Stones Throw Golf Course

Milaca sits in Mille Lacs County, roughly an hour north of the Twin Cities, where central Minnesota's mix of lakes, pine stands, and open farmland defines the landscape. It's a region with a genuine small-town golf culture — the kind where regulars know each other by first name and the game is played for the love of it rather than ceremony. Stones Throw Golf Course fits squarely into that tradition.

The name itself signals something about the course's personality: approachable, unpretentious, close at hand. A par 70 layout typically trades a couple of the longer par 4s or 5s for shorter, more inventive holes, which tends to reward shot-making and course management over raw power. That format can make for a quick, enjoyable round without sacrificing genuine challenge.

For golfers exploring central Minnesota beyond the resort corridors of Brainerd to the northwest, Milaca and its local track represent the honest, everyday side of the state's golf scene — a place where the focus stays on the round itself.