Colorado National Golf Club
About
The golf course at the Colorado National Golf Club is an 18-hole, public course that is situated just 20 minutes north of Denver. Jay Morrish designed the formerly known as Vista Ridge golf course with a traditional links-style layout. The course covers 7,579 yards of golf from its longest tees and plays to a par of 72. Rolling fairways lined with native grasses and large, undulating greens make the golf course interesting, while beautiful views of snow-topped mountains provide pleasant scenery. The course has many bunkers as well as water hazards. Colorado National Golf Club also features five sets of tee boxes for golfers to work on a number of different handicaps.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by jordanlip on 04/05/2026
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Photo submitted by DiamondAces on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by DiamondAces on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by DiamondAces on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by DiamondAces on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by DiamondAces on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by DiamondAces on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/11/2025
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/11/2025
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/11/2025
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/11/2025
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/11/2025
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/11/2025
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Photo submitted by I81WlSKkTee4dnkVjJkN on 08/19/2025
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Photo submitted by I81WlSKkTee4dnkVjJkN on 08/19/2025
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Photo submitted by I81WlSKkTee4dnkVjJkN on 08/19/2025
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Photo submitted by tiburonazo on 08/19/2024
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Photo submitted by tiburonazo on 08/19/2024
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Photo submitted by tiburonazo on 08/19/2024
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Photo submitted by joshsmith12 on 05/06/2024
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What a view! Photo submitted by Icanhackit on 10/23/2022
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Rainbow on Hole 13 Photo submitted by Icanhackit on 07/02/2022
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Driving Range View Photo submitted by lcbgolf on 04/23/2022
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Hole 14 - Longs Peak Photo submitted by lcbgolf on 04/23/2022
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Hole 2 - Longs Peak Photo submitted by lcbgolf on 05/17/2021
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View from clubhouse Photo submitted by lcbgolf on 05/17/2021
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Photo submitted by 12122012 on 10/07/2012
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Photo submitted by 12122012 on 10/07/2012
Golfer Reviews
Nice layout but course management terrible
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.
Awesome course, great value.
Course layout was great. No two holes were the same.
Great time, will play from the gold tees next time though.
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!
Awesome Course!
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.
Greens were a mess
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. ;)
Excellent golfing experience.
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.
Slow
Tee times stacked way too closely. Beginners playing from too challenging of tees.
Disappointing
I was really excited to play this course. The overall experience was disappointing. First was their policy on taking the carts onto the fairways. 9 of the 18 holes were cart path only. Really? If I wanted to walk, I would have. It's the same grass on the holes where you could drive than the holes where you couldn't. Plus, talk about slowing down play. You could cut a good 30 minutes off the round if you just did cart path only on the Par 3's. Speaking of, 5 hours to play? Not good. Second... course condition. Many of the fairways were in less than satisfactory condition. Very rough and chunky... and hard as a rock. I know it is July and it's been dry, but it was like hitting off hard pan. How about some extra water??? No chance for divots on most holes. Back to the cart rules. Many of the holes, where you could drive on the fairway, you couldn't get within 100-150 yards from the green. Come on already. We're amateurs... this isn't the US Open. Last, loosen up on the gps cart restrictions. My cart shut down 4 times when I was within the rules of where the cart should be. I was 20 yeards in front of your arrows to the path, and my cart shut down. I understand having the restrictions, but enough is enough. You are not The Masters at Augusta. If you want "regular" people to come out and have a good time golfing, loosen up!
could be a good course but was less than impressive
very slow pace of play, over 5 hours and lots of waiting. Golf carts with gps/digital scorecard were ok but really more of a hassle than convenience if you went even slightly off course they would shut down and force you to reverse back which was pretty annoying. the fairways/greens were in poor condition with way too many divots and ball marks. If the course was in better condition and played faster it would be fun as it had long challenging holes but overall we had a poor experience, should be better for the money.
Wide open for the slice/fade hitters.
This is a great course for the average golfer. Wide open to allow for bad misses and the greens were fast which i really liked.
Unconscionable Pace of Play
We were scheduled to tee off at 4:12pm, but they were out of carts. We were forced to wait in line behind walk-up's without a tee time, who the starter allowed to play in front of us, even though we had a tee time. We hit our drives on the first tee at 4:37, and struggled to finish 13, as the sun fully set at about 8:50pm. There are no player's assistants on the course, and it is a major shame that a beautiful course, with excellent GPS equipped carts, has been rendered unplayable by a lack of any semblance of pace of play.
Always Consistent
Colorado National is always consistent. It's a great golf course with some incredible vistas...........but the pace of play always reminds me why I don't play there more often! There always seems to be people playing CO National who appear to be lost! They have golf clubs and carts but don't seem to know what to do or where to go. Super frustrating. Course screams for rangers who do there jobs and keep folks moving.
Greens are in great condition
For a discount rate of $49 it's worth it. The regular rate is I think $75 and not worth it. It's even more expensive on the weekends.
They got it set up diffucult
The couse is set up way hard with 1st cut rough 2 inches, 2nd cut rough is 4 feet tall weeds.
Must be a sharpshooter, with long distance to score well.
Challenging but Fair layout
Course is very challenging if you can't keep your drives in the fairway. Was well maintained when we played, though there were quite a few spots that needed some extra attention. Couple of the greens had some burn but were otherwise in good shape and rolled true. Pace was slow but it was on the weekend so it was fairly expected and the course marshall was moving groups as quickly as he could.
A little disappointing......
The course was in decent shape but some greens were not in good condition. The pace of play was not good and the Marshall's response of, "we'll it is a weekend and we are busy" was unacceptable to us. This course probably won't make our list for a replay this year.
Love the course and the greens were really fast and in the best shape ever.
I love this course! It is a long course so takes a bit longer to play than other courses, plus it's hard and i stink at golf. Staff is very friendly and they have a great patio for drinking after. The best course to play around denver for sure.
Great course!
Course was in great shape. Beautiful views. Play was a little slow but it was Father's Day weekend. We are novices and played off the Copper tees, it was plenty challenging! Keep that ball in the fairway, it is next to impossible to find in the tall grass.
Tee times too close together 12 minutes apart 5 .5 hour round
Ranger did not do a good job of attempting to speed up play. He basically gave in to the traffic jam.