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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6534 yards | 72.3 | 143 |
| Green | 72 | 6188 yards | 70.6 | 138 |
| White | 72 | 5819 yards | 69.0 | 134 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5819 yards | 74.3 | 143 |
| Gold | 72 | 5372 yards | 71.9 | 132 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5372 yards | 71.8 | 138 |
| Purple | 72 | 4819 yards | 68.8 | 126 |
| Purple (W) | 72 | 4819 yards | 68.7 | 132 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.3/142 | 333 | 531 | 142 | 406 | 508 | 195 | 408 | 163 | 510 | 3196 | 387 | 370 | 503 | 380 | 207 | 359 | 184 | 426 | 522 | 3338 | 6534 |
| Green M: 70.7/136 | 322 | 494 | 140 | 384 | 491 | 183 | 395 | 149 | 464 | 3022 | 367 | 356 | 483 | 363 | 192 | 340 | 164 | 405 | 496 | 3166 | 6188 |
| White M: 69.2/130 W: 74.0/140 | 314 | 468 | 133 | 375 | 465 | 175 | 386 | 142 | 403 | 2861 | 358 | 347 | 463 | 354 | 167 | 291 | 144 | 367 | 467 | 2958 | 5819 |
| Gold M: 67.1/126 W: 71.5/135 | 293 | 452 | 117 | 356 | 425 | 161 | 318 | 132 | 347 | 2601 | 337 | 331 | 443 | 337 | 157 | 278 | 121 | 319 | 448 | 2771 | 5372 |
| Purple M: 64.6/121 W: 68.4/129 | 271 | 427 | 103 | 310 | 387 | 145 | 248 | 127 | 286 | 2304 | 301 | 299 | 416 | 303 | 141 | 256 | 97 | 275 | 427 | 2515 | 4819 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 6 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Hole #9 Tee Photo submitted by mnsnwta on 03/24/2025
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Photo submitted by blp57 on 08/24/2024
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Photo submitted by u572642873 on 10/27/2023
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Photo submitted by u572642873 on 10/27/2023
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Photo submitted by imiGPAr368jihwFHSimV on 07/10/2023
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Photo submitted by imiGPAr368jihwFHSimV on 07/10/2023
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Soooo Deer! Photo submitted by Julie7190744 on 07/08/2021
Always a fun challenge
Love this course! It’s laid out with plenty of fun and challenge! Greens have more break than you think!
Slow Play
There are no rangers to keep pace of play. Five hour rounds are no fun.
Beautiful course
Great course. Definitely difficult, but I like challenging nice courses. The greens were a little burnt or maybe shaved too close in a few parts. They were actually pretty forgiving on the front. Good time. Staff was very welcoming.
Tough conditions
Usually this course is good condition
However still time needed to recover from winter
Tee boxes are in poor conditions
Most tee boxes need to be regrassed
Greens were slow and bumpy
Sand traps not raked
Fairways were in good condition
Conditions
Tee boxes were atrocious!! Greens were rock hard and had so much winter kill still on them. WAY over priced for conditions. Will never play again
Great pace of play
I tee'd off at around 720 and I didn't have anyone in front of me or behind me riding my tail. Course was in great condition and when I would get to a hole that they were mowing the would stop mowing and let me tee off. I golfed the 18 hole in about 3hrs max
Fun and Challenging
The course layout is wonderful. I like the feeling of being up north. Just the golf course and nature.
Great value!!!!
First time here; it won’t be my last. The value is excellent, the conditions are good and the staff and service are top-notch. It’s a course that I personally will enjoy far more each time that I play it (especially the back 9) based on the intricacies of the course and its’ layout.
Always in good shape!
Course was surprisingly in great shape for the time of year & as much rain that we have gotten.
3 hours for 9 holes and quit
It took 3 hours to play 9 holes and we quit. There were 3 of us and the 4th was a member of the club. He quit after it took an hour to play 3 holes. Stacked 3 group wait on every hole starting at hole 2. People behind us were quitting after 4 holes saying they were on pace for a 7 hour round. Not recommended to play here unless you want to make a day of it. I will not be returning as this isn’t the first time this has happened
Exaggeration... there are no 5-hour rounds (except at the Minneapolis city courses) at The Ponds or ANYWHERE in outstate Minnesota. You want to complain about long rounds, try southern California. 6-hour round if you can get on and you're going to shut your mouth about it too.