| What you will notice when you arrive at Territory | | | | that you will want to place on your list of places |
| Golf Club and make your way to the clubhouse is | | | | to play in central Minnesota. My playing partner |
| a rolling prairie landscape. What you will also notice | | | | and I played our round on a weekend morning |
| is wetlands and streams running through the | | | | and completed our play in just less than four |
| property. What you won't notice is an abundance | | | | hours. There were groups in front of and behind |
| of trees. This is what you see about the property | | | | us and the pace of play flowed nicely. |
| from the parking lot. Because looks can be | | | | The greens at Territory Golf Club are quite large, |
| deceiving, what you will later discover is the tale | | | | averaging nearly 7,000 square feet each and have |
| of two golf courses. All of the hole on the front | | | | significant undulation. These two factors make |
| nine, as well as, holes 10 and 18 are situated on | | | | club selection as you approach the green critical. |
| rolling prairie with a compliment of native grasses | | | | Just being on the green in regulation does not |
| in the rough and other places that you are not | | | | guarantee that you will have two putts for a par. |
| supposed to hit your golf ball. Holes 11 through 17 | | | | My playing partner for the round described the |
| are cut out of an oak forest that also features | | | | greens a looking like "big potato chips" referring |
| wetlands and streams along with some significant | | | | the random shapes as well as the wavy |
| elevation changes. | | | | appearance as you walk onto the putting surface. |
| Territory Golf Club plays to a par of 72 and | | | | Another challenge at Territory Golf Club is the |
| measures 6,921 yards from the back tee | | | | sand traps. The traps can generally be described |
| markers. The course rating, from the back tees, | | | | as large, deep and having steep faces on them. |
| is 72.9 and has a slope index of 125. There are | | | | Getting out of the traps successfully should be |
| four sets of tee markers, which means there is | | | | your first concern, getting close to the pin should |
| an appropriate yardage for golfers of all skills. | | | | be of secondary importance. |
| The management team consisting of Brock | | | | The back nine plays longer than the front nine |
| Swanson, head golf professional, Dan Stang, golf | | | | with number 10 and number 18 being the two |
| course superintendent and Dan Dols, general | | | | longest holes on the golf course. The par-3 holes |
| manager make sure that the players experience | | | | are longer-range holes with the shortest playing at |
| is outstanding. The course condition and the pace | | | | 170 yards and the longest playing at 245 yards. |
| of play make Territory Golf Club a golf course | | | | |