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4.7
334 Reviews (334)
5 Stars
210
4 Stars
92
3 Stars
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2 Stars
6
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.8
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.3
96.5%
Recommend this course
315 out of 334 reviews
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5.0
6 Reviews (6)
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6
4 Stars
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.7
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
5.0
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6 out of 6 reviews
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4.9
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
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Conditions
4.8
Value
4.9
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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25 out of 25 reviews
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Course Highlights
Whispering Pines delivers an exceptionally designed layout featuring dog-legs, elevation changes, risk-reward shots, and tiered greens that challenge every club in your bag. The owner-present atmosphere, friendly staff, GPS-equipped carts, and outstanding value make this course a consistent favorite worth the drive.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6421 yards
Slope 129
Rating 70.9
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Whispering Pines Golf Club (MN)
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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Joel Goldstrand

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Minnesota (2023 #18) (2020 #20)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Courses for Pace of Play in the U.S. (2019 #1)
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Reviews

4.7
334 Reviews (334)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 14
Undulating Greens 10
Forced Carries 9
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 11
Locals 9
Advanced Golfers 7
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 14

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Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome course and staff

Love the course layout. Greens in great condition.

Staff all very friendly. Must try this course if you haven’t yet.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome fairways and greens. Food and drink is awesome.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/07/2018

Thanks for coming out to play Tom and please lets us know how we can make your golfing experience better moving forward.

Played On
Reviews 52
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Whispering Pines

Golf course was in great condition. We played on a weekday in the morning. No one in front and no one pushing us. The greens were in great condition. Some of the forward t-boxes had numerous leaves on them indicating they were not mown that day.

I would golf there again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Fast Greens

The course was not busy, good conditions.

The greens were fast and smooth, very nice.

The sand traps were not maintained well, hard packed sand.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

In super good shape

Fairways, bunkers and areas around the greens where in great shape and the greens were immaculate. Good speed to them too. If they were any faster being above the hole would've been really bad. Course looks open enough but don't let it fool you! Keep the ball in the fairway! Will definitely be back. 4 sets of tees makes it playable for everyone for everyone in your group!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Good enough design with well-kept greens

Second time playing Whispering Pines. Good design with some interesting holes & enough variety. Gently rolling terrain at times with a steeper elevation change on a couple holes. Some tree-lined holes & some open holes with fewer trees.

Front nine is a short par 34 with one par 5 & three par 3s. Back nine is a long par 37 (38 for women) with three par 5s and two par 3s (one par 3 for women). Despite how different the nines are, they are still pretty equally challenging but in different ways. I actually thought the shorter front nine was more interesting as holes 5, 6, 7 & 8 were all good & distinct holes.

Greens were in great shape. They were fast and about a handful had an area with very steep break. Rough was cut short to help find balls for Fall golf and they did a great job cleaning up all the leaves. However, tee boxes & fairways were a little rough & beat up and sand traps were no longer being maintained so were very hard.

Confusing layout from some of the holes to the next hole, but the well-marked signs help you figure out where to go.

Driving range was closed for the year. Practice putting green was awkward; the large decorative patch in the middle of the green significantly reduced the putting space, leaving only a smaller portion with steep breaks on almost every putt. I think the practice green would be better off without it as just a regular green with no obstructions & much more putting/chipping space. However, I liked the fairway portion next to the green to practice chip shots from the fairway as well as the rough.

Gas carts.

Recently renovated clubhouse to add a bar & grill with outdoor seating was a nice addition.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Wayne Dearing

Great course!! I highly recommend it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 75
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Improved Conditions

I played the course of two years earlier and was quite disappointed in the maintenance and conditions. New ownership seems to have improved the condition of course and the friendliness of the staff.

It's still an average course with significant distances between greens and tees in some instances. There are a number of blind shots as well. All in all, it was an enjoyable round of golf in the course is shown significant improvements.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place.. Staff not so much

My friends and I love this course. Great location, great layout and nice scenery. Every time I've been here though the staff has been short and rude, I'm really not sure why. A gentlemen even told us not to use secondary websites to book a tee time because then the course doesn't get any of that money (which I find very hard to believe). Don't let them discourage you, it's still a beautiful place to play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Course has nice rolling hills.

Great time playing here.Would highly recommend,Great staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome course

My boyfriend and I love this course. One of our favorites. Amazing staff , awesome course lay out. Highly recommended!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Course Excellent Value

Worth the drive now... This golf course has a nice fun layout and played great. Lots of changes under new management. The staff were very friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, great value

I enjoy whispering pines each time I play it because it's a perfect mix of challenging holes and some where you can just get the driver out and stomp on it!! Clubhouse is freshly remodeled with a nice bar and grill attached, friendly staff will keep me coming back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/29/2015

Dear Customer,

Thank you for the kind review of our course. We are striving to improve the golfers experience each year, hope you can make it back again.

Thanks again!!

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Course was ok

Tee boxes could be in better shape. Greens were in good condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/29/2015

Dear Customer,

Thank you for the kind review of our course. We are striving to improve the golfers experience each year, hope you can make it back again.

Thanks again!!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course

This was a good course in very good condition. The only negative is there are a few holes you need to look for the signs to the next tee box.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/16/2016

Thanks for the nice review, we definitely work hard to keep great course conditions. Hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Greens and Fairways

This course used to have a reputation as a dog track with a bunch of hackers tearing it up. It is not that way anymore! The new owner has cleaned up the clientele and everything else that made this course one to pass on. New clubhouse, great greens and fairways. The beverage cart was seen at least 6 times on 18 holes which was great since it was hot the day i played. Don't let the yardage fool you. Long par 4's and some tough par 3's make it a challenge.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/16/2016

Thank you very much for the great review! We've put in so much work to get the fairways into the best shape they've been in for the last 15 years, and really appreciate such great feedback. We want to know how we can get that perfect 5 star rating from you! We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great landscape

The par 3's are quite challenging, even got a triple bogey on 1 of them. Very nice greens and fairways, rough was thick. Like the layout, nice rolling hills and some layered tee boxes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/16/2016

Thanks for taking the time to review our course, we put in so much work to keep it looking great. Some of those 3's can be tricky! We hope to see you again in 2016.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

This course has great features

This course is one of my favorites ... I've played 7 rounds there this year.. It's got some challenging holes out there .. But the greens are in great condition ..... Can't beat the price with the golf now app... If u haven't tried this course yet it's a must ...

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/16/2016

We're glad to hear you're a frequent player, we work hard to keep the greens looking great. We'd like to know how we can get that perfect 5 star rating from you!! Thanks for the awesome feedback, we'll see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Hard course

Some of the hardest par 3 I have ever played. Pin placement and trees. Overall a decent course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/16/2015

Justin,

We like to hear a little more feedback from our golfers when we receive a lower than normal rating. Could you please tell me when you golfed at Whispering Pines to make it a better experience for everyone as I dont show that you golfed at the course on that day?

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Commented on 07/16/2015

Justin,

Can you please tell me what time you played on Tuesday at WP. When we receive a rating lower than our 4.1 average I would like to find out what we could do better to make your experience a better one.

Regards,

Mark

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

challenging course,

Hilly and wooded ,fast tough greens. Beautiful course .We had a great time and will play there again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/16/2016

We really appreciate your great review!! Looking forward to seeing you again in the coming season.

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