The best golf courses in Colorado
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 3,645 rounds in Colorado and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public and private courses across Colorado, ranked by those community scores.

Ballyneal Golf Club
Holyoke, CO, USAPrivateTom Doak
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
I’m fortunate to know a handful of members at Ballyneal and normally manage to get one 3 or 4 day trip in a year. To me, Ballyneal is the model for destination clubs.
Written by
@RossPaxton01
- Must play
- Walkable
- Fast greens

Castle Pines Golf Club
Castle Rock, CO, USAPrivate
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Pristine
- Challenging
- Driving range

Course #1
Rodeo Dunes
Keenesburg, CO, USABill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.8Scenery
- 2.2Facilities
This course is a lot of fun. Every hole has interesting features and contours. Feels open when you look around, but it’s actually much tighter than it looks when it comes to where you actually need to hit your shots.
Written by
@RLavernia
- Walkable
- Links
- Must play

Championship
Colorado Golf Club
Parker, CO, USAPrivateBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
- 4.1Conditions
- 4.8Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.7Facilities
Challenging lay out but very playable and fun for good players. The course plays firm and fast and playing conditions are excellent. The design, as with a lot of Coore & Crenshaw courses, is all about width and angles.
Written by
@RossPaxton01
- Must play
- Pristine
- Fast greens

Country Club of the Rockies
Edwards, CO, USAPrivateJack Nicklaus
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.4Layout
- 4.2Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Solid Nicklaus design just outside of Vail. Club and course both first class, with gorgeous mountain views and some awesome signature holes along the Eagle River. Some forgettable holes mixed in, but this is definitely a great place to spend the day in Colorado.
Written by
@isaac
- Views
- Pristine
- Driving range

Championship
Cherry Hills Country Club
Englewood, CO, USAPrivateWilliam S. Flynn & Press Maxwell
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Caddies
- Driving range
- Pristine

East
Broadmoor Resort
Colorado Springs, CO, USAPublicDonald Ross
- 4.6Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.7Value
- 4.8Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
Amazing Mountain Views. Greens super fast and the thickest rough I’ve seen. Difficult but views and vibes make up for most of that.
Written by
@Brill08
- Views
- Pristine
- Challenging

Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood, CO, USAPrivateTom Bendelow & Donald Ross
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

Frost Creek
Eagle, CO, USAPrivateTom Weiskopf
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 2.3Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play
Summit
The Club Cordillera
Edwards, CO, USAPrivateJack Nicklaus
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
Over 9k feet of elevation and you’ll feel like playing golf on top of the world. Elite practice facility you could hit balls all day on
Written by
@dpowers
- Views
- Challenging
- Driving range

The Sanctuary
Sedalia, CO, USAPrivateJim Engh
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
- Pristine
- Must play
- Views

RainDance National Golf Course
Windsor, CO, USAPublic
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.3Value
- 2.8Scenery
- 2.7Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Fast greens

Meridian Golf Club
Englewood, CO, USAPrivateJack Nicklaus & Bob Lohmann
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 2.5Scenery
- 3.1Facilities
Best true test of golf in the state of Colorado. Have to ball strike well. Best membership value in the state.
Written by
@Colinarmi
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

The Golf Club at Bear Dance
Larkspur, CO, USAPublic
- 4.4Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.4Value
- 4.7Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
Greens were very challenging. Lots of undulations for the speed. Very typical Nicklaus course but in a mountain setting. Really beautiful scenery but it was definitely pricey.
Written by
@RLavernia
- Views
- Driving range
- Challenging

Haymaker Golf Club
Steamboat Springs, CO, USAPublicKeith Foster
- 3.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Grass range

Flying Horse North
The Club at Flying Horse
Colorado Springs, CO, USAPublic
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

River Valley Ranch Golf Club
Carbondale, CO, USAPublicJay Morrish
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
Beautiful mt. Sopris views, but not gimmicky mountain golf. True championship layout.
Written by
@InternetGolfGuy
- Must play
- Hidden gem
- Views

Fossil Trace Golf Club
Golden, CO, USAPublicJim Engh
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.4Layout
- 3.1Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Course is quirky and memorable. Green complexes and bunkers are fun and absurd. Great course to play 1-2 times a year with friends. Well manicured. Friendly staff.
Written by
@DevinLeland
- Views
- Must play
- Fast greens

TPC Colorado
Berthoud, CO, USAPrivateArthur Schaupeter
- 4.2Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 4.7Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
As good as it gets for views in Colorado. Some amazing bunkering on the final stretch of holes. An even better par 3 tee box next to the clubhouse. A must play in the area.
Written by
@Fut’sPicks
- Views
- Challenging
- Driving range

Norman
Red Sky Ranch and Golf Club
Wolcott, CO, USAPublicGreg Norman
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.5Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Must play
- Pristine
- Fast greens

CommonGround Golf Course
Aurora, CO, USAPublicTom Doak
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.4Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Course is very fun with challenging greens. Definitely a Doak course because there are some holes where if you put in the wrong spot you are totally screwed. Greens rolled really nicely though and the speeds were good. It had a lot of good holes that were fun and interesting.
Written by
@johnny
- Walkable
- Driving range
- Must play

Fazio
Red Sky Ranch and Golf Club
Wolcott, CO, USAPublicTom Fazio
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.5Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
- Challenging
- Must play
- Pristine

The Country Club of Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO, USAPublicBen Crenshaw & Bill Coore
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
- Views
- Driving range
- Pristine

The Club at Crested Butte
Crested Butte, CO, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 5.0Conditions
- 2.5Layout
- 2.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 1.3Facilities
Tough design with many bunkers with high lips, marshlands, and water. They have a 9,003 ft tee box to hit from that makes your ball fly. There were some dry spots and not even grass in a few places. Fairway and rough wet on every hole.
Written by
@WorldlyVoyage76
- Hidden gem
- Underrated
- Great value

Bella Ridge Golf Club
Johnstown, CO, USAPublic
- 3.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
Fantastic match play course. Lots of half pars. I hope they keep the course firm and fast. Has potential to be awesome. Not an easy walk though
Written by
@Colinarmi
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. State pages include golf courses across Colorado. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about course rankings in Colorado.
The top golf courses in Colorado on Course Vaults are led by Ballyneal Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 9.2. This page ranks 25 courses, including Ballyneal Golf Club, Castle Pines Golf Club, Rodeo Dunes.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. State pages include golf courses across Colorado. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Colorado list ranks golf courses across the state that meet Course Vaults eligibility (open, public and private courses, and at least 5 explicit ratings).
Ballyneal Golf Club is currently #1 among courses in Colorado on Course Vaults at 9.2 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 2:56 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
Cities in Colorado
- Aurora
- Colorado Springs
- Denver
- Littleton
- Castle Rock
- Englewood
- Lakewood
- Edwards
- Breckenridge
- Eagle
- Fort Collins
- Golden
- Loveland
- Parker
- Tabernash
- Westminster
- Windsor
- Wolcott
- Aspen
- Avon
- Berthoud
- Boulder
- Brighton
- Cañon City
- Carbondale
- Centennial
- Commerce City
- Crested Butte
- Erie
- Estes Park
- Evergreen
- Firestone
- Fort Lupton
- Glenwood Springs
- Greeley
- Gypsum
- Holyoke
- Johnstown
- Keenesburg
- Keystone
- Lafayette
- Larkspur
- Longmont
- Louisville
- Monument
- New Castle
- Sedalia
- Silverthorne
- Steamboat Springs
- Thornton
- Vail
