Golf in Grand County and Steamboat Springs

Warmer late winter temperatures and frequent rains cleared away much of the  lower elevation snowpack throughout Colorado. In Grand County—home to Golf Granby Ranch, Grand Elk Golf Club, Grand Lake Golf Course and Pole Creek Golf Club—it resulted in early golf course openings and much better playing conditions (and some very happy golfers) in usually sketchy May. West on US 40, Steamboat Springs’ courses are enjoying their earliest openings ever, plus a noticeable, joyful absence of frost delays.


HIGH ALTITUDE, LESS SPIN

DEFCON 4: If you’re smitten by the Bubba ball, you’ll adore the 8,000-foot-high altitude of thin-air Grand County. At this elevation golf balls launch farther and spin less, two seductive incentives for golfers who like to tee it up and go long… long… gone!

HOME, SWEET HOME: In addition to great golf, Grand Elk by Koelbel is a new and vibrant second-home community that includes among its perks walking-distance access to the award-winning Grand Elk Golf Club. Introductory residential offerings are ranch-style golf villas—priced from the high $300s—that offer golf course views plus breathtaking panoramas of the surrounding Rocky Mountains.


ON THE TEE

> 27-hole Pole Creek Golf Club’s “Discover Golf” summer program is a rousing success. Every Wednesday afternoon families and newcomers play three, six or nine holes for $7, $12 or $19, respectively, including cart, offering relaxed and affordable fun in the sun.

> Links-style golf is rather unusual for mountain terrain, yet there’s no other way to describe Grand Lake Golf Course. A devastating pine-beetle infestation resulted in a memorable playing experience that’s not found anywhere else.

> Minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park and the headwaters of the Fraser and Colorado rivers, Grand Elk Golf Club’s heathland design evokes the layout at Gleneagles in Scotland.

> Golf Granby Ranch, formerly known as SolVista, encompasses two entirely different nines—a valley/wetlands front and a climbing ridgeline back that follows the ski mountain.


FEATURED COURSES

GOLF GRANBY RANCH
Granby
970-887-2709
granbyranch.com

GRAND ELK GOLF CLUB
Granby
970-887-9122
grandelk.com

GRAND LAKE GOLF COURSE
Grand Lake
970-627-8008
grandlakerecreation.com/golf_main.html

POLE CREEK GOLF CLUB
Winter Park
970-887-9195
polecreekgolf.com

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

CATAMOUNT RANCH & CLUB (private)
Steamboat Springs
970-871-9300
catamountranchclub.com

HAYMAKER GOLF COURSE
Steamboat Springs
970-870-1846
haymakergolf.com

ROLLINGSTONE RANCH GOLF CLUB
Steamboat Springs
970-879-1391
rollingstoneranchgolf.com

STEAMBOAT GOLF CLUB
Steamboat Springs
970-879-4295
steamboatgolfclub.com

YAMPA VALLEY GOLF COURSE
Craig
970-824-3673
yampavalleygolf.com

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