Headwaters Golf Club

This is absolutely one of the nicest courses in the lakes country, outside of the high-end Brainerd courses. Front 9 is easy to walk. Back 9 has some large elevation changes that make having a cart nice. 5 sets of tees provides plenty of options for all ages and abilities. Treat yourself to some real northwoods fun!

Headwaters GC is my favorite course in the Park Rapids/Walker area. If compares favorably to the best courses in the Brainerd Lakes area…fun layout, great conditions, really good value (especially if you have a golfnow.com discount or an International Golf Club card). All the holes are fun to play. No stupid holes like on many courses. It includes a few "grip it and rip it" holes for the big hitters, plus some nice elevation changes. The greens are fairly fast, and always seem to putt really true. Enjoy!

The course was in great condition considering that late season round. It was 40 degrees with 15-20 MPH winds. Great value from Golf-now and we had a fun outing.

Course was in nice shape but the geens had been recently punched so was not in tip top shape.

First time playing the course. Went back 3 more times in our 2 week stay in Park Rapids. It's a beautifully-maintained course. Hats-off to the grounds keepers. Very playable, yet somewhat challenging. Lots of trees and beautiful settings. A good value if you use Golfnow.com.

The greens were superb. Interestingly undulated, but not overdone. The regulars here obviously take care to fix ball marks. I did not see a single one. The fairways lush and smooth. The rough was penal, but not overly so. The bunkers had great, fine-grained sand and were immaculate. The main thing I loved about this course were the stands of red pines separating the holes on the front nine. The ground around them was covered in pine needles. You didn't want to hit into them, but if you did you could find your ball and have a decent chance to recover well with a good punch. I've never seen Augusta National except on TV, but the pine stands here gave a similar vibe. I played shortly after sunrise with a light fog floating around, and had the course to myself to start. I can't speak highly enough of the experience. If you're in the area, don't wonder, don't think, just go. If you're staying in Brainerd, it's worth the 100 minute drive.

Headwaters is truly one of northern Minnesota"s treasures. Great facility, staff is friendly and always a challenging round

Best greens I've played in a long time. The pace was rediculous though, 5 1/2 hours.

Great golf course friendly staff. I always enjoyed playing here especially when I can just book online with golfnow.com and walk in pick up my cart key and go play.

We played this course many years ago and thought it was ok. But today's Headwaters course is so much improved it's hard to believe it's the same track. Maybe it is new management or greens keeper, but whatever happened it is very noticeable and is worth the trip to Park Rapids. Staff was very competent and friendly. It's hard to believe this course just survived one of Minnesota ' s harshest winters. Hats off to the grounds crew.

I was excited to see Headwaters rejoin GolfNow as this is the best course in the greater Park Rapids / Walker area. The course is always well maintained, offers a variety of holes, and is challenging yet fun to play. There were a couple of fairways with winter burn out, but did not affect play much. A must play if you're in the area!

We have played this course every fathers day weekend for 25 years and have not had a bad experience here. Great northern Mn course at a decent price. Our group had a hole in one on the 8th hole.

Wooded and scenic but also very playable. Some challenging holes but nothing unfair at all. Excellent variety of hole design in both shape and elevation change. An overall great course and a must play every time I am in the area

Pretty course. Excellent condition , challenging layout, must play in the area