The best golf courses in Brainerd, Minnesota
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 4,412 rounds in Minnesota and rate what they played. These are the 9 highest-rated public and private courses within about 25 miles of Brainerd, Minnesota, ranked by those community scores.

Deacon's Lodge
Breezy Point Resort
Breezy Point, MN, USAPublicArnold Palmer
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.8Value
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
I personally think Brainerd is an absolutely overrated town for actual good golf, but deacons is a solid place and a fun time every time I’m there. Not a huge Palmer guy and the conditions have gone down hill, but you gotta play when you are in town.
Written by
@Dawgattheturn
- Challenging
- Must play
- Pristine

Bobby's Legacy
Craguns Resort
Brainerd, MN, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
Beautiful course with a great layout, not walkable at all with a lot of driving the cart around the property but a lot of fun with great conditions. Challenging for most but has a couple short scoreable holes that will keep you interested.
Written by
@briandoziergoat
- Must play
- Driving range
- Pristine

The Classic
Madden's on Gull Lake
Brainerd, MN, USAPublicScott Hoffmann
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.8Value
- 4.4Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Potentially one of the most overrated courses in Minnesota. How publications like Golf Digest rate this place over the likes of Northland, Midland Hills, Minneapolis much less its better neighbor Deacon’s is astounding.
Written by
@Dawgattheturn
- Challenging
- Pristine
- Driving range

Preserve
Grand View Lodge
Nisswa, MN, USAPublic
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
Could probably be higher, I went two summers in a row and the greens had tons of winter kill. Without that it’d be rated much higher.
Written by
@matt-carlson

The Pines - Woods / Marsh
Grand View Lodge
Nisswa, MN, USAPublicJoel Goldstrand
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.3Facilities

The Pines - Lakes 9
Grand View Lodge
Nisswa, MN, USAPublicJoel Goldstrand

Dutch Legacy
Craguns Resort
Brainerd, MN, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities

Pine Beach East
Madden's on Gull Lake
Brainerd, MN, USAPublicJames Dalgleish
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.5Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities

Pine Beach West
Madden's on Gull Lake
Brainerd, MN, USAPublicPaul N. Coates
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 4.3Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
Near little short Par 67 Nice Elevation change Neat old school routing Some false fronts A few tough tight doglegs to navigate…
Written by
@rboltgolf
- Challenging
- Hidden gem
- Parkland
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of Brainerd, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about course rankings in Brainerd, Minnesota.
The top golf courses in Brainerd, Minnesota on Course Vaults are led by Breezy Point Resort with a Course Vaults score of 8.3. This page ranks 9 courses, including Breezy Point Resort, Craguns Resort, Madden's on Gull Lake.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of Brainerd, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Brainerd, Minnesota list includes golf courses within about 25 miles of Brainerd, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Breezy Point Resort is currently #1 among courses in and around Brainerd, Minnesota on Course Vaults at 8.3 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:46 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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