Denver & the Front Range

Nicklaus's 7,559-yard monster that hosted The International for two decades and the 2024 BMW Championship.

Par 72 · 7,559 yds · Slope 148 · Rating 78.1

Engh's cliff-hanging stunner in Sedalia, named Golf Digest's best new private course when it opened.

Par 72 · 7,044 yds

Weiskopf's public neighbor to Castle Pines GC - 143 slope through scrub oak and pines at 6,200 feet, Troon-managed conditioning, cart included. The closest a public player gets to the BMW Championship's zip code.

Par 71 · 7,103 yds · Slope 142 · Rating 72.8

Fairways threaded between 300-foot red sandstone fins - the most photographed public course in Colorado, and it backs up the looks with a sporty, position-first layout.

Par 70 · 6,682 yds

Ross greens at 6,200 feet that have hosted U.S. Opens and Amateurs. White-glove resort golf with mountain light - the trip's dress-up day.

Par 72 · 7,355 yds

A real Pete Dye links routing in Brighton for muni money - frequently called the best value in the metro, and the Dunes' back nine would not embarrass a resort.

Par 72 · 7,064 yds · Slope 136 · Rating 73

A Doak public for under $70 that funds caddie scholarships. Wide, firm, strategic - proof that great architecture doesn't need a gate.

Par 70 · 7,000 yds · Slope 131 · Rating 73.2

Engh's wild muscular shaping around actual dinosaur fossils and old clay-mine relics in Golden. Polarizing, memorable, and 15 minutes from downtown beers - and the green fee includes cart and range balls.

Par 72 · 6,831 yds · Slope 141 · Rating 72

Engh's other Front Range muni, draped over Castle Rock ridgelines with his signature muscle-flex bunkering. Cart included and half of Arrowhead's fee, fifteen minutes apart.

Par 72 · 6,942 yds · Slope 135 · Rating 71

Host of the CoBank Colorado Open, ten minutes from DEN - links-ish, windswept, and dialed. The smart first or last round of any fly-in day.

Par 72 · 7,100 yds · Slope 141 · Rating 73.4

Home course of the CU Buffs in Erie: 7,676 yards from the tips (75.4/141) that altitude shrinks to merely huge. Cart included, books 45 days out - the easy headliner to actually get.

Par 72 · 7,676 yds · Slope 145 · Rating 75.8

Home of the Colorado PGA, carved through ponderosa pines at 6,500 feet between Denver and the Springs. Huge elevation swings, immaculate conditions, and a sub-$150 fee - the locals' pick they're afraid you'll miss.

Par 72 · 7,726 yds · Slope 138 · Rating 73.8

A Korn Ferry Tour host with a 773-yard par 5 that altitude makes reachable-ish in three. Modern, big-shouldered, lake-view golf north of town.

Par 72 · 7,991 yds · Slope 138 · Rating 77.2

Denver's historic 1912 parkland course near City Park.

Keith Foster prairie golf in Commerce City - 7,411 yards (74.7/139) of fescue-framed value fifteen minutes from the airport.

Par 72 · 7,411 yds · Slope 139 · Rating 74.7

Boulder's 1938 parkland muni under the Flatirons themselves (71.7/126). Tree-lined, walkable, and $56 - old golf in the best sense.

Par 70 · 6,782 yds · Slope 131 · Rating 72.2

The Foothills district's big course - 7,011 yards (72.2/135) under the hogback in Littleton, $55 weekdays. The honest meat-and-potatoes round.

Par 72 · 7,011 yds · Slope 135 · Rating 72.2

The Meadows' 1971 sibling in southwest Denver - flatter, friendlier, $55, and the right call when half the group wants 18 and the other half wants the par-3 after.

Par 72 · 6,908 yds · Slope 98 · Rating 30.5

Louisville's rebuilt-after-the-flood muni (72.4/136) with Boulder views and a 10-day public window. Quietly one of the best-conditioned munis on the north side.

Par 72 · 6,957 yds · Slope 136 · Rating 72.4

Arvada's 27-hole muni against the hogback - $55 walking on a weekday, with a sneaky-good Cottonwood/Sleeping Indian combo. Book the standard window and skip the dynamic-premium markup.

27 holes · 6,700 yds · Slope 143 · Rating 71.5

Aurora's tournament-grade muni along Piney Creek - regularly the strongest test of the city's courses, and the closest quality 18 to the southeast suburbs.

Par 72 · 7,351 yds · Slope 145 · Rating 74.6

A 7,068-yard prairie course with public GolfNow times - but it sits gated inside a 55+ community, so call ahead about visitor entry before you book.

Par 72 · 7,068 yds · Slope 132 · Rating 74.4

Thornton's 7,268-yard championship muni (74.0/131) with demand-based pricing that rewards the flexible. North-side value with real teeth.

Par 72 · 7,268 yds · Slope 134 · Rating 72.8

Broomfield's 7,263-yard big-sky layout - $60 weekdays, $41.50 if you'll walk before 8 AM. Wind is the defense; bring the low flight.

Par 72 · 7,263 yds

South Suburban's flagship with an on-site hotel nobody requires you to book. Non-residents get a 5-day window that opens at 7 PM sharp - set an alarm, the weekend times go fast.

Par 72 · 7,012 yds · Slope 141 · Rating 72.8

Lafayette's muni with the best mountain backdrop on the north side - Indian Peaks Wilderness on the horizon all day. Prime weekend mornings hit $89; weekday twilight is the value move.

Par 72 · 7,083 yds · Slope 131 · Rating 72.6

Hale Irwin's 1998 home for the DU golf team - quick greens, honest bones, and a 7-day public window that opens at midnight for the night owls.

Par 72 · 7,076 yds · Slope 123 · Rating 71.6

The metro's second Pete Dye - a former TPC with railroad ties and a 144 slope from the tips, now a $40–99 dynamic-priced sleeper in Castle Rock.

Par 72 · 7,107 yds · Slope 147 · Rating 73.7

Southeast Aurora's semi-private that sells public times 10 days out, cart included. Big greens, big wind, and the best conditioning-per-dollar on the east side in summer.

Par 72 · 7,105 yds · Slope 138 · Rating 72.6

Golden's short, tree-lined 1960s charmer on the old Coors family land - $41 weekdays, two-and-a-half-hour nines if you jog. The 36-hole-day warm-up.

Par 71 · 5,992 yds · Slope 112 · Rating 67.4

Englewood's riverside muni with a Pete Dye par-3 attached - $42 for the championship 18, $15 for the Dye short course after. The cheapest Dye you'll ever play.

Par 72 · 6,903 yds · Slope 136 · Rating 72