Coloradogolfblog

12/14/2024

Raindance National
Windsor, CO
Course Designer - Fred Funk

Raindance National in Windsor, CO has the reputation for being long! In fact it is the longest golf course you and find in North America!!

The irony is it was designed by a golfer that was never known for his length of the tee. But that doesn’t mean that Fred Funk didn’t hit a home run with this design!

While the yardage on the scorecard can seem intimidating, the layout of the golf course across the undulating terrain made it feel shorter than advertised.

One of the newest courses to open in Colorado, you will have plenty of opportunities to air out your driver! Bring lots of balls if you can’t hit fairways. The deep arroyos throughout the property will make retrieving those wayward tee balls impossible!

Raindance National is more than just the longest course in North America, it is a great test of golf with outstanding greens! We recommend this Northern Colorado gem for your golf group!!

04/04/2024

Cougar Canyon Golf Club - Trinidad, CO.

Opened in 2007 and designed by the Nicklaus Design Group and Chris Cochran.

At 7,789 the golf course was very challenging, especially when the winds were sweeping off the mountains. The course was rated #5 on the Golfweek “Best Courses You Can Play” list in 2007. Adding to rave reviews from GOLF Magazine (“Top 10 You Can Play 2007”), and LINKS Magazine (“America’s Premier Properties” 2008-2009)

Cougar Canyon had very unique black sand bunkers and views of Fishers Peak from nearly every point on the course. Having played it several times before it closed in 2012, I can tell you it was a REALLY good golf course with several memorable holes.

But it was built in the wrong place at the wrong time, during the height of the golf depression of the early 2000’s. It was a destination course before destination courses were cool. Located 3 hours south of the Denver metro area, it was a tough sell to pull customers that far south.

The land has reverted to its natural state as it was before being a golf course, full of prairie grass and sage brush. Only now sitting in the shadow of the skeleton of what was supposed to be a community with lots of houses and a hotel. The golf course was intended to be the heart of the neighborhood.

You can no longer even view the remnants of the golf course as security onsite will chase away adventure seekers under the threat of trespassing.

Enjoy these photos in our collection of a Colorado golf course that is no more!

07/25/2023

Only the golf obsessed understand this line of thought

05/22/2023

03/11/2023

First dates can be painful

03/06/2023

Waste Management Legend

03/01/2023

Don’t copy my homework bro!

10/05/2022

We got a special guest coming for the October event at Perry Park Country Club!!! Get your squad together and register!

https://www.winningticket.com/cgb-tournament-series-october-2022

08/27/2022

Imagine going out to mow greens and coming across this!!!

05/23/2022

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever walk out onto the driving range!!