Minneapolis Golf Club

Saint Louis Park, MN • Private

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Overview

About

Holes 18

Length 7045

Slope 139

Facility Type Private

Designer Willie Park, Jr. & Donald Ross

Awards

100 Greatest: The course was part of Golf Digest's original 200 Toughest Courses list from 1966-'68.

Best in State: Ranked inside the top 5, 1977, 1987-'89. Ranked inside the top 10, 1991, 2003. Ranked 12th, 2017-'20. Ranked 13th, 2013-'16, 2021-'24. Ranked 14th, 2011-'12. Ranked inside the top 15, 1995-2001, 2005. Ranked inside the top 20, 2007.
2023-'24 ranking: 13th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.1

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options

6.922

Character

6.8732

Challenge

6.9554

Layout Variety

6.8334

Fun

7.0668

Aesthetics

6.7202

Conditioning

7.1429

Reviews

1 / 7

Review

“enjoyable walk through a park, although can play tough from longer tees. Greens are in great condition."

2023

2 / 7

Review

“Shot options: Not a lot of Shot Options, but the shots required are very strong. The best hours are 5/7/8/9/12/13/14/18, while the weak holes are 1/11/16. ; Hole by Hole comments:Hole #1: easier drive, making an eagle putt possible. Have to hit a good approach, and if pin near false front, can make a birdie not simple; Hole #2: ; Hole #3: ; Hole #4: requires solid shot, up and downs are hard if miss the green anywhere; Hole #5: requires precise shot to weave through bunkers, and can play either fade or draw. Approach needs to be well struck; Hole #6: long par 3, needs well struck shot; Hole #7: need a good fade around corner, makes 2nd shot much easier. ; Hole #8: needs high quality approach shot; Hole #9: good option to lay up off tee where fairway is wide. Pins on the back or right are more difficult; Hole #10: hard shot on long par 3, and not easy putt when hit green. No options here, just need a good shot.; Hole #11: not overly strategic hole, although require a good enough approach; Hole #12: a great drive sets up a good chance at eagle putt. But narrow green entrance is not easy, and depending on pin position, could be out of position. ; Hole #13: approach easier with drive on right side of green. Slope on green makes approach very important. Easy shot is to front left, or can go after it with a good drive. ; Hole #14: can drive it near the green, or lay up with iron, and can bring dramatically different results; Hole #15: need to layup on right side of fairway to approach this green; Hole #16: Need a good long iron shot in here, not much options; Hole #17: just need to hit the fairway, green is quite approachable; Hole #18: need a very drive, but if its on the left side, it’s a much more approachable shot; : Challenge: Some excellent challenges on both the tee shot, approach shots and greens. Can put pins near some steep slopes on greens to make it much more challenging than the day I played it. ; Layout variety: A lot of straight holes, and no medium length par 3's, other wise good variety on hills and distances; Aesthetics: its like walking through a nice park with lots of trees and luscious grass; Conditioning: regrassed 3 years ago, and the greens are exquisite. They played the state am the next day, and they had these greens running fast. ; Character: Compared to all of the other Ross designs in the area (Interlachen, WBYC), it isn't as good, but still has a lot of great character; Fun: it’s a difficult course, yet my wife said she enjoyed the course immensely, which surprised me."

2023

3 / 7

Review

“Really well respected course in MN but I found myself underwhelmed by the holes. The same lovely rolling hills as other Mpls courses but I found the holes and shots started to become repetitive and I think the bunker placement has a lot to do with it."

2022

4 / 7

Review

“Nice routing in a confined space. Had about 4 really good hole and lots of mediocre ones. Conditioning was good."

2021

5 / 7

Review

“Solid challenging holes"

2021

6 / 7

Review

“A truely wonderful course. Has two water hazards, and only one really comes into play. They re-bunkerd it several years ago with great results. Anyone playing the correct set of tees, will find these bunkers are well placed without making the course too difficult. Great variety of holes and it really fits the eye. A must to play when in the Twin Cities and if you have the right connections to score a tee time."

2019

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