Gross golf will be celebrating 100 years of operation in 2025! Needless to say, it's an old school course. The course is very fair and there are no blind shots on the whole course. When you hit a bad shot you can usually get back in play easily. Even with the almost 40,000 rounds played here each year, the greens are in good shape. If the City of Minneapolis would do a little more maintenance, this would be five stars. There is a nice clubhouse with hot dogs and sandwiches. The staff here is friendly and helpful. read more

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I bought a gift certificate at a silent auction to bring us to this course. I have to say, I was pleased. The course was in good shape, with fairways and greens well cut and watered. It's a 'confidence builder' course meaning not too long, and not a lot of water and sand. Fairways are open and, even if you don't end up in the fairway, you typically aren't in a precarious situation. In other words, a course I like. As a first time player here, it wasn't hard to figure out where to aim. There are not a lot of blind shots. Also another plus. It felt slow because they jam pack the tee times, but we played 18 holes in about 4 hours so it wasn't bad. I would definitely come back to play here. read more

Francis A Gross Golf Course - Golf Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

As of the date of this review, Gross is in terrible shape -- especially the greens, which are patchy, afflicted by bare spots. It has been raining incessantly in the twin cities, and on top of the Minneapolis Park and Rec Board's usual neglect of the course, the wet conditions appear to have resulted in very long rough with lots of ball-eating clover. I believe they are discounting fees in response to the poor conditions, but it's hard to see this wonderful little old course so shabby. All of this comes on top of a years' long program of tree removal that's taken the course from a lovely, shady haven to a generic slab of unmown turf. read more

I always enjoy playing Gross, Wirth is probably my favorite Parks Golf Course but Gross would be a strong second. One of the main reasons it the pace of play always seems to be a little better here, some of the other city courses can get backed up and really drag out your round. You don't have the same city views here as you do at Columbia, Wirth and Meadowbrook, but you do have better conditions. Gross is walkable if you prefer, but keep that pace of play thing in mind depending on when you are teeing off. They do have electric carts which is pretty sweet, last time I played our battery died. We managed to get to the club house and they had us a new one in no time. They have various discounts available throughout the year so playing is pretty affordable, especially on non-peak times. read more

Francis A Gross Golf Course - Golf Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Great course! Very friendly to the average golfer. Only complaint I have is for the price the greens are not in great shape. Very very bumpy. read more

It was a beautiful course! It had a few holes that had been neglected. Staff was nice and pleasant, carts ran good and we were paired with nice guys. read more

Not a 4 star on its own, but defintiely a 4 star in value! After playing at quite a few city courses for a league, this might be the only one that I'd actually pay to play again. 6pm and on for weeknights - we got in a quick (but HOT) 9 holes for $15 per person walking. What a deal! The greens were slow but in great shape, and it was a very nice course to walk. Had it not been 100 degrees and eager to get home, I would have loved to check out hte very nice looking clubhouse! read more

I like this traditional old course. They have done a lot of improvements over the last few years and it has gotten better. I like the fact that I can usually walk on and find someone to play with - during the week. Reasonably priced golf, spartan clubhouse with snacks and a small shop area. Nobody goes out of their way to be helpful here, but it works OK for me. read more

Went for the first time this week and was rushed to the box even though I was a couple minutes early. Very rude staff that was rushing us just to wait behind people on the next hole. The opposite of a relaxing day at the course. I won't be going back here with so many other places to choose from read more

The course is I. Great shape right now. the staff was awesome, my only complaint is that the greens were a little slow, but at least it made chipping easy. read more

Good quality golf course in the middle of the city. Can't ask for much more than that (except maybe faster speed of play!!). I've played here several times and I've yet to find the day where I don't have to wait for people in front of me. The course is always packed and often you will be paired up with other people to accomodate everyone. No big deal I like to show off my swing (NOT). Thefore, I highly recommend that you take the time to walk the course as opposed to riding, as you will be waiting anyways (unless of course you have a cooler packed with adult beverages). The course is in good shape, no bald spots or flooded areas. Very fun to play and not quite as challenging, with mostly straight fairways and not too many hazards. I did not lose a single ball last time I played (compared to the 6-7 I lose on more challenging courses). So, get out there and play! read more

very beautiful course and busy usually. gotta say, on a particularly busy day recently the restaurant grill area was swamped and the people working were doing fantastic getting food out. great crew they got there read more

Writing my review based solely on the rude staff. My experience on the phone asking for clarification on the tee times and pricing was so frustrating that I am turned off from playing the course! The rude employee who answered the phone actually audibly sighed at me when I asked if the the "twilight" price he quoted was for 9 or 18 holes. Excuse me for not realizing that "twilight" means "as many holes as you want". My family is relatively new to golf so this was a little disheartening to have someone react in such a judgmental way to our question. I'll try to get over my anger and someday will make it over to actual play! read more

As a decently accomplished golfer,(not PGA tour quality, but I can hold my own), who belongs to a semi-private course, I give this gem high marks! What a steal as a "city" course. An amazing layout - hosted a USGA national pub-links championship, (albeit 40 years ago), but the USGA is very picky about who they award National Championships to. Great course! read more

I found the course to be just fine and dandy. Well kept and just challenging enough without being impossible. My reason for such a low review is because of the way my friends and I were treated by the staff. It was myself and two of my friends. We're all in our early twenties. The course rangers followed us practically non-stop as though we were dogs on a leash. Many times interrupting our game to talk with us about nothing and then proceed to sit far too close for comfort as we hit our shots. But what really put the icing on the cake was once we got to the last hole. Let me add that I am a male and my two friends with me we were female. One was golfing and the other was not. The woman playing with me was perfectly content playing a leisurely game and playing from the white tees with me. However, when we finally got to the last hole, one of the rangers who was on our tail decided to interject. He WOULD NOT ALLOW my friend to play from the white tees. As he put it, "It's against the rules for women to play from the white tees." I found this incredibly rude and far out of place. I like to golf and I understand that their are different tees for different situations. But that's only necessary in tournament play. Not when I'm trying to enjoy my one afternoon off all week with a couple friends. The only reason my rating is two stars is because I did actually enjoy the course. It was lovely. However, I will never be attending this golf course again because of it's archaic ideals and lack of eauality. read more