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Contents
Summer2014
Departments
Cherry Hills Country Club
ON PAR
PLAY WORTHY
PUBLISHER’S NOTES.......................................................9
FAIRWAYS & PHILANTHROPY IN ASPEN
Summertime fundraisers and a spectrum of
courses highlight golf in the Roaring Fork Valley ..22
ON COVER
GOLF IN VAIL VALLEY
Summer in Vail offers amazing multiple
championship golf courses ....................................26
COLORADO WELCOMES THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP
One of the Tour’s most prestigious event
will be played at Cherry Hills Country Club.........12
JOHN ELWAY AND THE PGA TOUR
The BMW Championship is coming to
Colorado, in large part thanks to John Elway ....15
GAME PLAY
ROLLINGSTONE RANCH ...........................................32
INSTRUCTION
RED SKY GOLF ON RADAR ALERT
Golf academy’s new TrackMan launch monitor
helps improve golf scores .......................................34
THE EVANS SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Caddies receive full tuition and housing costs
at 19 major U.S. universities....................................16
REFERENCING YOUR CLUB’S SWING PATHS
Being aware of the correct swing paths will
help you hit a better shot .......................................36
CAN WATSO N W IN ANO THER RYDER CUP?
He did it as captain in 1993 at The Belfry in
England, and the U.S. team would dearly
like a repeat ............................................................18
MAP AND DIRECTORIES
COLORADO PLAYER PROFILES ................................56
COLORADO MAP AND GUIDES ..............................58
PRIVATE CLUB DIRECTORY .......................................66
Cover photo: John Elwy by Dane Andrew / Total Entertainment News. TEN
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Contents
Summer2014
Lifestyles
Hotel Gasthof Gramshammer in Vail
COLORADO GOLF LIFESTYLES
LUXURY AUTOS
MEET THE NEW BMW I8
In a word, wow!. .....................................................40
LUXURY TRAVEL
FINE DINING
VAIL’S GASTRONOMIC DELIGHTS
Vail’s restaurants offer visitors and residents
world-class dining experiences .............................54
FINE JEWELRY
THE FALL AND RISE OF THE TENNIS BRACELET
It fell off during a tournament and launched
a global fashion staple ..........................................54
GOLF IN THE KINGDOM
Thailand is Asia’s sweet spot for
unforgettable golf vacations ................................44
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Summer2014
Publisher’snotes
By Timothy J. Pade • [email protected]
We are excited to distribute this issue of Colorado Golf
Magazine throughout the Rocky Mountain region! This is
an exceptional time in Colorado with historic ramifications,
and there’s no better person to grace our cover than
Colorado’s own John Elway, president of Cherry Hills
Country Club, Vice President of operations and General
Manager of the Denver Broncos. Elway was instrumental in
helping to bring the illustrious BMW Championship to his
home course in Colorado, and that in turn will bring the top
golfers in the world to the Mile High City.
We can expect the top 70 players in the world as finalists
in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs. Those expected to
attend include Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson
and Martin Kaymer, among others. They will test the
renovated Cherry Hills Country Club course and vie for the
$1.44 million payout.
Cherry Hills Country Club has hosted 11 major
tournaments including seven USGA championships. The
U.S. Open has been held at Cherry Hills three times and the
PGA Championship twice. Two U.S. Amateur tournaments
have been contested there, as have one each of the U.S.
Senior Open, U.S. Senior Amateur, U.S. Women’s Open and
U.S. Mid-Amateur tournaments.
Cherry Hills Country Club has held more historically
significant golf tournaments than any other facility in
Colorado, not the least of which was Arnold Palmer’s
historic come-from-behind win at the 1960 U.S. Open,
which launched what came to be known as Arnie’s Army. A
then unknown Phil Mickelson won the U.S. Amateur in
1990, and Jack Nicklaus won the U.S. Senior Open in 1993,
beating runner-up Tom Weiskopf by one stroke. And, of
course, few will forget Birdie Kim’s spectacular hole out
from the greenside bunker on No. 18 to win the 2005 U.S.
Women’s Open by two shots.
We will proudly welcome the PGA’s top 70 players to
Colorado in September, and expect the game to enter a
fever pitch as the BMW Championship is played along
Cherry Hills’ spectacular fairways. To read more about the
tournament, please turn to pg. 12.
This issue will also showcase our gorgeous Rocky
Mountain courses in both Vail and Aspen, with features on
pages 22 and 26. Our lifestyles section includes travel,
luxury automobiles, jewelry, fashion, instruction and more!
Finally, our 26th season would not be complete without
a huge thanks to those of you who continue to support
Colorado Golf Magazine.
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By Christine Loomis
2013 BMW Champion Zach Johnson
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I
t’s an indelible part of the FedExCup fall schedule, a
tournament that brings it all together: great golf; a terrific fan
experience; a prestigious title sponsor; and support of a
worthy cause, the Evans Scholarship Foundation. No wonder
the BMW Championship was named the PGA Tour’s Tournament
of the Year in 2013—for the second year in a row.
“On behalf of the PGA Tour, I am pleased to congratulate the
BMW Championship for being named the best among its peers,”
says Andy Pazder, PGA Tour executive vice president and chief of
operations. “The tournament committee should be proud of the
special recognition the event has earned for its efforts.”
Conducted by the Western Golf Association (WGA), which
was founded in 1899 to promote golf in the western half of the
United States, the tournament is premium from start to finish.
“Given the caliber of the more than 40 outstanding events on the
Tour each season, it is incredibly humbling to receive this honor for
for many of golf’s finest championships, and we are thrilled to have
the top 70 players in the world here for the 2014 event. Our effort
is focused on staging a top-quality event for golf fans, players,
volunteers, our sponsor and the many corporate hospitality
participants.”
John Elway, club president, agrees. “Cherry Hills welcomes the
opportunity to once again showcase our course and to put Denver
at the center of the golf world in September 2014,” he says. “An
important component of our club’s rich heritage has been to offer a
worthy venue for the world’s finest professional and amateur
golfers. Hosting the 2014 BMW Championship reaffirms our
commitment to opening our course for competition at the highest
level.”
PGA Tour pro Zach Johnson, who won last year at Conway
Farms Golf Club outside of Chicago, is the tournament’s defending
champion. In 2012, the tournament was hosted by Crooked Stick
Cherry Hills Country Club Hole No. 17
the second year in a row and the third time since 2008,” says Vince
Pellegrino, the association’s senior vice president, tournaments.
“The WGA shares this award with our title sponsor, BMW of
North America, with whom we’ve had a strong partnership for the
last seven years.”
This year, the tournament comes to the Denver metro area,
Sept. 1-7, at Cherry Hills Country Club. Colorado energy
entrepreneur and philanthropist George Solich is the general chair
for the 2014 event and a stellar example of how successful the
scholarship program is.
“Serving as general chairman of the 2014 BMW
Championship is an honor and a privilege, and as a former caddie
and Evans Scholars recipient, I could not be more pleased to see the
BMW Championship coming to Cherry Hills,” Solich says. “Since
its founding in 1922, Cherry Hills has served as a time-tested venue
Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, and won by Rory McIlroy. And in
2008, the first year it was honored as Tournament of the Year, the
BMW was played at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
Fans expect a high level of golf and they won’t be disappointed.
As the FedExCup winds down in the fall, top-ranked players will be
on hand to battle for the final points. As of this writing, the top 10
in the rankings are Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar,
Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Chris Kirk, Patrick Reed, Harris
English, Brendon Todd and Kevin Na. But keep an eye on the list.
Changes in ranking are part of what makes the final tournaments
so exciting.
But it’s not just about golf. The BMW Championship is also
about a very special charity. The Evans Scholars Foundation
administers funds for a program that sends deserving caddies to
college—with full tuition and housing paid. The Western Golf
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Rory McIlroy
©USGA/Hunter Martin
©USGA/Darren Carroll
contributions caddies make to the game of golf, it’s also about the
important character they exhibit—on and off the course.
The WGA puts it this way: “We’re proud of the history of golf as
a walking game. We embrace the core values that underscore
a caddie’s presence on the course: hard work, cooperation,
persistence and respect. It’s part of our golf heritage. That’s why we
assist in finding potential caddies and help clubs in starting new
caddie programs and improving existing ones. Above all, we
promote the Evans Scholars Program.”
Those core values are also recognizable in the way the program
plays out long after graduation. Like George Solich, many alumni,
Jordan Spieth
©USGA/Darren Carroll
Dustin Johnson
Association has been helping in this endeavor since 1930 when the
first two caddie recipients attended Northwestern University. The
tournament has raised more than $17 million for the foundation
since 2007 and helped graduate nearly 10,000 caddie scholars
from 19 universities. Today, there are more than 800 deserving
young men and women attending college thanks to this program.
And while it’s a program that recognizes the important
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even those who graduated decades ago, volunteer at the BMW
Championship. Some serve as caddies in the pro-am events,
donating their tips to the Evans Scholars Foundation, some are
greeters at the tournament entry gates, ready to provide
information. Alumni are a huge part of the base from which
contributions are made to support the scholarship program.
Title sponsor BMW of North America does it part, too. Last
year BMW even awarded a four-year scholarship to the foundation
when Hunter Mahan recorded a hole-in-one on the 17th hole
during the third round, a five-iron shot that also netted the player a
BMW i3, the company’s new electric car.
The Western Golf Association and Cherry Hills Country Club
have long and storied histories, and there’s every reason to believe
that the 2014 BMW Championship will add to the luster.
“Cherry Hills has served as a worthy venue for many of golf’s
finest championships and has been a long supporter of the Evans
Scholars Foundation, the sole beneficiary of the BMW
Championship,” Pellegrino says. “We’re looking forward to bringing
the world’s top players to Colorado for the 2014 PGA Tour
playoffs.”
Tickets will be limited. For more on the tournament go to
bmwchampionshipusa.com; for more on the WGA and Evans
Scholars Foundation, log onto wgaesf.org
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Christine Loomis is contributor to
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The BmW Championship
is coming to Colorado, in large part thanks to John elway
B
ack in 2011, the powers that be behind the BMW
Championship, part of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup
playoffs, announced that the 2014 edition of the
tournament would be played at Cherry Hills Country
Club in suburban Denver.
One of the men who helped make that happen was John Elway,
known to many Coloradoans as general manager and executive
vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos, the
team he led to two Super Bowl championships as quarterback in
1998 and 1999. A scratch golfer, Elway is also president of Cherry
Hills Country Club’s board of directors, and in that role he was
instrumental in bringing the BMW Championship to Denver.
Elway has been a member of the club since 1989, and he’s
proud to showcase his home golf course on the PGA Tour, which
hasn’t been in Colorado since the International was played for the
last time at Castle Pines in 2006.
“I’m honored to announce that Cherry Hills Country Club will
host the 2014 BMW Championship,” Elway said in 2011. “I’m
thrilled that we are bringing a premier PGA Tour event back to
Colorado.”
About the club’s course, which is shorter by today’s standards
than most on the Tour, Elway said, “It’s an old-style, traditional golf
course that you never get tired of playing. We’re thrilled to have the
event here. The players are so good these days, but we are confident
the course will hang in there and compete against these guys.”
During the announcement, Elway gave recognition to George
Solich, Colorado energy entrepreneur, philanthropist and general
chair for the 2014 tournament, as the power behind the move to
bring the tournament to Cherry Hills. Having the event in
Colorado is special to Solich, who is a former caddie and a recipient
of an Evans Scholarship, the primary beneficiary of the BMW
Championship.
“George Solich really led this charge for Cherry Hills Country
Club over the last 12 to 18 months,” Elway said. “He has done a
tremendous job of making this happen for this great club that we
are a part of. Without George, this would not have happened.”
Elway also gave credit to Coloradoans for being an excellent fan
base and he should know. “Colorado has so many great sports fans.
It’s always been a great place to come up here and play whatever
you play.”
The Tour players will no doubt find that to be true when they
arrive in September for the tournament that will run Sept. 1-7.
Sponsored by BMW of North America and conducted by the
Western Golf Association, the tournament has $8 million in prize
money with $1.44 million going to the winner.
While the contract that brings the 2014 BMW Championship
to the Mile High City is just for one year, no one, least of all Elway, is
discounting the possibility that a regular Colorado stop on the
PGA Tour calendar might become a tradition.
“We’re thrilled with the opportunity to host the BMW in
2014,” Elway said. “We’ll see what comes after that.”
Meanwhile, Elway and some of his sport-playing friends got
together to promote BMW ticket sales in an amusing YouTube
commercial. In it, Elway, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning,
former Bronco John Lynch and Chauncey Billups, who
attended the University of Colorado and played multiple
seasons for the Denver Nuggets, gather to attend Husher
School, where they try to learn how to keep golf fans quiet
during tournament play. If you haven’t seen it, check it out a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEeVNzcrYZU.
Fun and games aside, come September, it’s almost certain that
Colorado golf fans will prove Elway right by showing up in record
numbers to support what they hope will be the first of many PGA
Tour contests in the Centennial State.
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By Christine Loomis
C
hick Evans Jr. was not just one of the great players of
early golf. He was a visionary and philanthropist, and his
legacy has no doubt had an impact far beyond what
even he could have imagined when he first had the idea
to send deserving caddies to college.
Although he started the fund on his own, Evans soon saw that he
needed help to implement his program, which became known as the
Evans Scholars Program. In 1929, he turned to the Western Golf
Association (WGA), an association formed by a group of men
determined to promote golf in the western region of the United
States. The association was fittingly headquartered in Golf, Illinois,
and was soon hosting amateur and open championships to showcase
the exceptional talent of golfers who made their home in the west.
