Meadows at Mystic Lake

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community purchased Lone Pine Country Club during 2002 as part of its plans to add a golf element to its Mystic Lake Casino campus. After two years of work, architects Garrett Gill and Paul Miller revealed a more adventurous route.

The course makes no bones about employing water as its primary hazard; although there’s no “central” body for players to splash down in, the architects created a series of small ponds across the property — around the greens, more often than not. Some are connected by a constructed brook that babbles along the No. 3 par five. Players must avoid the stream along the left side during their tee shot, and must double down on their accuracy, as the stream splits toward two ponds...one on the left, and one on the right of the landing area!

No. 18 takes the big show to new heights, playing nearly 600 yards. Players will pass a huge centerline bunker, and a pond on the way to a green that hooks back toward them. Even then, that third shot is a risky one. Players can head around the creek, if they’re satisfied playing the hole as a par 5.5.