by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Page Local Golf, Home Page Slider, Local Golf - Minnesota
Giants Ridge – Minnesota Nice – Twice By E. Nolan It wasn’t long ago Minnesota was an overlooked golf destination. Locals had their favorites, and the Brainerd Lakes were a popular summer draw, but there was nothing pulling people away to...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Page Local Golf, Home Page Slider, Local Golf - Minnesota
The Wilderness At Fortune Bay – Big Game Hunting By E. Nolan I’ve seen one moose in Minnesota. One. I’ve heard there are many, but I’ve only personally seen one. “You never forget that first moose,” former GM of The Wilderness, Tom Beaudry, told...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Page Local Golf, Home Page Slider, Local Golf - Minnesota
Cragun’s Resort – More Than A Lot By E. Nolan There’s a LOT going on in the golf world – might as well start the story off with an understatement. For a sport that once was dependent on a couple legendary stars and/or a “Big Cat” carrying...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Page Local Golf, Home Page Slider, Local Golf - Minnesota
Breezy Point Resort – The King’s Aces By E. Nolan I leave for Ireland this week. (True story.) I’m taking my son on his first ever international golf trip (excluding Canada and Mexico), and the course I’m most excited to show him is my favorite...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Page Local Golf, Local Golf - Minnesota
The Masters – Filled With Drama And Respect By R.J. Smiley Drama As a child, the Psychic loved to ride the roller coaster. Anticipation of a dramatic combination of fear/exhilaration, on the trip to the amusement park made his stomach hurt, in...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Page Local Golf, Home Page Slider, Local Golf - Minnesota
To Annoy, Or Not To Annoy By Tom Abts Last month, one of the big golf magazines had an article about what annoys golf course superintendents. Annoy might be mild … they also used the word “irk” … still pretty mild. I think words like “angry” …...