Minnesota Valley Country Club

Overview: Minnesota Valley is a Seth Raynor course in Bloomington, built through rolling parkland beside the Minnesota River valley. The current course is listed at par 73 and 6,736 yards, with Raynor-inspired template holes, broad fairways and distinctive green complexes. The setting allows the course to feel spacious even though it sits within the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

History: Seth Raynor designed the course in 1924, and the club has retained the routing as the central framework of the present 18 holes. A modern restoration completed in 2017 renewed key strategic features while preserving the original character. The club’s history and Minnesota golf timeline support the Raynor attribution and the 1924 date.

Did You Know? Minnesota Valley includes several template-hole ideas associated with Raynor, including versions of the Alps, Narrows and Valley. These are not copies of one famous hole but part of the architectural vocabulary Raynor used across his work.