The best courses you can play in Prior Lake, 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 25 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Prior Lake, Minnesota, ranked by those community scores.

The Meadows at Mystic Lake
Prior Lake, MN, USAPublicGarrett Gill & Paul Miller
- 3.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
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…
Written by
@rboltgolf
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Parkland

18 Hole
Baker National Golf Club
Medina, MN, USAPublicDr. Michael Hurdzan
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 4.7Value
- 4.2Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
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.
Written by
@Kirkeide1
- Great value
- Challenging
- Must play

Legends Golf Club
Prior Lake, MN, USAPublic
- 3.8Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 2.5Value
- 3.5Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
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.
Written by
@omick
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Views

Chaska Town Course
Chaska, MN, USAPublicArthur Hills
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.6Layout
- 4.3Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 2.7Facilities
Great condition, love the front nine. I think most of the back nine is uninspiring to outright not good. Very swampy and penal.
Written by
@Kirkeide1
- Pristine
- Walkable
- Challenging

The Wilds Golf Club
Prior Lake, MN, USAPublicTom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.3Value
- 4.8Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Pristine
- Challenging
- Driving range

The Ridges at Sand Creek
Jordan, MN, USAPublicJoel Goldstrand
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
- Hidden gem
- Underrated

Championship 18
Braemar Golf Club
Edina, MN, USAPublicRichard Mandell
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.7Facilities
The busiest golf course in the state of Minnesota. They have two leagues a day, five days a week. The course routing isn’t anything to write home about. A little ho-hum and the back nine has all the intrigue. Greens are secretly diabolical though.
Written by
@Dawgattheturn
- Walkable
- Driving range
- Must play

Pioneer Creek Golf Course
Maple Plain, MN, USAPublicJoel Goldstrand
- 5.0Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 5.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 5.0Facilities
Bunker renovations and green expansion have upped the thoughtfulness and variability. Lots of runoffs and interesting green complexes. Can often play firm and fast which is a rarity around the cities. Probably the most underrated public in the metro area…
Written by
@Kirkeide1
- Hidden gem
- Underrated
- Great value

Willingers Golf Club
Northfield, MN, USAPublicGarrett Gill & George B. Williams
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.3Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Target golf. Not in a bad way. I really enjoy this track. Definitely a place you want to play a couple times before knowing exactly what each shot calls for. Always some of the best greens in the state. You’ll need a fairway finder out here.
Written by
@omick
- Challenging
- Must play
- Great value

Stonebrooke Golf Club
Shakopee, MN, USAPublicTom Haugen
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 2.8Value
- 3.5Scenery
- 2.9Facilities
- Parkland
- Putting area
- Restaurant

Southern Hills Golf Course
Farmington, MN, USAPublicJoel Goldstrand
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 2.8Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 2.5Facilities
Really solid layout/design. Fun variations, uphill/downhill, long/short. Underrated metro track for sure. Conditions (at least this May) were not good. If this course had better fairways and faster greens it would be much higher
Written by
@gmknapp
- Hidden gem
- Parkland
- Strategic

Deer Run Golf Club
Victoria, MN, USAPublicBill Maple
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- 1.5Facilities
Appreciate how militant they are about pace for a public course. Decent course overall. Lots of different clubs required off the tee.
Written by
@Powerfade
- Hidden gem
- Great value
- Walkable

Columbia Golf Course
Minneapolis, MN, USAPublic
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Parkland
- Putting area

Gross National Golf Club
Minneapolis, MN, USAPublic
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.8Facilities
- Walkable
- Challenging
- Driving range

Highland National Golf Course
Saint Paul, MN, USAPublic
- 3.0Conditions
- 2.5Layout
- 4.5Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
One of my favorite munis in MSP area. Always in great shapes and even though there’s some similarities between many holes they all play a lot differently. Especially in different winds, and it’s really fun to play in high winds.
Written by
@Kirkeide1
- Great value
- Walkable
- Views

Como Park
Como Golf Course
St. Paul, MN, USAPublicDon Herfort
- Great value
- Walkable

Meadowbrook Golf Club
Hopkins, MN, USAPublic
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.1Facilities
Best all around course of the Minneapolis munis. 11 could be a really great hole with some renovation. 17 might be the worst hole in the state.
Written by
@Powerfade
- Walkable
- Challenging
- Driving range

Gold
Emerald Greens Golf Club
Hastings, MN, USAPublicGeorge B. Williams & Garrett Gill
- 2.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Bluff Creek Golf Course
Chaska, MN, USAPublic

Dwan Golf Club
Bloomington, MN, USAPublicDavid Gill
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 2.0Facilities
Fairly benign muni. Short, yes, but that keeps pace rolling. #2, #13 and #17 are horrible golf holes. The rest are fun.
Written by
@Lazstradamus
- Great value
- Walkable
- Hidden gem

University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Club
Falcon Heights, MN, USAPublic
- 2.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.5Scenery
- 2.7Facilities
- Walkable
- Driving range
- Grass range

Silver
Emerald Greens Golf Club
Hastings, MN, USAPublicGeorge B. Williams & Garrett Gill
- 2.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Regulation
Brookview Golf Course
Golden Valley, MN, USAPublic
- 2.0Conditions
- 2.5Layout
- 3.0Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Parkland
- Dog track

Theodore Wirth Golf Course
Golden Valley, MN, USAPublic
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
Players have been losing balls here since the inaugural tee shot. Fun course with some great views. Conditions can be hit or miss. Only course I’ve walked off mid round due to slow play. With some investment, I think Teddy could become an awesome place. Great land. Great views.
Written by
@Powerfade
- Views
- Parkland
- Putting area

Hiawatha Golf Course
Minneapolis, MN, USAPublic
- 2.5Conditions
- 2.0Layout
- 4.5Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 2.5Facilities
- Putting area
- Restaurant
- Walkable
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public 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 or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Prior Lake, 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.
FAQ
Common questions about public course rankings in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
The top public golf courses in Prior Lake, Minnesota on Course Vaults are led by The Meadows at Mystic Lake with a Course Vaults score of 7.8. This page ranks 25 courses, including The Meadows at Mystic Lake, Baker National Golf Club, Legends Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks public 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 or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Prior Lake, 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 Prior Lake, Minnesota list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Prior Lake, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
The Meadows at Mystic Lake is currently #1 among public courses in and around Prior Lake, Minnesota on Course Vaults at 7.8 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:01 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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