Golf Trips / Midwest

Midwest Golf Trips

36 destinations across the Midwest: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

36

destinations

12

states

171

courses

Broken down by state

Where to Go

Iowa

man in black t-shirt and brown shorts playing golf during daytime

Spring, Summer, Fall

Des Moines, IA

Iowa's sleeper food city with big-value golf

5 coursesDSM · 10min

Illinois

Mountain peak with lenticular cloud and golf course.

Spring, Summer, Fall

Galena, IL

Historic charm and hilltop golf in the Driftless Region

5 coursesDBQ · 25min

Indiana

man in black shirt and white shorts playing golf during daytime

Spring, Summer, Fall

French Lick, IN

Historic resort golf, casino, and bourbon country

3 courses1 bucket-listSDF · 90min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Indianapolis, IN

Brickyard swagger meets Pete Dye's home turf

5 coursesIND · 20min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Bloomington, IN

Indiana University's new Pfau course meets a great college-town scene

4 coursesIND · 60min

Kansas

Spring, Summer, Fall

Wichita, KS

Sand Creek Station and the friendliest golf value in America

4 coursesICT · 15min

golf course with green trees in the distance

Spring, Summer, Fall

Hutchinson, KS

Make the pilgrimage to Prairie Dunes — Kansas's top-25 sandhills classic

4 courses1 bucket-listICT · 60min

Michigan

Golfers playing on a course with a distant city skyline.

Summer, Fall

Traverse City, MI

Wine country golf on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay

7 courses2 bucket-listTVC · 10min

an aerial view of a golf course with a green

Summer, Fall

Harbor Springs / Petoskey, MI

Northern Michigan's resort golf corridor

7 coursesPLN · 20min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Grand Rapids, MI

Beer City USA meets surprisingly great golf

5 coursesGRR · 15min

Summer, Fall

Marquette, MI

Upper Peninsula gem with Lake Superior drama

4 coursesMQT · 20min

an aerial view of a golf course with a red tennis court

Summer, Fall

Gaylord, MI

Michigan's Golf Mecca — dozens of courses on one I-75 exit

6 coursesPLN · 45min

an aerial view of a golf course surrounded by trees

Summer, Fall

Roscommon, MI

Tom Doak's reversible course in the middle of the Michigan woods

4 courses3 bucket-listMBS · 75min

Summer, Fall

Bay Harbor, MI

Cliffside Lake Michigan golf at the BOYNE flagship

5 courses1 bucket-listPLN · 25min

Summer, Fall

Acme, MI

The Bear and three resort courses on Grand Traverse Bay

4 coursesTVC · 15min

Minnesota

Summer

Duluth, MN

North Shore golf with Lake Superior as your backdrop

4 coursesDLH · 15min

Summer, Fall

Brainerd, MN

Minnesota lake country with world-class resort golf

5 coursesBRD · 10min

Missouri

Spring, Summer, Fall

St. Louis, MO

Gateway to great golf with a world-class beer and BBQ scene

5 coursesSTL · 20min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Kansas City, MO

BBQ capital of the world with sneaky-good public golf

6 coursesMCI · 25min

North Dakota

the sun is shining on the green of a golf course

Summer, Fall

Bismarck, ND

Black-sand links golf above the Missouri River

4 courses1 bucket-listBIS · 15min

Nebraska

Spring, Summer, Fall

Omaha, NE

Steak capital with championship-pedigree public golf

5 coursesOMA · 10min

Ohio

Spring, Summer, Fall

Cincinnati, OH

Underrated food city with surprisingly hilly, challenging golf

5 coursesCVG · 20min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Columbus, OH

Big Ten energy with Jack Nicklaus' backyard golf

5 coursesCMH · 15min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Akron, OH

Play 'The Monster' where the World Golf Championship lived

4 courses1 bucket-listCAK · 20min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Toledo, OH

Lake Erie public golf plus a brush with U.S. Open history

4 coursesDTW · 50min

a golf course surrounded by trees and a house

Spring, Summer, Fall

Dayton, OH

Award-winning public golf in the birthplace of aviation

4 coursesDAY · 20min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Dublin, OH

Memorial Tournament country in Columbus's golf suburb

4 coursesCMH · 25min

South Dakota

white golf ball on top of green grass field surrounded by green leaf trees

Summer, Fall

Sioux Falls, SD

Award-winning city golf and an underrated bar scene

4 coursesFSD · 15min

Wisconsin

Spring, Summer, Fall

Kohler, WI

Ryder Cup country meets heartland hospitality

7 courses3 bucket-listGRB · 60min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Lake Geneva, WI

Chicago's escape — resorts, lake life, and championship golf

6 coursesORD · 90min

Summer, Fall

Door County, WI

The Cape Cod of the Midwest with links to match

4 coursesGRB · 60min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Madison, WI

College-town energy with championship-caliber public golf

5 coursesMSN · 15min

Spring, Summer, Fall

Milwaukee, WI

Brew City with lakefront links and Big Ten energy

5 coursesMKE · 15min

Summer, Fall

Sand Valley, WI

Wisconsin's answer to Bandon — sand-dune golf in the middle of nowhere

5 courses3 bucket-listCWA · 45min

Summer, Fall

Erin Hills, WI

Walk the 2017 U.S. Open links 35 minutes from Milwaukee

4 courses2 bucket-listMKE · 50min

A lone tree on a grassy golf course with pond.

Summer, Fall

Green Lake, WI

Wisconsin's deepest lake and a 1930 links time capsule

4 courses1 bucket-listMKE · 90min

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