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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6582 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.1

Just a short drive from the Twin Cities, Bristol Ridge Golf Course is a championship course that is conveniently located for a getaway that doesn't involve too much of a time investment. The rolling terrain provides a good amount of challenge while also being player friendly enough for beginners. The tree-lined fairways tumble across the natural contours of the land, which also helped determine the strategic placement of the bunkers. Despite being quite hilly, the golf course is pleasantly walkable. There are also water hazards that come into play on a few holes. The well conditioned greens provide smooth, fast putting surfaces. Each hole has a different character and most are anything but straightforward. Bristol Ridge Golf Course's 11th hole is short but memorable with an almost-island green, surrounded by water on three sides.

Course Details

Year Built 1994
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Kevin Cloonis

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

Reviews

4.3
109 Reviews (109)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 12
Narrow Fairways 11
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 11
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 8
Seniors 6
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 11
Convenient to the City 6

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Skill Advanced
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Previously Played

Poor shape

Play at least annually
Worst shape ever
Tee boxes brutal
No cart girl available on a nice day
Employees complaining about management

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 63
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Tough greens

The course layout was good but the greens are in great condition but they are hard to two putt the greens play the course to see what I mean

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Always nice to play

As usual Mitch and the staff make us feel welcome and the course is a challenge, we make this course one of our rotation and play it at least once a month if you haven’t played Bristol you should!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 63
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 63
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Bristol Ridge

Great weather. Narrow fairways, fast greens. Great price. Course needs water. Lots of dry areas. Saw two deer and a red fox.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course was in pretty good condition considering it was early season and the amount of winter kill around the area. It's a nice mix of open fairways with a few tight shots required. Greens are good and not overly rolling. This is a great value course to play!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

A favorite

As usual Bristol never lets us down lots of challenge. We play this corse a lot and is in the top ten of our close to the cities courses. It was in good shape for this time of year and as usual we stopped for a Wisconsin only beers the end of our round, We had a nice conversation with Rick enjoying our libations.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Conditions weren’t too notch but it was opening weekend. Great course, everything was good. I’d play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course. One of my favorites. Recommend to anyone.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Always a challenge

I have played this course a few times and can say that it is one of go to tracks. It is always in great shape the pace of play is not ever terrible and the challenge never lets me down. The club house is inviting and the staff always welcoming.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Day!

Course conditions: great tee's fairways, and greens. Nice pace on the greens. Pace of play was awesome. 18 in 3.3 hours on a Wednesday. Great clubhouse and restaraunt/bar staff. Great value, we'll be back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Generous Fairways

Enjoyed our round, as it has been 15 years since my last visit to Bristol Ridge. Great staff and pace of play. Good mix of holes with some long par 4s and short par 5s. Fairways are for the most part wide and well maintained. Many difficult approach shots with little room for error. Look forward to going back to play it again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great track and friendly staff.

It's a grear challenging track. I like the layout with all the elevation changes and woods. The greens are quite challenging and were in beautiful shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 109
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor
Minnesota Advisor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Rural Course

Bristol Ridge Golf Course is a rural track located on a beautiful piece of rolling terrain with a few ponds and lots of trees. Most of the fairways are generously wide, although there are a few that are pretty tight and unforgiving. If you do stray from the short grass, the rough is not very high, so finding the ball and getting a club on it is generally not a problem. About half of the holes are pretty wide open, with scattered trees along the sides of the fairway. However, on a few holes, woody areas marked as lateral hazards run almost the entire length of the fairway. A few holes, beginning with the 3rd, feature a tee shot through a tree-lined chute. First-time players may not be aware that the hole opens up quite a bit in the landing area, so these holes aren’t as tight as they might appear from the tee. Greens are fairly large, smooth, and fast, not very undulating, but gently contoured. First-time players will be surprised at how much some putts break and how fast the downhill putts are. There are a number of memorable holes on the course, beginning with the picturesque par 3 fourth, 172 yards from the White (middle men’s) tees, an elevated tee box to a green with water short right and a bunker on the left. There was no wind when we played, but a regular that we were playing with noted that a windy day could really play havoc with a tee shot on this hole. The par 5 fifth hole features a tricky fairway that slopes severely in places from right to left, so that a ball hitting the middle of the fairway may end up in the rough or even in the woods past the rough. Best to aim for the extreme right side of the fairway on the tee shot and go from there. Another very pretty hole is the par 3 eleventh, short at 124 yards from the White tees. A water hazard almost surrounds the green, beginning short right and continuing around the back and long right. However, the green is quite large, so par here should not be too difficult. The 12th is a dogleg right par 5 that can present problems for longer hitters who can’t fade the ball to keep it in the fairway. One of our long hitters went through the dogleg and into the fairway of the adjacent 18th hole. However, the hole is only 480 yards from the White tees, so salvaging par should not be a problem. The dogleg left 16th hole is a long hitter’s delight, only 320 yards from an elevated tee box. The only problem is avoiding going through the fairway and into the woods that line the fairway on both sides. One of our foursome put his tee shot about 20 yards from the green, and a guy in the group behind us was about two yards short of driving the green- while we were still putting! Our round was very enjoyable and the only shortcoming I could find with the course was the condition of many of the tee areas. These were very scruffy and bare, and there were no sand fill bins to be found. Bristol Ridge is only a forty-five minute drive from the Twin Cities, and totally worth the drive. We will definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Always a challenge

First time I golfed this one as a new golfer and I was able to enjoy it, it was challenging without being overwhelming. I would
definitely try it again. My husband has golfed before and the tightness of fairways is always a challenge for him stay in the middle and all is well.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Trip To Wisconsin

Challenging greens in perfect conditions, great layout with some really tough holes; cool and calm - perfect day for golf. Had a great time. I'll be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

A little out of the way but the course and the price make it well worth it. This is a great course, very well maintained and not a single house on it. Highly recommend!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

If u r looking for a peaceful and beautiful place to enjoy golf this is it. Get a golf cart unless ur legs r as big as Arnold.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Not a bad course!

A couple of funky holes but overall, not a bad course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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