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Pine Island Golf Course lies 15 miles
north of Rochester and just off Highway
52. Opened in 1994 and originally nine
holes, it now is an 18-holer that can range
from 4,946 to 6,563 yards. There are
plans to stretch it to 6,600, says pro/general
manager Mike Adelsman.
No. 16 is a par 3 of 180 yards with water,
trees and boulders in play. The course has
big greens, is walker-friendly and " is not
a tricky course, " Adelsman says.
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Willow Creek Golf Course, a Rochester
public course that opened in 1974, shut
down briefly near the end of the 2019
season but was bought by Andy Black
and Will Lancaster and reopened months
later. They recently renewed a second
three-year lease on the course, which features
18 standard holes plus the nine-hole
Little Willow executive course.
" Every year we get a little better, " Black
says. " We make money, and we put it back
into the golf course. "
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Somerby Golf Club in Byron, 10 miles
west of Rochester, enters its 20th season
in 2024, with an esteemed Tom Lehman
and John
Somerby is
Fought-designed course.
ranked 19th among all
courses in the state by Golf Digest. The
private club will host the Women's State
Amateur Championship in 2025.
Director of golf John Fitzgerald says
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were likely plying their mid-irons there a
bit before that.
Golf in the
city began with three
holes near the Zumbro River and
Covered Bridge Park, according to an
Ancestry.com-posted history written by
Michelle Knutson. The club then moved
a bit north to its present site, where there
were sand greens and a fox farm next to
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the fifth fairway.
Today, Zumbrota GC offers 18 holes at
par 70-a wooded front nine (the original)
and a more links-style back nine. New
general manager Gary O'Connor singles
out
the par-4, 332-yard eighth hole,
which features views of the city. " We've
got such a beautiful product, " O'Connor
says, " and the greens are great. "
Joe Bissen is a retired newspaper copy editor.
He has written two books on Minnesota's
lost golf courses.
mngolf.org
Somerby has a " linksy feel, " though wetlands
and water are sprinkled throughout.
Fitzgerald mentions the " signature "
14th, a par 4 with a peninsula green, and
the 296-yard 15th, with water along the
left side, as particularly notable holes.
Golf in Rochester and near Highway
52 has come a long way in 124 years-no
more dirt highways leading into town, no
more sand greens tended by cud-chewing
ruminants. Today, there is a wealth of golf
to make an expedition worthwhile.
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