North Oaks Golf Club (NOGC) is located in
North Oaks, Minnesota, United States. The championship
golf course was originally designed by
golf course architect Stanley Thompson in 1950. The course is located just inside the private community of North Oaks. It has hosted numerous MGA Championships and a few MN section
PGA Championships in 1954 and 2000.
History
In 1883
James J. Hill
James Jerome Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916) was a Canadian-American railroad director. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwes ...
, known to be The Empire Builder, purchased a 3,070-acre piece of land from
Charles D. Gilfillan. This piece of land Hill named the North Oaks Farm. When Hill passed on, his son,
Louis W. Hill inherited much of the land. From here the Hill heirs took over and maintained the land. Fast forwarding to 1950, more land was bought and the planning process began.
Stanley Thompson began work on designing the course. It officially opened in the summer 1951. Shortly before it had opened, a “hurricane” hit. The storm caused two holes to be flooded.
North Oaks Golf Club became an official private golf club in 1953. The term and process called a
shotgun start
A shotgun start is a golf tournament format in which all groups of players tee off simultaneously from different holes. A shotgun is shot into the air to signal the start of the tournament. Each hole on a course will be the tee off hole for each ...
, was first used at North Oaks Golf Club. Although it was incorrectly credited three years later to a course in Washington. Fast-forwarding even more to the year 2007, Lehman Design Group renovated the course. They fixed particular issues while mostly sticking to Thompson's original design.
References
External links
North Oaks Golf Club Home PagePhoto Gallery of CourseVirtual Tour of Golf Club and CoursePGA Home Page
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1950 establishments in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Ramsey County, Minnesota
Golf clubs and courses in Minnesota
Sports venues completed in 1950
Sports venues in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Tourist attractions in Ramsey County, Minnesota