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In 1930, the WGA awarded its first two scholarships to caddies
Harold Fink and Jim McGinnis, both of whom went on to attend
Northwestern University, the same school Chick Evans had
attended. Until World War II, all Evans scholars attended
Northwestern, but that would change.
Tuition at Northwestern in 1930 was $150 per year, far less
than the investment Evans had initially made, which meant the
WGA had to find other worthy recipients. The group established
criteria for selecting applicants: scholarship, fellowship and
leadership. Today, those elements remain at the heart of the
program, which is now administered through the Evans Scholars
Foundation and funded through contributions from more than
100,000 golfers across the country, Evans alumni and proceeds
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from the WGA’s venerable BMW
Championship, the third of four playoff
events in the PGA Tour’s FedExCup
competition.
In 1940, the program developed
another element that would in many ways
define it going forward, even as it
celebrated what Evans had long felt about
the importance of caddies.
“The caddie is the lifeblood of the game
of golf—a great companion, a friendly
conversationalist and a smiling face,” he
had said. “This is what the game of golf is
truly all about.”
In that spirit, it was at Northwestern
University that the first Evans Scholars
Chapter House was established, where the
caddies would live and study together
cooperatively as a group. There are now 14
houses at 14 different universities:
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Marquette,
Miami, Michigan, Michigan State,
Minnesota, Missouri, Northern Illinois,
Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue and
Wisconsin.
“We believe that the sense of
empowerment fostered through Chapter
living is largely responsible for the
tremendous success of our 14 Evans
Scholarship Chapters,” say the Foundation
leaders, and the success of the houses
supports their belief. On each of the 14
campuses, the Evans Scholars Houses have
earned a reputation for high scholastic
achievement and community service, and
for fostering strong leadership and
communication skills among the residents.
Since 1930, more than 9,800 men and
women have graduated as Evans Scholars,
benefitting enormously from the generous
full tuition and housing paid by the
program. There are currently 840
students attending 19 universities, most of
them at the 14 schools with Evans
Scholarship Houses. However, 50 are at
five additional universities—Notre Dame,
Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State and
Washington—which have Evans scholars
though not a chapter house. Tuition and
housing paid out by the Foundation each
year exceeds $12 million. With college
costs skyrocketing, that number will only
go up—as will the need for the
scholarships.
Plans are in place to increase the
number of Evans Scholars in school and to
expand the organization’s geographic
footprint to take in the United States from
coast to coast, meaning that funding has
never been more critical.
Colorado golfers and fans have a chance
this year to rise to the occasion and help. In
September, the BMW Championship will
be played at Cherry Hills Country Club in
Denver for the first time, and the Evans
Scholars Foundation will be the sole
beneficiary.
“Cherry Hills Country Club, with its
world-class golf course and historical
significance, will provide a great venue for
the 2014 BMW Championship,” says
Andy Pazder, PGA Tour chief of
operations. “We appreciate the support
the championship has received at its recent
venues and believe that Denver will offer
optimal benefits for spectators, our players
and, ultimately, the Evans Scholars
Foundation.”
For info on the BMW Championship at
Cherry Hills Country Club Sept. 1-7, visit
bmwchampionshipusa.com. Learn more
about the scholarships at wgaesf.org
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Colorado Golf Magazine
Scholarship Requirements
To qualify, caddies must be nominated by their
club and meet four requirements:
Strong caddie record: Applicants must have
caddied, successfully and regularly, for a
minimum of two years and are also expected to
caddie and/or work at their sponsoring club
during the summer when they apply for the
scholarship.
Excellent academics: Applicants must have
completed their junior year of high school with
above a B average in college preparatory
courses and are required to take the ACT.
Demonstrated financial need: Applicants must
clearly establish their need for financial
assistance.
Outstanding character: Applicants must be
outstanding in character, integrity and
leadership.
Applicants are evaluated and compete on the
above criteria for the limited number of Chick
Evans Caddie Scholarships awarded
annually. The Scholarship Committee
interviews finalists and the final selection rests
with the Committee.
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By Susanne Kemper
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s 2014 the U.S. team’s year to win back the Ryder Cup? It’s a
feat that has not been accomplished since 2008 at Valhalla
Golf Club in Kentucky, and since 1993 in Europe. Revered
Gleneagles Golf Club hosts the 2014 Matches, but not on its
fabled James Braid courses. Instead, this year’s Cup will be
contested on Jack Nicklaus’ signature parkland layout for big
hitters, the PGA Centenary Course, originally named the
Monarch’s Course.
Many Europeans are dismayed that the Matches aren’t on one
of Scotland’s famed links.
Initial Matches were played at Gleneagles in 1921, with
Britain/Ireland winning 9-3. Seed merchant Samuel Ryder, an
ardent spectator and golfer, launched the Ryder Cup at tea in 1926.
In 1979, with U.S. teams dominating the Matches, Jack Nicklaus
suggested changing the format and team selection to include
Europe. Since then, Europe has won nine Matches, America four,
and there has been one tie.
European Captain Irelannd’s
Paul McGinley
Gleneagles Golf Club
On paper, the United States was predicted glory on Arnold
Palmer’s spectacular design at Ireland’s K Club in 2006, and again in
2010 at rain-drenched Celtic Manor in Wales. In 2012, the
European team prevailed yet again, this time at Medinah Country
Club in Illinois with a sensational Sunday singles win that has come
to be known as the “Miracle of Medinah.”
Needing a turnaround from these losses, the U.S. revised its
strategy and named Tom Watson 2014 captain. Loved by the Scots
as a native son, Watson brings a depth of unrivaled experience and a
focus from a “winning” generation, and he has no fear of doing
things his way to win, as he did in 1993 as captain—the U.S. team’s
last victory on European soil. Watson has chosen Andy North and
Raymond Floyd as vice captains.
Ireland’s Paul McGinley, Europe’s captain, isn’t a household
name, but he has been a perennial vice captain in the Ryder Cup
Matches and a victorious captain for many Seve Trophy teams.
McGinley also made the winning putt against Jim Furyk at The
Belfry in the 2002 Matches. He has chosen Scotland’s victorious
2002 Ryder Cup captain, Sam Torrance, and Ireland’s Des Smyth as
his initial vice captains.
Both captains have three picks, which will be critical
considering the multitude of new, young talent available for the 12man teams. Some Ryder Cup veteran players could be lacking
points.
Graeme McDowell, whose triumph over Hunter Mahan in
2010 secured the Cup, believes competition will be fierce. “There
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Tom Watson 2014 captain
are going to be two or three guys who miss, quality players,” he says.
“McGinley’s wild cards will be very hotly contested. [It will be] a
tough team to get on, and for America, too.”
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Zach Johnson agrees. ”All are grinding. They want to make the
team.”
Is Tiger a lock? Not like before. Potential newbies for the U.S. team
are Jimmy Walker, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Harris English.
Europe’s Victor Dubuisson, Henrik Stenson, Jamie Donaldson
and Thomas Bjorn appear in. It’s hoped that Scot Stephen
Gallacher will qualify so McGinley doesn’t need to use a pick.
Retouched by Nicklaus for the Matches, the par-72 PGA
Centenary Course now stretches 7,243 yards. The 18th hole
received the most changes in preparation for the Matches. “It’s not
a very difficult hole. It’s exciting. I’m very proud of it,” Nicklaus says.
Host Europe controls course set-up, which is always critical, but
will be even more so if it’s a “wet” Gleneagles. The European Tour’s
Johnny Walker Championships have also been contested here
annually, thus advantage Europe. But, it’s a big-hitters course, and
that gives the U.S. team more advantage.
“Gleneagles is a very unique course, creating a challenge in
itself,” Arnold Palmer notes. “I think America’s success will depend
on how seriously they approach the Matches, if their mental
toughness equals or betters [that of] the Europeans.”
NBC/Golf Channel Ryder Cup commentator, England’s Tom
Abbott, says, “The stretch from the par-4 14th on is testing and will
be tough. The par-5 16th is risk/reward and bombers can go for it
in two. The 18th is a good finish but isn’t that tough.”
As for Captain Watson, he’s old school. He only wants guys on
his team “with heart and guts.”
Game on at Gleneagles, Sept. 23-28.
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Susanne Kemper is a staff writer
with Colorado Golf Magazine
By Lisa Perry
Maroon Creek Club
PlayWorthy
A
spen may be a playground for the rich and famous, but
they also participate in local fundraisers, wallets wide
open. When it’s time to tee off, golf opportunities here
accommodate every handicap and tax bracket.
the recipients of what we do every day—and our program
members play to help us help them.” He continues, “We’re a fully
funded nonprofit like any other. This fundraiser is 40 percent of
our annual budget.” (Details at ChallengeAspen.org)
TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISERS
Aspen Junior Golf High Country Shootout: July 27-28
PGA Tour pro Chris DiMarco returns to host Aspen’s summer
staple that funds the junior golf program for 500 area youngsters.
At Sunday’s party, DiMarco serves as auctioneer for golf-experience
Chris DiMarco
Vince Gill
packages that have included Masters tickets and golf with pros. The
next day, anyone can attend a free teaching clinic before the
tournament at Aspen Golf Club, where the Aspen Junior Golf
Foundation maintains a clubhouse for its participants.
Organizers ensure that regardless of family income, any child
can take part in junior golf programs. Tournament director Charlie
Weaver says, “Our goals for kids are to learn the rules of golf, and be
ladies and gentlemen on the course—and in life. We emphasize
honesty, integrity and togetherness.” Money raised covers projects
such as recent, extensive clubhouse improvements. Weaver notes
the time, effort and funds donated by volunteers and supporters,
plus AJG’s positive relationships with City officials and vendors.
(Information at AspenJuniorGolf.com)
Vince Gill & Amy Grant Gala and Golf Classic: July 28-29
Country-music superstars Gill and Grant celebrate 10 years
hosting their annual fundraiser to benefit Challenge Aspen, a
nonprofit that offers year-round recreational, educational and
cultural experiences for anyone with a cognitive or physical
disability. Monday’s cocktail reception at the St. Regis Aspen Resort
features an always-anticipated concert by Gill and Grant. Tuesday
includes golf at Snowmass Club followed by an awards party.
Challenge Aspen’s development director, Jay Israel, says its
participants are part of the gala, including a performance by youth
from the organization’s music-and-dance camp. Golf foursomes are
joined by celebrities as well as those with varying degrees of injury,
including single-, double- and triple amputees. “Our supporters see
Maroon Creek Club
GOLF
Maroon Creek Club
(Aspen, private, 970-920-1533)
Owners have utilized $12 million over the past four years to fulfill
their golf goal to be “Augusta National at 8,000 feet,” says owner
representative Scott Erwin. Tom Fazio redesigned greens and
bunkers to USGA standards, tees were laser-leveled, the irrigation
system was replaced and fairways are now bluegrass. Augusta
National Club’s caddy master and half his staff work during
Colorado’s golf season at Maroon Creek’s stellar venue. “There’s not
one blind shot on the course. It’s one of the most beautiful settings
in the country, second to none, and this country club’s course
conditions, service and food are over the top.”
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River Valley Ranch Golf Club
Aspen Glen Golf Club
Ironbridge Golf Club
(Glenwood Springs, semi-private, 970-384-0630)
Tom Lehman led a just-completed course redesign to make this
former “most difficult course in the state” appeal to all levels of play.
Managing partner Jim Light says, “Tom’s design philosophy is that
the hole should be able to tell you how to play it. We’ve touched all
18 in some way—from eliminating bunkers to simple grassline
work to major fairway contouring.” Superintendant Eric Foerster is
dedicated to environmentally sensitive practices while growing in a
10,000-square-foot practice green, unique as a 9-hole putting
course. Light continues “We’re on the path of what’s going to make
golf fun for everyone.”
(Carbondale, semi-private, 970-963-3625)
Scenically located at the base of Mt. Sopris with the Crystal
River meandering through the course, RVR includes a number of
“wow” tee-shots, says General Manager and Director of Golf Alden
Richards. “We are a resort-destination course,” offering corporate
and group outings and stay-and-play packages. “It’s a golf course
that’s user-friendly, and each hole is right out in front in you. We
have a thriving junior golf program, and plots for ‘Fairway
Residences’ are being built on the seventh hole for people who
want to experience living here in summer.” The venue offers a
variety of memberships and public play, and houses popular
Finbarrs Irish Pub.
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(Carbondale, private, 970-704-1905)
Stunning views highlight this Jack Nicklaus II championship
mountain design. Director of Operations Dave Fiscus says, “About
99 percent of the time guests say it’s their favorite in Colorado with
tee placement, fairways that are wider than most, and greens that
are not overly undulated—but have character. They are firm and
fair.” Outstanding service levels and overall attention to detail
complement amenities. Additionally, “We have the best tennis
courts in the Valley with Har-Tru clay courts.” New value-focused
memberships are an attractive option, especially for families.
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Aspen Golf Club
Roaring Fork Club
(Basalt, private, 970-9100)
This Jack Nicklaus Signature course
was designed to blend seamlessly into the
natural terrain, and members enjoy the
challenges associated with Roaring Fork
River, Spring Creek and woodlands. If
golfers have difficulties with the landscape
or small greens, dramatic views offer
instant distraction.
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Lisa Perry is a staff writer with
Snowmass Club Golf Course
(Snowmass, private, 970-923-5700)
This Irish links-style course “twists
around a Rocky Mountain landscape,
creating an infinite number of playing
possibilities,” says Assistant General
Manager Geoff Gilliand. “The fairways are
sculpted and greens can be challenging,
but with five sets of tees, novices and pros
alike are guaranteed an adventure.”
