Indian Peaks Golf Course - Review

August 24th, 2008 by mulligan

Overview

Lafayette might seem like an out-of-the-way city for someone living in and around the Denver metro area. However, it’s actually only about 25-30 minutes northwest of the downtown area. While the number of people as well as the overall size of the town have changed like most small towns have in the past few years, Lafayette can still boast about one of the best public courses in the northwest section of the Denver Metro area. Indian Peaks Golf Course was opened in 1993. It’s a Hale Irwin championship design signature course. 18 holes complete with both challenge, opportunity and jaw dropping views of the front range. Now while it could simply stop with the views, Indian Peaks can also offer you the bonus accolades. Like how it’s traditionally ranked as one of the top public courses to play in Colorado, or how it’s been rated as a 4 star place to play in America by Golf Digest. By now you can probably see that I’m going to have nothing but positives to say about this track, so let’s get on with it!

Playability

As I’ve found with most early 90’s created courses, the overall length doesn’t seem to be something that was of great concern to making a challenging golf course (or rather what seemed long then doesn’t really qualify as long today). That’s definitely the case here at Indian Peaks. Topping out at 7083 yards, what Indian lacks in distance for the modern equipment, it more than makes up for in strategy. According to the official web site, there are more than “1200 trees, 87 bunkers, 6 lakes, and 2 winding creeks” which, believe me, at some point ALL seem to come into play. It starts with your first Tee shot in fact. “Do I go over the tree or play the long route?” Shot number two, “Do I lay up or challenge the creek?” And while you will most certainly be asking yourself questions like this all day, don’t forget that you’ll actually have to execute your decision in order to score well here!

On average you’ll probably find that the fairways are on the normal to narrow side. You’ll be offered generous landing areas, and also “fair” penalty strokes for playing from the wrong position or hitting into the rough. The greens felt just about the right size for me on all the holes. Short par 3’s even offered up overly generous sized greens, but don’t take them as a “gimme” two putt! Plenty of subtle undulation make for difficult putting on these well kept surfaces. What’s also quite intriguing is the use of water on the course. Be sure to consult your yardage book for positioning your ball from the tee!

This facility also offers you the committed golfer (or weekend hack) plenty of opportunity to practice and warm up before your round. There are two chipping surfaces, a large practice putting green, bunkers and of course a full sized driving range. All in all, this is a great place to play golf and really hone your strategic skills. All of this with some breathtaking views of the Flatirons and Rocky Mountains is hard to beat.

Conclusion

All in all, this is one of the better places to play for the money. For those of you who haven’t experienced the cost difference from the North end of town to the South, $50 on the weekend is something that most of the South end dreams of today. Typically the south side of town is paying closer to $65 on average for a weekend round. Aside from the cost benefit, lies the true reason to play this course - it’s just plain fun! If you’re tired of lining up bomb after bomb from the box, and are looking for more of a strategist type course, this is the place to play!

How Others Rate This Course

(1 votes, average: 6 out of 6)

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Location

Web Site: Indian Peaks Golf Course
Phone: 303.666.4706

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