 The trees that line the fairways today were planted during a tree-planting program in 1930.Two Scots, Willie Park, Jr. (1864–1925) of Musselburgh and Donald J. Ross (1872–1948) of Dornoch, at different times designed and routed the golf course.On November 26, 1916, "The Minneapolis Tribune" wrote, "Willie Park, well known golf course architect, arrived yesterday to lay out the course of the Minneapolis Golf Club".