The Pines at Grand View Lodge

• 🏆Best Public Course in Minnesota #4 — Golfweek

Joel Goldstrand designed The Pines at Grand View Lodge in 1990 and it has been the resort's marquee draw ever since — 27 holes spread across three nines (Lakes, Marsh, Woods) routed through dense Northwoods pine and around a string of Brainerd-area lakes. The Marsh-Lakes combination plays as the championship 18 most groups book. Golfweek ranked it the #4 public course in Minnesota in 2022, and Grand View Lodge itself has been recognized on Golf Digest's 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America. The Pines is also a regular on Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play in Minnesota. Greens fees track with most upper-tier Midwest resort courses — the kind of trip you book around weather windows in late June through September, when the Northwoods is at its best.