DAYTONA BEACH ― Nearly a year after PGA golf legend Tiger Woods announced plans to bring a PopStroke miniature golf/family entertainment center to Daytona Beach, construction has finally begun on the facility at Tomoka Town Center.
“Expected to open later this year, the location will feature a scaled-down golf course with sandtraps and greens, a full-service restaurant, outdoor dining area and games, sports bar, ice cream parlor and playground. Stay tuned for the grand opening,” wrote Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry in a post on his Facebook page Monday evening.
The News-Journal was unable to immediately reach Henry or officials with North American Development Group, the developer of Tomoka Town Center, for comment.
Construction on the PopStroke miniature golf course and family entertainment center has begun at the Tomoka Town Center in Daytona Beach.
Here’s what we know about the project so far:
When will it open?
According to the website for PopStroke, the chain’s Daytona Beach location at 1293 Cornerstone Blvd. is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of this year.
Construction is underway on a PopStroke miniature golf/family entertainment center along the east side of Cornerstone Boulevard at the Tomoka Town Center shopping center next to Interstate-95 Exit 265 in Daytona Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The chain’s owners include PGA golf legend Tiger Woods and golf equipment maker TaylorMade Golf. The center is expected to open in the fourth quarter of this year.Where is it being built?
Tomoka Town Center is an open-air shopping center located southeast corner of Interstate 95 Exit 265, also known as the I-95/LPGA Boulevard interchange.
The project site for PopStroke is a 3.56-acre vacant lot on the east side of Cornerstone Boulevard, across from the north entrance to Tanger Outlets mall.
Daytona Beach City Commissioner Stacy Cantu provided this aerial view of Tomoka Town Center, with the area marked in yellow (across from Tanger Outlets) showing the site of the planned Daytona Beach location for PopStroke, the Tiger Woods-backed chain of golf entertainment venues.Did PopStroke buy its property?
According to Volusia County property records, as of Tuesday morning the answer is no.
The lot remains under the ownership of West Palm Beach-based North American Development Center, doing business as “Tomoka Town Center Phase I LLC.”
However, the fact that construction is now underway indicates that either the Jupiter, Florida-based PopStroke chain has signed a long-term lease or that a purchase of the property is in the works but may not have closed yet.
Construction is underway on a PopStroke miniature golf/family entertainment center along the east side of Cornerstone Boulevard at the Tomoka Town Center shopping center next to Interstate-95 Exit 265 in Daytona Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The chain’s owners include PGA golf legend Tiger Woods and golf equipment maker TaylorMade Golf. The center is expected to open in the fourth quarter of this year.What will it offer?
PopStroke describes itself on its website as an “experiential golf and casual dining concept merging a dynamic, technologically-advanced golf environment with food and beverage.”
The big draw will be two 18-hole mini-golf courses on synthetic turf that will feature a mix of fairways, bunkers and roughs not unlike what golfers encounter on a full-size course.
The Daytona Beach PopStroke will also include a full-service restaurant, an outdoor gaming area that includes corn-hole toss and table tennis, a kids playground, LED televisions and a Jumbotron TV screen.
The restaurant offers an “expansive variety of craft beer, wine, ice cream and food to enjoy on or off the course,” according to the website.
“Unique to PopStroke is the PopStroke App and jumbotron leaderboard. Each guest keeps a PopStroke TaylorMade commemorative ball with their round of golf.”
What is Tiger Woods’ involvement in the project?
Woods, the 15-time major champion and 82-time winner on the PGA Tour, is a co-owner of the PopStroke chain. Another partner in the business venture is Carlsbad, California-based TaylorMade, a leading manufacturer of high-performance golf equipment and golf balls.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: The chain is a joint venture of the PGA golf legend and TaylorMade.
