Spring Hill Golf Club

Spring Hill Golf Club opened in 1999 near Lake Minnetonka, designed by Tom Fazio as a pure private golf experience with no housing development on the course. The layout has appeared on Golf Digest\'s America\'s 100 Greatest list multiple times, reaching No. 69 (2017-2018) and consistently ranking as the No. 2 course in Minnesota behind Hazeltine National.

Reviewers compare it to Kinloch and Flint Hills National for its "pure golf" feel — each hole is isolated with no encroaching development. The course experienced severe flooding in fall 2015 (10 inches of rain in October) but recovered to maintain its elite conditioning standard.

Excellent variety throughout the routing with a wide range of hole lengths, shapes, and elevations. Tight fairways with meaningful elevation changes. Tricky greens with subtle breaks — rarely a flat lie on this course.

Immaculate conditioning — described as impossible to find a blade of grass out of place. The "pure golf" atmosphere with no housing development creates a sense of total seclusion on every hole.

Strictly private — consistently ranked among the top 2-3 courses in Minnesota.

Green contours are the main defense — pay close attention to subtle breaks that are easy to misread.

The course plays longer than the yardage suggests due to elevation changes. Club up on the uphill par 3s.

Course management matters more than raw power on the tight fairways.

Take any invitation you can get — this is among the most exclusive private clubs in Minnesota.