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GOLF//WHERE TO PLAY
Ski Country USA isn’t quite Tee Country USA—yet. However, Steamboat’s golf offerings reveal the best of the area’s peaks (the rollicking Rollingstone Ranch), valleys (the ranchlike Haymaker), and refinement (the private Catamount). In Grand County, to the east, lie forested fairways that have survived beetle-kill, some becoming more “linkslike” in the process, leading to courses that are more open and quiet. The once-common soundtrack of shots plinking and plunking off lodgepole and ponderosa pines at Grand Lake, for example, has disappeared, and so has the protection from projectiles those evergreens once afforded.
Local Knowledge
Formerly known as Headwaters Golf Course and, before that, as SolVista Golf Club, Golf Granby Ranch remains a mustplay mountain course.
A Bobby Clampett Impact Zone School will take place at Haymaker on July 6 and 7; Clampett, who has a place in Steamboat, will teach. Another school led by one of Clampett’s Master Instructors will be held September 14 and 15.
Each of Pole Creek Golf Club’s three nines— Ranch, Ridge and Meadow— delivers the distinct golf experience its name suggests.
TIP FROM A PRO
“Pick a tee that gives you playability. The farther your drive goes, the narrower the target gets—and it’s a lost ball if you get in the tall native grass. Keep the ball in play off the tee and the rest is easy. Your main target is the black-and-white barber poles at 150. Get it around there and you have a wider shot.” – Tom Taylor, PGA Haymaker Golf Course
Featured Courses
Catamount Ranch & Club (private)
Catamount Drive, Steamboat Springs
970-871-9300; catamountranchclub.com
Golf Granby Ranch
2579 County Road 894, Granby
888-850-4615; granbyranch.com
Grand Elk Golf Club
130010 Mile Dr., Granby
970-887-9122; grandelk.com
Grand Lake Golf Course
1415 County Road 48,Grand Lake
970-627-8008; grandlakerecreation.com/golf
Haymaker Golf Course
34855 U.S. 40, Steamboat Springs
970-870-1846; haymakergolf.com
Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club
1230 Steamboat Blvd., Steamboat Springs
970-879-1391; rollingstoneranchgolf.com
Pole Creek Golf Club
6827 County Road 51, Tabernash
970-887-9195; polecreekgolf.com
LODGING//WHERE TO STAY
Sheraton Steamboat Resort’s “Golf the ‘Boat” package includes green fees for two players at Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club and Haymaker Golf Course. “Golf ’Til You Drop” is the unlimited golf package for two players at Rollingstone Ranch.
2200 Village Inn Court, Steamboat Springs
970-879-2220 sheratonsteamboatresort.com
Featured Properties and Homes
Sheraton Steamboat Resort Nestled at the base of the Steamboat mountain, The Sheraton Steamboat resort provides the ultimate location to enjoy Ski Town USA in the summer. From rooftop hot tubs to the incredible conference amenities, this property is one of Steamboats’s best!
For stay-and-play packages, visit: sheratonsteamboatresort.com
Village Homes
“The Signature Retreat Collection” Leading the way in Grand County living, Village Homes offers many options for your mountain dream home. Located within the coveted Granby Ranch community, the signature retreat collection are ski-in/ski-out and or fairway homes from the 400’s.
villagehomes.com
The Grand Lake Lodge
Established in 1920, this special property is a registered National Historic Landmark. Surrounded on three sides by Rocky Mountain National Park, its a must for any family looking to enjoy one of Colorado’s most scenic lakes!
For more information, please visit: grandlakelodge.com
A Steamboat Staple
With its funny neon sign, the Rabbit Ears Motel may be Steamboat’s most iconic place to bed down, but for comfort, luxury and convenient access to the slopes, golf (Rollingstone Ranch was formerly the Sheraton Steamboat Golf Club), Strawberry Hot Springs, Flat Tops Wilderness, and the authentic shops along Lincoln Avenue and Yampa River Botanic Park, you can’t beat the Sheraton Steamboat Resort. Fresh from a $20 million renovation, the property features the Rocky Mountain Day Spa and three awesome restaurants—Fish Creek Grille (at Rollingstone Ranch), Saddles (which features one of the area’s best views from its deck) and the more formal Sevens.
Check it Out
Just minutes from the slopes and fairways at Granby Ranch, Village Homes Signature Retreat Collection affords the opportunity to own a home, not just a few weeks a year in one, near Rocky Mountain National Park.
Devil’s Thumb Ranch Resort and Spa doesn’t offer golf, but its large, luxurious new High Lonesome Lodge could accommodate a full tournament field.
Standing on their hind legs, a stuffed full-sized polar bear and grizzly lord over the lobby of The Inn at Silver Creek in Granby. The 350 rooms all sit within easy access to Granby Ranch and nearby Grand Elk.
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