Walnut Creek Golf Preserve

The Front Range foothills provide a dramatic backdrop for this Pete Dye design that carved thoughtful golf holes through established cottonwood groves and wetland preserves. Water hazards meander naturally through a dozen holes, demanding precise iron play on approaches where bulkheaded greens punish anything but committed swings. The par-3 17th plays over a cattail marsh to a peninsula green that epitomizes Dye's genius for making weekend warriors question every club in the bag.