The Wildwedge Golf & RV Park in Pequot Lakes is known for its family activities in the Brainerd area. It offers a nine-hole short course, mini-golf, a mystery maze and an RV Park. The course features holes that play from 70 yards to 170 yards. If you don’t have an RV, there are three “new” lodge rooms overlooking the golf course, including a…
Breezy Point Resort, located just north of Brainerd in Breezy Point, Minn., is both a lakeside and golf retreat on the shores of Pelican Lake. The four-season resort is ideal for families, buddies golf trips, conferences and weddings. It offers a wide choice of lodging with 250 total rooms and four restaurants. Recreation starts on the lake at the…
The Grand View Lodge Spa & Golf Resort in Nisswa is one of the anchor golf resorts of the Brainerd area. It is a lakeside retreat filled with activities and 45 holes of golf. Guests can choose from shuffleboard, bocce ball, family wagon rides, paddleboards, kayaks, yoga, indoor pools, a lakeside pool, waterslide, hot tubs, ziplining, biking,…
Madden’s On Gull Lake is the largest golf resort in golf-rich Brainerd three hours north of the Twin Cities. It is a recreational paradise year-round. Guests can play lawn games such as sand volleyball, horseshoes, badminton, shuffleboard, croquet, lawnbowling and tennis at the Tennis & Croquet Club. Four swimming pools and three sand beaches…
Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake is one of the best golf resorts in Brainerd three hours north of the Twin Cities. Cragun’s lakeside lodging options include cabins and hotel-style rooms. Five- to 12-bedroom homes can be rented within the Homes at the Legacy community. The marina is popular in summer with boating, water skiing, fishing and swimming. A…
The Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge in Deerwood, Minn., has something for everyone. Cabins, villas, cottages or a lodge are available for overnight stays. Ruby’s Restaurant, the Bear Pine Bar and Auntie M’s Coffeehouse will curb your cravings. The main lodge is stocked with a game room featuring ping pong, a pool table and other games; indoor and outdoor…
Amid the lake-laden, tree-lined "God's Country" that is northern Minnesota, Golden Eagle Golf Club soars under the radar. Co-designed by former NHL player Bruce McIntosh, it's a true player's course worthy of your time.
Three of Minnesota's best golf resorts nestle up to the shores of Gull Lake near Brainerd, a major reason why Golf Digest considers this area among the top 50 golf destinations in the world.
Heading to Brainerd, Minnesota, the rugged lake region three hours north of the Twin Cities? Good news: Three days of golf for less than $200 can probably even include a top-100 pick for those who can play during the week or don't mind last call. Jason Scott Deegan has more.
I've been visiting Brainerd - a lake and golf destination - in Minnesota since I was little. It's golf courses - headlined by The Classic at Maddens on Gull Lake and Deacon's Lodge - keep luring me back.
The nearby Breezy Point Resort purchased Deacon's Lodge in 2012 to add the famous Arnold Palmer design to improve its local portfolio of courses. Here's a photo tour of one of Palmer's best works.
Many golfers are so spoiled for choices in the Brainerd area that they haven't made the hour trek north to find the Golden Eagle Golf Club, a hidden gem of hills and elevated tee shots.
Cragun's Legacy Courses have never earned top 100 status like several of its competitors in Minnesota's Brainerd Area, but for a 1-2 punch, plus a reversible par-3 course, it's the best in the region.
Brainerd is full of great golf courses in Minnesota, but The Classic at Madden's on Gull Lake might be the signature experience thanks to the service, caddies and a wonderfully scenic and challenging golf course.