Best golf courses: Minneapolis / St Paul

Minneapolis / St Paul: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Hurdzan, Michael

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Original nine-hole layout dates from the 1960s; extended to 27-holes by Dr Michael J. Hurdzan (1990).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Dye & Liddy

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Pete Dye & Tim Liddy

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Hills, Arthur

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Arthur Hills
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Jones, Rees

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Rees Jones
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Jones II, Robert Trent

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Robert Trent Jones Jr

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Minneapolis / St Paul
Jones Sr, Robert Trent

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Private club

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1962); modifications by his son Rees Jones (2010).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Minneapolis / St Paul
Watson, Willie

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Private club

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Original design by William "Willie" Watson (1911); remodelled by Donald Ross (1921); modifications by Brian Silva (2006).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Gill-Miller Design.

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Garrett Gill & Paul Miller of Gill/Miller Design.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Gill-Miller Design.

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Garrett Gill & Paul Miller of Gill/Miller Design.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Cupp & Fought

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

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Co-designed by Bob Cupp & John Fought.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Minneapolis / St Paul
Fazio, Tom

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Private club

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Tom Fazio
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Weed, Bobby

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Bobby Weed
Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Minneapolis / St Paul
Palmer & Lehman

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Private club

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay in consultation with Tom Lehman.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Hurdzan/Fry & Lehman

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Hurdzan/Fry (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry) working with PGA tour player Tom Lehman (a Tom Lehman Signature Course).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Minneapolis / St Paul
Ross, Donald

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Private club

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Founded as a sailing club in 1889, White Bear YC introduced golf in 1912 with a 9-hole course designed by William "Willie" Watson. Course redesigned and extended to a full 18 by Donald Ross (1915).
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Weiskopf & Morrish

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Gill-Miller Design.

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Garrett Gill & Paul Miller of Gill/Miller Design.

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Tournament of Champions: the PGA Tour’s calendar-year starts, as it has done since 1999, with this iconic event in Hawaii. The field is drawn from players who won a PGA Tour event in 2022, or were amongst the top 30 in last year’s FedEx Cup final standings (Jan 6-9).

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Who's Who

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Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Costa Cruise & Golf

Costa’s "Cruise & Golf" allows golfers and their families to combine a unique golfing experience with the relaxation and fun of a cruise on board Costa Smeralda. Golf enthusiasts are offered a choice from 23 top-quality golf clubs; their chosen courses are played during the ship’s port calls in Italy, France and Spain. While the golfers are driving the fairways, accompanying non-golfers are able to enjoy the amenities and activities on-board, or explore wonderful places on day excursions organised by Costa. Read more ...

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