Days after the new year began, Scott Mason received a text from his daughter Aly, linking to an Instagram post.

“Basically, the text said, ‘Check this out. Jen’s Links is for sale,’” Mason recalled on May 5, days after he and friends Tim and Dan Flynn and Chris Burke officially took ownership of the miniature golf course. “The next day, without anybody knowing, I called (listing agent) Joy Luedtke to find out more.