Brute at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
About
Grand Geneva Resort & Spa was ranked in the top 10 northern U.S. golf resorts by Conde Nast Traveler. The resort boasts two championship courses, the Brute and the Highlands. The formidable Brute Course stretches to over 7,000 yards. It is considered one of the toughest golf courses in the Midwest. The layout wanders across rolling terrain, incorporating a variety of elevation changes that range from subtle to dramatic. There are 68 bunkers strategically placed along the massive, undulating greens. The course is aptly named since it will relentlessly test your skills. It is more challenging than the Highlands, which is a links course designed by Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye. In addition to the two courses, Grand Geneva Resort & Spa also has a practice facility complete with a driving range and putting and chipping greens.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | 72 | 7085 yards | 73.8 | 136 |
| Championship | 72 | 6554 yards | 71.9 | 131 |
| Regular | 72 | 5925 yards | 69.0 | 125 |
| Forward (W) | 74 | 5244 yards | 70.0 | 129 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 74.3/141 | 424 | 544 | 374 | 204 | 409 | 514 | 411 | 175 | 432 | 3487 | 440 | 500 | 370 | 157 | 396 | 605 | 190 | 420 | 464 | 3542 | 7029 |
| Gold M: 72.2/132 W: 78.9/142 | 395 | 509 | 351 | 173 | 370 | 508 | 387 | 149 | 398 | 3240 | 414 | 483 | 338 | 136 | 375 | 572 | 166 | 383 | 437 | 3304 | 6544 |
| Gold/Silver M: 69.3/130 W: 75.7/138 | 395 | 414 | 351 | 133 | 370 | 471 | 387 | 149 | 376 | 3046 | 388 | 483 | 338 | 136 | 375 | 447 | 166 | 329 | 340 | 3002 | 6048 |
| Silver M: 68.4/128 W: 74.5/136 | 387 | 414 | 342 | 133 | 357 | 471 | 379 | 136 | 376 | 2995 | 388 | 385 | 314 | 128 | 364 | 447 | 160 | 329 | 340 | 2855 | 5850 |
| Red M: 65.8/116 W: 70.8/129 | 255 | 409 | 327 | 129 | 305 | 385 | 364 | 123 | 320 | 2617 | 286 | 381 | 288 | 107 | 352 | 443 | 141 | 310 | 335 | 2643 | 5260 |
| Handicap | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by u488044310 on 05/02/2026
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Photo submitted by u488044310 on 05/02/2026
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Photo submitted by u488044310 on 05/02/2026
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Photo submitted by Fox3879 on 07/04/2025
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Photo submitted by Jsadorf on 06/01/2025
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Grand Geneva (Brute), hole 9 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2024
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Grand Geneva (Brute), hole 13 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2024
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Grand Geneva (Brute), hole 18 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2024
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Photo submitted by xianjingwong on 06/08/2022
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Beautiful Photo submitted by ivymike86 on 08/28/2021
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Photo submitted by u314160960549 on 07/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u314160960549 on 07/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u000007643820 on 04/30/2021
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Photo submitted by u000007643820 on 04/30/2021
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Photo submitted by Pyldriver on 07/11/2020
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Photo submitted by Sean7952283 on 06/30/2020
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Photo submitted by jsg2483212 on 07/14/2019
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No. 18. Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 06/13/2019
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Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 06/13/2019
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Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 06/13/2019
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sandblaster Photo submitted by pblackmur on 07/18/2013
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up and over Photo submitted by pblackmur on 07/18/2013
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the Brute Photo submitted by pblackmur on 07/18/2013
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beautiful Photo submitted by pblackmur on 07/18/2013
Great Resort Course
This is a must play course if you’re in the LG area for a weekend. Awesome property with 2 - 18 hole courses available to play. I’m a sucker for an awesome golf cart to enhance the round. Touchscreen with yardages and can order food/drink from your cart and they will deliver to you on the course. They also had cart girls driving around the entire time, so we didn’t go hungry or thirsty all day. They also have the club cleaner/ball cleaner attached to the cart as well as a built in cooler for your food/drinks if needed.
The course itself was an awesome setup. If you play the tips, you have some lengthy par 5’s to deal with. The elevation changes throughout the round made for some interesting blind shots. But thanks to the cart having the touchscreen, you knew your line for the blind shot if you’ve never played the course before. I also liked that it would alert us in the cart of the group ahead of us being somewhere blind so we wouldn’t accidentally hit into them. This course will test every aspect of your game. Big bunkers, but manageable to get out of. Uneven lies, but a well maintained course so it’s fair. The rough is forgiving enough and all of the greens are sloped back to front making approach shots very fun for golfers that can control their wedges/irons from the fairway. Overall very satisfied with my round I played here. I just wish the pace was a little quicker, but that’s to be expected at a resort course. Hit’em straight!
The Brute
For April in Wisconsin the course was in great shape. Greens a highlight. One of the great courses in Wisconsin. Staff always top notch.
JC
Great sunny day, with 20 mph winds. Wet conditions and cart path only as they had lots of rain. Course in good early season shape. Greens have not grown out of airiification so a little bumpy still. Great Day.
Teeoff and Golfnow are slacking...
The Brute is a great course, one of the best in SE Wisconsin. But I miss the days when Golfnow used to give you warnings about aeration or cart path only. There's nothing worse than showing up to a great course and being disappointed by the current conditions. Do better Teeoff.
Slippage
Course was not in very good shape. Greens were long, shaggy ,slow and bumpy. Tee boxes were in rough condition. Bunkers were shallow in terms of sand depth. Beautiful layout and views, challenging tee shots, fairway shots and rough shots, but conditions were a disappointment compared with expectations. Course has slipped down a notch compared with past and compared with other Lake Geneva area courses. ....slippage
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Brute at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Fore Play
A week after aeration so the greens were shaggy. Great course otherwise.
Excellent course!
Played this on the way back from the Ryder Cup so now doubt, our trip was nearly perfect in every sense.
Really fun course and the layout is great. Makes you feel like you got away from things but then again it's Lake Geneva.
We were the first ones out and the starter let us go before the other scheduled twosome arrived as we were early and I really appreciated that flexibility. I didn't want the round to end.
We are contemplating a weekend trip to play there it was so nice. We got a great deal on GolfNow so the value I gave this may be a bit skewed.
Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Brute at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, and we hope to see you again soon.