A Deal in the Pines

Country Club at Woodmoor changes its name for the third time in six years

Colorado AvidGolfer

For the third time in six years, the club just east of exit 161 on I-25 in the Black Forest has a new name. Formerly known as Woodmoor Pines Golf and Country Club and then Monument Hill Country Club, the club now known as The Country Club at Woodmoor has changed more than just its name since Greenwood Village-based Monument Investors, LLC bought it last August. “We want to make this a showplace,” Armen Suny, a partner in Monument Investors and longtime club member, said right after the purchase. “The club needs some love and attention and we plan to do that.”

A respected veteran of the golf industry with a resume that includes positions at Cherry Hills, Castle Pines and Shadow Creek, Suny has more than lived up to his words. The club put in 4,000 feet of cart paths, expanded greens, improved drainage and made numerous other capital improvements to the 47-year-old Press Maxwell-designed course. The pool and tennis courts have also undergone improvements, and this April will bring the opening of completely refurbished and modernized dining and lounge areas. These upgrades have not cost the club’s 900 members one cent in assessments.

While some wonder if this will become a fix-and-flip case study, you can’t argue with Suny’s partner, General Manager Ken Limes, when he says, “We’re the best deal in Colorado golf right now.” Limes, who spent 19 years as the Head PGA Professional at Columbine Country Club, has a point. A family golf membership at the semi-private club is $500 with monthly dues of $170. “We’re still semi-private but with another 200 members we’ll get back to fully private in a few years,” says Limes. Meanwhile, he says, the club is only a half-hour south of Park Meadows mall and a round on the tight, pine-lined course runs $50, including cart.

More info: ccwoodmoor.com; 719-884-7243.

This article appeared in the April 2016 issue of Colorado AvidGolfer and The Country Club at Woodmoor is an exclusive 2016 Golf Passport course.

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