Purchased this year by Toll Golf, members
enjoy a reciprocal arrangement with
participating clubs. A recently completed
$500,000 renovation project includes
improvements throughout the clubhouse,
restaurant and lounge areas. “Each year we
will continue this practice in other areas of
the club to help enhance the experience
and create a vital hub in this community.”
Aspen Golf Club
(Aspen, public, 970-429-1949)
The City of Aspen ensures its public
venue lives up to the high standards of its
residents, and succeeds with a pretty
course that is also a Certified Audubon
Cooperative Sanctuary. One of the longest
municipal courses in the state, there is
water on 14 holes along with some
spectacular views for golfers playing the
pastoral venue.
Photo by Gary Kellner, Dimpled Rock Photography
Snowmass Club Golf Course
Roaring Fork Club
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By Todd Hartley
Vail Golf Club
PlayWorthy
W
hen you think of Vail and
Beaver Creek, obviously
the first thing that comes
to mind is skiing. You
think of the mountains and snow and
wintertime activities. It’s only natural.
Vail and summer, on the other hand,
might go together in your mind like
bobsleds and Miami. But if you’re a golfer
and you think there’s nothing for you in
Vail in the summer, you’re overlooking a
goldmine of excellent courses, most of
which you can play without having to join
a club or take out a second mortgage.
Start in Vail, home to the Vail Golf
Club, a locals’ favorite since its opening in
The bikes come equipped with
saddlebags on each side of the rear tire to
hold clubs and gear, and while it’s easiest
to ride them on the paved cart paths,
their smooth tires allow golfers to pedal
across fairways without damaging the
turf. Book an early tee time if you want to
ride one, though. The four golf bikes, a hit
with eco-warriors and fitness fans alike,
usually get taken first thing in the
morning.
Around the corner from Vail, the Eagle
Vail Golf Club offers an affordable
alternative for families with the Willow
Creek Par 3 course. Perfect for kids,
beginners and experts looking to hone
their short games, the course’s longest hole
measures just 120 yards.
The regular-length Eagle Vail course, a
Devlin/Von Hagge design, is tucked up
against the hills along the Eagle River,
giving it plenty of changes in elevation and
two long river crossings that will test any
golfer’s nerves.
The upscale Sonnenalp Golf Club, in the
nearby town of Edwards, offers membership
packages and discounts to guests of Vail’s
Sonnenalp Hotel, but anyone is welcome to
book a tee time. The Jay Morrish/Bob Cupp
design nicely incorporates the rolling terrain
and features great views across the valley
toward Beaver Creek.
Eagle Vail Golf Club
1962. Laid out along the valley floor, with
Gore Creek a factor on numerous holes,
the course, which is open to everyone,
provides a suitable challenge for low
handicappers. But with five sets of tees, it’s
equally playable for less-accomplished
golfers, too. The wide fairways and
deceptive greens are well kept, and the
views looking toward the craggy peaks of
the Gore Range are spectacular.
This summer, Vail unveils a new 18th
hole, a par-5 that provides a fitting coda to a
fine layout. Also new this year is the Golf
Bike program, the first of its kind in
Colorado. Instead of taking a cart or
walking, golfers at Vail now have the option
of pedaling their way around the links on
one of the course’s four specialized Golf
Bikes designed by Florida’s Higher Ground
Golf Co.
Sonnenalp Golf Club
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Eagle Ranch Golf Club
The Club at Cordillera
A few minutes down the highway, in
the town of Eagle, Eagle Ranch Golf Club is
another affordable public option. The
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Arnold Palmer signature design winds
across rolling terrain with a nice mix of
hilly and open, links-style holes.
Farthest from Vail but easiest on the
wallet and well worth the drive, the public
Gypsum Creek Golf Club boasts a
challenging Pete Dye layout and is another
interesting possibility for families. The
club’s swimming pool is open to the public
as well, meaning non-golfers can splash
around for a few hours while their golfing
counterparts hit the links.
In addition to its fully public courses,
the Vail Valley also has a handful of topflight tracks reserved specifically for resort
guests, meaning they can be played by
anyone, as long as that anyone spends the
night in the right place.
Most notable among the valley’s resort
courses is Red Sky Ranch & Golf Club in
Wolcott. The resort’s two distinct 18-hole
layouts, designed by Greg Norman and
Tom Fazio, are consistently ranked among
the top courses in Colorado. They can only
be played by club members and anyone
staying at the club’s sizable list of lodging
partners in Vail, Avon and Beaver Creek.
Closer to Vail and perched on a hilltop
near the town of Edwards, The Club at
Cordillera boasts three excellent 18-hole
layouts open to members and visitors
staying at local resorts and lodging
partners. The Hale Irwin-designed
Mountain Course rolls across a former
working ranch near the top of the hills.
Higher still, the Summit Course, a Jack
Nicklaus design, will take your breath away,
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Beaver Creek Golf Club
Red Sky Ranch
emphatically private, with no real estate
development and a membership of just
300. Adam’s Mountain Country Club,
near Eagle, features a fine Tom Weiskopfdesigned course amid a quiet gated
community.
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Todd Hartley is a contributing writer to
literally, with spectacular views and an
elevation of 9,200 feet.
By contrast, Cordillera’s Tom Faziodesigned Valley Course is nestled near the
floor of the Eagle River Valley, giving it a
longer season and warmer temperatures
than its higher-altitude brethren.
Unlike Red Sky, Cordillera offers one
fully public option: the innovative Short
Course at Cordillera, a nine-hole par-3
layout designed by renowned short-game
guru Dave Pelz. With a par of 27 and four
different sets of tees, the Short Course is a
great place to hone your irons or teach the
game to your kids.
Running the length of the valley at the
foot of its namesake ski resort, the Beaver
Creek Golf Club, a scenic Robert Trent
Jones, Jr. design, is open to members and
guests staying at properties in Beaver
Creek, Bachelor Gulch and Arrowhead.
Lastly, if you can figure out a way to get
yourself a tee time, the Vail Valley also has
some premier private courses. The Jack
Nicklaus-designed Country Club of the
Rockies, in Edwards, is often regarded as
one of Colorado’s top-10 courses. Eagle
Springs Golf Club, a Jay Morrish/Tom
Weiskopf design in Wolcott, is
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By Matt McKay
PlayWorthy
T
he story goes: when Bill Coore made his first site visit to what is now a private
golf course on the eastern slope of the Tahoe basin, he began to lose interest in
taking on the project the higher and higher he was chauffeured into the
mountains.
The good news for Coore, and the future members of the project he eventually took
on and completed, is the results of the effort are spectacular. What Coore discovered on
arrival was land that, despite being in and surrounded by mountains, had areas level
enough to build a real golf course, free of tee-to-green trickery, with a premium on local
knowledge on and around the greens. These principles were executed despite the
apparent obstacles to traditional course design.
The circumstances Robert Trent Jones II encountered at Rollingstone Ranch are
similar. Despite the Rocky Mountain location at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort, Jones
rolled out a golf course that looks as though it’s been there for 10,000 years. It was golf
course land waiting to be discovered, as though the ancient lava flows streamed down in a
certain way, just for future fairways, and compressing strata hardened just so, allowing
Jones II to take advantage of elevation changes and gentle slopes in 1974.
The reality is, any course in the mountains is considered a “mountain course” by
definition. However, there’s a distinction between mountain courses and courses
constructed at elevation.
A mountain course built on the side of a hill can be a nightmare for both designer and
player. A mountain course might ask a player to accommodate the mountain slope by
hitting a drive into the left rough in order to get the ball on the right side of the fairway. A
mountain course typically has dramatic drop-offs on one, or sometimes both sides of the
fairway, and shots hit over these edges are irretrievable. A mountain course will inevitably
have one or more holes playing uphill, offering another design and playing challenge.
A mountain course that’s actually a course built at elevation, however, is a different
animal. Steamboat sits at 6,732 feet, but the Sheraton Steamboat Resort and much of the
town lie in a mountain meadow at the foot of peaks pushing their way into the blue
Colorado sky. But the peaks rise only for a few more hundred feet - you’re already in the
mountains, where the bear, the moose, the elk and other wildlife roam – often on the golf
course. And for golfers, the best news is, you won’t feel like a mountain goat playing the
course.
Within this meadow setting, Jones II used the lay of the land, it’s natural surroundings,
and Fish Creek to put down a 6,920-yard course (back, or Championship tee) that proves
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to be a comprehensive test. There will be
no driving off a mountainside here; there’s
plenty of land available to hit your ball offline. But there’s also plenty of trees, rough,
and old Fish Creek, to help inflate the
inaccurate golfer’s score.
“We have a lot of members that love to
bring their head pros up here, because they
know you can shoot 90 in a hurry if you’re
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not careful,” says General Manager Brian
Thorne. “If you’re going to play good golf
from the back tees, you’ve got to hit to a
spot...you can’t just close your eyes and hit
it. You have to place your ball all over the
course. There’s not a lot of leeway left-toright to the rough, a hazard, or trees.”
Golfers wind their way through alpine
forests, pine-covered granite canyons, and
scattered exposed areas, all the while
catching glimpses of the ski slopes that will
lure them back in due season. Par 5s spill
from tee boxes, par 4s promote a sense of
communion with the glorious setting, and
par 3s keep players attention with smartlyplaced bunkers, downhill yardages to
consider, and the occasional lurking pond.
Fish Creek imposes itself on players as
the round progresses. Thorne said the
creek “first becomes a problem” at the 564yard par 5 No. 10, which finishes with the
course’s signature defense, a tiny green
with tricky breaks. Then there’s the 166yard par-3 No. 14, and the 378-yard par-4
No. 15, where the rocky creek cuts
diagonally in front of both greens.
It’s a full-blown fix for golfers who enjoy
the air temperature and setting of a
mountain course, but aren’t fond of the lost
balls, intense requirements, and quirks of
playing on the side of a mountain.
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Matt McKay is a staff writer with
Golfinstruction
By Lisa Perry
I
f it’s good enough for the pros, then it’s destined to be an
option for Red Sky Golf Club members. When Director of
Golf Jeff Hanson decided to enhance his golfers’ experience
this season, he zeroed in on purchasing the industry’s best
launch monitor to become the cornerstone of Red Sky’s onsite
golf academy. After extensive research, he decided on a TrackMan
system (valued at more than $25,000), installed in March. The
result has been nothing but praise around the Vail Valley—and
some lower golf scores from golfers who have utilized it in lessons.
“All the PGA Tour players use it,” Hanson says. “People are lining
up to get on it.”
Red Sky’s TrackMan is one of only three in the state and the only
one at a mountain course. To track ball flight from launch to
landing, it uses a “Doppler radar principal” also used in radar
technology that monitors missiles and severe weather. “It tracks 19
different variables, and allows an instructor to analyze the ball in
flight and provide valuable feedback we never could before,” says
Hanson. “It’s a value to our membership and resort guests, and gives
them something new to see.” He cites club-head speed, attack angle
and club path as important factors that are pinpointed, rather than
surrounded by estimations. “Now we have a number in front of us.”
Hanson tried it out with his own golf swing. “I found out that my
club path wasn’t what I thought it was, and my face angle was
different than I thought.”
In order to complement the high-tech system, Hanson says that
Red Sky’s pros have been trained with TrackMan courses and
representatives. “I wanted to improve the academy and wanted the
experience for members to be better—they come out of lessons
feeling like we’ve taken out the guesswork.” Golf club fittings are
enhanced as well. “Numbers don’t lie. Spin rate and launch angle and
club path influence distance. TrackMan is great for lessons, but also
optimizes the ability to adjust club shafts and heads, and hit farther.”
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Veteran PGA Tour player Larry Rinker is director of instruction
and has managed the Red Sky Golf Academy for five years. Open
year-round, the academy embraces a philosophy of improving
overall body mechanics along with golf swings, and incorporates its
onsite fitness center equipment alongside golf lessons. At the
indoor venue, golfers hit into a net and ball flight is precisely
monitored by TrackMan for distance, carries and rolls—impossible
to evaluate during previous sessions where only a video camera
recorded hits into snow.
What else is new at Red Sky? Hanson says, “It’s been a great
summer. The weather has been perfect and both courses are in
great shape. This year we hired a full-time activities director in
charge of non-golf activity: flyfishing expeditions, hikes and biking
across Vail Valley. Now members have opportunities to do
something beyond golf and also meet people.” He says youngsters
enjoyed a four-day junior “adventure camp,” with golf in the
morning and a different activity each afternoon, while adults took
yoga classes, and attended social events such as wine tastings.
Award-winning Red Sky is scenically located on a mountainside
just west of Vail. Two championship 18-hole courses—one created
by Greg Norman, the second designed by Tom Fazio—are a
distinct study in contrasts offering a variety of playing experiences.
“With 250 members plus guests of Vail Resorts properties, Red Sky
is a unique model,” says Hanson. Courses switch daily between
members-only and guest-resort designations, but members always
have the flexibility to play either one. “We have a young, vibrant,
active membership from all over the country and with events
outside of golf—now we have ski days—we are more than just a sixmonth, summertime designation.” For more information, go to:
RedSkyGolfClub.com, or call 866.873.3759.
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Lisa Perry is a staff writer with Colorado Golf Magzine
One of the things I love most about teaching golf is sharing with my students how to accurately
reference the paths of the golf swing. While most higher-handicap golfers play what I call “see-hit-andhope golf,” it is my experience that is not the case with players on the professional tours. Rather, these
players move their clubs in reference to very specific paths throughout the swing.
