OAK RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB

The rolling hardwood forests of suburban Minneapolis provide a dramatic backdrop for this mature Donald Ross design from 1924, where elevation changes of 60 feet create natural amphitheaters around several greens. Ross's signature crowned putting surfaces demand precise approach shots, particularly on the downhill par-3 12th where anything long kicks into the woods behind. Members here understand that scoring well requires course management over power, as the architect intended when he routed holes through natural ravines and around towering oaks that have only grown more majestic with age.