
Troy Burne Course
Troy Burne Golf Club

About this course
Troy Burne Golf Club sits in Hudson, Wisconsin, along the bluffs overlooking the St. Croix River valley near the Minnesota border. The course opened in 2001 as a collaboration between PGA Tour professional Tom Lehman, who grew up in Minnesota, and the design team of Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry. The partnership brought together Lehman's competitive insights with Hurdzan and Fry's established expertise in creating championship-caliber layouts that work within natural terrain. The routing takes advantage of significant elevation changes across the property, moving through wooded corridors and open meadowlands with views across the river valley. The design incorporates substantial earth movement to create dramatic features while maintaining playability for a range of skill levels. Strategic bunkering and green complexes reflect the design team's emphasis on shot values and risk-reward decision-making throughout the round. Troy Burne operates as a daily-fee facility and has hosted various regional amateur and professional events since opening. The course has appeared on state and regional rankings and serves as a notable public-access option in the western Wisconsin golf market. The property includes practice facilities and a clubhouse that takes advantage of the elevated setting. The course represents one of several collaborations between Lehman and the Hurdzan-Fry partnership during the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the Tour player brought his competitive perspective to their design process.
Rankings
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Public column compares courses anyone can play.
Best in World
Best in USA
Best in WI
Quick facts
- Location
- Hudson, WI, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1999
- Holes
- 18
- Designer(s)
- Tom Lehman, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry
- Par
- 71
- Length
- 7,003 yards
- Difficulty
- 74.3/136
- Course Vaults score
- 8.2
Getting there
The journey to Troy Burne Golf Club begins at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a straightforward forty-five-minute drive east along Interstate 94 into the rolling farmland and river bluffs of western Wisconsin. The route traces the path of early settlers, crossing into the St. Croix River Valley where the landscape opens into broad vistas of wooded ridges and pastoral bottomland. As the highway yields to county roads just south of Hudson, the final approach winds through quiet countryside before revealing the club's dramatic clifftop setting - a secluded enclave perched high above the river, where the twin spans of the Stillwater Lift Bridge shimmer in the distance and the golf course tumbles across terrain that feels worlds removed from the Twin Cities left behind.

FAQ
Common questions about Troy Burne
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Troy Burne has a Course Vaults score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 71 logged golfers.
Troy Burne was designed by Tom Lehman, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, and Dana Fry.
Yes. Troy Burne is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Troy Burne is 71.
Troy Burne plays 7,003 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Troy Burne is 136.



