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.
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.

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

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).

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

Nearest city

Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

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

Nearest city

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
Jones, Rees

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Rees Jones

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

Designer

Garrett Gill & Paul Miller of Gill/Miller Design.

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

Designer

Robert Trent Jones Jr

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

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Bobby Weed

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).

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

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Pete Dye & Tim Liddy

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

Designer

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
Cupp & Fought

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Visitors welcome

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Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Co-designed by Bob Cupp & John Fought.

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

Designer

Arthur Hills
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Minneapolis / St Paul
Weiskopf & Morrish

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Minneapolis / St Paul

Designer

Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish

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Tournaments

Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).

Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24). 

Who's Who

Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.

Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.

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.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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