Hazeltine National Golf Club

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds · Jun 15, 2026 · 1m · transcript

Totten “Tot” Heffelfinger was an amateur golfer who worried that Minnesota’s golf courses were becoming too small and cramped for a new era of hard-hitting pro golfers. What was needed was a bigger, better course. Britt Aamodt investigates the origins of Hazeltine National Golf Club.

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Producer: Britt Aamodt

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger

Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

Image: Minneapolis golf club fairway St. Louis Park, 1954 [credit: Collection of the Minnesota Historical Society]

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