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Ballyneal is a Tom Doak course located among Eastern Colorado’s chop hills. The isolation, the use of the sand dunes, and the size of the course make it as unique and fun as anything out there.
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Bayside Golf Club in Brule, Nebraska offers a fun and scenic course designed by architects Dave Axland and Dan Proctor. The front nine blends well with the landscape, while the back nine presents more severe terrain. The combination of scoring holes and challenges creates a unique golfing experience, rewarding patience and strategic play.
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Perry Maxwell got to Iowa 50 years before Kevin Costner, and someone in the planning department at Ames decided they didn’t like the ballfield. Fortunately, eleven Maxwell holes remain and make it a worthwhile trip to see. The new additions are forgettable (or lamentable) and the routing is a head scratcher.
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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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