Pine Creek Golf Club

Perfect weather until... hole#17 and 18 but I figured it out... check out the video from #17 approach shot in the driving rain and hail storm :)!

Wow... only my second round here and even more memorable and exciting!

Result was pin high birdie putt and then racing uphill to play #18, great drive and almost holed out my approach from 150 yards... great way to wrap up this round.

This course is a great mix of risk/reward, some big greens, tough pins, tough bunkers, deep rough and that's in perfect calm conditions. Good luck if it gets windy... and it will! Cheers!

Pine Creek WOULD be a solid golf course. The front 9 has a great layout and the back 9 is as tight as you can find on the Front Range. The course is always in OK condition and has amazing views of Pikes Peak. BUT

The ownership is beyond insane to charge the prices they do. You’re looking at well over $100 on the weekends and $90+ during the week for a golf course that is actively being reworked and renovated. A morning round on Fathers Day is $150. DO NOT waste your money. Patty Jewett is city owned $51 to walk on the weekends and in much better condition. For the price you’re much better off playing Kingsdeer, Cheyenne Shadows, Patty Jewett, Valley Hi, Eisenhower on the Air Force Academy if you can, Four Mile Ranch in Canyon City, any of the Pueblo courses, Plum Creek in Castle Rock or Shining Mountain in Woodland Park. Antler Creek is in horrendous shape and I would still rather play there 3 times for the price of Pine Creek. Somehow it’s even cheaper to play Bear Dance in Larkspur for a twilight round. It may actually be cheaper to join a country club if you play multiple times a week. The absurd prices don’t stop at Green Fees either. A large bucket of range balls is $15, there is a per golfer booking fee if you want to pay online and beers are $8 + tax (and the beer carts don’t have change available). On top everything previously mentioned, Pine Creek has the audacity to charge a 2% surcharge on everything if you pay with credit card.

I have played golf all along the Front Range from Fort Collins to Pueblo and this golf course is hands down bar none without a doubt the worst value in the state of Colorado.

We played on Fathers Day and paid $68 on a hot deal. I still felt a little bit ripped off. The bunkers haven’t seen sand in 10 years, there are still sprinkler issues and hole 12 is actively torn up. The rough has dandelions growing everywhere. All of those issues could be overlooked if the course didn’t rob people blind.

Save your money and go play any other golf course on earth. It’s cheaper to drive out of your way and play somewhere where customers are respected. I want this course to succeed but it will inevitably fail because the prices are so out of touch with reality that there is no incentive to play here. Even the “Piney Pass” membership is absurd. For over $3,000 you are not able to play on the weekends until after 12pm.

Please go spend your money somewhere, anywhere else.

We played on a Monday and the weather was fantastic. The course had an interesting and challenging layout which we enjoyed. Some of the fairways were a little spotty, but for the most part the course was in very good condition. Staff were all friendly and helpful. I would definitely play it again.

This course has a great layout, but it is never in good enough shape if you are paying full price at $95.

Greens were ok, fairly slow and they hadn’t mowed the rough in quite a while. I am not here to play in PGA championship rough

Every bunker was virtually unplayable and needs serious renovation. Fairways and tee boxes were in good shape, and you will get beautiful pikes peak views throughout your round

A challenging course in better than average condition.

Greens were sanded which made putting a challenge. Grass is coming back from sprinkler problems in past.

Great day at a course that was in really good condition with most of the fairways rolling great and nicely mowed, and the greens rolling very nicely. My one disappointment was cartpath only the course seemed to me in the condition that would allow but perhaps too early in the season no biggie. My larger disappointment was the group in front of me who refused to allow me to play through. From what I was seeing 1 and at least a half hole was open in front of them but from about hole 4 and on it was slow. The course had no marshal or starter so no one to enforce the play. Just suck when groups don’t have any course etiquette and NO CLASS. All in all I can’t wait to get back out and play this GEM.

END OF SEASON UPDATE TO PREVIOUS REVIEW BELOW:

As of December 2023 the course has continued to improve in all areas. Xander and his team somehow pulled off the impossible by reviving a golf course while simultaneously catering to their patrons. Greens are rolling firm and true and grass is healthy from tee to green. Pace of play has been phenomenal and the environment overall has provided players of every skill level the chance to enjoy the game. There's golf in December and then there's Pine Creek in December. Kudos to all of the staff for a more than successful resurrection of a course Colorado Springs desperately needs. 2024 and beyond will truly be another level at their current trajectory.

PREVIOUS REVIEW FROM BEGINNING OF SEASON 2023 **** Course conditions have vastly improved in the past few months and a new greenskeeper is headed in the right direction. The clubhouse is getting revamped as well and big things are starting to happen here again. With such a lack of golf courses in Colorado Springs, the average golfer needs this course and with their current plan of action, I look forward to next season!

I'm no detective, just your average golfer, but kudos to this place for staying open during COVID and continuing to provide a platform for patrons to feel welcome and share the love for the game. I'll be back, as often as possible, to any course giving this type of experience. Course conditions are temporary but the platform a course provides is what will take this club far into the future. The local management and staff make all the difference.

Thank you Pine Creek for making me and my guests feel welcome, time and time again. Worth every penny over the past 5 years and counting!

END OF SEASON UPDATE TO PREVIOUS REVIEW BELOW:

As of December 2023 the course has continued to improve in all areas. Xander and his team somehow pulled off the impossible by reviving a golf course while simultaneously catering to their patrons. Greens are rolling firm and true and grass is healthy from tee to green. Pace of play has been phenomenal and the environment overall has provided players of every skill level the chance to enjoy the game. There's golf in December and then there's Pine Creek in December. Kudos to all of the staff for a more than successful resurrection of a course Colorado Springs desperately needs. 2024 and beyond will truly be another level at their current trajectory.

PREVIOUS REVIEW FROM BEGINNING OF SEASON 2023 **** Course conditions have vastly improved in the past few months and a new greenskeeper is headed in the right direction. The clubhouse is getting revamped as well and big things are starting to happen here again. With such a lack of golf courses in Colorado Springs, the average golfer needs this course and with their current plan of action, I look forward to next season!

I'm no detective, just your average golfer, but kudos to this place for staying open during COVID and continuing to provide a platform for patrons to feel welcome and share the love for the game. I'll be back, as often as possible, to any course giving this type of experience. Course conditions are temporary but the platform a course provides is what will take this club far into the future. The local management and staff make all the difference.

Thank you Pine Creek for making me and my guests feel welcome, time and time again. Worth every penny over the past 5 years and counting!