Since great aunts cannot resist pinching dimpled cheeks, the overwhelming number of dimples on a golf ball should confuse their grabby hands—defeating them once and for all. Drive dimpled dandies back into their holes with today's deal: for $20, you get one 18-hole round of golf plus cart rental at Gopher Hills Golf Course in Cannon Falls. This Groupon is valid Monday through Friday and after 1 p.m. on weekends; it expires at the end of the 2010 golf season.

First opened in 1995, Gopher Hills has since come to be known among golfers and confused hockey players for its classic features, currently boasting a total of 18 holes on two distinct nines that increase scorecard strokes with wind, native grass, and undulating greens. The course's Early American layout is lined with tree-lined fairways, sculpted bunkers, leaf-covered bear pits, numerous elevation changes, and bubble-wrap-lined greens, providing plenty of reward opportunities for risk-takers and enjoyable scenery for shaky-swinged optimists. Throughout the round, golfers will get to cruise the course in style with a rental cart instead of having to drag their grumpy club-toting Sherpas along. After the game, feel free to visit the chateau-style clubhouse and its fully stocked pro shop.

Golf is one of the few sports a person can successfully play for a lifetime, and the skills come in handy for horror-movie auditions, weed whacking, and defending your home from a renegade windmill that can only be stopped by a properly timed ball that soars between the windmill's blades and lodges itself in the air-intake pipe. Practice practical golf skill with today’s Groupon to Gopher Hills Golf Course.

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Reviews

Nearly 800 Facebookers are fans of Gopher Hills Golf Course:

• If you want a good challenge and enjoy HILLY courses, then this is the course for you. It is a nice scenic course. – Travis H.
• By far the greatest golf value in the south metro! Good golf, good clubhouse, and good people at affordable rates! – Paul S.