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On a Roll

ALL IS ILLUMINATED: A roaring firepit beckons as evening falls on “The Schneids,” the new putting course at Castle Pines Golf Club.

A trend more than 150 years in the making, putting courses are fostering fun and community at golf facilities across the country—including four in Colorado.

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Eastern Lights

STRIPING IT: The art of long-exposure photography brilliantly turns a putting green of glowing golf balls and hole markers into a painterly composition underscored by the striking apposition of natural and artificial light.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DEWITT JONES/COURTESY OF BALLYNEAL GOLF & HUNT CLUB

Ballyneal’s inland-links golf inspires creativity around the green.

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The Will to Succeed

REVETTING DRAMA: Hard against Lonetree Reservoir, TPC Colorado’s par-4 10th yielded one of 2020 champion Will Zalatoris’ four Sunday birdies. PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMIE SCHWABEROW/CLARKSON CREATIVE

A year after launching golf’s next big star, the TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes is primed to do it again.

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Marking Time

HOLD THAT POSE: Easily golf’s oldest and most iconic trophy, the Claret Jug commemorating Mark O’Meara’s win at the 1998 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale provided the author with a memorable photo op. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF JON RIZZI

The Open Championship returns this month to Royal St. George’s after a year’s hiatus, during which we visited the 1998 champion.

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