King’s Deer - Review

September 22nd, 2006 by mulligan

Overview

Located in Monument, King’s Deer Golf Club boasts of a “true” links style experience. It offers some excellent views of Pike’s Peak and the course definitely has a different feel about it. Tall native grass surrounds most of the playing area, and the course does have it’s fair share of water. For being such an exposed course, it still maintains it’s unique character throughout each hole even when they parallel one another. For the most part, the scenery seems to be better on the front than the back due to the wonderful views of Pike’s Peak. Although, the back offers possibly the most dramatic elevation change, it only appears on the 10th hole. Other than number one and number ten, this course definitely has a flat “feel”. This course does call for accuracy with undulating fairways and fairway bunkers. Almost every green is well guarded by traps. If the wind isn’t up, the course is relatively unguarded as the overall distance of 6711 yards from the tips is not a tall order. What is deceiving about the yardage though and makes this course tough to push over are the long par 3’s. Don’t be misled by number two, they will get tougher!

Playability

The key to this course (as is most shorter courses) is placement. Number one is a blind tee shot from the tips, which was probably done intentionally to get you in the mindframe of putting the ball in a specific area for each shot. Native grass makes any errant shot tough to locate however the course plays fair. If you make a good shot, you are rewarded, and if you fail, you are penalized!

Conclusion

The course is not easy to get to for most people North of Denver or South of Colorado Springs. This isn’t always a bad thing! It appears as though the course gets only moderate levels of play which means you can probably expect it to be in great condition year round! If you feel like driving a little for a Mountain Course feel, but don’t want to pay Bear Dance or Castle Pines prices, then this course is an excellent alternative. It’s also a nice change of pace for people who play the municipals in Denver or Colorado Springs.

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Location

Phone: 719-481-1518
Link: King’s Deer Website

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