Denver Golf

skochhar · April 28, 2008

Need advice on golfing in and around Denver

Hi,

I am spending 4 days (June 1-5) in Denver, CO on a business trip but will have time off for golfing.

Any suggestions for an affordable golf club (s)that rents decent club set.

Thanks a million

Sunil Kochhar
Hcp 20
Switzerland

MacGruber · April 28, 2008

Hi Sunil,

Here is some info I posted a while back for another person visiting the Colorado Springs area. Most of it applies for the Denver area as well except for the Broadmoor and Air Academy/Eisenhower courses, unless you want to drive 1-2 hours.

For a quick summary, Bear Dance, Ridge at Castle Pines, Red Hawk Ridge, Murphy Creek, Riverdale Dunes, Omni Interlocken, Green Valley Ranch and Fossil Trace are all great courses and reasonably priced. In my opinion, Riverdale Dunes, Red Hawk and Murphy Creek would be the best "value" of the list. I believe they're all less than $50 whereas the others are between $50 and $100.

Hope this helps and enjoy your trip to the Mile High City:

Post below from thread here: http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39816

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Here are a couple others to consider:

Red Hawk Ridge - near Bear Dance (near Castle Rock, ~20-30 min south of Denver). Has a great layout and awesome views (http://www.crgov.com/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=41)

The Ridge at Castle Pines North (sister courses to Castle Pines former home of the International :clapping: . Similar layout to above. Also about ~20-30 min south of Denver. Check out the virtual tour (http://www.golfexperience.com/theridge/tr1.htm)

Inverness - near Denver Tech center. Used to host Colorado Open. Good, challenging classic course. Not sure if you have to stay at the hotel to play it...my buddy used to work in the PS so I got on without issue. Here's a virtual tour (http://www.golfexperience.com/inverness/ig1.htm)

Murphy Creek - in Aurora, just a bit east of Denver. Can be a really tough course when the wind is up. It's a links style layout...not many trees but nasty rough and long from the tips. Will host the 2008 US Pub Linx Chmpshps. Here is a virtual tour (http://www.golfexperience.com/murphycreek/mc1.htm)

Agree on Broadmoor, Bear Dance and The Air Force Academy courses (called Eisenhower GC) they're awesome. The AFA course is a tough track, tree lined and lightning fast greens, at least the times I've played. Arrowhead is definitely worth playing once...totally amazing views but as mentioned conditions can be iffy. My high school team used to practice there back in the day.

In Denver or north of Denver, Riverdale Dunes and Omni (http://www.golfexperience.com/theomni/to1.htm) are awesome as someone mentioned as well as Green Valley Ranch (home of Colo Open) and Vista Ridge (http://www.golfexperience.com/vistaridge/vr1.htm). All are near DIA if you happen to be flying into Denver's airport.

Lastly, Fossil Trace is a bit of a hike but has some very unique and beautiful holes, check it out http://www.fossiltrace.com/ It's in Golden (west of Denver) but worth the drive one time.

Hope that helps...enjoy your stay in the Rockies!

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