pseudoswede

What course do they manage up there?

For Tuesday, perhaps consider Commonground, Murphy Creek, GVR, or Colorado National (used to be the home course for CU). Your son will probably enjoy playing from the tips on those courses. University of Denver Golf Club in Highlands Ranch could also be considered, but it's not as long as the others (along with some questionable holes). I think someone with a skill level like your son would find Red Hawk Ridge pretty boring--unless he wants an ego boost and shoot in the low 60's which is certainly in the realm of possibilities if he can get his wedge approaches close to the pin. Plum Creek isn't a terrible idea. They* have revived the course back to playable conditions. It hit 100° yesterday and 98° today. It's going to cool down this week, but it should be back in the 90's next week with your typical Colorado thunderstorms every afternoon. * - same ownership group runs Bear Dance and Colorado National; and lots of other courses around the country

Great weekend in Summit County. The Raven was in okay shape. Better shape than the last time I played it in 2019, but that's not saying much. #13 was nearly unplayable due to the majority of the fairway being too wet/soggy to play, and it doesn't help it's a blind tee shot. I'm going to put this in the "play it once, take lots of pictures, and never go back" bucket. The round took five hours, and the whole course was backed up. Breckenridge, on the other hand, was in excellent shape with just a few dried-out dead spots on fairways and the occasionally wet/soggy spot. We played Beaver/Bear, which is probably the most meh of the pairings. Even thought we waiting on almost every shot (only a few times did we drive up to the next tee box with the group ahead still teeing off), we played in just 4 hours 5 minutes. I could play this course over and over. If you're ever near Keystone, I highly recommend trying out the beers at Steep. The place was packed with locals on a Friday evening which I think is a good sign.

Commonground is pretty close to downtown. I would also say good luck getting on at Wellshire or City Park (good course, but doesn't hold a candle to the ones mentioned upthread). Their tee sheets are pretty much booked solid every day sunrise to sunset. The City Park pro shop even said trying to get on as a single is extremely difficult--and this was on a random Wednesday in April.

Just released a single at 8:20 and a twosome at 8:30 for Breckenridge on Sunday if you want to snag those.

@CDM my bad, I should've said it was from the white tees, which is still about a 320-330 carry.

Yeah. About 20 years ago, Qwest had multiple facilities at Hampden & Wadsworth, and they decided to move the majority of software development into one of the buildings. We'd play Foothills almost every week. One of my best drives ever was on #5 (downhill dogleg right par 4). Landed my drive square in the middle of the green.