Located north of downtown Colorado Springs, The Club at Flying Horse is ideally situated just east of the foothills offering breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains and more specifically Pike’s Peak. I had the privilege of getting a personal tour of the entire facility (minus the course) by Wendy McHenry, the membership director. In a word the club is amazing.
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Bear Dance Golf Course is located in Larkspur just south of Castle Rock. For some people this doesn’t make for an easy place to get to since both distance and driving time from north of Denver can deter people from paying a visit to this course. Also, it’s primary competition (when it comes to price range) is Castle Pines North Read more…

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Located in Castle Rock, The Ridge at Castle Pines North is a Troon owned and operated Golf Facility. Now when you hear the name Troon, most people immediately think “expensive”. However what you should think of when you hear Troon is “quality golfing experience”. The Ridge at Castle Pines fulfills that thought completely. Set in the rugged terrain of the foothills, this course offers some amazing views of the Bear Valley area, at times makes you feel like you’re hiking in the woods. There are numerous elevation changes and sloping fairways that will make you stop and think before teeing up on almost every hole. Most Colorado Golfer’s like to compare this course to Bear Dance which is about 15 miles south of Castle Pine’s. While it’s true that both courses offer a great Colorado Golf experience, the key difference between the two courses in my opinion are the greens. The greens at CP are a bit easier to putt on while recently Bear Dance has done some renovating to make it’s greens somewhat more forgiving. The signature hole (17) is a shorter par 3 and is made even better by the closing hole with a tee box that overlooks the green (pictured here). It’s a great way to close out a wonderful round of golf. All in all, this course can be a great deal with a coupon and would be a wonderful course to hold an event on to show how beautiful Colorado is.
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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!
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