Best Golf Courses In Colorado
Colorado is the eighth largest state of the United States and includes the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau and the Great Plains. Its diverse and spectacular landscape has given rise to some equally diverse and spectacular golf courses. Here we give you the all the key info on the best golf courses in Colorado.
Ballyneal
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- Location: Hoyloke
- Designed by: Tom Doak
- Par: 71
- Yardage: 7,147 yards
- Green fee: Private
This course has no dedicated tee boxes as it copies the early courses where players just teed the ball somewhere near the previous green. The inland course has been laid out among sand dunes and, in the words of its designer Tom Doak, “the player who can control the flight of his ball and who has the imagination to use the force of the wind and the contours of the ground to stop his ball where he wants to – in Scottish terms, the player who knows how to play real golf – will usually prevail.”
Broadmoor (East)
Broadmoor (East) 18th hole
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- Location: Colorado Springs
- Designed by: Donald Ross; Robert Trent Jones
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 7,355 Yards
- Green fee: $165-$295
Jack Nicklaus won the first of his two US Amateurs here in 1959. Annika Sorenstam’s first Major title, the US Women’s Open of 1995, was secured over the East course’s wide, tree-lined fairways and large sloping greens. These putting surfaces are tricky to read so, if in doubt, remember they break normally away from the mountainside.
Castle Pines
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- Location: Castle Rock
- Designed by: Jack Nicklaus
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 7,701 Yards
- Green fee: Private
Boulder-filled creeks and waterfalls help to make this a most beautiful course. A prime example is the 11th, a par 3 which descends 66ft from the tee to a green defended in front by creek and on its flanks by bunkering. Another is the par-4 12th (above) – the par 4s are another strength of this course – where the creek runs the along the left of the fairway, hidden by trees until bursting into glorious view near the green.
Cherry Hills
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