Pros:
The views of the northwoods wilderness are stellar, pretty location. Take your time on Hole 17, look around fully.
The hole layouts are mostly fair. There were not a lot of times I found myself saying, "I sure wish I was left-handed for this shot."
And in any case, a healthy dose of those shots should be welcomed.
Many holes force you to plan your whole attack, 2nd and 3rd shots, before you even tee off.
There are fun pin placements: elevated pins and pins in groves of mature pines. Hole 18: cool elevated placement!
They gave us a little map/score card in the Lodge, which we used to find tee areas, and a topo map which was ridiculous but told us there were abrupt elevation changes on some of the holes.
If you like to throw long shots you will have fun here; lots of long drives to be had.
Drastic, dramatic and dangerous elevation changes!
Challenging up-hill shots.
Epic down-hill shots.
Cons:
Grass was getting a bit tall but still very manageable.
Between the map and the tee signs we should've been able to find every tee easily, without wandering, but that was not the case. Probably just some trouble on our part, but you might want to keep an eye oriented on that map.
Some of the holes were a bit formulaic; throw 400ft through a moderately open fairway then abruptly at the end, dogleg into the thick woods for 75ft, at a 90 degree angle, to throw at the basket.
This happens a few times and wouldn't be so bad if there was another option to reach the pin. On these holes I was longing for a "short-cut" to the green so I wouldn't have to spend a shot just getting lined up with the "mouth" of the dogleg, but the woods is way to thick and there is no alternate route to the basket.
Other Thoughts:
Bring a buddy, you'll want a spot a more than a few shots here, like Hole 4.
Looks like high winds could really shut-down a round here. It was pretty calm when I played, thankfully.
I really like the tunnel on Hole 11 and the subsequent short, technical hole IN the woods that follows it. They provide a nice break from the norm and a little shade, too.
Location, location, location!
Such a pretty place in WI, but it's in the middle of nowhere! If you're somehow up in this area, or going to Highbridge from Minneapolis, consider stopping by here, you will be gifted with an enjoyable day of golf, a full cardio workout from going up and down ski hills and a some great memories of those massive down-hill shots.