Foscone’s Goony Golf was an 18-hole miniature golf course located on Penn Avenue in Sinking Spring, right next to the old Sinking Spring Drive-In. The property was purchased in 1967 by Dominic J. Foscone, who was a former pro golfer and instructor and director at the Reading Country Club. The business also operated a go-kart racing track next to the mini golf.
To win the jackpot on hole 18, the golfer had to put the ball in the seal’s mouth. The site was also home to a flea market in the early 80s. Dominic Foscone sold off part of the land in 1979 to Weaver Enterprises which built a Weaver’s Farmers Market on the site, which eventually turned into a Shur-Fine grocer. Currently it is a Tractor Supply Co.
Dominic Foscone died in 1981, but business continued on the site until 1985 when the remaining property was purchased by Lanecor Associates of Ohio who planned to build a strip mall. The most recent tenant was Facera’s Furniture which just closed in 2024. All of the contents of the property were sold at auction in November 1985.
You ROCK girl !
I grew up in West Wyomissing from the 60’s until 1982.
I have two albums on my Facebook you would probably enjoy.
Please do not copy or share any photos without asking as it took me a lifetime to personally photograph most of the pics.
Feel free to friend me on FB so you may view all of my albums – a good portion of which are nostalgic.
You’ll salivate over the , ( Care Free Days in the Convertible ) album.
Have a great day and lets keep in touch as some year I might move back to PA to open a Drive-In ( either eatery or movie theatre.
Sincerely,
Steven Rapak (Hollywood Set designer and Builder from humble ‘ol Berks caaaaaaaaaaannnnnty naaaaaah.
I belong to The Heidelberg Heritage Society of Wernersville for the 100th anniversary we where looking for pictures of Goony Golf for a book South Heidelberg did for their 100th anniversary also.So good to see these pictures.
If you have any pictures of other places of Wernernsville or South Heidelberg please share with our Society.We would appreciate the pictures for history.
My Dad was so proud of his Goony Golf. We recently found a few Pictures & Slides, but not the Trove of Pictures there should be.
Hi Maria, if you want me to share any with the general public feel free to shoot me an email: [email protected]
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