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Featured several times in the NCAA regionals...the University Championship course is a diehard golfers paradise. The greens are in perfect condition. The rest of course is always well maintained. The staff is friendly, helpful, and remembers your name when you play there regularly. Place of play is excellent...they will come out and give a slow group a little push, when needed.

The layout is A+. A classic design...you will use every club in your bag. (always a strong indicator of good layout.) No two holes are alike! Lots of change of elevation, direction, and sight lines. LOVE IT!

Play where Tiger and Phil cut their teeth as college players!

Driving up from Denver, Fort Lupton is a solid hour drive...but we had a BOGO for Coyote Creek and wanted to give it a try...first the negatives:

Long drive from city, your average municipal with a basic club house, spotty fairways, and some dead patches on the rough...oh, and check the forecast first, because it can blow out there! Windy!!!

Now the good stuff: The staff is as friendly and helpful as can be! For golf courses, that can be rare. The pace was wide open...2 of us played in less than 3 hours on a Monday afternoon...

and, MOST importantly...for a public course, the greens are excellent! They roll true, soft and receptive, and have a quick but fair speed to them! The rest of the course can be a rough around the edges, but the greens are great.

This course is an old country club, gone public. The facilities are old, the course is old, the tee boxes are old, the houses that line the course are....you guessed it, OLD. That isn't a bad thing...just a fact. So, don't expect some shinny new facility and perfect greens.

The course plays tight through a forest of pines. The trees are really the course's only defense, but if you aren't straight, big numbers will haunt you.

With the Greensaver golf discount book, 2 for 1 deal, makes the round worth it...only $25 each with cart. At that price, and if you are in the area, it's worth the round.

Bonus: we saw a beautiful 5 point buck having an afternoon rest under a tree on #7.

If you don't like trees...skip it!

After going through some hard times, and apparently having lost some of the greens, this course has made a full comeback. The fairways and greens are looking healthy and roll true. I was nervous to play here after reading all the bad reviews from 2013, but I can say those are old and out of date, because it was well worth the drive!

Booked online and it was only $65 total for two with cart! Played Monday morning in 3 hours...wide open. If you have the time to make the drive, and want to get away from the crowds, this is the place to play.

GVR is the home of the Colorado Open...so you know it's a great course, with great conditions and facilities. Because it's a relatively flat course, it's also good for walkers. And...if you look online for weekdays, you can find some great deals.

So...great course, great conditions, great price...

My only negative: the people who play GVR. Maybe it's just bad luck...maybe it's random...but every time I play GVR, I am paired with golf jerks. You know the type...those amateurs who think they are playing in the US Open....who aren't there to have fun. Who blame a chirping bird when they miss a 2 foot putt...

Because Green Valley is such a great course, it attracts good golfers. But, as a 7 handicap, I can attest, some of these people take themselves, their game, and life WAY too serious.

For this reason, if you are a beginner, you might want to try a course that is a little easier, and where the other players are a bit more friendly and welcoming.

If you are a single digit advanced player...make sure your breathing is low and your farts are silent, because you might be paired with a Tiger-wannabe.

I am really curious about the person who wrote a review a week ago and said the course conditions were poor...he must have been playing at August National the week prior...because this course is in great shape. Yes...there are divots on the tee boxes in August...to be expected on any well played course.

The greens are a tad slow...but fair and true. The fairways are green and lush...the wetland grasses are tall and thick. This course is healthy, and so is the challenge.

Unless you are a low single digit handicapper, please play the golds...you will enjoy the round and so will the group behind you.

The layout is anything but flat, (not built for walking) and the greens are protected by extreme drop-offs into lateral hazards. About 5 tee shots are forced layups, so the driver is not the most important club on this course. You will need straight irons to shoot in the 70's on this course.

This is a classic target golf course. You need to find the correct side of the fairway, at the correct length off the tee, to give yourself a good shot into the green. This is how golf was intended to be played, to a specific target, not just grip and rip.

There is a good chance you will see a deer, hawk, fox...we saw a beaver. Lots of wetlands and trees for local wildlife and your eyes to enjoy.

We did an early morning Monday round and got a BOGO deal with the GreenSaver Golf discount book. Only $25 each with cart! We played in a foursome in under 4 hours...we set a good pace being the first out.

The only knock on the course...the breakfast burrito was dripping with grease making it mostly inedible. So skip the food and bring your own snack.

Riverdale Dunes is a true Pete Dye design. Water on 11 of the 18 holes! The greens are in excellent shape; rolling smooth and true. A relatively flat course...great for walkers. While there is water on most holes, there aren't long carries over water, making it playable for all levels.

You won't be blown away by the vistas, but the course is so elegantly laid-out, the hole in front of you is enough to keep your attention.

Classic Dye, with hidden bunkers and lots of false front greens...aim for the center of the green and worry about the pin later...you will shoot better!

This could be a great city course...but it just isn't. The single biggest issue is the very slow pace of play. When I mentioned the slow pace to the clubhouse...they actually said, "There is nothing we can do about that." To be more accurate; they choose to do nothing about it.

Why is it so slow?
1. No Marshall
2. They don't start groups on time...starter stays inside, rather than on the tee box of #1.
3. Lots of water and woods...and beginners. Bad combo.
4. A cart lady that serves as a human rain delay.
5. A tight layout that requires accurate shots.

If there was NO ONE on the course, you would enjoy a fun but challenging layout with a range of holes and shots. The greens are ok for the amount of play.

They have some great deals on weekdays and specials online. Which is also why they get so much play.

A little overpriced at the regular rate.