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onfires and s'mores tinge the
crisp air as the seasons' flavors
and changing of the leaves
take over. So goes the golf,
with morning fairways accented with dew,
and tee sheets beckoning eager players.
When dawn's early light finds
Voyageurs National Park and skims south
across Lake Vermilion, it finds Tower and
the Wilderness at Fortune Bay. Because
of its northern location, it's one of the
first resort courses ready for the change
of season, for which the state's golf resorts
always have a plan.
The Wilderness opened in June 2004,
with Notah Begay hosting a par-3 all
day. The course routes along Vermilion's
rocky shores. The complex includes
stay and play packages, three restaurants,
two concert venues and gaming.
The first hole is a lengthy par five, and
Wilderness at Fortune Bay
the track's white and red pines marry
for a leafless fall romance. Wilderness
reservations and tee times:
clubhouse: 800.992.4680; Stay & Play:
800.555.1714, golfthewilderness.com
From Lake Vermilion, the color curtain
drops south to the Iron Range and Giants
Ridge Golf & Ski Resort at Biwabik. The
dramatic duo of The Legend and The
Quarry were crafted from rock and neatly
landscaped within to become very highly
Golf
ranked, both state- and worldwide. Jeffrey
Brauer and Lanny Wadkins teamed up
on The Legend in 1997. Brauer took on
The Quarry solo in 2003 and considers
it his best. The resort's commitment to
skiing is obvious, but there's significant
options for the golf crowd with mountain
biking and chairlift rides, as well
as snack bar, food court and Wacootah
Grille and Burnt Onion Kitchens & Brews
to tease palates. Lodging: The Legend
and Quarry golf shops: 800.688.7669,
giantsridge.com
From Giants Ridge, the dashing colors
lure east to the North Shore of Lake
Superior. Superior National at Lutsen's
27 holes show vivid color in the Sawtooth
Mountains and Poplar River range, a perfect
setting for the Canyon, Mountain and
River nines. Superior National tee times
and Lutsen Mountain Resort reservations:
Golf clubhouse 888.564.6543; Resort:
800.218.8589, superiornational.com
A drive along the North Shore of Lake
The Quarry
Superior National at Lutsen
Superior is one of Minnesota's fall treats,
with overwhelming scenery and great
dining stops and overlooks. For example,
trek west from the Port of Duluth via
Highway 210 to Carlton, where Black
Bear Golf Course and Resort Casino
await. The course architects made sure
the blue tees wouldn't be " easy street "
at 72.4/134 and 6560 yards. It could be
an autumnal mystery. Black Bear reservations
and tee times: Golf Shop:
218.878.2485, golfatthebear.com
Rolling west from Carlton along
Highway 210 is a heady fall color array
leading to a Brainerd Lakes fall golf resort
smorgasbord.
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