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New Jersey, known to its fun-loving locals as the "Spunky Skunk State", is not just a home that hosts the world's most fabulous tomatoes or the place where the first game of baseball was played. It is also the Mini Golf Kingdom, where every day thousands of kids participate in the most epic mini golf games you could ever imagine. Among these kids, there is a legend, a master of the mini golf world, who is not much taller than the 7th hole windmill. His name is Billy 'Bogey' Bumblebee, a 10-year-old champion with a shock of red hair as bright as the setting sun and freckles scattered across his nose like a constellation of stars. His sense of humor is as infectious as his love for mini golf. He once joked that he even putts in his dreams with a candy cane club! Billy and his friends dart from hole to hole, their laughter echoing like a symphony against the backdrop of New Jersey's shimmering skyline. They challenge each other, furrow their brows over tricky shots, and celebrate every hole-in-one with an explosion of high-fives and giggles. Billy often pauses to tie his neon shoelaces and then without warning, aims his club with the precision of a seasoned golfer and sends the golf ball whizzing into the 18th hole with a victorious smile. In the Spunky Skunk state of New Jersey, the mini golf courses are magical realms packed with swirling windmills, roaring dinosaurs, and candy-colored castles. Here, amidst the delighted hoots and cheers, Billy 'Bogey' Bumblebee and his friends are the undisputed monarchs who reign over the game of mini golf.