Courses that closed, went back to farmland or became subdivisions. Some lasted a century, some barely a decade. This is where we keep track of them.
Joe Bissen, a former Star Tribune copy editor and sports writer, has spent years tracking down the state’s vanished courses and has written two books about them. If this page gets you curious, his books are the place to go deeper.
Some recent lost courses
Valley View Golf Course
Closed for financial reasons and left to grow over.
Abandoned
Valley View Golf Course in Belle Plaine (Photo by Rule of Three YouTube) Stone Bridge Golf Course
A nine-hole course on 85th Avenue in Otsego.
Closed
Fountain Valley Golf Club
Closed
Black Bear Golf Complex
Closed
University of Minnesota Golf Course
Closed
Further reading
Fore! Gone. Minnesota's Lost Golf Courses, 1897–1999See the book →More! Gone. Minnesota's Lost Golf Courses, Part IISee the book →
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