Omni Interlocken Hotel is located between Denver and Boulder, Colorado off Highway 36. This Omni property has 390 guest rooms and suites, the Makara Spa, two outdoor pools and 27 holes of championship golf. Its location near the Colorado Rocky Mountain front range makes it a good base for mountain and hiking adventures, as well as Red Rocks…
The Hilton Inverness Hotel Denver is located just south of the city in Englewood in the metro area's tech center. It is a 302 room and suite property that affords exclusive guest access to a private golf course, the Inverness Hotel & Golf Club. Amenities and services include free breakfast with rooms booked and a complimentary shuttle service for…
Located just south of Denver in Littleton, Colorado is the Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel. This is a small, 3-star boutique hotel with spacious guest rooms with kitchenettes overlooking the golf course. Golf side rooms have large balconies. Onsite at this parks complex is a bar & grill, fitness center and tennis courts. The course is operated by…
From the east, Denver is the gateway to the Rockies and has long been known for offering the best skiing in the U.S. But Colorado's largest city and capital has plenty more to offer, which is why in recent years it has been one of America's fastest-growing cities. Situated at the eastern base of the range, you're just a few miles from the ascent into the mountains, a trek that millions of skiers and snowboarders make each year.
Hitting the fairway isn't just the recommended way to play the Coyote Creek Golf Club -- a fine city-owned municipal course northeast of Denver -- it's the only way. The rough feels more than lush. It will turn your game to mush. It plays like U.S. Open rough for amateurs. Unless your ball is sitting up, don't bother pulling any club shorter than a 7-iron. The grass will twist the clubface and send the ball shooting in any direction.
Todd Creek Golf Club is a prairie-links routing that displays a Rocky Mountain panorama, rolls through creek wetlands and gives you generous, plush landing areas from the tee box. Challenging, that's Todd Creek. Arthur Hills said he approached the design with his known philosophy of beginning at the 18th green and working back to the first tee.
If you've ever played a Finger Dye Spann golf course like Thorncreek Golf Club, you know the challenge is in the multi-tiered greens, treacherous perched approaches, and cavernous bunkers greenside and in the fairways. You also know that on some holes going over the green is a one-stroke penalty, because the recovery is from a steep bank and all downhill to the pin. David R. Holland has more from Thornton, Colo.
What do you get when you take an old Air Force base golf course that has already been renamed once and put it in the hands of one of America's best classical, minimalist architects? What you get is a parkland/links mixture that is walkable and affordable. You get is Tom Doak's CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora, Colo.
Colorado National Golf Club, just 10 miles north of Denver, may be situated in a wide-open, front-range prairie, but the views to the west is a genuine Rocky Mountain panorama. Spacious and designed in two loops, the layout of Colorado National is big and wide, even with houses along the way. This is a championship winner with length, huge attractive bunkers and prairie grasses, because it is 30 percent larger than typical golf courses.
The Greg Mastriona Golf Courses at Hyland Hills is truly a hidden gem and one of the best bargains in Colorado. The 45-hole complex -- which features an 18-hole design, a nine-hole design and two nine-hole, par-3 courses -- has hosted as many as 100,000 rounds in a season. David R. Holland has more on why Hyland Hills remains a favorite for golfers in the Denver area.
In Denver, where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains, a golfer can stage his or her own bit of Colorado golf glory at a multitude of daily-fee and municipal golf courses, from Arrowhead to Red Hawk Ridge.
GolfTEC, a company that began in 1995 under the name Driving Obsession, has made a profound impact in a short amount of time, blossoming into the worldwide leader in lessons given and the top employer of PGA Professionals. Plans call for another 25 GolfTECs to open in the next year with long-term goals of moving into China, Australia and the United Kingdom.
The Denver area is known for its prestigious private clubs, but golfers without a membership can still find a great experience. The metro area's public golf scene offers tremendous diversity, from scenic plays to tournament-worthy layouts. Brandon Tucker offers up some of the best, including The Ridge at Castle Pines North, Plum Creek Golf Club and Red Hawk Ridge.
Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club in Aurora, Colo., an Arthur Hills-designed layout, rolls through hilly terrain with elevation changes, 62 strategically placed bunkers, lakes, streams and rugged native areas. The fairways are wide and forgiving, but you are going to be challenged with a variety of tricky lies, and if you find the bluegrass rough, that presents another problem.
Deer Creek Golf Club, located in the far southwestern fringes of Metro Denver, has a wealth of scenery and geography to keep one busy on an 18-hole journey that traverses protected wetlands, creek beds, rolling terrain, impressive conditioning and some tiered greens. Views from the course include the rugged mountain terrain of the Dakota Hogback -- a long, craggy ridge that separates the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains with the Great Plains.
Coyote Creek Golf Course in Fort Lupton, Colo. defers to hazards other than length to defend its honor. Water makes some cameo appearances throughout the round, but it's thick, club-twisting, ball-eating rough that rules the day at this solid city-owned municipal course northwest of Denver.
All the signs of downtown municipal golf are there at Park Hill Golf Club in Denver. The classic course, dating to 1931, is short by modern standard and can be a bit noisy, surrounded by train tracks and a major road. But a potential career round at an affordable price makes it worth a trip to Park Hill.
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