Davis Love III adding a short course to famed Minnesota private club

Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minnesota, has announced a long-range plan for the club named Vision 2040 that includes in its first stage a new short course, putting course, performance center and more.

The private club announced Wednesday that Love Golf Design, headed by Davis Love III, has broken ground on the 10-hole, par-3 short course that will open in summer of 2025. Love also will design the putting course.

“It’s an exciting time for Hazeltine, and the future is bright,” Love said in an announcement on the club’s website. “We are very excited to see the finished products, and I cannot wait to tee it up out there.”

Hazeltine National’s main 18-hole layout is ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the No. 4 private course in Minnesota, and it ties for No. 77 among all modern courses in the United States. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in 1962, and Jones’ son Rees Jones renovated it in 1991. Love Design also is developing a long-range master plan for the main 18.

Among other top-tier professional and amateur tournaments, the club has hosted two U.S. Opens (1970, won by Tony Jacklin; 1991, Payne Stewart), two PGA Championships (2002, Rich Beem; 2009, Y.E. Yang), two U.S. Women’s Opens (1966, Sandra Spuzich; 1977, Hollis Stacy) and the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (Hannah Green).

The KPMG Women’s Championship will return in 2026. The club also hosted the 2016 Ryder Cup won by the American side captained by Love, and the club will again be the site of a Ryder Cup in 2029.