OVERVIEW OF HAZELTINE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB
Hazeltine has just undertaken the introduction of a General Manager at the Club after many decades of committee led management. The staff and membership see this as a positive step for the long-term future at Hazeltine. The Club is an 18 Hole Championship course, clubhouse and locker room.
Hazeltine National Golf Club is a prestigious and private club started in 1962 in Chaska, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Club Mission Statement is very stronly worded as it pertains to building and maintaining a golf course suitable for the conduct of national championships. An important part of the mission was to develop a membership that supported this concept - a membership that felt a responsibility to the game of golf and its rules and traditions. Similarly, it requires the highest standards of conduct by all memers and guests as they play the game. It is the best championship course in the state of Minnesota.
Through this mission, the club has hosted 12 championship golf events starting with the 1966 Women's Open Championship. The last event, the Ryder Cup was so successful that it is returning to Hazeltine in 2028, this will be the first time the event has been at the same course twice in the United States. The next championship will be the KPMG Championship in 2019.
To support this mission, the Club and its membership are committed to:
- Providing the highest level of long-term maintenance standards on the golf course, standards preferred by the most knowledgeable and competent amateur and professional golfers.
- Selecting dedicated and competent certificate-holding members of the Club to serve on the Board of Governors — men and women who will strive to ensure maximum continuity as they consider Club policies and provide direction for the professionals who are paid to manage the Golf Club.
- Participating actively in the state and national associations that promote and protect time-honored traditions of the game.
- Providing such additional facilities that are responsive to membership needs.
- Building and maintaining a golf course and related facilities suitable for the conduct of national championships — and maintaining the playability of the course by “fine-tuning” the course as required to assure that it is, and continues to be, the preeminent golf facility in the region.
- Operating the Golf Club using sound business principles and on a sound fiscal basis, retaining the highest caliber of management and staff.
- Developing and maintaining a comprehensive junior golf program and offering expert training and the supervised use of the Club’s facilities to junior golfers who wish to develop their skills and their understanding of the game.
- Recruiting a membership that is supportive of the expressed mission of the Golf Club.