Sijori Wondergolf - an abandoned mini golf course

I was intrigued when I found out about an abandoned mini golf course. At the point in the time, Holey Moley was a popular indoor mini golf course, featuring interesting themed set-ups, some of which even glowed in the dark. So I was quite curious to explore this outdoor mini golf course. >>>

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—— History of Sijori Wondergolf

Touted as Sentosa's first miniature golf theme park, Sijori Wondergolf was a 15,153 msq park featured three courses, two 18-hole and one nine-hole. They were all built on this really hilly terrain, which was quite different from other minigolf courses. In 1999, just three years after opening, visitor numbers were already quite concerning. This worsened due to the SARS pandemic in 2003, eventually Sijori Resort accumulated losses of over $10,000,000 under shareholders' funds and was finally closed in April 2008.

—— Mini Golf Course

We walked up a small trail to the side of the road and went up along a few slopes when we spotted the first sign of the mini golf course. Each hole set-up was marked by a striking yellow border, and had a hole where golf ball was meant to go into. The course were covered by dead leaves scattered all over, but I imagined if I had painstakingly cleared the leaves, I could still play with a golf club and ball.

We walked around the hilly terrains, and while the trails were mostly overgrown with plants, we would spot a hole set-up every few metres or so. Each set-up had its own distinctive feature, there was a wavy one named ‘surfer’s paradise’ and even one with a volcano. Some of them still retained the sign with the hole number and its accompanying name. It was quite surreal to see the mini golf course blended entirely into the surrounding forest, as old photos showed that the place was a well manicure park.

—— The Reception Hall

After walking around the hilly mini golf course, we walked into the building just beside. The stairs led down into a reception area. Venturing further in, we came to a corridor with walls painted in gold and modelled to look like a cave (which looked pretty gaudy imo). We left after exploring the now vacated and lonesome mini golf course.

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