Olivia Golf Course
Olivia Golf Club
About this course
Olivia Golf Club is a nine-hole course located in Olivia, Minnesota, a small community in Renville County in the south-central part of the state. The course serves the local golfing public and draws players from the surrounding rural region. Like many nine-hole layouts in Minnesota's smaller towns, it offers an accessible, unpretentious setting for recreational play and local competition. The course is routed through typical upper Midwest terrain, with the gentle rolling topography and tree-lined fairways characteristic of courses built in this agricultural landscape. The design emphasizes playability for golfers of varying skill levels, a common priority for community courses that function as gathering places for local members and visitors. The relatively compact footprint of a nine-hole layout allows for efficient maintenance and keeps membership and green fees affordable for the surrounding community. Olivia Golf Club reflects the long tradition of small-town golf in Minnesota, where courses like this have served as social and recreational anchors for decades. The club likely hosts local tournaments, leagues, and casual rounds that form the backbone of grassroots golf participation in rural America. While it may lack the design prominence or tournament history of larger regional courses, it represents the essential role that modest, well-maintained layouts play in sustaining golf's presence across the state.
Quick facts
- Location
- Olivia, MN, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1928
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 36
- Length
- 3,171 yards
- Difficulty
- 35.7/123
Getting there
The journey to Olivia Golf Club begins at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), roughly ninety minutes to the southwest through the rolling farmland and prairie grasslands of southwestern Minnesota. For those seeking a more intimate arrival, the regional airstrips around Redwood Falls and Marshall offer convenient alternatives for private aviation. The drive itself unfolds as a gradual transition from the Twin Cities' urban periphery into genuine farm country - wide-open horizons, quiet county roads, and the distinctive flatness of the Upper Midwest - before arriving at Olivia Golf Club, where the course emerges from the landscape as a carefully sculpted sanctuary amid the grain fields and open sky.
FAQ
Common questions about Olivia Golf
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Yes. Olivia Golf is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Olivia Golf is 36.
Olivia Golf plays 3,171 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Olivia Golf is 123.
Olivia Golf is a 9-hole course.