Takeaway Path
In the backswing, I want to power the takeaway through my
shoulder rotation in order for my arms and hands to move directly
back on top of the toe line. There is a point in the swing when the
shaft is level to the ground. If the club is on the correct path, the
shaft should be directly on top of the toe line. Swing flaws can
easily occur at this point if the shaft is either too far inside or outside
the toe line. Set-up Path
When setting up to the golf ball, I have a specific path that goes
from the target in the distance back through my golf ball. This is
called the target line and this line is the path on which I want my
golf ball to travel. As I set up to the ball, I am standing parallel to
the target line, establishing what I call the toe line; it’s this line to
which my body and toes are aligned.
The key to a good set-up is to tilt from the hips so the arms and
hands hang directly on top of the toe line. This is important
because I want my hands and golf club to move directly on top of
the toe line in the takeaway in order for the golf club to be on the
correct path for a straight ball flight. These lines are very
important references in the golf swing. To help a player establish
these lines, I often use sticks or clubs on the ground to serve as
reference points.
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Forward Swing Path
The setting of the golf club now serves the purpose of
establishing what I call the forward swing plane or path. If you were
to draw a line through the shaft in transition, ideally you would
want that line to point to the golf ball/target line. This line is now
the path of my hands in the forward swing. As I rotate my body in
the forward motion of the golf swing, my hands will be on this
same path as they move precisely in reference to the swing plane.
You can see this in the finish of my swing. Transition Path
The key to transitioning from backswing to forward swing is
“setting” the golf club correctly. In order to keep the golf club on
path, I need to execute the proper hinging of my wrist. The goal
of this hinging motion is to precisely angle the shaft of the golf
club so that the butt of the club points to the target line/golf ball
in transition, depending on the length of my swing. The great
Jack Nicklaus described this hinging motion as “feeling the
weight of the club cocking the wrist for me,” so he could angle or
“set” the golf club to the target line in transition
By referencing these swing paths throughout the golf swing, you will have greater clarity and an increased ability to produce the type
of swing that will help you execute your best shots
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Rob Stanger, director of golf instruction at Alpine Country Club, coaches on the PGA and the LPGA Tours.
Contact him at [email protected], and visit his website at robstangergolf.com
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The Finest in Luxury Autos, Travel, Fashion and Jewelry
Thailand
By Aaron Atwood
luxuryautos
H
ello World! BMW has broken the mold and
challenged all assumptions regarding what a sports
car can and ought to be. The BMW i8 takes on all
comers in a hybrid cage match made for a Vegas
promoter. It’s sexy, powerful and loaded, and at 94 mpg, you’ll
feel great about driving it every day.
You’ll look great driving it as well, turning heads because it’s
impossible not to stare at this inspiring design. The
Lamborghini-like scissor doors only add to the feeling that
you’re driving something very special. You won’t be mistaken
for driving a 5-series Bimmer in the i8. This is new. In fact, BMW
put design controls into the hands of an entirely new division in
its Bavarian headquarters. Nothing about the i8 says, “I’m a
cousin of the M Drive.”
The values of the I Division seem to rank sustainability
heavily along with innovation. The feeling you get when you lift
the cover on the i8 is inspiring. Aluminum chassis, bolts (instead
of steel) and wiring (instead of copper) help make the i8 a
lightweight in the luxury sports-car division. At a curb weight of
just over 3,200 lbs., it’s comparable to most coupes. Granted, the
backseat of the i8 is probably better for storing your sunglasses
than your kids, but the wheelbase on the i8 is long like a sedan.
BMW took pains to use special glass in the rear window and
ductwork in the heating/cooling system to save weight, ideas
that may set the trend for decades to come. Not to mention that
sitting in the i8 may send you immediately into the future of car
making. In summary, the Tesla Model S is probably the closest
competition and it weighs in at 4,600 pounds. Lucky for BMW
that these two aren’t in a boxing match.
Don’t misunderstand; there are plenty of features that make
the i8 a BMW to the core. The grill features the kidney shape
that has defined BMW forever. BMW blue trim rings several of
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the interior and exterior features, and the
all-familiar chevron on the hood ensures it’s
branded as one of the best in the business.
But the body on this beauty was not
modeled after her daddy’s BMW.
One look at the hood with its venting,
lines and mean-looking curves will have
you clamoring. This is the best-looking
BMW ever. It has more athleticism than
the M6 and enough class to put Mercedes
and Jaguar on their heels. The bodylines
are dynamic. The doors are creased
lengthwise and scooped at the handles.
You may want to do some stretching
before entering or exiting the wing-style
doors, but even just putting those doors up
and gazing at the i8 is too much fun to miss.
Try it out in downtown Denver and you’ll
instantly have 50 new best friends—this
car is a people magnet.
For all the technology that goes into
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making the i8, you won’t find yourself
fumbling to make it work. It works like a
car, not nuclear power plant. That said
there is a load of work going on inside to
make the three-cylinder gas engine marry
well with the electric motor. The electric
motor works only the front wheels; the gas
engine powers a six-speed transmission on
the rear wheels, providing instant all-wheel
drive.
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Now, let’s talk numbers. The 1.5-liter,
three-cylinder gas engine is a directinjected, turbo-charged powerhouse. It’s
the Sugar Ray Leonard of the motor world.
With 231 horsepower and 236 pound-feet
of torque, this little engine absolutely can
and does pack a punch. The left hook that
is the combustion engine is followed by a
right-hand electric motor. The electric
motor produces 129 horsepower (96
kilowatts) and 184 pound-feet of torque.
Together, the two generate 362
horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque.
This output gets a 0-60 time of 4.2
seconds according to BMW. A quartermile is covered in just over 12 seconds.
These are true sports-car numbers. And
with a limited top speed of 155 mph,
there’s plenty of performance for everyone.
The AWD makes driving the i8 fun—even
the engine note is awesome. Though
BMW had to generate the engine noise by
pumping it through the speakers, I
challenge you to point out any hint of
artificiality.
The i8 is a contender and will raise your
heart rate and your status on any street in
the USA.
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Aaron Atwood is a staff writer
with Colorado Golf Magazine
Where to Test Drive the i8
Murray BMW of Denver
900 South Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO 80246
(855) 579-9692
murraybmwofdenver.com
Winslow BMW of Colorado Springs
730 N Circle Dr
Colorado Springs CO 80909
(877) 461-6421
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By Timothy J. Pade
Chiangmai Highlands Golf & Spa Resort
luxuryTravel
T
he extraordinary reputation of
the people of Thailand is not
exaggerated. From the simplest
farming communities to cities
such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thai
people are genuinely kind and sincere. And
they are always smiling. That warmly
welcoming attitude is contagious.
Still considered by some a bit Third
World, Thailand actually enjoys a strong
Interestingly, caddies at all golf courses
in Thailand are female. The caddy who
holds your umbrella to protect you from
the sun or fetches your favorite club will
also gladly massage your back and find a
cold towel for your neck. And she’ll do
that while also providing accurate
yardage and reading your putts. The cost
for this level of service is a mere 400
baht—approximately $13!
shower and change into clean clothes in
the clubhouse. Most facilities are
expansive, providing more than 30 private
showers and large, beautifully appointed
locker rooms.
And then there are the courses
themselves. Siam Country Club in Pattaya
has three championship golf courses. The
qualifying course for the International
BMW Championships is one of the newer
layouts and, as one would expect, it offers
exceptional golf. Siam Country Club is the
first privately owned golf course in
Thailand and the first facility in the
country to host an LPGA event. Its
stunning contemporary clubhouse has
everything.
Owner Prasertchai Phornprapha,
affectionately known as Khun Chai, is
Siam Country Club
economy. The value of products and a
high-quality lifestyle remain inexpensive
there by comparison with much of the rest
of the world. Accommodations at even the
best hotels are affordable, and most come
with the luxuries any world traveler wants
and expects. The mantra we found in
Thailand was “live our lifestyle.”
Aside from rich cultural offerings,
Thailand is one of the few places in the
world that you can visit and enjoy a
lifestyle that would come at a much higher
price almost anywhere else today. Food,
accommodations and, yes, golf are still
inexpensive in Thailand, as are a multitude
of luxury services including famed Thai
massages. For many tourists, a primary
benefit of visiting this incredible place is
the lifestyle that can be enjoyed at a
relatively modest price.
For golfers, the benefits are even
greater. This gorgeous, exotic country is
home to some of the most beautiful golf
courses in the world. According to the
Thai Golf Association, there are more than
200 golf courses just from Phuket to
Pattaya and on to Bangkok.
Siam Country Club clubhouse
Most golf courses also offer a high level
of amenities. In Thailand, for example, after
finishing a round of golf, it’s normal to
proud of his club and of the lifestyle that his
country offers. “Here it’s all about how we
live,” he says. “Where else can you live the
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Lotus Valley Golf Resort Hole No. 18
Lotus Valley Golf Resort Hole No. 18
Bamgra Golf Club
lifestyle we enjoy? Manicures, pedicures
and massages are just a few of the luxuries
easily afforded here. Thailand offers a
lifestyle found nowhere else.”
Another first-class facility is Lotus
Valley Golf Resort. This Gary Player design
is about an hour’s drive from Bangkok.
Opened in 1998, Lotus Valley is a 7,015yard championship layout with a modern
clubhouse complete with Japanese baths.
Greens fees vary from about $50 to $120
per round, depending on the time of day,
season, etc.
The Kingdom of Thailand offers
championship golf with water features, fruit
trees and much of what you would find
anywhere in the world. One golf course,
however, also includes monkeys. Seriously,
monkeys everywhere. Bangpra Golf Club
north of Pattaya was built in 1958 and
updated in 1988. This mature facility is one
of the prettiest courses in the area, and it can
be played for approximately $35-$90,
depending on time and day of play.
In Chiang Mai, in northwestern
Thailand, Chiang Mai Highlands Golf and
Spa Resort offers every conceivable
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Lotus Valley Golf Resort
amenity. This family facility provides for
spectacular
mountain
golf
at
approximately $100 a round for visitors.
Opened in 2005, the Lee Schmidt and
Brian Curley design plays to a par 72 at
7,003 yards.
Another excellent hotel in the area is
Siripanna Villa Resort & Spa, with just 74
spacious, luxurious rooms and villas.
Gorgeous teak furniture throughout and
an abundance of luxury touches make this
a property not to be missed.
Chiang Mai is famous for the Maesa
Elephant Camp, a conservation center
with some 70 elephants on property that
have been trained to entertain thousands
of visitors from around the world. Most
impressive are the Guinness World Record
and Ripley’s Believe it or Not noted
painting elephants. These highly-trainedpachyderms-turned-highly-paid-artists
commanded $50,000 for a painting titled
“Lanna,” purchased by a Thai-born U.S.
businessman. Daily painted canvasses sell
for as much as $100. The Elephant Camp
is a must see when visiting Chiang Mai.
Also there is Wat Phra That Doi
Suthep, a Theravada Buddhist temple and
the holiest shrine in northern Thailand.
Built in 1386, the temple is on a
luxuryTravel
mountaintop at 3,542 ft. and accessible by 300 steps or via a lift.
The gold-plated temple is home to many shrines, bells, golden
umbrellas and Buddha statues. Thailand has many temples in
every village and city as well as in homes and businesses. The Thai
people are extremely religious and these temples are fascinating
places to visit.
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luxuryTravel
Siripanna Villa Resort & Spa
The names Doubletree, Hilton and Best Western in the United
States are typically associated with nice, modern accommodations.
In Thailand, however, these brands are high-end luxury properties.
The new Hilton Pattaya is spectacular, as is the Hilton Sukhumvit
Bangkok, where gorgeous marble baths complement expansive
guest rooms. Restaurants at these hotels are on par with top
restaurants in New York or Las Vegas.
Thailand simply has too many incredible places to list in one
article, but one thing is certain: there is no more amazing place to
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vacation, whether the focus is golf, tennis or exotic culture, and the
value for dollars spent is phenomenal.
For those interested in a Thai golf vacation, or golf getaway
anywhere in Asia, the go-to resource is GolfAsian. GolfAsian is a
leading tour operator and can provide discounted bookings for tee
times, accommodations and transportation. Simply log onto
golfasian.com.
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Timothy J. Pade is the publisher of Colorado Golf Magazine
BANGKOK AND VINCINITY
• Alpine Golf & Sports Club
• Bangkok Golf Club
• Bangpakong Riverside Country Club
• Chuan Chuen Golf Club
• Green Valley Country Club
• Ekachai Golf & Country Club
• Kiarti Thanee Country Club
• Krungthep Kreta Sports Club
• Krung Kavee Golf Course & C. C.
• Lakewood Country Club
• Muang Ake Golf Course
• Muang Ake Vista Golf Course
• Muang Kaew Golf Course
• Navatanee Golf Course
• Panya Indra Golf Club
• Pinehurst Golf & Country Club
• Royal Army Sport Center
• Royal Lakeside Golf Club
• Subhapruek Country Club
• Tanya Tanee Country Club
• Thai Country Club
• The Rosegarden Golf Club
• The Royal Golf & Country Club
• The Vintage Club
• Unico Golf Course
• Windsor Park & Golf Club
NORTH (CHIANG MAI - CHIANG RAI - SUKHOTHAI)
• Chiang Mai Green Valley C. C.
• Chiang Mai Highlands Golf & Spa
• Chiang Mai Lamphun Golf Club
• Lanna Golf Club
• Mae Jo Golf Club
• Royal Chiang Mai Golf Club
• Santiburi G. & C. C. Chiang Rai
• Waterford Valley Golf Club Chiang Rai
• Water Land Golf Course - Sukhothai
NORTH EAST (KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK)
• Bonanza Golf & Country Club
• Forest Hills Golf & Country Club
• Khao Cha-Ngok Golf Course
• Kirimaya Golf Course & Resort
• Mission Hills G. & C. C.
