As part of GOLF’s rigorous ratings process for our newly released Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and Top 100 Courses You Can Play rankings, our fleet of 100-plus expert panelists identified the best golf courses in every state.
You can check out the links below to browse all of our course rankings, or scroll down to see the best courses in Minnesota. And if you’re looking to create your own trip in the future, you’d be wise to let GOLF’s new Course Finder tool assist you. Here, you can toggle all of our lists — Top 100 public, best munis, best short courses, best par-3s and more — or filter by price to create the perfect itinerary for your next trip.
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The best golf courses in Minnesota (2024/2025)
SYMBOL GUIDE
# = Top 100 Course in the U.S.
Y = Top 100 You Can Play in the U.S.
V = Top 100 Value Course in the U.S.
P = Public/Resort
Ed. note: Some courses were omitted from our rankings because they did not receive enough votes.
1. Interlachen (Edina) [#]
2. White Bear Yacht Club (White Bear Lake) [#]
William Watson deserves the credit for laying out the holes that are the backbone of today’s course, though the club historian notes that Donald Ross “gave freely of his advice in its development.” The two Scots were surely bewitched by the opportunity to work on this roly-poly landscape. The view from the 1st tee of the 18-foot-deep greenside bunker tells you this is going to be different, though nothing really prepares you for such a one-off hole as the elegant 12h with its long fallaway green. It’s great to see a 6,500-yard course put on a pedestal.
3. Northland (Duluth)
Situated high above Lake Superior, this is one of the more stunning and surprising courses on this list to play. Putts that experienced golfers read as breaking X feet actually break twice that much, such is the invisible pull of the lake. Donald Ross renovated the course in 1927 and in his vast portfolio of courses, this remains one of his most distinctive efforts.
4. Hazeltine National (Chaska)
5. Midland Hills (Roseville)
6. Somerset (Mendota Heights)
7. Spring Hill (Wayzata)
8. Minikahda Club (Minneapolis)
9. Minneapolis GC (St. Louis Park)
10. Windsong Farm (Independence)
11. Town & Country (St. Paul)
12. Rochester (Rochester)
13. Giant’s Ridge — Quarry (Biwabik) [P, V]
14. The Wilderness at Fortune Bay [P, V]
15. Olympic Hills (Eden Prairie)
How we rank our courses
For our newly released Top 100 U.S. and Top 100 You Can Play lists — a process that helped us create 50 best-in-state rankings — each panelist was provided a ballot that consisted of 609 courses. Beside the list of courses were 11 “buckets,” or groupings. If our panelists considered a course to be among the top three in the U.S., they ticked that first column. If they believed the course to be among Nos. 4-10, they checked that column, followed by 11-25, 26-50, and so on out to 250+ and even a column for “remove.” Panelists were also free to write in courses that they felt should have been included on the ballot.
