Fairways & Greens - Minnesota

CreeksBend Golf Course By R.J. Smiley CreeksBend Golf Course, with a 1940's barn converted into a wonderfully functional clubhouse, is located just 20 minutes South of the Minnesota River and three miles North of New Prague. The smile grows...

Cannon Golf Club By R.J. Smiley Cannon Golf Club has been around since 1927, but the members don't like to talk about the past, they are a forward thinking group much more interested their golf course today. Located halfway between the Twin...

Gopher Hills Provides An Uphill Battle By Desiree Bergquist A quick look at the scorecard yardages for Gopher Hills in Cannon Falls-6,355 yards from the blue tees, 5,995 from the white, and 4,913 from the red-and you'll see it's not a long...

Matt's Top 10 - Clubhouses By Matt Vandelac 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...

Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, This Brainerd Resort Has Been "Treating Guests Like Family" Since 1898 By R.J. Smiley Joseph Ruttger came to America, the land of opportunity, from Neuleiningen, Germany in 1883. By the spring of 1886 he had moved to...

Be Minnesota Monarchy At The Jewel By Libby Mehaffey Want to be treated like royalty, fed grapes and fanned by scantIly-clad good-looking people - keep dreaming. However, you can have a royal golf experience at The Jewel, a premier golf course...

Public Golf With Panache!! Fantastic Golf. Gorgeous Facilities. Delicious Food. Top Shelf Liquor. Deer Run Has Panache. By Libby Mehaffey You can't go wrong at "The Run." Seriously, this place is really that great. When you get there, you might...

Cragun's Legacy Courses - Pristine Golf In The Brainerd Lakes Area By Gordy Ginsberg Cragun's Resort in Brainerd is the only Minnesota location that can boast of having 54 holes of Robert Trent Jones, Jr. championship golf. Two 18 hole courses...

A Warm Northern Escape Wendigo Lodge, Golf And Conference Center By Libby Mehaffey Wendigo Lodge provides for a perfect golf weekend escape. This Northwoods getaway, located just minutes outside of Grand Rapids, offers guests amazing golf, fine...

Breezy Point - Starting A New Tradition By Gordy Ginsberg Breezy Point Resort has opened their new three level lakeside dining and meeting facility called Marina II. You owe it to yourself the time to check it out. For those of you familiar...

Hidden Greens Golf Course By R.J. Smiley Farm land is your constant companion as you travel south of Hastings on Highway 61. Then you turn left into Hidden Greens and you are transported into a forested oasis, like Alice in the Wizard of Oz....

Ridges At Sand Creek By R.J. Smiley Just east of Jordan, MN surrounded by farm land you will find The Ridges at Sand Creek. When owner and general manager, Mike Malone brought in Joel Goldstrand to design his golf course, few golfers would have...

Mississippi Dunes Golf Links By R.J. Smiley When Dr. William Doebler decided to build Mississippi Dunes Golf Links, he did extensive research. He used the Old Course of St. Andrews and Pine Valley as models as he visualized his dream. He read...

Pierz Golf Course By R.J. Smiley A GOLF COURSE OR A SEWER SYSTEM? The WPA, short for the Works Progress Administration, was a Roosevelt administration program to put people back to work during the Great Depression. Many WPA projects built...

Fortune Bay Resort & Casino - A Few Miles North Of Ordinary By By Libby Mehaffey The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, part of Northern Minnesota's premiere vacation destination at Fortune Bay Resort Casino, is located just hours north of the Twin...

Breezy Point Vacations...Exclusive And All Inclusive By Gordy Ginsberg If all you ever wanted to do on vacation was just show up and not have to worry about a thing then I suggest you consider a Breezy Point all inclusive golf vacation. Already...