The Upscale Tech Infused Mini Golf That Brought a Community Together in Utah

Collin Dumke built Rounds around something personal. His young son had loved mini golf since he could walk, and what struck Collin wasn’t just the joy of it, but how naturally it brought everyone into the same experience regardless of ability. That spirit became the foundation of what he set out to build in Salt Lake City.

The city has a strong community culture and a real appetite for shared experience, but no social destination that truly reflects it. So, he travelled across the US, playing and experiencing mini golf design concepts, building a clear picture of what the venue needed and what it didn’t.

When he encountered Greenspan’s Puttify, the brief came together. The inclusivity, the engagement, and the commercial credibility were exactly what he needed to anchor the venue. The nine-hole mini golf course became the foundation on which Rounds Putt Lounge was built.

The Course That Became the Heart of the Venue

Salt Lake’s social culture is built around togetherness, and Rounds was designed to reflect that. The venue needed an anchor attraction that could bring every guest, regardless of age, ability, or experience level, equally into the experience. Puttify’s upscale tech infused mini golf design delivered precisely that.

• Automated scoring with responsive lighting and sound that react to every shot
• Inclusive by design: works across every age and ability without compromise
• Frictionless gameplay that keeps groups moving and energy high
• Nine distinct holes sequenced to build engagement across the full round.

The course wraps the perimeter with dining at the centre, so every guest, whether playing, watching, or eating, stays inside the same shared experience. The arcade, event rooms, and F&B become natural extensions of a single visit, and the whole venue performs better for it.

More Rounds, More Guests, More Revenue

Rounds was designed to serve everyone, and the anchor attraction needed to embody that ambition. Puttify delivers higher engagement and greater throughput than a traditional mini golf course, running on average 1.5 times more rounds per day. The tech integration is the engine behind that. Integrated lighting and audio enhance every shot, automatic scoring tracks progress in real time, and live leaderboards fuel the competition across the group. No waiting, no friction, no manual scorekeeping. The round moves, and every guest moves with it.

Puttify’s three-shot gameplay and non-linear play design keeps the momentum going. Holes can be played in any order, so no one gets stuck and the group never stalls. Everyone gets three shots per hole and every single one scores. For families, that is the difference between a child who stays invested and one who walks away frustrated. Parents are able to stop supervising and start playing alongside their kids, which is exactly what Collin set out to build.

And when the round ends, the visit does not. Engaged guests move naturally into food, drinks, and the arcade, extending their time in the venue and their spend across it. Birthday celebrations, corporate bookings, casual weekend visits, Rounds serves every occasion. When the experience is by design, loyalty is built and guests are returning to have the same experience time and time again.

Choosing an Attraction That Earns Its Footprint

Every operator wants the right attraction. The harder question is knowing what right actually means for your venue, your audience, and what you are trying to build.

For Rounds, right meant an experience guests would seek out, return to, and bring others to. Not just something that filled the room on opening weekend, but something that earned its place in the venue month after month. That standard shaped every decision he made before a single hole was built.

For venue operators evaluating their next attraction, the question worth asking is not which product fits the space or suits the budget. It is which attraction will give guests a reason to come back, and whether it will keep doing that. That is the difference between an attraction that occupies a venue and one that drives it.