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Value
4.9
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4.8
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Pace
4.7
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4.6
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6282 yards
Slope 129
Rating 70.7
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Mississippi National Golf Links - Highlands Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Gordon Cunningham

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Courses for Pace of Play in the U.S. (2021 #7)
  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Minnesota (2021 #17)
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4.2
307 Reviews (307)
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Reviews 8
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The courseis in great condition.

Excellent value. Wonderful condition. The Pro Shop personnel, well, not so hot. Seemed a bit angry that I got it so cheaply through Golf Now.

Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course, great views

I played this course before and enjoyed it. This time played alone but took my 3 year old granddaughter and 2 year old grandson. We started at 810 am and finished before noon. Was a beautiful day, the kids loved the long rides in the cart between holes going up and down hills. (Bring donuts and milk to keep the the kids happy while sitting in the cart watching Grandpa hit the ball.)

There are some great views on the top holes and the 17th par three is still my favorite with the very elevated tee.

Was a special day for Grandpa and the kids plus I shot one of my best rounds of the season.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

fun layout

Decent course, fun layout at a golf now price.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Rough and Tumble Conditions

Given the challenge of the undulating and dramatic elevations it's understandable that the Highlands is tough to keep in good shape. However, many housekeeping and basic grounds keeping elements were lacking. Fairways were OK at best; greens were beat up; cart paths are very poor, bunkers were rough.

No complaints for a heavily discounted round but I wouldn't want to pay full price for this. The course needs hours of manpower investment.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Spectacular views of Mississippi River valley

Course requires player to hit straight shots. Both drives and approach. Greens have many elevations and undulations but fun to play.

Several elevated tee boxes. Views are amazing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is picturesque!

Tees, greens, and fairways in great shape. The rough was thick but fair. Only negative was some of the sandtraps were in conversion to grass bunkers and were weedy. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Overall course in great shape, challenging, and the views terrific. Highly reccomend, you will not be dissapointed.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 171
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Lots of great scenic views, lots of dog-legs, get to the corners and get to the right side of the fairways to get a good shot at getting to the green

Fun course to play, poor drainage with there sand bunkers, looks like there letting a lot of them grow over with grass.. Rest of course had good drainage with the 4 inches of rain from the day before. Could use rangers of course to speed up groups that get behind. Group ahead of us got two holes behind there group. and this was the Club Champion Tournament going on.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Working on the course

The course was in good shape other than some old bunkers that they were filling with grass. These had a lot of weeds in them and it was hard to find your ball in. there were many of them.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Pro shop clowns

Great course. Fun layout. Excellent value.

But...

The two guys in the clubhouse were rude and completely incapable of passing a business 101 class. Continue to be rude and unfriendly, but don't be surprised when people stop coming back. Those guys should be fired.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hot Deal

The course is in good condition, and provides a solid challenge to the average golfer. We played with a "hot deal" for $14 including cart. I think walking the course would be tough as there are several long walks between green and the next tee.

We completed our round in under 3 hours! No slow play noted at all.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pro Shop Blunders

Love the layout of the course. It's such a beautiful, scenic experience and the quality of the course itself is great. The cart girl was super friendly and even drove all the way back to find us because she accidentally overcharged a dollar. The guys in the pro shop on the other hand were what I can only describe as kind of douschey towards us. The first guy was rude when we started and the second guy was rude to us as we were leaving. So, we probably won't be back again for that reason.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mississippi National

This is a very scenic course and thoroughly enjoyed playing 18 holes there for a great price. Course condition is quite good in the Fairways and on the greens but the bunkers are not being maintained at all

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fun, challenging course

I was really impressed with how well the course was in shape, when just 4 days before, a huge storm came through and knocked down a bunch of trees.

Kudos to the maintenance people for a job well done on making the course very playable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Frustrating Round...

Mississippi National is one of those courses that gets by on scenery. The views are fantastic so it gets easier to over look the general "ehhhness" of the course. What wrecked the round was the 6-some that the course allowed to continue playing despite stacking groups 3 deep on the tee box behind them, nothing says fun like a 6 hour 15 minute round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun and beautiful

Played the Highlands. Cart is mandatory. Great views and the course is on great shape. There is no drinking water on the course and you cannot go back to the clubhouse after 9. Some very interesting holes. If you haven't played here you should.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great views, great greens, bunkers need work

The scenery is awesome and so was the condition of the greens. However most of the bunkers were washed out, grown in with weeds or not maintained all together. Appears they are turning them into grass bunkers?

Only complaint is that play was slow and we did not see a ranger who could enforce pace of play.

This course is not a great fit for the golfer that can't break 90 or keep it out of the woods. Would recommend the pro shop steers the hacker level golfer to the Lowlands Course.

You can't beat the views, might be one of the best in the state for this feature alone!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Lowlands is a real jewel

Course was in very good condition, Tee boxes were in very good shape and well maintained. Even with the rain for the two days before and the blow down, the grounds maintenance team had the course in very good shape. Greens were a bit slow, again with the rain, they were bound to be slow and soft.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Mississippi National

Course was in pretty good shape and the staff was very polite. The cart was very poor but we got thru ok.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great Experience

First time at this course and I was totally impressed. Best greens I've played on all year. Distance difference between the men and women made it a fair challenge for a couple. Will be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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