• Rooks Korat Country Club
• Royal Hills Resort & Golf Club
• Voyaga Panorama Golf Club
• Eastern Star Golf Club
• Great Lake Golf & Country Club
• Greenwood Country Club
• Khao Kheow Country Club
• Laem Chabang International C. C.
• Mountain Shadow Golf Club
• Pattaya Country Club
• Pattana Golf Resort & Sport Club
• Plutaluang Navy Golf Course
• Phoenix G. & C. C.
• Rayong Green Valley C. C.
• Siam Country Club
• Sriracha International Golf Course
• Soi Dao Highland Golf Club
• St. Andrews 2000
• The Emerald Golf Resort
• The Legacy Crystal Bay Golf Club
• Treasure Hill G. & C. C.
• Wanjuntr Golf Park Highland Course
• Wanjuntr Golf Park Valley Course
WEST (HUA HIN)
• Black Mountain Golf Course
• Hua Hin Seoul Country Club
• Majestic Creek Country Club
• Palm Hills Golf Resort & C. C.
• Royal Hua Hin Golf Club
• Sawang Resort Golf Club
• Springfield Royal Country Club
• The Imperial Lake View G. C.
WEST (KANCHANABURI - RIVER KWAE)
• Blue Canyon C.C. - Canyon Course
• Blue Canyon C.C. - Lakes Course
• Laguna Golf Club
• Loch Palm Golf Club
• Phuket Country Club
• Mission Hills Phuket CC
• Thai Muang Beach Golf & Marina
• Tublamu Royal Navy Golf Course
SOUTH (KOH SAMUI)
• Santiburi Samui Country Club
MORE UP-COUNTRY COURSES
• Rajaprabha Golf Course (Surat Thani)
• Sirikit Dam Golf Course (Uttarathit)
• Victory Park Golf & Country Club (Nongkai)
• Youth Garden Golf Course - Laos
EAST (PATTAYA - EASTERN SEABOARD REGION)
• Bangpra International G. & C. C.
• Burapha Golf Club
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Left Bank
finedining
T
he Colorado Rockies are known
for spectacular skiing and golf,
and of course, beauty. The
summertime also provides for
amazing weather for great hiking, biking,
fishing, camping, boating and much more.
Colorado’s world-class mountain resort
towns are also known for movie stars,
nightlife and now, more than ever, worldclass dining.
Over the years, Vail has attracted some
of America’s and Europe’s finest chefs.
With sophisticated palette’s Vail’s
restaurants offer visitors and residents
world-class dining experiences.
One of Vail’s top restaurants for more
than 40 years is the Left Bank. Featuring
authentic French cuisine, this newly
renovated gourmet spot in the heart of Vail
Village has an extensive wine list,
incredible ambience overlooking the
beautiful Gore Creek as it flows through
town and you must see the new
contemporary design. The sumptuous
dining experiences feature such trademark
appetizers as Foie Gras, Escargots,
Coquilles St. Jacque and more! Traditional
entrées include; Steak au Poivre, Rack of
Lamb, Bouillabaisse and many other
incredible creations by Chef Jean-Michael
Chelain. For reservations, call 970-4763696 after 1pm.
A favorite European style dining
experience, Pepi’s Bar & Restaurant is
housed
in
the
Hotel
Gastof
Gramshammer. a landmark Vail property
with an Austrian restaurant featuring wild
game such as Venison, Quail, Wild Boar,
Canadian Caribou and Elk Loin to name a
few! Other Bavarian delights attract any
“foodie” such as Weiner Schnitzel, fresh
Dover Sole and a Pistachio Crusted
Chilean Seabass, just a sampling of their
amazing menu. Established in 1964,
owners Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer’s ,
authentic European Inn and restaurant are
landmarks in the Vail Valley. The Inn
provides 38 rooms, which include six
suites and a penthouse all of which come
with a complimentary continental
breakfast. For hotel reservations call 800610-7374. For restaurant reservations call
970-476-4671.
If you are looking for a steakhouse, one
of the newer establishments in the Vail area
is Elway’s, yes named after two-time
Denver Bronco Superbowl champion
quarterback, John Elway. The Vail locale is
one of four Elway’s restaurants with
locations in Cherry Creek , downtown
Denver inside the Ritz Carlton Denver, the
Pepi’s Bar& Restaurant
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finedining
Elway’s
Vendetta’s
newest location on concourse B at Denver
International Airport, and this spectacular
location in Vail.
You can order USDA Prime hand-cut
steaks, seafood and specialty items such as
short rib tacos, Rhode Island-style
calamari, lamb chop fondue, crispy
mushroom risotto fritters and more! This
is not your typical steakhouse! Portions
are large and the ambiance is an
outstanding chophouse with an elegant,
charming feel. Tucked into The Lodge at
Vail, the outdoor patio is private and
adorned with wildf lowers everywhere.
Elway’s also features a large bar area with
reasonable happy hour from 4pm-6pm
and extensive wine list. For reservations
call 970-754-7818.
For those looking for a little more of a
casual dining experience, Vendetta’s Italian
Restaurant is a “locals favorite.” With a
menu featuring a vast selection of
everything from the town’s best pizza, to a
choice of pasta favorites, Vendetta’s is a
family friendly sports bar atmosphere and
social bar. Vendetta’s has a relaxing and
expansive patio. This is a great place for a
slice of pizza and a specialty beer, or a bottle
of wine and veal scaloppini, Vendetta’s
offers traditional dishes too. For
reservations call 970-476-5070.
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Juniper Restaurant
Down valley, in Edwards, Colorado is a
“diamond in the rough,” a gastronomic
delight called Juniper Restaurant. This
local fine dining facility is along the Eagle
River less than 15 minutes west of Vail.
Beginning with amazing appetizers such as
a braised pork belly dish that melts in your
mouth. The Duck Confit Pizza is a
tantalizing “flat bread” with Carmelized
Onions, Figs, Goat Cheese and
Pomegranite Syrup and the Yellowfin Tuna
Poke with Wonton Chips, Wakame Salad,
Guacamole and Pickled Fresno Chilles, are
not to be missed. This “New American
Restaurant,” features Blue Corn Crusted
Rocky Mountain Trout, Bone-In Ribeye,
Seared Duck Breast, Alaskan Halibut, a
Glazed Pork Chop and other amazing
main course dishes. Juniper has an
extensive wine list and patrons can sit at
the expansive bar or make reservations by
calling 970-926-7001.
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Colorado Golf Magazine Staff
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By Christine Loomis
fineJewelry
I
n 2002 Harry Winston created a custom
tennis bracelet for Serena Williams to
wear on and off the court during the
U.S. Open. It was the most
notable accessory complementing
her famously skintight black Lycra
one-piece outfit, a startling headturner on Arthur Ashe court at
that ime. A $29,000 version of the
bracelet was later available in
Harry Winston stores.
Before Serena, other players
sported tennis bracelets, including
Steffi Graf. But it was Chris Evert who
made sports and jewelry history in 1987
when she halted her U.S. Open tennis
match to find the diamond bracelet that
had slipped off her wrist. In that unexpected
moment, Evert and her elegant bracelet with its
single row of diamonds launched a fashion
phenomenon. The term “tennis bracelet”
became known across the globe.
It was a new name, but the classic
design had been around for years,
known as an eternity or in-line diamond
bracelet. It is sometimes still listed as
such in fine jewelry collections and
catalogs. There’s no question that the
bracelet’s popularity rose as athletes
embraced the notion of wearing a light
diamond bracelet during matches,
bringing a heightened sense of fashion to
competitive play.
After Evert’s Grand Slam mishap, many
jewelers wisely started fitting tennis bracelets
with a small safety chain to prevent them from
falling even if the clasp failed, and that has been a
benefit for active women everywhere.
More than 25 years later, the tennis
bracelet’s popularity continues. Riki Stein,
vice president of Leeds and Son Fine
Jewelers in Palm Desert, Calif., says,
“The tennis bracelet has become a
classic wardrobe item, a must-have for
its versatility—from the tennis court
to the golf course to a desert gala.”
The bracelet is noted for its
classically simple design of set diamonds that encircle the wrist, but
variations abound. Leeds and Son, for example, carries traditional
diamond-only bracelets, as well as those that incorporate other
gemstones such as sapphires and emeralds for a pop of color.
“There are also different ways to set a tennis bracelet, with shared
prongs or the use of three or four prongs,” Stein says. “Or they are
set in yellow or white gold or in platinum. It is very versatile.”
Whether classic or contemporary, sterling or platinum, there’s a
tennis bracelet for every woman. Pricing typically varies according
to the metal used and the total carat weight (ctw) of the diamonds.
By any name or variation, the tennis bracelet remains the single
piece of jewelry most closely connected to sport fashion. Wearing
one creates a sense of enduring style and elegance, on or off the
court or course.
Roberto Coin Jewelers, which has
a boutique on El Paseo in Palm
Desert, Calif., brings contemporary
styling to the bracelet, adding
appeal for today’s wearer. The
Cento Amuleto Bracelet, for
example, features alternating links of
white gold and pave diamonds along with round-cut,
bezel-set Cento diamond drops. With 8.75 ctw, this
bracelet is priced at $120,500; it is also
available in yellow gold. Also in the Cento
collection is the 18-karat white gold
Cento Tulip Tennis Bracelet, 3.25 ctw,
priced at $14,500, and the 18-karat
white gold Cento C-Profile Line
Bracelet, 6.50 ctw, at $34,000.
robertocoin.com
Blue Nile, founded in 1999 and now one of
the largest online retailers of certified diamonds
and fine jewelry, has a huge selection of tennis
bracelets starting at about $2,600 and
reaching $41,000. The $2,600 bracelet
available at the time of this writing, for
example, is 18-karat white gold with 1 ctw.
A tennis bracelet priced at $28,070 is
platinum with 10 ctw. The Cushion
Diamond Bracelet with its single row of
41 spectacular cushion diamonds (12.46
ctw) sells for $41,000. And for women
who prefer yellow gold, there is an 18karat bracelet with 3 ctw priced at
$4,600, and another with 7 ctw
priced at $10,500. bluenile.com
Nordstrom also offers the
popular bracelet in several variations
on its website, and some pieces are
available in Nordstrom store locations
as well. For parents who have a young
daughter starting out in tennis or golf,
Nordstrom features a sterling silver tennis bracelet with cubic
zirconia in place of diamonds. It could be the perfect gift before a
first tournament, and it’s well priced at $128. There’s also a
traditional bracelet in 18-karat white gold with a single line of
radiant, round-cut diamonds (1.05 ctw) listed at $3,995, as well as
the Riviera Diamond Line Bracelet by Kwiat in 18-karat white gold
with 2 ctw for $5,000. shopnordstrom.com
Bloomingdale’s also has a selection of tennis bracelets, ranging
in price from $7,000 to $28,000, some of which are also available in
Bloomingdale’s stores. Bracelets in 14-karat yellow gold start at
$7,000 for 2.50 ctw, and top out at $28,000 for a total weight of 10
ct. Bracelets with 3.50 and 8.0 ctw are priced at $9,000 and
$21,800, respectively. The same bracelets are available in 14-karat
white gold, and there’s also a white-gold bracelet with 6.0 ctw,
which retails for $15,000. bloomindales.com
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By Aaron Atwood
W
ith the FedEx Cup Playoffs coming to Colorado
this fall (the BMW Championship at Cherry Hills
Country Club), every PGA Tour player with
Colorado ties wants to see himself win on home
soil. Only the top 70 players after the first two playoffs tournaments
will make it to the no-cut BMW Championship.
Kevin Stadler was 25th in the FedEx Cup standings after his
near miss at the Alstom Open de France. Stadler missed a short
putt to finish second. In June, he finished 63rd at the U.S. Open.
He’s earned more than $2 million in prize money this season.
