The best courses you can play in Minnesota

“Fairways are wide but if you miss them your ball is gone. Greens are borderline gimmicky with the undulation, just enjoy the northwoods experience without a house (and usually without another hole or person) in sight and accept it. For $130 it might be the best value in golf.”

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@old-thom-morris

• ❗️Must play
• |🏞️Views
• |😅Challenging

“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.”

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@Dawgattheturn

• 😅Challenging
• |❗️Must play
• |✨Pristine

“Front nine is awesome. It’s truly feels like what’s in the name. The short par 4 5th with a Biarritz green is a highlight. The back nine has some highs and lows, with 13 on Lake Vermilion being the high, but then a few holes winding through and around condos and the casino.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 😅Challenging
• |❗️Must play
• |💎Hidden gem

“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.”

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@briandoziergoat

• ❗️Must play
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |✨Pristine

“One beautiful 17th hole makes this course standout. A few other standouts along the way, but this course doesn’t deliver in the way that its sibling does. Beautiful? Yes. Kind of ho-hum with no challenge. Also yes.”

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@Dawgattheturn

• ❗️Must play
• |💰Great value
• |🏞️Views

“The aesthetics in the fall are incredible. All the colors with the fescue, the bluffs, and the really green course (a little soft) made everything pop more. Think that’s what I appreciated most and would probably struggle to enjoy myself as much on a 90 degree day in the summer.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |❗️Must play
• |💨Fast greens

“Middle of nowhere Minnesota and the bugs are horrible, but one of the best publics in the state.”

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@DavidSlingmerth

• 😅Challenging
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🌾Links

“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.”

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@Dawgattheturn

• 😅Challenging
• |✨Pristine
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range

“Plays extremely fast, can get the greens rolling at a 13 any day they want to. Conditions are always great and a really good variety of holes (16 sucks but whatever). Best public in the metro and if you can catch it at less than $100, it’s a good to great value.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 😅Challenging
• |✨Pristine
• |💨Fast greens

“Insane amount of play, greens get beat to a pulp because of this and the price is way too damn high for it to not get better conditions, yet I love the layout. Will play once a year, get disappointed by the worst driving range ever and watch my ball fly over a bunch of pitch marks on every putt…”

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@Dawgattheturn

• 😅Challenging
• |🤩Underrated
• |🚶🏻Walkable

“The views here are unmatched. The course is a little too penal for my taste and conditions aren’t always great, but it is a blast nonetheless. Make sure you play the river/canyon course. Mountain should have been closed years ago as they don’t maintain it.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |❗️Must play
• |💨Fast greens

“Great course, good condition for early in the year. Front is mostly right in front of you then the back demands some shot making. Held back by atrocious pace of play.”

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@matt-carlson

• 💎Hidden gem
• |🤩Underrated
• |💰Great value

“Fun Course Some great Holes Great routing Rolling Hills Had some water to carry Great 3 finishing holes 16 Short Par 4 with water that comes in play with big drive or on your approach 17 neat Par 3 on a Peninsula 18 Par 5 the Moose kinda into an island green…”

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@rboltgolf

• 😅Challenging
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🌳Parkland

“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.”

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@matt-carlson

“Owned by Three Rivers Park District, always in great shape. Back nine is very penal which decreases some of the enjoyment and causes pace issues.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 💰Great value
• |😅Challenging
• |❗️Must play

“Condition and pace are the only knocks on this course. Greens get beat to crap because they host 2 corporate events a week. It does seem like they are starting to fill ball marks with sand which could be a big development.”

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@omick

• 😅Challenging
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🏞️Views

“Great condition, love the front nine. I think most of the back nine is uninspiring to outright not good. Very swampy and penal.”

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@Kirkeide1

• ✨Pristine
• |🚶🏻Walkable
• |😅Challenging

“One of the best Goldstrand designs in the state. Generally in great condition, and tends to use the land very well with a lot of variety in yardage and difficulty. Just forget about 7, and this place is extremely underrated.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 💎Hidden gem
• |❗️Must play
• |🤩Underrated

“This is possibly the dumbest routing I have ever played. Under a bridge across Radisson Blvd to the 1st tee box, back to back identical par 3s in the same direction. Long ass walks between multiple holes, and the kicker of a quarter mile walk from 17 to 18.”

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@Kirkeide1

• 💰Great value

“Easy to walk, very windy so plays firm and fast. Pace is very slow, most likely due to looking for balls in the long grass.”

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@GulferPuttski

• 🌾Links
• |✨Pristine
• |💨Fast greens