Thank you for a great 2020 season! The Wilderness is CLOSED until May 2021.

2021 tee times will become available this January. If you have a group over 12 people interested in booking for next year, please contact Rachel at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Designed by reowned golf course architect Jeffrey D. Brauer. Carved from the beautiful landscape surrounding the shores of Lake Vermilion, the course offers some of the most scenic panoramas of any Midwest golf resort. Located just hours north of the Twin Cities, few areas in Minnesota can match the scenic beauty of Lake Vermilion and the Iron Range region.

This is a golf holiday, golf course review for the Wilderness at the Fortune Bay Resort, Minnesota, USA. This section also has golf course reviews of Hazeltine National, Legends Golf Club, The Classic, The Pines, Keller Golf Club, The Wilderness, The Legend, The Quarry, Minnesota, USA. Fortune Bay Resort Casino, Tower: See 216 traveller reviews, 61 photos, and cheap rates for Fortune Bay Resort Casino, ranked #1 of 2 hotels in Tower and rated 4 of 5 at Tripadvisor.

Visit Youth on Course's website for validation times, days and pricing. CYCLES: Check out our NEW Electric Golf Cycles. LOYALTY PROGRAM: When you purchase green fees, golf merchandise and food from The Wilderness. SPECIALS: Other Wilderness Specials. RESORT INFORMATION: More information about the resort casino. Welcome to Golfweek’s Best Casino Courses in the United States. This list focuses on courses owned and/or operated by casinos, with data pulled from Golfweek‘s massive database of course rankings. (Pictured atop this story is No. 5 We-Ko-Pa’s Saguaro Course, with the photo courtesy of We-Ko-Pa/Lonna Tucker.).

Online tee times may only be made as groups of4 players. If you would like to book a tee time for1-3 players, please call the golf shop at 218.753.8917. Best restaurants near twin river casino.

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Cancellation Policy

48 hours. In an effort to ensure all players have an opportunity to book tee times, we request you cancel/modify your tee time reservation at least 48 hours before your scheduled tee time. Failure to do so will result in charges for 'no-shows'. Please contact the Golf Shop at 218.753.8917 to cancel/modify your reservation.

Rain Check Policy

A rain check will be issued for adverse weather conditions. A rain check is issued for the holes not completed in the form of a receipt. The rain check is based on the rate paid and number of holes paid. The receipts may be used for green fess, golf merchandise or at The Wilderness Grill.

Pace of Play Policy

USGA stipulates a pace of play under 4 1/2 hours for 18 holes.

Dress Code

An appropriate golf shirt with dress pants or shorts is preferred.

Outside Beverages

Welcome to Golfweek’s Best Casino Courses in the United States, first published in the November/December print issue of Golfweek.

The top 10 on this list held steady since 2018, but there was plenty of movement in the rest of the rankings as 33 courses changed position, including three that moved onto the list.

Kalispel Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Washington, formerly Spokane Country Club, jumped onto the list at No. 30. The Champions course at Thornberry Creek in Oneida, Wisconsin, also moved into the top 50 at No. 40, and Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Flintstone, Maryland, made it onto the list at No. 44.

Worth noting, the names of the courses at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Ariz., have changed. The North course is now the O’odham course (No. 34), and the South course was renamed Piipaash (No. 46). Also, Sevillano Links in Corning, Calif., was renamed The Links at Rolling Hills (No. 42).

The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.

We hope you enjoy poring over these rankings, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on this list. Each course is listed with its 2020 ranking, its location, architect(s), the year it opened and an average ranking from all the Golfweek Raters who reviewed it.

Golfweek’s Best: Top 50 Casino Courses

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Rank	Course	Location	Designer(s)	Year Opened	Avg. Rating
1	Shadow Creek	North Las Vegas, Nev.	Tom Fazio	1990	8.09
2	Fallen Oak	Saucier, Miss.	Tom Fazio	2006	7.25
3	The Greenbrier (Old White TPC)	White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.	Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Lester George	1914	6.86
4	French Lick (Pete Dye Course)	French Lick, Ind.	Pete Dye	2009	6.75
5	We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro)	Fort McDowell, Ariz.	Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw	2006	6.67
6	Salish Cliffs	Shelton, Wash.	Gene Bates	2011	6.55
7	Wilderness at Fortune Bay	Tower, Minn.	Jeff Brauer	2004	6.54
8	Barona Creek	Lakeside, Calif.	Gary Roger Baird, Todd Eckenrode	2001	6.50
9	Nemacolin Woodlands (Mystic Rock)	Farmington, Pa.	Pete Dye	1995	6.44
10	Spirit Hollow	Burlington, Iowa	Rick Jacobson	2000	6.41
11	The Preserve GC	Vancleave, Miss.	Jerry Pate	2006	6.34
12	Turning Stone Resort (Atunyote)	Verona, N.Y.	Tom Fazio	2004	6.21
13	French Lick (Donald Ross Course)	French Lick, Ind.	Donald Ross	1917	6.19
14	Ak-Chin Southern Dunes	Maricopa, Ariz.	Brian Curley, Lee Schmidt	2002	6.17
15	Edgewood Tahoe GC	Stateline, Nev.	George Fazio	1968	6.17
16	We-Ko-Pa (Cholla)	Fort McDowell, Ariz.	Scott Miller	2001	6.15
17	Firekeeper	Mayetta, Kan.	Jeff Brauer, Notah Begay III	2011	6.13
18	Meadows at Mystic Lake	Prior Lake, Minn.	Garrett Gill, Paul Miller	2005	6.12
19	Yocha Dehe at Cache Creek Casino	Brooks, Calif.	Brad Bell	2008	6.10
20	Sweetgrass GC	Harris, Mich.	Paul Albanese	2008	6.07
21	Circling Raven	Worley, Idaho	Gene Bates	2003	6.05
22	Sandia Golf Club	Albuquerque, N.M.	Scott Miller	2005	5.95
23	Tatanka GC	Niobrara, Neb.	Paul Albanese	2015	5.94
24	Lake of Isles (North)	North Stonington, Conn.	Rees Jones	2005

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