No other golf course in our area, and few in the world, have a scenic lake cruise included in their green fee. The catch? Before they let you board the boat, you have to launch a tee shot over a lake to a distant land...well more on that later and welcome to Stonebrooke Golf Club in Shakopee, Minnesota.
This long time favorite Southwest metro complex is home to 27 holes of challenging golf including the exciting eighteen hole layout plus a nine hole executive course and driving range. The two courses, along with a spacious clubhouse, pro shop and friendly staff make this a perfect venue for your regular foursome, corporate event, banquet, wedding or charity outing.
White Eagle helps anchor the Northern end of the St. Croix River golf trail and I couldn't think of a better place to experience the wondrous rolling and wooded terrain than this championship layout. Designed by Gill Miller (Willingers and Legends Club), this fantastic layout takes advantage of all the natural...
As you travel to various golf courses, the clubhouse design and construction is as varied as the courses themselves. As there are no templates for the perfect building, I have found a few things that separate the great clubhouses from the good ones. Being a little more of a function over form person, I do appreciate touches that uniquely accentuate the design inside and out, but the clubhouse should...
Hector, the small, obviously poor, maintenance worker at Club De Golf Palma Real in Ixtapa, Mexico pulled his over-loaded cart up next to our cart in the middle of the 5th fairway. He proudly displayed a clear plastic bag of beautifully cleaned Titleist Pro V1's. Then he asked me, "Senor, want to buy..... golf balls?"
Hello again from the 19th hole. It's been a long, cold winter and sometimes it seemed like the warm weather would never come. As I am writing this it's a blustery spring day with a lot of strong breezes, a lot of spring rain and this morning even a smattering of quick to melt snow.
Stop banging your head against the wall because of your poor putting. One of the most common reasons for poor putting is too much movement of the upper body and head during the stroke. Excessive movement of the torso and head directly affect speed control and face positions at impact resulting in very inconsistent putting and speed control leading to increased...
Is 2010 the year that you are going to improve you golf game? Is this the year you will break 100, break 90, or break 80? If this is the summer you are going to get better, it is important the start the season off right.
Twin Cities Financial Group, an Office of MetLife, recently took part in the LPGA Golf Clinics for Women from MetLife. More than 110 area women came together at Edina's Minikahda Club for the event, which is designed to help women improve their golf game while learning how to use the sport to build business relationships and networking skills.
Underscoring the PGA TOUR's commitment to environmental excellence, the TOUR's TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, MN - home to the Champions Tour's 3M Championship - has been named the National...
All too often the average golfer worries too much about the wrong side of their set of clubs; long irons and fairway metal woods. If you are looking to truly lower your scores and handicap, maybe it is time to take a look at your wedges...
Referring to baseball, Yogi Berra once said, "90% of this game is half-mental." Despite his fuzzy arithmetic, his idea can also apply to the game of golf; so much of the game occurs between the ears. However Berra's curious math adds up, though, there are at least two other elements involved in getting the ball in the hole: the swing itself and the equipment one uses. It is this last element that had me going to see Andy Thompson at Totally Driven, the Ultimate Golf Improvement Center, is a golf training...
Joseph Ruttger came to America, the land of opportunity, from Neuleiningen, Germany in 1883. By the spring of 1886 he had moved to Minnesota and joined a group of settlers who founded Rankin's Colony on Bay Lake.
Briggs Woods Golf Course, located along the Boone River just south of Webster City, Iowa, truly is worth the "drive"! This 18-hole course is a favorite of golfers from all over the Midwest and is one of the most challenging and scenic courses in Iowa. Trees and water hazards are the signature mark...
