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    Denver Country Club

    Denver, CO Private

    Overview

    Denver Country Club mirrors the experience of many urban courses. When the club moved to its current location in 1905, the property was rural prairie, on the outskirts south of what is now downtown Denver. The presence of the country club added prestige to this nascent suburb and influenced the decision of the moneyed class to move this directlon. As the city expanded it consumed the area surrounding the club and course, and today, located in the heart of Cherry Hills Village, it is enclosed by expensive homes, high rises, shops and restaurants. The course has been tinkered with relentlessly through the decades as the club was never quite settled on how the design, hazards and issues with Cherry Creek, running through the middle of the course, should be handled. It seems to have found some relative peace under the ongoing consultation of Gil Hanse and his team who have helped dial in the bunkering and course conditions, especially following a comprehensive 2012 renovation, though tree clearing and other adjustments continue. These include the construction of new green complexes at the par-3 7th and lengthened par-3 17th in 2020. There's a lot of golf packed into a small footprint here with the creek coming into play on a third of the holes, and Denver Country Club seems to have found the design recipe to match its priceless setting.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6893
    Slope 134
    Facility Type Private
    Designer James Foulis

    Awards

    Best Courses in Every State

    Best in State: Ranked inside the top 5, 1977-'85. Ranked 10th, 2013-'14. Ranked inside the top 10, 1987-'97, 2001. Ranked 12th, 2015-'16. Ranked 14th, 2017-'18. Ranked 15th, 2011-'12, 2021-'24. Ranked inside the top 15, 1999, 2003, 2009-'10. Ranked 17th, 2019-'20.

    Current ranking: 15th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.3

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    6.8719
    Character
    7.145
    Challenge
    6.768
    Layout Variety
    6.8893
    Fun
    6.9922
    Aesthetics
    6.8621
    Conditioning
    6.995

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