Photo: The Classic at Madden's via GoogleBrainerd Lakes
Twin Cities weekend escape with lake-country resort golf. Madden's Classic is MN's only 5-star Top 100 public, Deacon's Lodge is Arnold Palmer, Grand View has 45 holes. A four-day resort rotation with walk-out lake lodging.
Courses
7 courses
$$$The Classic at Madden's on Gull Lake
★ 4.618 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Scott Hoffmann (1997)
$$Deacon's Lodge at Breezy Point
★ 4.718 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Arnold Palmer (1999)
$$The Pines at Grand View Lodge
★ 4.718 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Joel Goldstrand (1990)
The Preserve at Grand View Lodge
★ 4.218 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Arnold Palmer Design Co. (1996)
Cragun's Legacy Courses - Dutch Legacy
★ 4.618 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Robert Trent Jones Jr. (1999)
Cragun's Legacy Courses - Bobby's Legacy
★ 4.618 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Robert Trent Jones Jr. with Bobby Jones II (1999)
Madden's - The Pines (Classic 9-hole)
★ 4.718 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Don Herfort
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Recent Groups
Based on recent trips to this destination
4 golfers · 3 rounds
April 2026
~$1,400/person
6 golfers · 4 rounds
March 2026
~$1,850/person
3 golfers · 2 rounds
February 2026
~$980/person