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Sip-N-Putt to relocate within New Braunfels

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Emily Harter

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Published August 13, 2026 at 11:08 a.m. CT

Sip-N-Putt to relocate within New Braunfels — Sip-N-Putt currently operates as an 18-hole miniature golf course that serves pizza, wings, beer and other drink options. (Emily Harter/Community Impact)

Locally owned miniature golf course, Sip-N-Putt, is relocating within New Braunfels.

The overview

Sip-N-Putt will close its current location at 7420 I-35 N. frontage road in December due to increasing rent costs, Owner Bret Shallenberger said. The miniature golf course will reopen across the highway at 225 Watson Lane W. in February.

Sip-N-Putt currently operates as an 18-hole miniature golf course that serves pizza, wings, beer and other drink options. The new location will give Shallenberger the opportunity to offer additional amenities, such as new courses and food and beverage options. Shallenberger said they also plan to work with local youth programs and make the new complex eco-friendly with water recycling and potentially solar panel systems.

Shallenberger said he is happy that they were able to relocate within New Braunfels.

"We are blessed to be able to stay here," Shallenberger said.

The history

Sip-N-Putt opened in January 2023. Shallenberger said the idea came to him during COVID-19, when he drew the original plans on a Miller Lite box. He said he always loved golf and wanted to make a career out of it that would add to his community. He said the business could not have become what it is without community support.

"We wouldn't have made it if we didn't believe in it ourselves," Shallenberger said. "We build it with love, do the best we can do across the board and rely on the community to come up and support us ... without the support we have nothing."