AWARDS

Summer Awards

The Legend at Giants Ridge

#5 Public Course in Minnesota, #59 Public Course in the Nation, Golf Digest (Best in State and America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses, 2007-2008)
4.5 Star Rating in Golf Digest’s “Places To Play” (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
#4 Public Course in Minnesota, #88 Public Course in the Nation, Golf Digest (Best In State and America’s 100 Greatest Courses, 2005-2006)
Top Five Mountain Resorts (The Legend & The Quarry), Golf for Women magazine (2005)
One of the Top Six Golf Destinations in the World (The Legend & The Quarry), Golf World (Editors’ Picks 2003)
National Environmental Steward Award, GCSAA (2001)
#1 Public Course, # 3 overall in Minnesota, Golf Digest (1999)
Top Ten Best New Upscale Courses in the Nation, Golf Digest (1998)

The Quarry at Giants Ridge

#1 Public Course in Minnesota, #19 Public Course in the Nation, Golf Digest (Best in State and America’s 100 Greatest Courses, 2007-2008)
#1 in Minnesota – Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play, Golfweek (2008)
4.5 Star Rating in Golf Digest’s “Places To Play” (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
#1 Public Course in Minnesota, Golfweek (2006)
Ranked #56 – Top 100 Courses You Can Play, Golf Magazine (2006)
#1 Public Course in Minnesota, #16 Public Course in the Nation, Golf Digest ( Best In State and America’s 100 Greatest Courses, 2005-2006)
Best New Upscale Public Course in America, Golf Digest (2004)
Best Recent Golf Course, Polo.com Magazine (2004)
Best New Resort Course, Golf Minnesota (2004)
Development of the Year, Golf Inc. Magazine (2004)
Top Ten Best New Courses in the Midwest, Golf Chicago! (2003)
One of the Best New Courses of 2003, American Airlines Celebrated Living magazine (2003)
Best Golf Course of the 21st Century, Golf Digest’s Course Critic Ron Whitten (2003)
America’s Best Courses for $100 or Less, Travel & Leisure Golf magazine (2003)
#6 America’s Best Courses, State by State, Golfweek magazine (2003)

Winter Awards

Minnesota’s Number One Ski Area (2003) – SKI magazine
Giants Ridge topped the charts in the elite winter sports magazine’s Top 60 Reader Resort Survey, finding itself in the company of the nation’s most highly acclaimed ski resorts. The survey gauged winter sports enthusiasts across the country, and the results positioned Giants Ridge at the very top. GROOMING - #1 in Minnesota & #2 in Midwest; SNOW CONDITIONS - #1 in Minnesota & #3 in Midwest; GUEST SERVICE - #1 in Minnesota & #3 in Midwest; TERRAIN PARK - #1 in Minnesota & #2 in Midwest.

Minnesota’s Number One Ski Area (2001 & 2002) / Midwest’s Top 5 (2001) & Top 3 (2002) Ski Area (2001) – SKI magazine
Giants Ridge ranked as the Number One Ski Area in Minnesota by SKI magazine in its Top 60 Reader Resort Survey. Giants Ridge was voted the Midwest’s best resort for GROOMING and VALUE and placed second for SNOW CONDITIONS. According to SKI magazine, readers also gave Giants Ridge a smiling face for a “nice, homey feel” and the “best French fries in the U.S.”