Virtual golf provides the satisfaction of hitting the links without the stress of traversing a field full of traps and frustrated men brandishing clubs. Swing in a safe environment with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of virtual golf, appetizers, and drinks at Wintergreens Golf and Grill, located in Isanti.

Wintergreens Golf and Grill provides a cozy, cabin-like sanctuary for fairway-weary golfers of all skill levels, who can improve their game at one of four virtual-golf stations featuring more than 40 exciting courses ($18–$27/hour). The machines are equipped with sensors that detect the movements of real golf gear, meaning that players can practice with their own lucky clubs and never have to squeeze into someone else's plaid pants. Between simulated ball-smashing swings, clubbers can refuel their belly-buttoned chambers with appetizers such as potato skins ($6.99) and mozzarella sticks ($6.59), or empty pitchers of draft beer ($8.50) into cups and clank them to celebrate avoiding virtual sunburn.