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The Ridge at Castle Pines North is a mouthful. Built on dramatic land, the front nine is fun, but plays through a housing development. The back nine is routed through pine trees and feels much more intimate. If you can stomach mandatory carts and a higher price that that your normal public track, you’ll have…
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The Oregon Trail Golf Course is a delightful nine holer that sits on a hillside along the Sutherland Reservoir. The rolling land, just south of the Sand Hills provides exciting shots and tempting holes. With a few changes, the fourth hole could be all-Nebraska.
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Highland Meadows is Art Schaupeter’s gift to northern Colorado. Somewhat under-discussed, the course is an opportunity to play wonderful strategic design along picturesque arroyos. Don’t let the housing development built up around it deter you: the houses are far enough from play that they don’t cause any issues.
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Jim Engh’s Four Mile Ranch sits in Colorado’s banana belt, making it the perfect winter getaway, just two miles from Denver. The course navigates dramatic land and offers dramatic teeshots and views. It’s technically walkable, but no one will judge you for deciding to take a cart and just enjoy the ride.
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The Riverdale Dunes course in Brighton is one of the best public golf options in the Denver area. Designed by Pete and Perry Dye with help from a young Tom Doak, this linksy course offers a good variety of interesting holes with inspiration from the British Isles.
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Four Winds in Kimball is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. The front nine covers exciting topography and had me grinning the entire time. There is a bit of a drop off on the back in a flat stretch, but the course finishes strong and is well worth the $33 to play…
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Gothenberg, Nebraska Architects: Dave Axland and Dan ProctorWalkable: Most certainlyHighlighted holes: 5, 9, 12, 15 The first time I played Wild Horse, I didn’t “get it.” It was the summer of my Junior year of high school (2009) and it was a leg of a Play the West Nebraska trip along with Brule’s Bayside. Bayside’s…
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Welcome! Whether you’ve stumbled on this site while searching for information on a course or you’ve been linked here from somewhere, it’s good to have you! The goal of the site is to discuss golf, golf architecture, and golf courses. I don’t want to review only the courses that make Top 100 lists, but the…
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