Andrew Svoboda is taking advantage of his first fully exempt
year on the PGA Tour. His runner-up at the at the Zurich Classic
Total Winnings for 2014
$52,394
2/09
2/16
3/16
4/20
5/04
5/18
5/25
6/01
6/08
6/22
6/29
Allianz Championship
ACE Group Classic
Toshiba Classic
Greater Gwinnett Championship
Insperity Invitational
Regions Tradition
Senior PGA Championship
Principal Charity Classic
Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf
Encompass Championship
Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS
T70
T72
T52
W/D
T47
T58
T75
T80
T28
T49
T62
$1,264.00
$1,096.00
$3,869.44
$5,866.66
$4,400.00
$3,875.00
$752.50
$11,500.00
$5,220.00
$4,050.00
$60,421
2/09
3/16
3/23
4/20
5/04
5/18
5/25
6/01
6/22
6/29
Toshiba Classic
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic
Regions Tradition
Mitsubishi Electric Championship
Toshiba Classic
Regions Tradition
T38
T63
T70
W/D
W/D
T3
T68
$11,000.00
$2,362.50
$1,360.00
3/17 Toshiba Classic
9/22 Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship
ACE Group Classic
Toshiba Classic
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classi
Regions Tradition
T54
T50
T59
T51
T32
T31
CUT
T39
T17
T73
T77
56
Mitsubishi Electric Championship
ACE Group Classic
Toshiba Classic
Regions Tradition
T24
T30
T54
T32
T67
T72
T67
T46
T15
T39
T75
$752.50
$1,044.00
$3,440.00
$5,250.00
$2,800.00
$4,009.09
$13,800.00
$15,510.00
$8,225.00
$18,250.00
$1,188.00
$1,458.00
$176,748
2/09
2/16
3/16
3/23
4/20
5/04
5/18
6/01
6/08
6/22
6/29
ACE Group Classic
Toshiba Classic
Regions Tradition
$92,588
1/19
2/09
2/16
3/16
4/20
5/18
5/25
6/01
6/08
6/22
6/29
T80
T76
$102,500.00
$1,638.00
$118,963
2/16
3/16
3/23
4/20
5/04
5/18
5/25
6/01
6/08
6/22
6/29
$2,480.00
$945.00
$736.00
$10,800.00
$5,866.66
$3,740.00
$19,500.00
$6,300.00
$7,920.00
$2,133.00
$1,797
$118,861
1/19
3/16
3/23
5/04
5/18
6/08
6/22
T59
T76
T79
T35
T47
T59
T21
T46
T39
T71
$18,500.00
$12,053.34
$3,440.00
$11,287.50
$1,824.00
$1,606.00
$4,037.50
$6,300.00
$24,000.00
$7,920.00
$1,620.00
T21
T11
T20
T37
T47
T43
T38
T22
T10
T73
T28
$18,160.00
$32,000.00
$19,500.00
$8,000.00
$6,120.00
$8,400.00
$11,880.00
$16,115.90
$34,000.00
$1,188.00
$21,384.00
$322,060
2/09
2/16
3/16
3/23
4/20
5/04
5/18
5/25
6/01
6/22
6/29
ACE Group Classic
Toshiba Classic
Regions Tradition
T59
T37
T16
T19
T21
T4
T31
T59
T33
T6
T35
$2,480.00
$8,320.00
$27,125.00
$21,013.34
$18,607.50
$119,000.00
$15,510.00
$4,350.00
$10,791.67
$55,800.00
$15,862.50
PlayerProfiles
paired with his 63rd at the Greenbrier Classic makes him nearly a
sure lock to keep his card in 2015. He sits at 73rd in the FedEx Cup
standings.
Martin Laird is 148th in the FedEx Cup standings. His
February 19th-place showing at the Waste Management Phoenix
Open was a season best. With over $300,000 in earnings, he’s No.
154 on the money list heading into the Scottish Open.
David Duval continues his comeback efforts in 2014 with
mixed results. His 25th-place finish at the Zurich Classic was
followed by a missed cut at the Travelers Championship. Duval is
194th in the FedEx Cup standings and 197th on the money list.
He’s made three cuts this season.
In Champions Tour news, one-time Castle Rock resident
Esteban Toledo finished sixth at the Encompass Championship in
June. He sits 25th on the 2014 money list with $322,060
Former DU ladies golfer Sue Kim has made five-of-13 cuts on
the LPGA Tour and has pocketed over $33,000 in prize money.
_______________________________________
Aaron Atwood is a staff writer with
$349,613
$0
2/13
3/20
3/27
4/17
4/24
5/1
5/8
5/22
5/29
6/5
6/26
Has not played in 2014
Northern Trust OpenRiviera CC
T65
Arnold Palmer Invitational
T76
Valero Texas Open TPC San Antonio
Cut
RBC Heritage Harbour Town Golf Links Cut
Zurich Classic of New Orleans TPC LouisianaCut
Wells Fargo Championship Quail Hollow T30
THE PLAYERS Championship TPC Sawgrass Cut
Crowne Plaza Invitational
T30
the Memorial Tournament
Cut
FedEx St. Jude Classic TPC Southwind
T60
Quicken Loans National Congressional CC Cut
$2,002,801
1/30
2/6
2/13
2/19
3/6
4/10
4/17
5/8
5/22
5/29
6/12
6/19
Waste Management Phoenix Open
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Northern Trust Open Riviera CC
WGC: Accenture Match *
World Golf Championships
Masters Tournament Augusta National GC
RBC Heritage Harbour Town Golf Links
THE PLAYERS Championship
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
U.S. Open Golf Championship
Travelers Championship
T1
T45
T23
T33
T47
T8
T38
Cut
Cut
T28
T63
T73
$1,116,000
$18,499
$57,955
$48,000
$57,000
$234,000
$23,200
$38,647
$20,775
$12,028
John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run
HP Byron Nelson Championship
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Puerto Rico Open
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
T153
Cut
W/D
Cut
T25 $54,230
Cut
Cut
T35 $29,139
$40,106
$37,200
$12,644
$49,959
3/16
3/30
4/13
4/27
5/04
5/18
5/25
6/08
6/22
6/29
7/06
Brasil Champions Presented by HSBC
Chitimacha Louisiana Open
El Bosque Mexico Championship
WNB Golf Classic
South Georgia Classic
BMW Charity Pro-Am
Rex Hospital Open
Cleveland Open
Air Capital Classic presented by Aetna
United Leasing Championship
Nova Scotia Open
T12
T47
T45
CUT
CUT
T27
CUT
CUT
T17
T65
T12
$16,200.00
$1,636.25
$2,135.00
$4,333.33
$9,000.00
$1,494.00
$13,162.50
$1,092,478
$94,709
7/10
6/19
6/5
5/15
4/24
3/20
3/6
2/6
$13,869
$11,780
3/6
3/27
4/24
5/1
5/15
5/22
5/29
6/5
6/19
6/26
7/3
Puerto Rico Open
Valero Texas Open TPC San Antonio
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Wells Fargo Championship
HP Byron Nelson Championship
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
Quicken Loans National Congressional CC
The Greenbrier Classic The Old White TPC
T26
T26
T2
T44
Cut
Cut
T19
T6
T71
T46
T64
$29,050
$45,880
$598,400
$20,861
$65,238
$181,540
$12,214
$16,900
$13,585
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Applewood Golf Club
14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Reservations (303) 279-3003.
Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Aurora Hills Golf Course
50 S. Peoria St., Aurora. Reservations (303) 364-6111,
(303) 326-8333. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Arrowhead Golf Club
10850 W. Sundown Trail, Littleton. Reservations (303) 973-9614.
Bear Creek Golf Club
12201 Morrison Rd., Denver. Reservations (303) 980-8700.
Private-18 holes. Par 72.
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1. Applewood Golf Club
2. Arrowhead Golf Club
3. Aurora Hills Golf Course
4. Bear Creek Golf Club
5. Bear Dance
6. Boulder Country Club
7. Box Elder Creek Golf Course
8. Broadlands Golf Course
9. Buffalo Run Golf Course
10. Black Bear Golf Club
11. Castle Pines Golf Club
12. Littleton Golf & Tennis Club
14. Cherry Creek Country Club
15. Cherry Hills Country Club
16. City Park Golf Course
17. Coal Creek Golf Course
18. Columbine Country Club
19. Country Club at Castle Pines
20. Deer Creek Golf Club
21. Denver Country Club
22. Eagle Trace Golf Club
23. Broken Tee Golf Course
24. Evergreen Golf Course
25. Fitzsimons Golf Club
26. Flatirons Golf Course
27. Foothills Golf Course
28. Fossil Trace Golf Club
29. Fox Hollow Golf Course
29. Fox Hollow Golf Course, Homestead
30. Glenmoor Country Club
31. Green Gables Country Club
32. Green Valley Ranch Golf Course
36. Heather Ridge Country Club
37. Heritage at Eagle Bend CC
38. Heritage at Westmoor
39. Highlands Ranch Golf Club
40. Hiwan Golf Club
41. Hyland Hills, The Courses at
42. Indian Peaks Golf Course
43. Indian Tree Golf Club
44. Inverness Golf Club
45. Kennedy Golf Center
46. Lake Arbor Golf Course
47. Lakewood Country Club
48. Legacy Ridge Golf Course
49. Link at Highlands Ranch
50. Lone Tree Golf Club
51. Meadow Hills Golf Course
52. Meadows Golf Club
53. Meridian Golf Club
54. Common Ground Golf Course
56. Murphy Creek Golf Course
57. Omni Interlocken Resort
58. Overland Park Golf Course
59. Park Hill Golf Club
60. Perry Park Country Club
77. Pinehurst Country Club
78. Pinery Country Club
79. Plum Creek Golf and Country Club
61. Raccoon Creek Golf Club
62. Ranch Country Club
63. Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course
64. Red Rocks Country Club
65. Ridge at Castle Pines North
66. Rolling Hills Country Club
67. Saddle Rock Golf Course
68. Sanctuary
69. South Suburban Golf Course
70. Springhill Golf Course
72. Thorncreek Golf Club
73. Valley Country Club
74. Wellshire Golf Course
75. West Woods Golf Club
76. Willis Case Golf Course
80. Riverdale Golf Courses
81. Pradera, The Club at
82. Colorado Golf Club
83. Blackstone Country Club
84. Heritage Todd Creek
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Bear Dance, the Golf Club at
6630 Bear Dance Road, Castle Rock. Reservations (303)
681-4653. Public-18 hole. Par 72.
Denver Country Club
1700 E. 1st Ave. & Gilpin St., Denver. Reservations
(303) 733-2444. Private-18 holes. Par 71.
Hyland Hills, The Courses at
9650 N. Sheridan Blvd., Westminster. Reservations
(303) 428-6526. Public-27 holes.
Boulder Country Club
7350 Clubhouse Road, Boulder. Reservations
Eagle Trace Golf Club
1200 Clubhouse Dr., Broomfield. Reservations
(303) 466-3322. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Indian Peaks Golf Course
2300 Indian Peaks Trail, Lafayette. Reservations
(303) 666-4706. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Box Elder Creek Golf Course
32000 E 144th Ave, Brighton. Reservations (303) 659-7177
Evergreen Golf Course
29614 Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen. Reservations
(303) 674-6351. Public-18 holes. Par 69.
Indian Tree Golf Club
7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Lafayette. Reservations
(303) 403-2541. Public-18 holes. Par 70.
Broadlands Golf Course
4380 W. 144th Ave., Broomfield. Reservations
(303) 466-8285. Public-18 holes. Par 70.
Fitzsimons Golf Club
2323 Scranton, Aurora. Reservations (303) 364-8125.
Inverness Golf Club
200 Inverness Way West, Englewood. Reservations
(303) 397-7878. Resort-18 holes. Par 70.
Broken Tee Golf Course
2101 W. Oxford, Engelwood. Reservations (303) 762-2670.
Flatirons Golf Course
5706 E. Arapahoe Rd., Boulder. Reservations
(303) 442-7851. Public-18 holes. Par 70.
Kennedy Golf Center
10500 E. Hampden Ave., Denver. Reservations
(303) 755-0105. Public-27 holes. Par 72.
Buffalo Run Golf Course
15700 E. 112th Ave., Commerce City. Reservations
(303) 289-1500. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Foothills Golf Course
3901 S. Carr St., Denver. Reservations (303) 409-2400.
Lake Arbor Golf Course
8600 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Reservations
(720) 898-7360. Public-18 holes. Par 70.
Cannongate at Black Bear
11400 Canterberry Pkwy., Parker. Reservations
(303) 840-3100. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Fossil Trace Golf Club
3050 Illinois Street, Golden. Reservations (303) 277-8750.
Lakewood Country Club
6800 W.10th, Lakewood. Reservations (303) 233-0503.
Cannongate at Blackstone
7777 Country Club Dr., Aurora. Reservations
(303) 680-0245. 18- Private.Par 72.
Fox Hollow Golf Course
13410 W. Morrison Rd., Lakewood. Reservations
(303) 986-7888. Public-27 holes. Canyon Meadows: Par 71.
Links-Meadows: Par 72. Canyon Links: Par 71.
Legacy Ridge Golf Course
10801 Legacy Ridge Pkwy., Westminster. Reservations
(303) 438-8997. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Castle Pines Golf Club
1000 Hummingbird Drive, Castle Rock. Reservations
Cherry Creek Country Club
2405 S. Yosemite Street, Denver. Reservations
Cherry Hills Country Club
4125 S. University Blvd., Cherry Hills Village. Reservations
City Park Golf Course
2500 York, Denver. Reservations (303) 295-2096.
Coal Creek Golf Course
585 W. Dillon Rd., Louisville. Reservations (303) 666-7888.
Colorado Golf Club
8000 Preservation Trail, Parker. Reservations
Columbine Country Club
17 Fairway Lane, Littleton. Reservations (303) 794-6333.
Fox Hollow Golf Course, The Homestead
11500 West Hampden Ave., Lakewood. Reservations
(720) 963-5181. Public-18 holes. Par 62.
Glenmoor Country Club
110 Glenmoor Drive, Cherry Hills. Reservations
Green Gables Country Club
6800 W. Jewell, Denver. Reservations (303) 985-1525.
Green Valley Ranch Golf Course
4900 Himalaya Road, Denver. Reservations (303) 371-3131,
Public 18-hole. Par 71.
Heather Ridge Country Club
13521 E. Iliff Ave., Aurora. Reservations (303) 755-3550.
Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club
23155 East Heritage Pkwy, Aurora. Reservations
(303) 400-6700. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Heritage Todd Creek
8455 Heritage Circle, Thornton. Reservations (720) 655-1779.
Link at Highlands Ranch
5815 E. Gleneagles Village Parkway, Highlands Ranch.
Reservations (303) 470-9292. Public-18 holes. Par 62.
Littleton Golf & Tennis Club
5800 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton. Reservations
(303) 794-5838. Public-18 holes. Par 62.
Lone Tree Golf Club
9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Reservations
(303) 799-9940. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Meadow Hills Golf Course
3609 S. Dawson St., Aurora. Reservations (303) 326-8333.
Meadows Golf Club
6937 So. Simms, Littleton. Reservations (303) 409-2250.
Meridian Golf Club
9742 S. Meridian Blvd., Englewood. Reservations
Murphy Creek Golf Course
1700 S. Old Tom Morris Road, Aurora. Reservations
(303) 397-1818, (303) 361-7300, Public-18 Holes. Par 72.
