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Northern Hills Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Rochester, Minnesota.

Designed by Bumper Westrum. It plays 6,335 yards from the Champ tees, rated 70.9/129 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,335
yards (tips)
129
slope (champ)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES357320141326310484165485343478396173371124323336334465142433445465738594105114123134143154164174185PAROUT 2,931 YDSIN 3,000 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Bumper Westrum reported
address
Nicklaus Drive Northwest, Rochester, MN, 55901
elevation
1,048 ft derived
opened
1974
on site
driving range · pro shop

44.07249, -92.53120 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 22 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

161 traced features across 8 layers for Northern Hills Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery.

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161 traced features across 8 layers for Northern Hills Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

22
Holes
22
Fairways
37
Bunkers
4
Water
18
Greens
30
Tee pads
5,931yds
White tees
485yds
Longest hole
124yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-08-13

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

ChampM72633570.9129
WhiteF72598174.813329313000
WhiteM72598169.312529313000
GoldF725532contested519571.412626112584

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Gold tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443445354543434445 72
White 357320141326310484165485343478396173371124323336334465 5,981
Gold 341292130298280400153435282430310163292107305318268391 5,532
Handicap 216121884146109313517117151

No per-hole yardages are published for Champ, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Northern Hills Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Northern Hills Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Hadley Creek Golf Learning Center (4.7 mi) · Little Willow Executive Course (8.9 mi) · Willow Creek Country Club (8.9 mi) · Zumbro Valley Golf Course (9.9 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn MinnesotaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,335 yds135th of 261=7,158th of 12,02510th of 19 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =7,094th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 129=99th of 221=4,131st of 8,710=7th of 17 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =4,016th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.9=119th of 172=5,349th of 7,6158th of 13 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =5,271st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread803 yds between tees175th of 249=9,088th of 11,52312th of 18 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =8,545th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1974=137th of 240=4,995th of 9,36812th of 17 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =3,544th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,048 ft derived 133rd of 281=3,148th of 12,43714th of 21 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =2,145th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.We can't tie the mapped playing line to the published hole distances, so we're not showing distances here.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Rochester Golf & Country Club

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Hadley Creek Golf Learning Center

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Soldiers Field Golf Course

5.3 mi · Rochester · 18 holes

Somerby Golf Club

5.5 mi · Byron · private · 18 holes

Eastwood Golf Club

7.7 mi · Rochester · 18 holes

Little Willow Executive Course

8.9 mi · Rochester · semi-private · 9 holes

Willow Creek Country Club

8.9 mi · Rochester · semi-private · 18 holes

Zumbro Valley Golf Course

9.9 mi · Mantorville · semi-private · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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