Playing a Different Kinda 9 at Fenway Park

Fenway Park is, technically speaking, not a link in Boston’s historic Emerald Necklace,,,, but this weekend we gotta use a mulligan on that call.

Upper Deck Golf has converted Boston’s beloved diamond into a 9-hole gem. With elevated driving ranges set around the emerald colored Park, golfers of all levels are welcome to take their place in a tee-box, pick up an iron and go for the pin.  The pleasure of hitting a golf ball into this field is the chance of a lifetime but Upper Deck adds more to the thrill-a-thon with a rockin’ sound-track and targets that light-up.  Even wanna-be-legends score that grand slam feel every time they connect.

On Jersey Street the food is delicious, the drinks are cold and the atmosphere is electric. But, the legend of Fenway’s magic transcends the mound, the dug-outs and the Green Monster. For many, the landscape is about relationships ~  old and new.

Fenway’s temporary transformation can be seen as metaphorical.  For Erika Koske, an ER nurse and her boyfriend Nick, a Gulfstream flight-mechanic, the multi-faceted venue is a place to relax and get away from their anything but routine routines.

Sara Langtry planned this “Field of Dreams” destination as a Father’s Day gift that coincided with her parent’s wedding anniversary.

Because Fenway serves the City’s best popcorn, Ronan Porter took his parents to the Park to hit the concession stands then hit a few memory-making balls off the upper-decks.

Jim Foley of Hamden, Connecticut and his daughter Leah celebrated his 61st birthday with a walk down memory lane. For them, the nostalgia of the Park includes memories of Leah’s years as a Boston University co-ed.

Similarly, Kathy Papke invited her son up from Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate his birthday in the baseball Cathedral. While he spent time in Upper Deck’s long-distance-simulators Kathy worked on her short game.

Other families played an epic nine, side-by-side, just for the fun of spending time in this special venue. Stephanie Krol and her Mom, Merry Casey, grabbed the irons stationed at each ‘hole’ and let the boys of the family cheer them on in baseball’s oldest Major League Baseball Stadium.

Boston is one of 25 stops on Upper Deck’s wildly popular National Tour. Senior Events Director, Nick Bonner said “From coast-to-coast the immersive nine-hole experience offers something for everyone, no matter their ability. UpperDeck Golf challenges big-hitters but, there’s a new appreciation for women taking-up the sport with a passion. It’s no longer exclusively a man’s domain .”

Lisa Nickerson proves that point. She with Emily Ladd and Deb Barry used the positive vibes and fun of Fenway to network as entrepreneurs.  Baseball stadiums and golf courses, the once sacred deal-making bastions of business-men, have made room for business-women to capitalize on off-site relationship-polishing activities. Banking on the old-boy business model, these gems in their fields are Boston’s next link to success.  

 

For more information and to book a tee time: visit UpperDeck.com