Common Ground Golf Course
10110 E. Golfers Way, Aurora. Reservation (303) 340-1520,
Public 18-holes. Par 70.
Country Club at Castle Pines
6400 Country Club Dr., Castle Rock. Reservations
Deer Creek Golf Club at Meadow Ranch
8137 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton. Reservations
(303) 978-1800, Public 18-holes. Par 70.
Heritage at Westmoor
10555 Westmoor Dr., Westminster. Reservations
(303) 469-2974. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Highlands Ranch Golf Club
9000 Creekside Way, Highlands Ranch. Reservations
(303) 471-0000. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Hiwan Golf Club
30671 Clubhouse Lane, Evergreen. Reservations
Omni Interlocken Resort, 800 Eldorado Blvd.,
Broomfield. Reservations (303) 464-9000, Resort-27 holes.
Par 72.
Overland Park Golf Course
1801 So. Huron St., Denver. Reservations (303) 777-7331.
Park Hill Golf Club
4141 E. 35th Ave., Denver. Reservations (303) 333-5411.
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Perry Park Country Club
7047 Perry Park Blvd., Larkspur. Reservations
Pinehurst Country Club
6255 W. Quincy, Denver. Reservations (303) 985-1559.
Pinery Country Club
6900 Pinery Parkway, Parker. Reservations
(303) 841-2850. Private-27 holes. Lake Valley, Par 72:
Mountain Lake, Par 72: Valley Mountain, Par 72.
Plum Creek Golf and Country Club
331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock. Reservations
(303) 688-2611. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Pradera, The Club at
5225 Raintree Dr., Parker Reservations (303) 607-5700.
Raccoon Creek Golf Club
7301 W. Bowles Ave. Littleton. Reservations
(303) 973-4653. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Ranch Country Club
11887 Tejon St., Westminster. Reservations (303) 466-2111.
Private-18 hole. Par 70.
Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course
2156 Red Hawk Ridge Dr., Castle Rock. Reservations
(720) 733-3500. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Red Rocks Country Club at Willow Springs
16234 W. Belleview Ave., Morrison. Reservations
Ridge at Castle Pines North
1414 Castle Pines Pkwy., Castle Rock. Reservations
(303) 688-0100. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Riverdale Golf Courses (Dunes & Knolls)
13300 Riverdale Rd., Brighton. Reservations
(303) 659-6700. Public-36 holes. Par 73.
Rolling Hills Country Club
15707 W. 26th Avenue. Reservations (303) 279-7858.
Saddle Rock Golf Course
21705 E. Arapahoe Road, Aurora. Reservations
(303) 699-3939. Public 18-holes. Par 72.
Riverdale Golf Courses (Dunes)
Springhill Golf Course
800 Telluride, Aurora. Reservations (303) 397-1818,
(303) 739-6854. Public-18 holes. Par 64.
Wellshire Golf Course
3333 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver. Reservations
(303) 757-1352. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Thorncreek Golf Club
13555 Washington St., Thornton. Reservations
(303) 450-7055. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
West Woods Golf Club
6655 Quaker St., Arvada. Reservations (720) 898-7371.
Valley Country Club
14601 E. Country Club Dr., Aurora. (303) 690-6377.
Willis Case Golf Course
4999 Vrain St., Denver. Reservations (303) 455-9801.
Sanctuary
7549 Daniels Park Road, Sedalia. Reservations
(303) 224-2860. Private-18-holes. Par 72.
South Suburban Golf Course
7900 S. Colorado Blvd., Centennial. Reservations
(303) 770-5508. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
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876 Eighteen and a half Road, Fruita. Reservations
(970) 858-0521. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
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Battlement Mesa Golf Club
3930 N. Battlement Parkway, Battlement Mesa. Reservations
(970) 285-7274. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
1. Adobe Creek National GC
2. Battlement Mesa Golf Club
3. Bookliff Country Club
6. Conquistador Golf Course
7. Dalton Ranch Golf Course
8. Deer Creek Village Golf Club
9. Devils Thumb Golf Club
10. Divide Ranch & Club
11. Hillcrest Golf Club
12. Ironbridge Golf Club
13. Lincoln Park Golf Course
14. Links at Cobble Creek
16. Black Canyon Golf Club
17. Redlands Mesa, The Club at
18. Rifle Creek Golf Club
19. Glacier Club
20. Cornerstone Club
21. Tiara Rado Golf Course
22. Yampa Valley Golf Club
23. Bridges at Black Canyon
Black Canyon Golf Club
1350 Birch St., Montrose. Reservations (970) 249-4653.
Bookcliff Country Club, 2730 G Road, Grand Junction.
Reservations (970) 242-9053. Private-18 holes. Par 70.
Bridges at Black Canyon
2500 Ogden Rd, Montrose. Reservations (970) 252-1119.
Conquistador Golf Course
2018 N. Dolores Road, Cortez. Reservations
(970) 565-9208. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Cornerstone Club
567 Mountain Village Blvd., Telluride. Reservations (970)
728-8253. Priivate-18 holes.
Dalton Ranch Golf Course
589 County Road 252, Durango. Reservations
(970) 247-8774. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Deer Creek Village Golf Club
500 SE Jay Ave., Cedaredge. Reservations (970) 856-7781.
Devils Thumb Golf Club
968 1560 Road, Delta. (970) 874-6262,
Divide Ranch & Club
105 N. Badger Trail, Ridgeway. Reservations
(970) 626-5284. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Glacier Club
600 Glacier Club Dr., Durango. Reservations
(970) 375-8300. Private-27 holes.
Hillcrest Golf Club
2300 Rim Drive, Durango. Reservations (970) 247-1499.
430 Ironbridge Dr., Glenwood Springs Reservations
Lincoln Park Golf Course
8 Mantlo Ct., Grand Junction. Reservations (970) 242-6394.
Links at Cobble Creek
265 Courthouse Peak Ln., Montrose Reservations
(970) 240-9542. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Redlands Mesa, The Club at
2325 W. Ridges Blvd., Grand Junction. Reservations
(970) 263-9270. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Rifle Creek Golf Club
3004 State Highway 325, Rifle. Reservations
(970) 625-1093. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
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Tiara Rado Golf Course
2063 S. Broadway, Grand Junction. Reservations
(970) 245-8085. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Yampa Valley Golf Club
2179 Highway 394, Craig. Reservations (970) 824-3673.
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1. Aspen Glen Golf Club
2. Aspen Golf Course
3. Beaver Creek Golf Club
4. Breckenridge Golf Club
5. Catamount Ranch and Club
8. Copper Creek Golf Club
9. Cordillera, The Club at Mtn Course
9. Cordillera, The Club, Summit Course
9. Cordillera, The Club, Valley Course
10. Gypsum Creek Golf Club
11. Country Club of the Rockies
12. Crested Butte Country Club
13. Dos Rios Country Club
14. Eagle Ranch Golf Club
15. Eagle Springs Golf Club
16. Eagle Vail Golf Club
17. Estes Park Golf Course
18. Fox Acres Country Club
20. Grand Elk Ranch & Club
21. Grand Lake Golf Course
22. Grandote Peaks Golf Club
23. Haymaker Golf Course
24. Keystone Ranch Golf Course
26. Maroon Creek Club
29. Pagosa Springs Golf Club
30. Pole Creek Golf Club
31. Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks
32. Red Sky Golf Club
33. Rio Grande Club
34. River Course at Keystone
35. River Valley Ranch Golf Club
36. Roaring Fork Club
39. Shadow Hills Golf Club
40. Sheraton Steamboat Golf Club,
41. Shining Mountain Golf Club,
42. Snowmass Club
43. Headwater Golf Course
44. Sonnenalp Golf Club
46. Vail Golf Course
47. Lakota Canyon Golf Club
48. Brightwater Club
49. Adam’s Rib Ranch
50. Cattails Golf Club
51. Four Mile Ranch
Copper Creek Golf Club
104 Wheeler Place, Copper Mountain. Reservations
(970) 968-3333. Resort-18 holes. Par 70.
Cordillera, The Club at Mountain Course
650 Clubhouse Drive, Edwards, Reservations
Cordillera, The Club, Summit Course
190 Gore Trail, Edwards. Reservations (970) 926-5300.
Cordillera, The Club, Valley Course
0101 Legends Drive, Edwards Reservations (970) 926-5950.
Country Club of the Rockies
676 Sawatch Dr., Edwards. Reservations (970) 926-3021.
Crested Butte Country Club
385 Country Club Drive, Crested Butte. Reservations
(970) 349-6131. Resort-18 holes. Par 70.
Dos Rios Country Club
501 Camino Del Rio, Gunnison. Reservations
(970) 641-1482. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Eagle Ranch Golf Club
0050 Lime Park Dr., Eagle. Reservations (970) 328-2882.
Eagle Springs Golf Club
28521 Highway 6 and 24, Wolcott. Reservations
Eagle Vail Golf Club
431 Eagle Drive, Avon. Reservations (970) 949-5267.
Resort-18 holes. Par 72.
Estes Park Golf Course
1080 S. St. Vrain, Estes Park. Reservations (970) 586-8146.
Four Mile Ranch
705 Cowboy Way, Canyon City. Reservations
(719) 275-5400. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Fox Acres Country Club
3350 Fox Acre Drive West, Red Feather Lakes. Reservations
Grand Elk Ranch & Club
1321 Ten Mile Drive, Granby. Reservations (877) 389-9333.
Resort/Public 18-hole. Par 71.
Adam’s Rib Ranch
1094 Frost Creek Drive, Eagle. Reservations
(800) 627-0439. Private-18 hole. Par 72.
Brightwater Club
4000 Gypsum Creek Rd., Gypsum. Reservations
(970) 777-1270. Private-18 hole.
Grand Lake Golf Course
1415 County Road 48, Grand Lake. Reservations
(970) 627-8008. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
545 Bald Eagle Way, Carbondale. Reservations
Breckenridge Golf Club
200 Clubhouse Drive, Breckenridge. Reservations
(970) 453-9104. Public-27 holes. Par 72.
Grandote Peaks Golf Club
5540 Hwy 12, La Veta. Reservations (719) 742-3391.
Aspen Golf Course
39551 Hwy 82, Aspen. Reservations (970) 925-2145.
Catamount Ranch and Club
708 Lincoln Ave., Steamboat Springs. Reservations
(970) 871-9200. Private-18 holes.
Gypsum Creek Golf Club
530 Cotton Ranch Drive, Gypsum. (970) 524-6200.
Public 18-holes. Par 72.
Beaver Creek Golf Club
103 Offerson Rd., Beaver Creek. Reservations
(970) 754-5775. Resort-18 holes. Par 70.
Cattails Golf Club
6615 N. River Road, Alamosa. Reservations (719) 589-9515.
Haymaker Golf Course
34855 US Highway 40 East, Steamboat Springs. Reservations
(970) 870-1846. Public-18 holes.
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P.O. Box 1110, Granby. Reservations (970) 887-2709,
Keystone Ranch Golf Course
1254 Soda Ridge Rd., Keystone. Reservations
(970) 496-4250. Resort-18 holes. Par 72.
Lakota Canyon Ranch Golf Club
1000 Clubhouse Drive, New Castle. Reservations
(970) 984-9700. Public-18 Holes.
Maroon Creek Club
10 Club Circle, Aspen. Reservations (970) 920-4080.
Private-18 holes.
Pagosa Springs Golf Club
#1 Pines Club Pl., Pagosa Springs. Reservations
(970) 731-4755. Resort-27 holes.
Pole Creek Golf Club
US Hwy 40, Winter Park. Reservations (970) 887-9195.
Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks
2929 Golden Eagle Road, Silverthorne. Reservtions
(970) 262-3636, Public 18-holes. Par 72.
Red Sky Golf Club
376 Red Sky Road, Wolcott. Reservations (970) 754-8425.
Fazio Course, Private-18 holes. Par 72.
Norman Course, Public-18 holes.
Rio Grande Club
0285 Rio Grand Trail, South Fork. Reservations
(719) 873-1997. Publoc 18-holes. Par-72.
River Course at Keystone
155 River Course Drive, Keystone. Reservations
(970) 496-4444. Resort-18 hole. Par 71.
303 River Valley Ranch Drive, Carbondale. Reservations
(970) 963-3625. Public 18-holes. Par 72.
Roaring Fork Club
100 Arbaney Ranch Road, Basalt. Reservations
Shadow Hills Golf Club
1232 County Road 143, Canon City. Reservations
(719) 275-0603. Public-18 holes.
Sheraton Steamboat Golf Club, 2000 Clubhouse Drive,
Steamboat Springs. Reservations
(970) 879-1391. Resort-18 holes. Par 72.
Shining Mountain Golf Club, 100 Lucky Lady Drive,
Woodland Park. Reservations (719) 687-7587. Public-18
holes. Par 72.
Snowmass Club
The, 446 Snowmass Club Circle, Snowmass Village.
Reservations (970) 923-5700. Resort-18 holes. Par 71.
Sonnenalp Golf Club
1265 Berry Creek Road, Edwards. Reservations
(970) 477-5372. Resort-18 holes. Par 71.
Vail Golf Course
1778 Vail Valley Drive, Vail. Reservations (970) 479-2260.
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North on Highway 36, Longmont. Reservations
Link-N-Greens Golf Course
777 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Reservations
(970) 221-4818. Public-18 holes. Par 65.
Loveland, Olde Course at,
2115 W. 29th St., Loveland. Reservations (970) 667-5256.
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Ballyneal Golf Club
58839 County Rd FF, Holyoke. Reservations
(970) 854-5900. Private-18 holes.
