Category: Course Review
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The Ridge at Castle Pines North
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…
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Oregon Trail Golf Course
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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Four Mile Ranch
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…
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Riverdale (Dunes)
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 Golf Course
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…
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Wild Horse Golf Club
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…
Layman's Hall 