Club History
In 1914, there was mounting pressure to create more golf courses in the Twin Cities. A series of meetings took place to study the establishment of a new club west of downtown Minneapolis, and a 133-acre site, bisected by Bassett Creek and consisting of pasture land and corn fields, was purchased. A 9-hole golf course was fashioned out of the land north of the railroad tracks and play commenced shortly thereafter. With 128 members, the club was officially incorporated as the Minneapolis Golf Club, and later renamed the Golden Valley Golf Club.
The club entered the roaring ’20s with exuberance, and the golf course was expanded to 18 holes. Membership was strong, and a new clubhouse was constructed. But the time had come to address weaknesses in the course. A.W. Tillinghast, the designer of Winged Foot and self-proclaimed “creator of Baltusrol,” was persuaded to visit Golden Valley and examine the property. He immediately saw the possibilities of the course and embarked on a three-year renovation. Membership grew to 425 and the club was poised for the future.
The club changed hands several times over the next few decades and numerous modifications were made. The board voted to modify the bunkers on holes 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, and 13 in 1943, and further softening of the course occurred in the ’60s.
The club continued to thrive and in 1998, the club embarked on a nature restoration project to restore the golf course to its original A.W. Tillinghast design, and was renamed Golden Valley Golf and Country Club.
In 2002, a beautiful, new clubhouse overlooking the 18th hole was constructed, featuring vaulted ceilings, 60,000 square feet of floor-to-ceiling windows and all the upscale amenities you’d expect to find at a premier country club.
Today, Golden Valley Golf and Country Club is the preeminent country club in the Twin Cities, well known as for its world-class golf course, fine and casual dining, pool and tennis facilities, and its elegantly decorated clubhouse for weddings, social gatherings and business meetings.
The club entered the roaring ’20s with exuberance, and the golf course was expanded to 18 holes. Membership was strong, and a new clubhouse was constructed. But the time had come to address weaknesses in the course. A.W. Tillinghast, the designer of Winged Foot and self-proclaimed “creator of Baltusrol,” was persuaded to visit Golden Valley and examine the property. He immediately saw the possibilities of the course and embarked on a three-year renovation. Membership grew to 425 and the club was poised for the future.
The club changed hands several times over the next few decades and numerous modifications were made. The board voted to modify the bunkers on holes 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, and 13 in 1943, and further softening of the course occurred in the ’60s.
The club continued to thrive and in 1998, the club embarked on a nature restoration project to restore the golf course to its original A.W. Tillinghast design, and was renamed Golden Valley Golf and Country Club.
In 2002, a beautiful, new clubhouse overlooking the 18th hole was constructed, featuring vaulted ceilings, 60,000 square feet of floor-to-ceiling windows and all the upscale amenities you’d expect to find at a premier country club.
Today, Golden Valley Golf and Country Club is the preeminent country club in the Twin Cities, well known as for its world-class golf course, fine and casual dining, pool and tennis facilities, and its elegantly decorated clubhouse for weddings, social gatherings and business meetings.