2000-2019 Resort Condominiums International Gold Crown Award for Whitebirch Estates
2005-2018 Deacon’s Lodge (consec. years) Minnesota’s Top 10 Public Courses – Golfweek Magazine
2017 Minnesota Monthly Magazine readers choice awards – top 2 Minnesota Golf Courses
2017 Minnesota Monthly Magazine readers choice awards – top 2 Minnesota Resorts
2017 20 Year Award for Gold Crown Status – Resort Condominiums International
2016 Top 50 Best Public-Access Golf Courses in the US (#16 Deacon’s Lodge), Golf News
2016 Best Hotel with Meeting/Event Space – MN Meetings & Events Magazine
2016 MN PGA –Promoter of the Year/Resort – Mark Johnson – 2014 Mark Neva
2015 Best Cruises/Charters – Breezy Belle Paddleboat – MN Meetings & Events Magazine
2014 Certificate of Excellence – Trip Advisor
2014 Hospitality Hall of Fame – MN Resort and Campground Assn – Robert Spizzo, Owner
2014 WeddingWire – Couples Choice Award
2012 WeddingWire – Bride’s Choice Awards for Ceremony & Reception Venue
2008 Pequot Lakes/Breezy Point Citizen of theYear – Robert Spizzo, Owner
2008 Service Partner of the Year – MN Society of Government Meeting Planners
2006 Resort of the Year – Golf Minnesota Magazine
2005-2008 Deacon’s Lodge (consec. years) America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses – Golf Digest
2004-2011 Deacon’s Lodge (consec. years) Top 100 Courses You Can Play – Golf Magazine
2004 Resorter of the Year – MN Resort and Campground Assn – Dave Gravdahl, GM
2003 Property of the Year – MN Association of Innkeepers
2002 Top 56 properties in the Eastern and Midwestern United States and Canada – Meetings East Mag.
2001 Best Lakeshore Resort – MN Meetings and Events Magazine
1999 Innkeeper of the Year – Dave Gravdahl, GM – MN Association of Innkeepers
1998-2001 (consec. years) #1 Family Favorite Resort – Minnesota Parent Magazine
1985 INC 500 – America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies (Whitebirch Inc. #219)
