18217 Captive Lake Road, Garrison, Minnesota 56450, US
(320) 692-4325
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About Northwood Hills Golf

The 6,359-yard Northwood Hills Golf Course in Garrison, Minn., was known as the Hardwoods Golf Course from 1969 to 2014 before it was purchased by the Appeldoorn family and rebranded in 2015. The Appeldoorn’s Sunset Bay Resort offers year-round accommodations in 1- to 3-bedroom cabins on the other side of the lake roughly 30 miles away. The family also owns the Fiddlestix RV Resort with a nine-hole course seven miles to the south. Golfers have the opportunity to stay at Northwood in either a cabin, villa and townhome rental on the course. Mille Lacs is known as a premier fishing lake for walleye and muskie.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★
Year Opened1969
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual
Practice FacilityYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Northwood Hills Golf

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4.9
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Skill Intermediate
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5.0
First Time Playing

Great course

The course is very nice and I liked how much variety there was in the different holes with the altitude differences. The greens tees and fairways were also well kept. I was happy to be able to use my youth on course here. The staff was very nice and understanding and their food and drink in the pro shop was not over priced. Overall I was very happy with this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

course and staff was first rate ,, will golf again

love the course n the staff was vey friendly n great to deal with

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course with plenty of pleasant yardages.

I’ve played this course many times. I’m an out of town player who vacations in the area every year. I gave 4 stars for the condition of the course because of the fact they have had a horrible drought in rain this year and have done a remarkable job. A few really rough tee boxes and green collars. But all in all a great time. GPS on the carts make for a convenient and fun round of golf. Used a hot deal and was not charged for a cart, despite that being mentioned in a previous review.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Be careful

If you book a hot deal through golfnow, be careful with this course. They will charge you another $10 per person for a cart, even though golfnow lists it as "cart included"

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Reviews 3
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

favorite place to play

Course is in excellent condition. Staff are wonderful⛳⛳⛳⛳

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

What a fantastic staff!!!!

The friendliest most accommodating staff EVER!!! Nice course, really challenging table top greens, a lot of fun!! Beware of the neighbor on #8.,..,he hates golfers!! :)

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 160
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Much improved

Easy to find, easy check in, carts could use regular cleaning, no water for towels, no drinking water on course, tees could use some leveling on some, fairways nice, not much roll like in AZ, roughs punishing, greens are nice and soft to walk on and putt pretty slow and almost always a little curve near the cup, bunkers with nice soft sugar sand, much better cared for than in the past, a very good price as well, all greens with rise in front making chipping a little more challenging

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

wonderful course

We played this course many years ago and there is no comparison... The new owners have done an excellent job getting this course up to par.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Staff was great!

This course has made a nice come back from being poorly care for, for a number of years. (Stopped playing here about 5 years ago because of bad conditions) Happy to find the new owners and staff and new Club house has made this a fun course to play again! AND my friend got a hole-in-one on the 2nd hole! We will be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition

These owners have turned Northwoods around, making it a wonderful course to play again. Two years ago my friends and I said we would not play the course again. Now we look forward to playing it. Thank you Northwoods grounds crew, management and owners!

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