Bemidji golf coach Tina Offerdahl aces BTCC No. 7 again

Tina Offerdahl turned the seventh hole at Bemidji Town and Country Club into a local landmark again when she carded her second hole-in-one on the familiar 114-yard par 3. For Bemidji High School girls golf, the shot went beyond a lucky bounce: it belonged to a coach who knows the course, knows the hole and now owns a feat most golfers never reach once.

No. 7 is the kind of hole golfers in Bemidji can picture instantly. BTCC’s scorecard lists it as a par 3 that plays 157 yards from the blue tees and 146 yards from the gold tees, a reminder that even a short hole can change character with the tee box and pin. Offerdahl’s ace landed on a hole that has a way of sticking in local memory because of how visible it is to anyone who has spent time on the north shore of Lake Bemidji.

That matters at BTCC because the club carries real weight in Beltrami County golf. Established in 1916, Bemidji Town & Country Club is an 18-hole, semi-private, member-owned course that has long been part of the area’s sports identity. The club is also tied to the Birchmont Tournament, Minnesota MGA events and collegiate tournaments, and it says the Birchmont traces back to the early 1920s, giving the event a century of history at the course.

Offerdahl’s second ace also fits the moment around Bemidji girls golf itself. The program finished second at its annual home invite at BTCC in 2026, and a Lakeland PBS report said the team finished in the top five four times during the 2025 season. That backdrop gives the coach’s shot extra meaning: it came from someone who is not just teaching the game from the sideline, but showing players what repeatable ball striking can look like when everything comes together.

For a community that follows golf closely, especially at a club where generations have played the same holes, Offerdahl’s ace carried the kind of weight that travels quickly through Bemidji sports circles. It was a rare shot on a recognizable hole, at a course with deep roots, by a coach whose name is already woven into the local game.