Boomerang Golf Links
7309 4th Street, Greeley. Reservations (970) 351-8934.
City Park Nine Golf Course
411 S. Sryan, Fort Collins. Reservations (970) 221-6650.
Public-18 holes. Par 69.9
Collindale Golf Course
1441 E. Horsetooth Road, Fort Collins. Reservations
(970) 221-6651. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Colorado National Golf Club
2700 Vista Pkwy, Erie. Reservations (303) 665-9590.
1. Boomerang Golf Links
4. Collindale Golf Course
5. Coyote Creek Golf Course
6. Eaton Country Club
8. Fort Collins Country Club
9. Fort Morgan Golf Course
10. Fox Hill Country Club
11. Greeley Country Club
13. Highland Hills Golf Course
16. Lake Valley Golf Club
17. Link-N-Greens Golf Course
18. Loveland, Olde Course at,
19. Mad Russian Golf Course
20. Mariana Butte Golf Course
22. Pelican Lakes Golf and CC
25. Ptarmigan Golf & Country Club
26. Riverview Golf Course
27. Saddleback Golf Club
29. Southridge Golf Club
30. Northeastern 18
34. Twin Peaks Golf Course
35. Ute Creek Golf Course
36. Colorado National Golf Club
39. Ballyneal Golf Club
40. City Park Nine Golf Course
41. Highland Meadows GC
42. Hamony CLub
Coyote Creek Golf Course
222 Clubhouse Dr., Fort Lupton. Reservations
(303) 857-6152. Public-18 holes.
Highland Hills Golf Course
2200 Clubhouse Drive, Greeley. Reservations
(970) 330-7327. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Eaton Country Club
37661 Weld County Road 39, Eaton. Reservations
Highland Meadows Golf Course
6300 Highland Meadows Pkwy., Windsor. Reservations
(970) 204-4653. Public-18-hole. Par 69.4
Fort Collins Country Club
1920 Country Club Road, Fort Collins. Reservations
Mad Russian Golf Course
P.O. Box 301, Milliken. Reservations (970) 587-5157.
Mariana Butte Golf Course
701 Clubhouse Drive, Loveland. Reservations
(970) 667-8308. Public-18. Par 72.
Northeastern 18
17408 Hwy 14, Sterling. Reservations (970) 522-3776.
Public-18 holes.
Pelican Lakes Golf and Country Club
1600 Pelican Lakes Point, Windsor. Reservations
(970) 674-0930. Semi/Private-27 holes.
Pelican Lakes 18 holes. Par 73.
Pelican Falls 9-holes. Par 34.
Ptarmigan Golf & Country Club
5412 Vardon Way, Fort Collins. Reservations
(970)226-6600. Private-18 holes. Nicklas Par 72.4.
Riverview Golf Course
13064 County Road 370, Sterling. Reservations
(970) 522-3035. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Saddleback Golf Club
8631 Frontier St., Firestone. Reservations (303) 833-5000.
Southridge Golf Club
5750 S. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins. Reservations
(970) 416-2828. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Twin Peaks Golf Course
1200 Cornell St., Longmont. Reservations (303) 772-1722.
Ute Creek Golf Course
2000 Ute Creek Drive, Ute Creek. Reservations
(303) 776-7662. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Fort Morgan Golf Course
17586 County Road T.5. Reservations (970) 867-5990.
Fox Hill Country Club
1400 East Highway 119, Longmont. Reservations
Greeley Country Club
4500 W. 10th, Greeley. Reservations (970) 353-2431.
Hamony CLub
6432 Grand Tree Blvd. Timnath. Reservations
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600 Antelope Drive West, Bennett. Reservations
(303) 644-5992, Public-18 holes. Par 72.
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Antler Creek Golf Course
9650 Antler Creek Drive, Falcon. Reservations
(719) 494-1900. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
1. Antelope Hills Golf Course
2. Appletree Golf Course
3. Broadmoor Golf Club
5. Colorado Springs Country Club
8. Country Club of Colorado
9. Desert Hawk at Pueblo West GC
10. Eisenhower Golf Course
11. Elmwood Golf Course
12. Cheyenne Shadows
13. Gleneagle Golf Course
14. Hollydot Golf Course
15. King’s Deer
16. Kissing Camels Golf Club
19. Patty Jewett Golf Club
20. Pine Creek Golf Club
21. Pueblo Country Club
23. Silver Spruce Golf Club
26. Spring Valley Golf Course
27. Springs Ranch Golf Club
28. Sumo Golf Village, The
30. Valley Hi Golf Club
31. Walking Stick Golf Club
33. Woodmoor Pines
34. Antler Creek
35. Flying Horse, The Club at
36. Cougar Canyon Golf Links
Appletree Golf Course
10150 Rolling Ridge Rd.,Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 382-3649. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Broadmoor Golf Club
One Portales Road, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 577-5790. Resort-54 holes. Par 72.
Cheyenne Shadows Golf Club
7800 Titus Blvd., Fort Carson. Reservations (719) 526-4122.
Chipeta Golf Course
222 29 Road, Grand Junction. Reservations
(970) 245-7177. Public-18 holes.
Colorado Springs Country Club
3333 Templeton Gap Road, Colorado Springs. Reservations
Cougar Canyon Golf Links
304 Shanahan Dr., Trinidad. Reservations (719) 422-7015.
Public-18holes. Par 72.
Country Club of Colorado
125 E. Clubhouse Drive, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 538-4095. Resort-18 holes. Par 71.
Desert Hawk at Pueblo West Golf Club
251 S. McCullogh Blvd., Pueblo West. Reservations
(719) 547-2280. Public-18 holes.
Eisenhower Golf Course
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 333-4735. Military-36 holes: Par 72.
Elmwood Golf Course
3900 Thatcher Ave., Pueblo. Reservations (719) 561-4946.
Pine Creek Golf Club
9850 Divot Trail, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 594-9999. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Walking Stick Golf Club
4301 Walking Stick Blvd., Pueblo. Reservations
(719) 553-1180. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Flying Horse, The Club at
1880 Weiskopf Point, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 494-1222. Private-18 holes Par 72.
Pueblo Country Club
3200 8th Ave., Pueblo. Reservations (719) 542-2941.
Woodmoor Pines
18945 Pebble Beach Way, Monument. Reservations
(719) 481-2272 ext. 250. Private-18 holes. Par 72.
Gleneagle Golf Course
345 Mission Hills Way, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 488-0900, Public-18 hole. Par 73.
Silver Spruce Golf Club
401 Glasgow, Peterson AFB. Reservations (719) 556-7414.
Military-18 holes. Par 72.
Hollydot Golf Course
55 N. Park Way, Colorado City. Reservations
(719) 676-3341. Public-27 holes.
Gold Links: Par 71. West: Par 36.
Spring Valley Golf Course
42350 Road 21, Elizabeth. Reservations (303) 646-4240.
Public-18 holes.
King’s Deer
19255 Royal Troon Dr., Monument. Reservations
(719) 481-1518. Public-18 holes. Par 70.
Kissing Camels Golf Club
4500 Kissing Camels Drive, Colorado Springs. Reservations
Patty Jewett Golf Club
900 E. Espinola, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 385-6934. Public-27 holes. Par 72.
Springs Ranch Golf Club
3525 Tutt Blvd., Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 573-4863. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Sumo Golf Village, The
5201 Gary Player Dr., Florence. Reservations
(719) 784-4653. Public-18 holes. Par 71.
Valley Hi Golf Club
610 S. Chelton, Colorado Springs. Reservations
(719) 385-6911. Public-18 holes. Par 72.
Broadmoor Golf Club
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PrivateClubdirectory
CLUB
LOCATION
INITIATION
FEE
MONTHLY
DUES
Adam’s Mountain CC
Aspen Glen Club
Ballyneal Golf Club
Bear Creek GC
Bookcliff CC
Boulder CC
Broadmoor GC
Canongate at Black Bear
Canongate at Blackstone
Castle Pines CC
Castle Pines GC
Catamount Ranch
Cherry Creek CC
Cherry Hills CC
Colo Golf Club
Colo Springs CC
Columbine CC
Cordillera, The Club at
Cornerstone Club
CC of Colorado
CC of the Rockies
Denver CC
Eagle Springs GC
Eaton CC
Flying Horse CC
Ft Collins CC
Fox Hill CC
Garden of the Gods Club
Glacier Club
Glenmoor CC
Greeley CC
Harmony Club
Hiwan Golf
Inverness GC
Lake Valley GC
Lakewood Country Club
Maroon Creek
Meridian GC
Monument Hill Country Club
Perry Park CC
Pinehurst CC
Pinery
Pradera, The Club at
Ptarmigan Country Club
Pueblo CC
Red Rocks CC
Red Sky Golf Club
Roaring Fork
Snowmass Club
The Club at Rolling Hills
The Ranch Country Club
Valley CC
Eagle
Carbondale
Holyoke
Denver
Grand Junction
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Parker
Aurora
Castle Rock
Castle Rock
Steamboat Springs
Denver
Cherry Hills Village
Parker
Colorado Springs
Columbine Valley
Edwards
Telluride
Colorado Springs
Edwards
Denver
Wolcott
Eaton
Colo Springs
Ft Collins
Longmont
Colorado Springs
Durango
Cherry Hills Village
Greeley
Timnath
Evergreen
Englewood
Niwot
Lakewood
Aspen
Englewood
Monument
Larkspur
Denver
Parker
Parker
Ft. Collins
Pueblo
Morrison
Wolcott
Basalt
Snowmass Village
Golden
Westminster
Centennial
$60,000
$100,000
$10,000
$40,000
$3,500
$25,000
$60,000
$1,500
$3,000
$28,000/market-based
$125,000
$45,000
$75,000
$120,000
$50,000
$10,000
$30,000
$65,000
$75,000
$27,500
$125,000
$105,000
$60,000
$1,000
$39,000
$9,000
$3,000
$12,500
$70,000
$40,000
$9,000
$12,500
$25,000
$0
$5,000
$30,000
$200,000
$6,000
$2,000
$4,000
$32,000
$20,000
$31,000
$5,000
$1,000
$10,500
$140,000
$175,000
$50,000
$45,000
$6,500
$20,000
$9,000/A
$875
$4,000/A
$700
$365
$473
$6,600/A
$139
$190
$625
$17,500/A
$8,500/A
$750
$760
$689
$415
$545
$12,500/A
$9,000/A
$400
$9,000/A
$640
$12,900/A
$152
$425
$440
$362
$440
$625
$500
$405
$275
$500
$4,370/A
$294
$515
$20,500/A
$375
$360
$423
$520
$395
$399
$350
$335
$450
$8,950/A
$12,000/A
$625
$561
$435
$600
WAIT
LIST
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Invite Only
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
MO. FOOD
MIN.
$0
$0
$0
$0
$50
$75
$0
$10
$10
$50
$0
$1,500/A
$0
$0
$0
$35
$83
$1200/A
$0
$0
$0
$50
$0
$35
$0
$0
$60
$0
$1000/A
$50/Q
$0
$0
$50
$0
$0
$75
$1000/A
$0
$0
$150/Q
$50
$25
$0
$50
$0
$50
$1000/A
$100
$67
$60
$400(6mths)
$50
CAP OF
MEMBERS
FACILITIES
PHONE
300
535
250
350
520
500
N/A
N/A
N/A
450
350
395
450
500
425
425
420
1,065
350
450
350
900
250
485
450
500
450
0
675
475
500
450
N/A
350
478
450
350
475
1300
300
450
650
450
425
850
410
425
500
350
425
425
470
GTFSSpFishing
GTSFSp
G
G
GTSF
GTSFSp
GTSFSp
G
GTSF
G
G
GTSF
GTSFSp
GTS
GSFSp
GTSF
GTS
GTSF
GHFishing
GTSF
G
GTS
G
G
GTFSSp
GTSSp
GTS
GTSFSp
GTS
GTSF
GTS
G
GTSF
GTSF
G
GTSF
GT
G
GTSF
G
GTS
GTSF
GTF
GTS
GTS
GS
GTS
GTFishing
GTSF
GTFS
GTS
GTSF
888-760-2326
970-704-1905
970-854-5900
303-980-8700
970-243-3323
303-530-4600
719-577-5790
720-346-2367
720-346-2367
303-660-6807
303-688-6000
970-871-9300
303-597-0300
303-350-5200
303-840-0090
719-634-8851
303-794-2674
970-569-6480
970-497-8383
719-538-4080
970-926-3080
303-733-2441
970-926-4400
970-454-2106
719-494-1222
970-482-1336
303-772-0246
719-632-5541
970-382-7809
303-257-1313
970-353-0528
970-224-4622
303-674-3366
303-397-7878
303-444-2114
303-233-4614
970-920-1533
303-799-8412
719-481-2272
303-681-3305
303-985-1551
303-841-5157
303-607-5672
970-226-8555
719-543-4844
303-352-2030
970-754-8400
970-927-9000
970-923-5600
303-279-3334
303-460-9700
303-690-6373
Notes: All of the clubs indicated have different priced memberships (individual, family, corporate, etc.,) therefore, in most cases the prices in this directory reflect information on indiviual memberships. Most initiation fees could be spread over two to four
years, with interest or service charges. Additional fee’s are universal for golf carts, running $11 to $14 per person. Other additional fees are for clubs offering indoor tennis courts, there is a seperate fee for their use. *Represents membership at 3 golf
courses. Member Cap in most cases reflects golf membership only. Amenities range from golf (G), tennis (T), swimming (S) fitness (F) and spa (Sp). All prices are based on information received as May 2013.
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