Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 1 and 10
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 1 and 10
The first and 10th holes on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort play beside one another. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 2nd
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 2nd
The second hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort is a short par 3. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 3rd
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 3rd
A massive paw print highlights the par-5 third hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course
The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort is set on more than 250 acres, giving solitude to each hole. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 8th
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 8th
The par-4 eighth hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort is short with an elevated green. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 9th
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 9th
The par-5 ninth hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort is a downhill, dogleg left. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 11th
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 11th
The 11th hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge is a downhill par 3 to a green guarded heavily by water. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend G.C.
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend G.C.
The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort opened in 1997 and was designed by Jeff Brauer. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 17th
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 17th
The par-3 17th, set beside Sabin Lake, is the signature hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort in Biwabik, Minnesota. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 6th
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - 6th
The sixth hole on The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort plays 219 yards from the championship tees. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - driving range
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Giants Ridge resort - Legend golf course - driving range
Both The Legend and The Quarry golf courses at Giants Ridge have their own driving range and clubhouse. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor
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Experience the wonders of The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort in Biwabik, Minnesota

BIWABIK, Minn. -- The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge is the original 18 this resort located an hour north of Duluth, in the heart of Minnesota's Iron Range.

The Legend opened in 1997 as one of the state's great new resort courses, set on more than 250 acres. The course, designed by Jeff Brauer, plays alongside the base of the resort's ski mountain and has gentle undulations up and down.

The par-5 ninth hole has the largest drop from tee to green and makes for a great risk-reward finish to the front side. The third hole has a most unique feature -- a giant paw-shaped bunker, paying tribute to the legend of the Ojibwe Native American legend of Mesabi, a giant who lived in the area and collected treasures, which would come to be the area's abundant wildlife.

The back nine has perhaps the signature hole of the entire property -- no. 17, which plays isolated alongside Sabin Lake. The tee shot, which can play more than 200 yards, is almost all carry over the lake to an elevated green, making for a stern test.

Managed by Troon Golf, both golf courses at Giants Ridge are kept in immaculate condition and have their own pro shops and driving ranges.

Brandon Tucker is the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, he was the managing editor for Golf Channel Digital's Courses & Travel. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. While he's played some of the most prestigious courses in the world, Tucker's favorite way to play the game is on a great muni in under three hours. Follow Brandon on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at @btuck34.
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Experience the wonders of The Legend golf course at Giants Ridge resort in Biwabik, Minnesota