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4.2
547 Reviews (547)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
56
1 Stars
38
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
84.3%
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414 out of 547 reviews
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4.4
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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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4.3
43 Reviews (43)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
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Conditions
3.9
Value
3.8
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.0%
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37 out of 43 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7676 yards
Slope 144
Rating 75.5

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 7,676 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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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jay Morrish (2003) Andy Johnson

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MC, AMEX
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collard shirt required and no denim.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.2
547 Reviews (547)
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Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Lots of bunkers!

Challenging, though lots of holes are birdieable! You can score really well if your putting game is on!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Where are the trees?

I had fun at this course! No trees and no real trouble had me playing the same ball all day. Lack of trees leaves you and your ball exposed to very windy conditions. Greens were rough but was not expecting much this time of year.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great track but early season conditions were rough

Colorado National is a great course but was in rough early season condition. The annoyance a carnival midway game called "The Circle of Hope Challenge" that was set up on one of the par 3's was unfortunate. I would urge Colorado National as well as other GCs to eliminate such contests from the course as they falsely promote themselves as charity events, but are actually for profit corporations usually acting as a marketing front for low end equipment or extraneous services. (Set these guy's up next to the driving range! Keep them off the course) That being said the course has some of the best finishing holes I have ever played. From the 630+ yard (depending on which box you choose) 15th, through beautifully sculpted 18th are in my opinion some of the finest golf holes in Colorado.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

The course needs work

It would have been nice if someone told us that the greens had just been punched and sanded. They were un-putt-able and one of the greens was under repair and a make shift green in the fairway was being used. Since half the game is on the greens, they should have offered a discount at least.
It was almost 70 degrees and there was no water on the course and we only seen a beverage cart once (on the 16th hole. Very disappointing.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great Course, Great Views

The course has a massive footprint and runs through some very nice neighborhoods, but still maintains a "wild" appearance. The views of Longs Peak and the front range are spectacular!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0

Greens under repair and poor shape

I play CO National quite often and normally enjoy. However, currently the greens are aerated (sp?) and all sand. If you enjoy nice greens, avoid this course for a month or so. One of the par 5's on front 9 doesn't even have a green. They put a hole on the fairway. I'd have appreciated it if they mentioned ANY of this in the clubhouse prior to the round which they did not. Still had fun but would have chosen a different track at the moment.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Course conditions excellent for early season

Greens were smooth.. true.. and consistent speed. Rest of the conditioning very good for mid-March. We had one issue that was frustrating, and it had to do with communication. I selected Colorado National for course quality, but also because there were no cart restrictions noted on GolfNow, as they were noted on most of the other courses that were "path only." We have two guys in our group for whom this doesn't work. Then, our check-in pro forgot to mention they were "path only." We eventually had to call the clubhouse and get someone out to disable the GPS so we could go on the fairways. Inconvenient and really poor communication. Once the issue was resolved, however, delightful round on a championship caliber course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great course

Love this course. Great views, varied terrain and some challenging holes.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great facility..great views

Great track, course is challenging but with the right tree box manageable..long walk if your walking...

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Good deal, pretty course

First time playing, had a 1:09 tee time, arrived around 12:30, got a large bucket and a few drinks/snacks (good prices!) before heading out to the first tee at 1:15, but were encouraged to start as soon as we were warmed up, which is always nice. Light course traffic, there was no one in front of us (we were a 2some) and we were more than willing to let the single scratch golfer behind us play through on the 4th hole. Course has some beautiful views, great challenging slopes and well placed bunkers... the tee boxes were still a bit firm, so until the weather warms up, it might be a bit tougher to get your tee in the ground. Greens seems well maintained, only a couple holes on the back 9 had enough goose droppings to bother me, but it was much more manageable than other courses near Boulder. Carts are nice (as a Buff I chose one of the CU ones) and the GPS/E. Scorecard was good to have, but we did make the mistake of not realizing that it was path only (we assumed it was only on designated holes) and the cutting off of the engine was very annoying and slowed down play for 5 mins while it inched back to the path. We were gone by 5, just as sun was going down, and took a 10 min break in between front/back, so it was about 3 hours 45 mins play time on a new course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Beautiful Course

This is a beautiful course with amazing views. It is very well maintained. When I played in Summer 2012 is was very busy, with 3 groups lined up at the first tee. They shouldn't book tee times so close to each other as this leads to slow course play. I had a late afternoon tee time and couldn't finish all 18 holes because of the slow play. I would like to play again and next time would select an earlier tee time so I can see every hole.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0

Nice course. Rangers were ridiculous.

Nice course. Good deals. Unfortunately, the rangers are ridiculous. On us the entire time, even though nobody was there. Shame since the course is so nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

One of the best courses in Colorado

A very nice course, had the best time. The course was in great condition for being played in December.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Very enjoyable experience

First time playing this course. Very windy conditions which added greatly to the challenge. Course was in good shape for December. Pace of play was a little slow. Would definitely play the course again and recommend it to friends.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great course. Long. Course difficutly challenging and varies, the degree of difficulty is depending on tee off location

My husband and I love it. One of the better courses in the Denver Metro area. My husband tees from the blue or black tee positionings, which offers him the degree of challange he loves. Me, I tee off from the Silver, a shorter more moderate location and which allows us to keep an even pace. Pro Shop is a little pricey, come prepared.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

CNGC is great value for the money.

CNGC has a great facility and a friendly staff. The course was in good shape and food at the turn was served promptly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Visually superb

Man elevated tees. Greens are huge and in perfect conditions. The fairways are wide and forgiving.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

course shaping up after vandalism

The course is great the staff and patrons not so much. Something about this place isn't right, always a bad vibe there. But I am there to play not make friends.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Beautiful course in great shape

Great place to play but pace of play was very slow.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Course needs some work.

Individual @ reception desk was not very cordial or welcoming. For an exclusive club personel were not concerned with customer service. Our tee time was delayed by at least 30 minutes so we were not able to complete our 18 holes due to darkness. Original tee time was 2:45 P.M. and we did not tee off until 3:20 P.M.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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