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The Refuge Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Oak Grove, Minnesota.

It plays 6,534 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.3/143 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
6,534
yards (tips)
143
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES333531142406508195408163510387370503380207359184426522142533445563748395104114125134143154163174185PAROUT 3,196 YDSIN 3,338 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

access
public
address
Tamarack Street Northwest, Oak Grove, MN, 55011
phone
202-508-0918
elevation
909 ft derived
opened
2001

45.34971, -93.29878 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 13 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

217 traced features across 8 layers for The Refuge Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
20
Fairways
43
Bunkers
11
Water
18
Greens
71
Tee pads
6,534yds
Black tees
531yds
Longest hole
142yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-06-18

Tees & ratings

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlackM72653472.3from the club14331963338
GreenM72618870.6from the club13830223166
WhiteM72581969.0from the club13428612958
WhiteF72581974.3reported, not from the club14328612958
GoldM72537271.9from the club13226012771
GoldF72537271.8reported, not from the club13826012771
PurpleM72481968.8from the club12623042515
PurpleF72481968.7reported, not from the club13223042515

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

These ratings do not all come from the same place, so each row says which: from the club where the course's own card prints that figure, reported where it does not.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 453453435445434345 72
Black 333531142406508195408163510387370503380207359184426522 6,534
Green 322494140384491183395149464367356483363192340164405496 6,188
White 314468133375465175386142403358347463354167291144367467 5,819
Gold 293452117356425161318132347337331443337157278121319448 5,372
Purple 27142710331038714524812728630129941630314125697275427 4,819
Handicap 111317531579110614416812218

Plan it in the Studio

Plan The Refuge 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 The Refuge 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: Rum River Hills Golf Club (7.6 mi) · Bunker Hills Executive Course (10 mi) · Links at Northfork (12 mi) · Daytona Golf Course (13 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
Longest6,534 yds=101st of 261=5,774th of 12,02555th of 116 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =1,515th of 4,105 public courses · =2,836th of 7,004 courses you can book · =5,728th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 143=11th of 221=487th of 8,710=7th of 102 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =76th of 2,882 public courses · =157th of 4,936 courses you can book · =477th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.3=73rd of 172=3,601st of 7,615=42nd of 88 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =851st of 2,412 public courses · =1,620th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,562nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,715 yds between tees51st of 249=4,011th of 11,52329th of 110 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =1,097th of 3,841 public courses · =2,077th of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,952nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2001=214th of 240=8,267th of 9,368=96th of 108 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =2,891st of 3,277 public courses · =4,870th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,126th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level909 ft derived =226th of 281=4,050th of 12,437=80th of 122 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =1,544th of 4,289 public courses · =2,633rd of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,807th 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 progress4 of 6 built

4 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 8 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect 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 2026-08-25. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

Compare this course →

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Rum River Hills Golf Club

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Bunker Hills Executive Course

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Links at Northfork

12 mi · Ramsey · public · 18 holes

Daytona Golf Course

13 mi · Dayton · public · 18 holes

Victory Links Golf Course

14 mi · Minneapolis · public · 18 holes

Elk River Golf Club

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Chomonix Golf Course

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Riverwood National

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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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