Regulation at Cherokee Ridge Golf Club

Cherokee Ridge Golf Club sits in the rolling terrain north of Colorado Springs, designed by Press Maxwell and opened in the mid-1990s. Maxwell, a Colorado-based architect who worked extensively throughout the Rocky Mountain region during that era, routed the course across high prairie land with views toward the Front Range. The property features natural elevation changes and native grasses typical of the area's transition zone between plains and foothills.

The layout takes advantage of the site's natural contours, with holes playing through draws and over ridges that create variety in stance and shot requirements. Ponderosa pines and scrub oak frame several holes, while others play more openly across the native landscape. The course sits at an elevation above 6,000 feet, where the thinner air affects distance and ball flight in ways familiar to Colorado golfers but notable for visitors from lower elevations.

Cherokee Ridge operates as a semi-private facility serving both members and daily-fee players in the northern Colorado Springs area. The course provides a straightforward test of golf suited to the region's climate and terrain, with firm conditions common during the dry summer months. It represents the type of accessible mountain-adjacent golf that expanded throughout Colorado's urban corridors during the 1990s development period.