St. Paul, MN

Keller Golf Club

Keller opened in 1929 as a Ramsey County public course. State legislation authorized the project in 1927, and the county completed the land acquisition and began construction the following year.

Course: 18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1929
Original architect: Paul Coates
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The course

Keller Golf Club18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1929

Course design

Paul CoatesOriginal design · Keller Golf Club

Keller Golf Club history

St. Paul municipal architect Clarence Wigington designed the original clubhouse using limestone salvaged from downtown demolition. Although the building was demolished in 2012, its fireplace was preserved, and the replacement echoed the earlier roofline and materials.

Championships

Results and dates 12 editions

Patty Berg Classic (Keller)

1973
St. Paul Open
Sandra Palmer
August 17–19, 1973
1974
St. Paul Open
JoAnne Gunderson Carner
August 16–18, 1974
1975
Patty Berg Classic
Jo Ann Washam
August 15–17, 1975
1976
Patty Berg Classic
Kathy Whitworth
August 20–22, 1976
1977
Patty Berg Golf Classic
Bonnie Lauer
August 26–28, 1977
1978
Patty Berg Classic
Shelley Hamlin
August 25–27, 1978
1979
Patty Berg Classic
Beth Daniel
August 23–26, 1979
1980
Patty Berg Golf Classic
Beth Daniel
August 14–17, 1980

PGA Championship

1932
Olin Dutra
August 31–September 4, 1932
1954
Chick Harbert
July 21–27, 1954

BMW Championship

1949
Western Open
Sam Snead
July 28–31, 1949

U.S. Amateur Public Links

1931
Charles Ferrera
August 4–8, 1931

In the archive

Clubs in MN

Sources and editorial notes8 references

Sources for this story

Keller Golf Course | Maplewood History Maplewood Area Historical Society / City of Maplewood
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Passages:Introduction Keller Golf Club history, paragraph 2

Record sources

Club mark source
LPGA: official tournament chronology 1980–1989 (archived publisher original) Official 1980 chronology, PDF page1: actual dates, named institution and winner. Title: Patty Berg Golf Classic.
LPGA: official tournament chronology 1970–1979 (archived publisher original) Official 1979 chronology, PDF page9: actual dates, named institution and winner. Title: Patty Berg Classic.
2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 36th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text. The champion-only winner field is intentionally separate from the official match-play result: 4&3 over Walter Burkemo.
PGA Championship: History PGA official year summary names the host venue and locality. Existing selected course identity is retained. This is a venue-only citation: dates, pars, scores, opponent names, status and results are not copied. Canterbury is spelled Cantebury in the source; Cleveland locality and the 1973 edition resolve the existing Club identity.
Western Golf Association: 2025 BMW / Western Open Records and Statistics Guide PDF page 112, 1949 chapter, plus summary page 5. Competition dates come from the actual year chapter; institutional venue and champion are independently cross-checked against the official publisher chronology.
USGA: Amateur Public Links results 1922-2014, 1931 results row Offline: archived primary source /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/amateur-public-links-results-1922-2014.html; SHA-256 f09d2cf13365029ab6057ae52ccc45fb100e1bd9696f028057e55f4b80a1ffe3. Exact result row: 1931 (Aug. 4-8): Charles Ferrera d. Joe Nichols, 5 and 4; Keller G.C., St. Paul, Minn.; Medalist — 148, David A. Mitchell; Entries: 182 Use the championship final, not the qualifying medalist. Match-play outcomes are not stroke totals. Current routing, scorecard and par are not asserted. The primary result identifies this exact Club and place; the retained named physical Course is its sole Course identity. This links Course identity only, without asserting an unchanged historical routing or scorecard.