Colorado National Golf Club

This course is a fun and challenging layout. Unfortunately they are losing the battle with poa on the greens. But they worked hard to keep the greens as smooth and playable as possible.

We played this course two months ago and had a terrible experience with a extremely rude staff and slow play. I did not leave feedback then thinking it was a "One Off" situation and we just caught it on a bad day. Today we decided to try again and see if it was better. We arrived an hour before our time and were unable to find a parking space due to some neighborhood party going on that used the golf club parking? We checked in the pro shop and once again the staff was extremely unfriendly and arrogant. After warming up we headed to the first tee and were paired with a couple of gentlemen who were enjoyable to play with. After finishing the first hole we waited for every remaining hole on the course? We NEVER saw a marshall and at times had three groups on a hole and always at least two? The two gentlemen we played with said they have had similar experiences here over the last few years and would not be returning to this course. The staff here needs some serious training in customer service as this could be a great facility.

It was my first time playing Colorado National. The course overall is a very good with a nice variety of holes (short, long, doglegs, water, etc). It is well maintained and provided a very good challenge. The in cart GPS is a big help too.

The challenge of the course though results in a dreadful pace of play. It took us 5.5 hrs to play. It was not uncommon to finish a hole and to meet the group in front of us on the next tee. Way too much time is spent looking for balls and there is ample opportunity to lose alot of golf balls (I lost seven). No marshal to be seen the whole day.

The tee times don't help either. A group goes out every 9 mins. On a course like this, it should be 12-15 mins to help the pace of play. Even with that, we went off at least 15 mins past our tee time.

The friendliness of the staff (starter and golf shop) is lacking. As I was paying for my round, the man at the desk stopped to take a call for several minutes and completely disregarded that I was in the middle of a transaction.

Had I not used a GolfNow deal and paid full price, I would have been upset, but the low price I received helped make up for the pace of play.

So...I have played out here many times and it is great to have a discounted rate through GolfNow but the round took more than 5 hours riding and it was 85 degrees and all of the water containers were empty save 1...that's ALL of the water containers were empty save one and the marshall wasn't helping fill them either. To me on a hot day in Colorado that is an absolute joke.

First off, Golf Now had a very good deal on this course, so I consider it a good value, if you pay full price forget it. Nice course but the greens are not in very good shape. The main problem is pace of play, Friday afternoon teed off at 2:00, had to wait to hit every shot on the front nine. One twosome in front of us gave up after 5 holes. Groups in front of us and behind gave up at the turn, so it opened up on the back but was still painfully slow. It took us about 5 1/2 hours to play, if the groups in front of us had not given up, it would have taken well over 6 hours. One more thing, there is an undeserved air of "we are pretty special here" about the place. I think it could be, with better maintenance, friendlier staff, and better pace of play, but right now, not all that impressed.

I haven't played here in quite sometime but we got a great deal so we gave her another shot and yet again it was the longest round I've played!! Took nearly 6 hours to play 18 holes that just unacceptable!!!! Marshall's and staff need to make a huge upgrades on that makes the round just miserable!!! Players should not be hitting from the gold tee boxes if they don't have the skill to and the Marshall needs to monitor that!!! To many players marking every putt and not playing proper cart golf. Changes need to be made and there are way to many great courses in denver to spend 6 hours here!

The course was in amazing condition. I got paired up with a couple of terrible golfers and we were confronted 3 times to speed it up. The incredibly slow play and bad golfers I had to play with made it a lot less enjoyable, but the course itself was in excellent shape. The guy at the front desk was a little stuffy towards me. All in all, I can not be more complimentary of the course itself...maybe a flaw in having to play with crummy golfers, though.

very slow play, but otherwise a great course to play.

I've payed this course several times..I think it's one of the best in the area.

I traveled an hour to Erie to play Colorado National. The pace of play was way too slow with little or no marshals. The greens were in horrible condition. The worst I have played on all year in the Metro area. I think it could be a nice course if it was kept up better.

This course is a long one. Greens were the fastest I've ever experienced ever! Wow...they played like concrete! Course is in good condition, and poses a nice challenge. Absolutely stunning views on a clear day! Plays a little slow, fairways are tight. Did I mention it's a beautiful course?

Played here on a typical Colorado spring day, which means you never really know what the weather is going to do. We planned on playing 18, however, the weather thought otherwise and stopped us after 4 due to lightning and heavy rain. The course itself is great and challenging, however, the course conditions were a little rough. The second hole brought difficulty when a great tee-shot was ruined by extensive rough patches in the fairway, I expect better from a course of this caliber. Overall however the pace of play was a good and would have offered a great round at a great price, especially since we were playing twilight hours.

This was my second time playing this course and is now one of my favorites. The scenery adds to the overall experience. Will be a regular at this course. You'll have to find some deals as this course may get expensive, but for what you get its a good tradeoff.

We thought we were getting a deal but by the end of the day, we may have paid too much. The greens were in terrible condition. The staff is rude and just doesn't care to help you.

We played Indian Peaks earlier in the day and it beats Colorado National in every way. It is a little embarrassing that this is a division 1 school's golf course....

I've played this course several times over the past four years. The quality of the experience has decreased every year.

Negatives:
- Our tee time was schedule for 1:57. We didn't tee off until 2:15.
- Tee times are schedule about 8 minutes apart.
- Typical cranky starter who let's 100+ golfers tee off from 7,000+ yrd tee boxes.
- No one repairs their divots
- Greens are in TERRIBLE shape. Full of "cauliflower" spots. Your golf ball will have a bumpy ride.
- Rough is not trimmed as it should be. Pretty messy off the fairway.
- We finished at 7:45 pm. (5+ hours, almost 6)
- Hard, packed sand in bunkers

Pros:
- Nice views.

Overall, the quality of CO National has declined. It's sad because it used to be a good course. Now it plays very slow and the greens are in terrible condition. Fairways aren't much better, although they do resemble what you think a fairway would look like.

This is a really nice course and pretty challenging but fun. Can be intimidating with all the nice house surrounding the course, especially if you got a big slice like my buddy. Few holes with water but nothing to bad. They did have one little pond and some people were swimming and making a lot of noice during our putting other than that it was a fun day.This course is kinda long too. I was disappointed that the only chipping bunker was for members only. That was my other problem a lot of members only signs, didn't fell very welcomed. They have grass driving range which was nice a decent putting green. Carts are GPS so don't go out of range or you loose power and have to go in reverse. They come with coolers but you have to take it in to get ice, other courses already have them filled with Ice and water.
Over all I like this course to play every once in a while when there's a good special but it's a lil far to play everyday.

This was my first time playing CO national. The facilities are fantastic and views are amazing. On top of that, the conditions are excellent right now.

Very long round of golf. Tee times were spaced out about every 10 minutes. Course ran out of carts. Driving range is beat up.

Other than waiting on every hole. The course was not in bad condition. The greens were very hard, and are riddled with cauliflower spots.

Well this is the first course i have ever played that when one of the foursome had to cancel they charged me for his round, the green and some of the fairways are in very bad shape. I have played here many time, but wont be back. the pro shop staff has always been rude but they are much worse now than they have ever been. had a Marshall tell us we where behind, worst part we where waiting on every shoot for the group in front of us who just happen to be members

I found this course for $39, 18 holes with cart. Course was in great shape, good golf holes. Overall the best value I've had around Denver.