New Richmond sits in the rolling, lake-dotted St. Croix River valley of western Wisconsin, a region where the transition from Twin Cities suburb to genuine small-town Wisconsin happens almost without warning. The area's landscape — open meadows, patches of hardwood, and the kind of wide sky that makes golf feel unhurried — lends itself naturally to the game, and the local golf culture reflects that: straightforward, unpretentious, and genuinely welcoming.
The "Links Front 9" name suggests a course built around an open, exposed design philosophy rather than the wooded parkland style common to much of the upper Midwest. A links-influenced layout typically rewards patience and ground-game thinking over pure aerial power, with wind playing a genuine role in shot selection on any given day.
As an 18-hole, par-72 track in a community of this size, the course most likely serves as the everyday home course for a wide swath of western Wisconsin golfers — the kind of place where regulars know every bounce and visitors leave pleasantly surprised.
