51 of the best courses in Minnesota that take public tee times, in 3 areas. Pick an area to see its courses. Private member clubs are left out.
When to go: Courses open roughly mid-April to late October; June to August is peak, and every course closes for winter.
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡5/5 Golfing Volts rate each area from 1 to 5 on four things, weighted equally: how good the best courses are (national rankings), how many good courses there are and how varied, value for the green fee, and how long the golf season runs.
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡3/5 Golfing Volts
Chaska · Prior Lake · Stillwater · Maple Grove · Maplewood · Brooklyn Park · Edina · Woodbury · Ramsey · Coon Rapids · Shakopee · Golden Valley · Minneapolis · St. Paul · Oakdale · Medina
Top picks: Chaska Town Course, The Meadows at Mystic Lake, StoneRidge Golf Club
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡4/5 Golfing Volts
Brainerd · Breezy Point · Pequot Lakes · Nisswa · Fifty Lakes · Deerwood · Crosslake
Top picks: The Classic at Madden's, Deacon's Lodge Golf Course, The Preserve at Grand View Lodge
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡3/5 Golfing Volts
Biwabik · Tower · Lutsen · Carlton · Two Harbors · Superior, WI · Duluth · Cohasset · Coleraine · Grand Rapids · Hibbing · Bayfield, WI · Virginia · Solon Springs, WI
Top picks: Giants Ridge – The Quarry, The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Giants Ridge – The Legend