The Golf Club at Heather Ridge

Heather Ridge sits in Aurora, Colorado, a suburban community east of Denver along the Front Range corridor. Designed by Dick Phelps and opened in the late 1960s, the course reflects the era's approach to public golf development on the High Plains, where relatively flat terrain and open exposure to wind and weather shape the playing experience. The layout occupies land that transitions between residential neighborhoods, characteristic of courses built during Colorado's suburban expansion. The routing works across gently rolling terrain with minimal elevation change, though the mile-high altitude affects distance and ball flight as it does throughout the Denver metropolitan area. Water features come into play on several holes, and mature cottonwoods and other plantings provide definition and occasional shelter from the persistent winds that sweep across this part of the Front Range. The course serves as an accessible daily-fee facility in a region where public golf options have historically been important to the local golfing population. Heather Ridge has functioned primarily as a neighborhood course, providing straightforward golf for residents and visitors in the Aurora area. The design emphasizes playability over severe challenge, with wide fairways and greens sized for steady pace of play. Its location within the greater Denver golf market places it among numerous courses serving the region's year-round players, who navigate the balance of Colorado's high-altitude conditions and variable mountain-influenced weather patterns.