Northland Country Club

Northland Country Club occupies the hillside above East Superior Street in Duluth, with long views to Lake Superior from multiple holes. Today it is a private, member-owned club offering an 18-hole course that plays 6,825 yards (par 71) from the longest tees, with a practice range, professional instruction, a golf shop, and supporting amenities that include a pool and tennis complex and a modern clubhouse completed in the mid-2000s. The course presents a varied walk: early holes climb from the clubhouse to a high ridge, the middle stretch works across the crest with frequent uphill approaches and steeply canted putting surfaces, and the closing run (15–18) descends dramatically toward the lake. The club characterizes its greens as “famously challenging,” a reputation supported by the course tour’s hole-by-hole notes that emphasize pronounced back-to-front pitch, false fronts, and sizable internal rolls. Northland hosts a full calendar of club tournaments and has historically welcomed national competitions, evidence that the routing handles both everyday play and championship setups. While the club markets the design as a classic Donald Ross, Northland has also undertaken periodic work to maintain bunkers, tees, tree management, and green surrounds, with a formal restoration program commencing in the late 2000s under a Ross specialist and preceded by a length-and-bunker project around the turn of the millennium.