Elevate Your Game: Golf in the Colorado Rockies

In Steamboat, golf reflects the town’s ranching heritage - wide open, welcoming, and spectacularly scenic. 

This challenging links-style course was created out of ranchland and rock piles, where native grasses and wetlands are as much a part of the course as the greens. And the Keith Foster design is also home to elk, eagles, and blue herons. Haymaker was also the first golf course in Colorado to achieve Audubon International Signature certification for its environmental stewardship.

This spectacular 18-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones, II, features incredible views of the Yampa Valley with Fish Creek winding its way through seven of the holes. Sixty-six fairway and greenside sand bunkers protect the large, undulating greens while water hazards and elevation changes test even the best shot maker.

The Vail Valley offers a "golf trail" of sorts, with courses designed by the legends of the game.

An impeccably maintained flat course set against the craggy backdrop of the Gore Range and following the curves of Gore Creek. It’s the valley’s most walkable course and is surrounded by towering aspens creating spectacular photo opportunities in the fall.

Renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. set out to create the famously narrow and challenging fairways nestled in the canyon leading up to the Beaver Creek resort. And much like the runs at the ski area, each tee box's designated difficulty is categorized from green (easiest) to double black (most difficult). The double black diamond championship tees play slightly over 6,600 yards, a true test for even the most accomplished golfers.

This scenic and challenging layout features elevation changes, manicured terrain, and the Stone Creek and Eagle River that come in to play on 12 of the holes. Designed by legendary golf course architects, Devlin/Von Hagge, the EagleVail Golf Club is a true mountain golf experience.

Breckenridge holds a claim to fame that every golfer needs on their bucket list.

This is the only town-owned Jack Nicklaus Signature 27-hole course in the world. Divided into three nines - the BEAR, the BEAVER, and the ELK – the course sits at over 9,300 feet. The ELK nine offers the most dramatic elevation changes and panoramic views of the Ten Mile Range.