Golf in Minneapolis

Minneapolis's golf scene is built around the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board — one of the most celebrated urban park systems in America. Hiawatha Golf Club, near Minnehaha Falls and Lake Hiawatha, serves the south side's diverse residential communities. Theodore Wirth Golf Course anchors the northwest in one of the city's largest parks. Both courses reflect the city's commitment to recreational access across the full demographic spectrum of a major American city. Minnesota's golf tradition, deep civic culture, and enthusiastic amateur sporting community sustain courses like this one as essential community infrastructure across every region of the state. The surrounding landscape's glacial legacy — lakes, wetlands, and moraines — provides natural scenic context that connects golf in Minnesota to the broader outdoor life the state's residents prize.