Colorado National Golf Club

I really enjoyed the round. The pro shop employee wasn't to friendly and wasn't that helpful. I will play there again!

I was looking forward to playing this course.My expectations were dashed as soon as I walked into the pro shop. For a couple of minutes I was ignored completely by Jason who must have been too busy being on You Tube.First impressions are important, my questions were answered in a dismissive manner. Not a good start. Loved the layout of the course, would have been a lot of fun if conditions were better. Fairways were average, lots of irregularities, greens had lots of ball mark damage, four sprinkler heads in fairways leaking by, causing very soft conditions in those areas. I would go back if conditions improve.

I played most recently on Wed. night hoping to avoid the 6 hour rounds I had a couple years ago on the weekends here. 1st time playing here in 2 years due to insanely slow pace of play.
Love having in cart GPS even though the one on my phone is fairly accurate, but hate that it limits where the cart can be driven on certain holes.....for example, there is no reason to lock the carts on the far left side cart path on Hole #4 when 95% of golfers slice the ball. It results in a bunch of golfers getting backed up because its almost guaranteed someone in a foursome will cut it right into the weeds and be searching forever for a ball.
Don't know what happened on #3's green but putting through a ton of sand spots also is no fun! Most of the muni's I've played in the area have greens in better shape.
Course is a true test though and offers some great views. Definitely would like to play it again if someone can enlighten me on a time to go off and be able to play 18 in 4 hours?

I thought the layout was outstanding at Colorado National. I must say, the fairways were almost too watered down. I had to take a drop and move my ball on multiple occasions from a puddle of standing water. It was in great shape, but I can't say I like playing in "wet" conditions.

I played behind a foursome that had no clue that pace of play is important. No one ahead of them and they were on a 5:30 pace.
Still I enjoyed the round. Great course in great condition. great price.
Play here!!

Lots of altitude changes along with tight pin placements. Second cut of rough is penal. Unfortunately, too many people want to challenge "Colorado national" from back tees, which are well beyond their capabilities. Result is very slow play. Day I played no marshals were present so round took way too long!

For the price that you pay to play this course, the overall experience is below average. Each member of the pro-shop staff had disrespectful attitudes and no lenience for a group that had never played the course before. Pace of play was slow (5 hours) although the course itself is long and challenging which was enjoyable. The conditions were just above average and needed fairway maintenance. As a side note - the golf carts had GPS (only feature), no rags at any of the ball stations and nothing provided to clean clubs. Everything was overpriced including pro-shop accessories, food and drinks. Overrated, unattractive golf experience equaling a consistent reputation of their club team - CU.

Colorado National is a great shot makers course. If you can hit good golf shots and go station to station, you can shoot a good score here. The greens were in good shape as was the course. It also has some holes where big hitters can take advantage of their length. I will play this course again.

After stepping up to the first tee it was clear to see why the University of Colorado Women's and Men's Golf Teams call this home! Dramatic terrain and tight long fairways define this course with pot bunkers and other hazards through out. While this course was dramatic, any 12 handicap and under will find this course somewhat simple as long as you play high percentage shots. The greens were a little rough and needed some attention but this did not hurt the roll.

The only negative was the back-up on the course. It took 5 1/2 hours to get through 18 with a cart, granted it was Saturday, but the group in front of us could barely hit the ball of the tees yet found the nerve to hit from the Golds... I wish a marshal would have informed them to hit from the proper tee boxes to quicken the pace.

Overall this was a great course to play, I plan on playing another round in the fall when the course matures.

Pros:

1. Nice course. Pretty views.
2. Forgiving for amateurs, but it's a long course.
3. Nice practice facility
4. Nice club house.
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Cons:

1. SLOW. VERY slow pace. No matter how many times I come here, the pace is ridiculously slow. half the time we got stuck on a hole for 15 minutes because there are 2-3 groups at the next hole.

2. Marshals are ineffective in moving people a long. They don't do squat.

3. Wind is always blowing hard here. somewhere from 15-30mph

4. the majority of the staff at the pro-shop are pompous jerks. Don't expect service. The ladies and one other gentleman are nice however.

5. Greens are not too well maintained.

Course was great, however felt like you guys over booked tee times too close together with too many in each party, made it difficult to play, felt pressured and rushed on every hole!! Please look at this and perhaps better spacing between tee times!! Thank-you!!

Other than that, it is a great place to play golf!! Really enjoyed all the amenities and staff!!

started raining on hole 2 and we left on 6, they wouldn't give us any $$$ back since it was a twilight special through golfnow. Weak...

Had a wonderful time, wish it was a tid bit cheaper.

First, the range was closed for mowing so no warm up available; second we requested a handicap flag for our cart and was told there was no need since they would just program the GPS and that would allow for the handicap situation. In fact, there was zero difference where you could drive the cart even after we called from the third fairway to ensure it was programmed in for handicap. The cart continuously stopped and only worked in reverse (slowly) till we were back on the cart path or behind fairway cart signs. Also, although it was a 97 deg. day, the beverage cart was not available until after noontime.

Course layout was great. No two holes were the same.

Had a great day playing with my brother. He is a much better golfer than me, but I kept it competitive and got my first birdie of the summer!

A rather challenging course, definitely hard on the golf balls. The GPS system in the carts is awesome, I have played with GPS but nothing like this.

Pay attention where you drive the carts, they turn off if you cruise into the parking lot or onto some fairways.

Apparently the residents that live on this course can do whatever they want. On the 2nd hole there was a BAND playing outside on the patio of a house right near the green. The fact that the marshalls let this happen is ludicrous.

The greens were garbage- pock marks everywhere! NOBODY fixes their ball mark.

On a par 3 on the back 9, they have a GIMMICKY pay-$20-and-if-you-hit-it-on-the-green you get blah blah blah. I mean, I paid and hit the green, so it's kinda worth it. I got a box of balls, 2 "free" clubs (you pay $30 per club for shipping and handling), a 2 night stay in vegas, and some other discounts where you get your $20 back and more..

On the back 9, I shot a 37. So I'm not too mad. ;)

I had a great time playing this course. The course was in great shape, and I loved the greens - they were firm and rolled nicely. The course is an awesome layout, challenging but fair. In all, the condition of the course was very good and well-maintained. The views were nice, as was the staff on the course and in the clubhouse. All in all a great experience, I definitely recommend and will be back.

Tee times stacked way too closely. Beginners playing from too challenging of tees.