Fairways & Greens - Minnesota

Legends Club - Fully Loaded By E. Nolan What are your three favorite courses in the Twin Cities? Top five? As a national golf writer (and course rater) I'm regularly asked to list the 3 or 5 best courses in our biggest metro, so I figured you...

The Oak Marsh Mojo By Rhett Arens As you walk into the Pro Shop at Oak Marsh you are likely to be greeted by name. You'll want to double check your wallet for your membership card, but alas, there are no members here. In fact, you can't buy a...

Timber Creek Golf Course - Fall In Love This Summer By E. Nolan If you haven't been to Timber Creek in the past three years, you've been missing out on a LOT of NEW. If you've never been there, let me tell you why NOW is the time to go check...

Willingers Golf Club - Modern Nature By E. Nolan I consider Willingers the course "Closest to the City That Feels Furthest From the City" and/or the "Most Northern Feeling Golf Course in Southern Minnesota." Put those two oppositional...

Heritage Links Golf Club Turns 20 By Steve Manthis Wow! We've had a great stretch of weather recently. While some may wish to spend this time of year seeking out the water, I find myself doing the opposite: I'm trying to make my golf ball avoid...

Mississippi Dunes Golf Links - Redemption By Seamus McGee The question in Minnesota golf throughout last summer was, "What in the heck is going on at Mississippi Dunes?" A gallery of avid golfers moaned in that, "Doc has a bulldozer and end...

A Players Course - StoneRidge Golf Club By Rhett Arens There are those rounds we play where it feels like your sitting down to a blah, franchise type meal at a mall near you. I won't name names. And then there are those rounds where you feel...

Having It Both Ways At Territory Golf Club By Rhett Arens Somewhere between the rolling berm meadows of an Irish countryside and the deep northern woods of upstate New York lies the Territory Golf Club. You will know the exact moment when the...

A Wee Bit Of Scotland At The Links At NorthFork By Rhett Arens This golf course is the rare combination of a quality-minded set of course conditions with an attitude that is more akin to casual play. Think about it. Many of the courses that...

Play At Majestic Oaks Golf Club Year-Round By Tim Cotroneo It's easy to get drawn into the allure of Majestic Oaks Golf Club. Maybe it's how each employee greets you and asks how you can be helped. Maybe it's the lush green ambiance pulsating...

Cedar Creek - "Up A Creek" By E. Nolan "Up a creek" usually means trouble. Look up this Creek though (Cedar Creek) and you'll find a whole lot of good things. (Okay...and maybe a little trouble.) The northwest metroburbs of Minneapolis are ripe...

Chominix Golf Course - Better Than Ever By Steve Manthis About six weeks ago I hit one of those milestone birthdays. All birthdays that end with a "0" are major markers in a person's life, but this one, the big 5-0, hit me pretty hard. I don't...

Elk River Golf Club - Top Of The World By E. Nolan Have you ever been to the top of the world? And no, I don't mean the Arctic. I mean Elk River, Minnesota. How and why is that the top of the world? Because the sign says so (Look at Google...

Fox Hollow - Plenty To Crow About By E. Nolan I was on the bus with a complete stranger (about thirty of them in fact) heading to the Warriors/Wolves NBA game, when the guy nodded at me and asked. "You ever played Fox Hollow up here?" I'm...

Pebble Creek Golf Club - Something For Everyone By Steve Manthis We've all got our wish lists when it comes to courses we'd like to play. I've been lucky enough to play some great courses, but there are many others where I haven't had the...

Purple Hawk Country Club - North Soar By E. Nolan I've never seen a purple hawk I didn't like. It's an odd thing to think, and an odd thing to say, but when I first heard of Purple Hawk Country Club I had so many questions and one of them just...