Three public golf courses in Minnesota made Golf Digest's latest ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses.

On this year's list are The Quarry at Giants Ridge in Biwabik, The Wilderness at Fortune Bay in Tower, and The Classic at Madden's in Brainerd. All have made the annual ranking for the past 14 years or more.

The Quarry is the highest-ranking Minnesota course on the list at No. 58 this year, though it was No. 43 last year. Golf Digest calls out its "inventive design" and its standout 13th hole, "a drivable par-4 that's nearly as wide as it is long, with three alternate routes to a 100-yard-wide green."

The Wilderness at Fortune Bay (No. 72) gets a nod from Golf Digest for its options of play. The magazine wrote back in 2005, the year after the course opened, that "its option

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