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Hidden Gems:
Local favorites worthy of play during your stay
| | | Breckenridge Golf Club
Breckenridge, Colo.
(970) 453-9104 www.townofbreckenridge.com
The only Jack Nicklaus muni on the planet offers 27 immaculate Colorado
mountain holes at a lofty 9,324-foot elevation. This is a tough test
with forced carries across rocky ditches and creeks. | River Valley Ranch
Aspen, Colo.
(970) 963-3625 www.rvrgolf.com
This Jay Morrish cow-patty field of dreams skirts the rippling Crystal
River in the shadows of 12,953-foot Mount Sopris in Colorado’s Roaring
Fork Valley. | Pole Creek Golf Club
Winter Park Colo.
(800) 511-5076 www.polecreekgolf.com
Down-to-earth, friendly Colorado layout with 27 holes of pure mountain
fun. Pine-lined fairways, elevation changes, dramatic doglegs and
breathtaking views of the 13,000-foot Continental Divide. |
| Haymaker Golf Course
Steamboat Springs, Colo.
(888) 282-2969 www.haymakergolf.com
Keith Foster’s Scottish links-inspired gem combines with scenes of
rolled hay in adjacent pastures, the Yampa Valley, Flat Tops Wilderness
and Rabbit Ears Pass in Steamboat Springs. | Genoa Lakes Golf Club Genoa, Nev.
(775) 782-6645 www.genoalakes.com
This layout is strategic, dotted by lakes and has distinctive white
sand in its bunkers from the same sandbox that Augusta National uses. | Sierra Nevada Golf Ranch Genoa, Nev.
(888) 452-4653 www.sierranevadagolfranch.com
The best course you’ve never heard of is a Johnny Miller-designed
index-tester that demands shotmaking skills not required on most
courses. |
| Circling Raven Golf Club Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
(800) 523-2464 www.golfcirclingraven.net
This stunner of a golf course stretches nearly 7,200 yards amid more than 620 acres for a remarkably thrilling experience. | Red Hawk Golf Club
Sparks, Nev.
(775) 626-6000 www.theresortatredhawk.com
Century-old cottonwood trees, water on 11 holes and 100 sand traps
define this Robert Trent Jones Jr. shotmaker’s course in Sparks, Nev.,
next door to Reno. | |
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