Today we paid a visit to our friend Jack Baker, manager of Summit Golf Club, located just west of Cannon Falls on Highway 19. Jack is one of the nicest course managers you’ll ever meet and he manages one of my favorite south metro courses.

Jack reported that the year started off slow in April when winter didn’t want to leave. The snow birds from Florida and Arizona were slow to return and it took him ten days after opening before they had a single senior play the course. Traffic has improved each month since then, however, and the parking lot was full when we left around noon.

I had heard rumors that they might be suffering some of the same issues that we talked about regarding Wendigo (lack of revenue impacting course conditioning), but I thought the course was in excellent shape. With all bentgrass tees, fairways and greens, Summit is an expensive course to maintain.

This is not an easy course, but there are many unique holes that keep us coming back. If you haven’t played the Summit, give it a try and let us know what you think.