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[[Image:GoofyGolfNight.jpg|thumb|200px240px|right|Goofy Golf sculptures and clubhouse]]
'''Goofy Golf Amusement''' is a [[Wikipedia:miniature golf|miniature golf]] course located at 3924 [[Navy Boulevard]]. It is known for its distinctive cement sculptures that provide a theme to each of the 32 holes. Dating back to [[1958]], the Pensacola Goofy Golf was one of several established by [[Lee Koplin]] along the Gulf Coast.
Goofy Golf was opened in [[1958]] by [[Lee Koplin]], who had founded the original Goofy Golf in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]] the previous year. Koplin built similar courses over the next year in [[Fort Walton Beach]] and [[Panama City]], the latter of which is considered his masterpiece.<ref name="agilitynut">[http://www.agilitynut.com/minigolf/fl.html agilitynut.com]</ref> A round of golf cost only 35 cents.<ref>[http://www.americanfolk.com/stories/minigolf/ The Princess of Mini-Golf]</ref> Additional holes were added circa [[1978]] with statues from a competing "Sir Goony's" minigolf course.<ref name="agilitynut"/> The clubhouse was built in 1964 and was expanded in 1991.<ref>http://www.escpa.org/details.asp?qAcctNum=74355000</ref>
[[Image:GoofyGolfGrave.jpg|thumb|right|100px180px|A cemetery-themed hole at Goofy Golf reads, "In Memory of the Daily Grind, 08.30.98-10.28.06"]]
The business closed in {{date needed}}, and the property sat unused for several years. On [[August 30]], [[1998]], an Internet café and concert venue called the [[Daily Grind]] opened in the Goofy Golf location. Citing "inconsitancies [sic] in business",<ref>http://www.myspace.com/thedailygrindcafe</ref> the owners decided to close the coffeehouse on [[October 28]], [[2006]]. They repaired and replaced a number of the statues that were damaged by [[Hurricane Ivan]] and reopened Goofy Golf on [[April 1]], [[2007]].