

* Nevada Bob's Golf offers new golf shop space sitting directly on the golf range to provide the latest in golf equipment and other supplies.

* The new indoor 18 hole "Madison" landmark miniature golf course is like no other and features many unique Madison landmarks and businesses. The centerpiece of the Madison miniature golf course is the Capitol building complete with Lakes Mendota and Monona where remote control boats can be driven around the lakes. This course is interactive, educational and extremely fun! On rainy days, hot days, cold days - it doesn't matter - you can play miniature golf year round in comfort!

* Inside the miniature golf course area is a game area with redemption to offer fun and great prizes for all ages.

* The ramp to our lower level of the golf range is now in use and is covered and protected for the winter. Combined with new 90,000 btu heaters in our covered and heated golf range area already installed, the golf range is now open year round. Stay warm and see full ball flight for every swing every day!