Fairways & Greens - Minnesota

Being a golfer from Wisconsin, no matter how good of shape I am in (or not) I can always expect a little soreness after my first few rounds of the new golf season. After 5 to 6 months off of swinging a golf club is all it takes for the muscles to get lazy.

The Heights Indoor Golf By Brad Parrott Over the years it seems that golf and bowling are neck in neck as the number one casual activity; golf in the summer, bowling in the winter. It would be great to find a place that offers both, the best of...

Country Air Driving Range By Brad Parrott In Minnesota the golf season can be just as long as the off-season. If we are lucky, we can start playing golf in March or April, and then continue through October. The die hard players will get out...

Bunker Hills Golf Simulator Lounge By Steve Manthis Seven months ago, I wrote about how we had earned an early spring after the snow-filled winter of 2010-2011. On the flip side, last year's winter was such an easy one that we hardly had to put...

Golf Zone - Rain, Snow, Shine - Year-Round Fun By Brad Parrott For most golf courses and driving ranges, the fall is a time to wind down for the winter and spring is the time to start getting ready for the season. Some use the winter months to...

Willow Creek Golf Course - Rochester's Daily Double By E. Nolan Willow Creek deserves consideration as Rochester's best public golf course. Few in this Minnesota mini-city would dispute the suggestion. Consensus is it's "top two or three."...

Maple Valley Golf & Country Club - Sweet As Maple Sugar By E. Nolan Maple Valley's address claims to be in Rochester. Ha! Rochester may indeed have beautiful bluffs, but it doesn't have bluffs like these. Rochester has many a river and...

The Bridges Golf Course - Baby's Got Back By E. Nolan Sometimes golf course names don't fit the course. And then sometimes, in particular with The Bridges in Winona, MN... they do. Rumor has it, the original course designer Ben Knight was such...

The Bluffs At Coffee Mill - Value High By E. Nolan Golf journalists love it when their subjects have so much going for them that the pieces pretty much write themselves. (My wife wishes the same could be said for grad papers.) Such is...

Legacy Golf - Quality Golf Within Reach By E. Nolan Regionally renowned golf course architect, Garrett Gill, has his fingerprints all over the Southern Minnesota golf scene. While he is better known for his contributions at the Meadows at...

The Links at NorthFork-Versatile With A Syle From The British Isles By Will Brogan Not many courses in Minnesota can allow you to literally host your own version of the British Open, including up to date scoreboards! The Links at NorthFork is...

Cannon Golf Club - Spectacular Golf In Cannon Falls By E. Nolan Long daily commutes can be quite discouraging. For those motorists and golf fanatics who have to make such a commute to/from work through Cannon Falls (just south of Minneapolis)...

What Is A Thumper Pond? By R.J. Smiley ANSWER: Thumper Pond is a resort hotel, water park and golf course near Otter Tail Lake with activities for every member of the family, summer or winter! When the Minnesota Golf Association's Senior Tour...

Hale Irwin's Experience Provides A Great Test In The Jewel By Will Brogan At the end of June, an article was written in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about Hale Irwin in anticipation of the Constellation Senior Players Championship, a Champions...

Mississippi Dunes - One Unique Track By Will Brogan Situated literally on the Mississippi River in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Mississippi Dunes Golf Links pulls many unique, distinctive features from some of the world's most famous layouts to...

Wild Marsh Golf Club By R.J. Smiley There are many reasons why the City Business Journal recognized Wild Marsh as "One of the top 25 courses in the Twin Cities." and the Minnesota Golf Guide has ranked Wild Marsh as one of the "Top 5 Values" in...