Local Flavor
News and happenings from around Colorado – golf course openings and news, Colorado events, CGA news, and more!
Peak Performer: Red Sky Golf Club Begins its 16th Season
Red Sky begins 16th season as it finished its previous 15—at the apex of Colorado mountain golf—and it keeps climbing higher. Jon Rizzi Red sky at night, sailors’ delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Not exactly on a maritime route, Red Sky Golf Club turns the ancient couplet’s second verse into more of … Read more
Objects of Desire
Because quality never goes out of style. Colorado AvidGolfer “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”- Henry David Thoreau The Club Club >DON’T SAY IT, PLAY IT: Pronounced zek-si-oh, Japan’s premium golf brand has arrived in America. XXIO, a division of Dunlop Sports, produces custom, high-performing drivers (starting at $600), rescues and irons that … Read more
Off the Tee: Native Rough
What about the 143 United States courses with “Indian” in their names? Jon Rizzi | Colorado AvidGolfer With football season about to kick off, controversy continues to swirl around the nickname of the NFL’s Washington franchise. After the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revoked the Washington Redskins trademark in June, a number of newspapers banned … Read more
Colorado AvidGolfer Presents: Colorado’s Par 3 Challenge
Colorado AvidGolfer Call them one-shotters, one-hit wonders, or, as one cyber-smartass put it, “the dumb blondes of Golf Course Architecture.” Par-3 holes can be beauties and beasts. Simultaneously tantalizing and terrifying, each pulses with the possibility of an ace or an eight. They demand your best off the tee—or else. Which are Colorado’s best? We … Read more
