“Father’s Unyielding Challenge at Mini Golf: Can a Single Swing Rewrite Their Day?”
In a twist that could only happen during a family day out, Loves Park’s Greg Nevins has turned a cheerful mini-golf outing into a high-pressure golf clinic. Picture this: a sunny day, families laughing and ready for fun, and there’s Greg, eyes blazing, instructing his son Logan on the finer points of putting. “Come on, enough playing around—now square your shoulders and keep your damn head down,” he bellows, while an entire line of impatient mini-golf families waits behind them, probably weighing whether to ditch the game or confront the dad from hell. Here’s the real kicker—Logan just wants to advance to the go-karts! Is a day at the mini-golf course really worth sacrificing a childhood filled with carefree joy for the sake of a well-executed stroke? As Greg insists on perfection, one can’t help but wonder, when did an innocent game become Olympic training? At last check, Nevins had moved on to critique his other son’s “piss-poor” batting as if he were preparing athletes for the World Series! What’s a dad to do when perfection is the game and the kids just want to have fun?
LOVES PARK, IL—Firm in his refusal to move on to the next tee until his standards had been met, area dad Greg Nevins announced Thursday that he was not leaving this mini golf hole until his son Logan showed him some good form. “Come on, enough playing around—now square your shoulders and keep your damn head down,” the increasingly agitated Nevins told his son, a growing line of impatient families waiting behind them as he demanded the boy retrieve his green golf ball from the heart-shaped water hazard and putt like he gave half a damn. “Don’t be a quitter! I understand you want to pack it up and move on to the go-karts, but we’re not leaving until I see one solid stroke from you. A 2-year-old could make this hole, for fuck’s sake. All you need to do is time your swing to the blades of the windmill. Oh Jesus Christ, don’t start crying!” At press time, bystanders reported that Nevins had vacated the mini golf course and redirected his anger toward his other son, Brian, who was allegedly exhibiting “piss-poor” form at the nearby batting cages.
