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The extended economic recession put the brakes on new golf course constructionthroughout America, but not so at Durango’s Glacier Club. In July the exclusive golf community will open a new mountain-style course designed by Hale Irwin and Todd Schoeder—nine brand new, nine newly renovated—that will bring the high-altitude property to 36 holes, a sweet complement to the semi-private Cliffs Course crafted in the 1970s byArthur Hills.
FOUR-CORNER FUN
COWBOY UP: Just a few miles north of the Glacier Club is one of theregion’s more amazing amenities, Rapp Corral, a four-season horsebackand sleigh ride operation celebrated for its forays into the San Juan Mountains.Guided giddy-ups include excursions into water-carved caves, over historicwagon trails and above timberline to Nikon-prompting panoramas of SouthwestColorado’s magnificent fourteeners.
RWIN GOLF EXPANDS: Last year, Irwin Golf Management took overDalton Ranch Golf Club, generating capital with a membership drive andupgrading the clubhouse, practice area and non-golf amenities. Open to publicplay, the course was crafted by Ken Dye, best known for his praise-worthyhandiwork at Piñon Hills Golf Course in nearby Farmington, N.M.
ON THE TEE
>Sporting some of the slipperiestpush-up greens in the state,Hillcrest Golf Course is planninga major late-summer rebuildto its tees, greensites and bunkers.The popular, tradition-steepedrouting sits high atop a mesaoverlooking Durango, the AnimasRiver and the surrounding La PlataMountains.
>Tom Wishon could live anywhere, yet in 1994 he openedhis internationally acclaimed golfclub design and engineering businessin Durango. Wishon’s R& Doperation is based at DaltonRanch Golf Club, which alsoserves to professionally custom-fitavid golfers from throughout theFour Corners.
>Nearby Cortez, just 45minutes west of Durango, offerstwo rewarding golf options—the
historic Press Maxwell-designedConquistador Golf Course(fourcornersgolf.com) and the nineholeSouth Forty Golf Course(southfortygolf.com), a homespunpar-3 layout.
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Colorado Getaways Resources Durango Featured Courses
DALTON RANCH GOLF CLUB
Durango
970-247-8774
daltonranch.com
GLACIER CLUB
Durango
970-382-7800
theglacierclub.com
HILLCREST GOLF CLUB
Durango
970-247-1499
golfhillcrest.com
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