Colorado National Golf Club

The greens are very sub par. Not in good shape at all.

On a 78 degree, windy Fall day, the course was well manicured, greens fast but true and fair. Fairways were fair and well defined. Rough was penal. Challenging to tell which tee markers were at which location. Mitigated by the on-cart GPS which seemed accurate.

I've played this course a handful of times over the years . It sets the bar for public courses in the area for sure. You won't get more for the money anywhere else. Just hope that continues to be the case now that it has been purchased by Bear Dance and I don't have to find a new course!

Staff was courteous and attentive. Off course amenities were excellent. Course was in pretty good shape especially since it is public and A LOT of players don't fix ball marks. Excellent value.

Played Thursday afternoon before the NFL opener between Broncos and Panthers. Course was wide open. Played 18 in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Pro shop person wasn't the friendliest, but the starter was cool. Course had been areated, but overall in great shape!

We played the front 9 twice as the back 9 was closed for aeration. Never in 20 years have I been to a course that did that. There was no info on web site that the back 9 would be closed when reservation was made. The front had already been aerated. Most of the bunkers looked like there had been a party in them the night before. They had over watered I suppose, because of the aeration. Quite a few bunkers had small ravines in them from too much watering. Had to move the ball as a result from a couple of bunkers. So in my mind there was no course maintenance done that morning to make the course (front 9) enjoyable to the casual golfer. To be the home of the Colorado University golf team, the conditions were deplorable with no warning for the daily golfer. Will not return.

The guy behind the counter acted is if he has been tortured into working there. If you hate your job so much go work somewhere else. The fellas in the cart return area where friendly. You should focus on having friendly staff that interacts with the customer in a professional manner. The course conditions certainly left much to be desired. I understand it's late in the season but it should be posted or told to players that the greens are plugged and sanded.

Booked a foursome hot deal prepaid tee time on Golfnow.com. @ 936. Course was in great shape. One of our guys was running a little late. The guys in the pro shop brought him down to us on the 1st fairway. That was nice & they had no problem doing it. The starter was nice & informative, (Bob I think) as we had 2 players that haven't played there before. Everything was going great! One of the Marshall's even went back to hole #1 for my buddy's club, that he forgot & brought it to us by hole #4. By hole #7 a Marshall in a black shirt, the rest had bright yellow on. Told us we were a hole & half behind the pace & to hurry up. Yes the group in front of us was gone but the group behind us wasn't waiting AT ALL! Then when we're driving from #10 green to #11 tee box & 2 Marshall's pass us. First one in bright yellow waves & says nothing then the Marshall in the black shirt tells us we're now 12 minutes & 2.5 holes holes behind & if we don't hurry up we'll be asked to skip a hole. We look back & the group behind us (which is a three some) is still teeing off, which we tell him. He then tells us that everyone is complaining about the pace because of us. Couple minutes later we receive a message on the gps saying we'll have to skip a hole if we don't hurry up. So now he's in our head, couple of us shank one off the tee then proceed to find more bunkers than usual for a solid 3 holes. Golf has a lot of mental focus & when your told to hurry up, it makes things worse. Oh & all the water stations were empty on the front 9 by 10am. Some reviews warned me of such things, guess they were right! Probably won't come back here for awhile now......

The water features were not running.

I booked a round for my buddy and I here and was definitely impressed with this course. For the most part, the greens, fairways and tee boxes were well kept, although the greens played really fast. Part of the game though, right? All of the staff that we encountered were friendly as well. Definitely well worth what we paid! We'll be back..

Played here before a few times before. Very annoyed by several factors this round. We played at 1:48 pm on a 90 degree day. None of the water jugs around the course had any water in them after 3 pm. I was fine for the first nine as I had a full thermos of water and another iced tea I was drinking, but the back 9 was a different story. There was no sand in many of the bunkers, just baked hard clay. The GPS in the cart made us back up several times because it thought we were driving through the native when we were just in the rough a good 20 feet from anywhere we shouldn't drive. Pace of play was very slow, though our group wan't quick. We did mange to stay a hole or hole and a half behind the group in front of us, so even if we'd played faster we wouldn't have gotten very far. And all the while the GPS kept sending us nasty-grams about being behind pace.

I am not sure what all the hype is about at Colorado National... maybe is stems from being CUs home course. A fine layout, fairly long links style golf course with plenty of elevation change but the conditions were mediocre at best. In the middle of the summer for a course that charges $70 to play I expect near perfect conditioning. At least 3 greens had just as much dirt on them as grass and some fairways were absolutely soaked! I may give this course another chance but there are so many other golf courses within a half hour that blow this place out of the water

I read the reviews hoping they were wrong. The course is a glorified cow pasture at best. The greens were rolling around 12. Not due to being rolled and true but due to the lack of actual grass. The pro shop staff has to be the worst I have ever experienced. I grew up in NC playing Pinehurst and Piper Glen to name a few. If you are looking to play a weed infested golf course and be insulted at the same time then Colorado National is for you.

Another great day at CNGC. New superintendent doing great job. And the plant & flower guy deserves a shout out! Greens rolled true despite invasion of poa annua(?). And where can you play a Jay Morrish course with views of snow-covered Long's Peak on an 80-degree, sun-filled day with cart and GPS for under $50! Colorado is the best!

The course meanders through the neighborhood aimlessly as designed to sell homes rather than enjoyment of the game. The staff is unfriendly bordering on downright rude. Way too many nice courses in North Metro Denver to waste your 51/2 hours here.

I love this course. Great layout and the golf staff is super friendly. Brought out clients and the pros were very friendly and funny. Weather was a bit rainy so it wasn't busy. Course was in great shape. Always a good value here as well even though company paid for it.They have new carts which are really cool with GPS which I love since I hit it so crooked.

This is one of my favorite courses but I wish the greens were in better shape. I love that they have GPS on the carts.

Playing on a overcast rainy morning with moderate to high winds, you would think pace of play wouldn't be an issue. That was not the case for our group. By the third hole we had an unpleasant older man (50-60's) waiting for us. As we walked off of the green he told us in a stern voice that we were 12 minutes behind pace of play. Seeing that there was nobody in front of us and a group two holes behind us, we were confused on why pace of play was even an issue? A gentleman in my group acknowledged that fact to the "Ranger" and told him to relax. The ranger snapped back "NO YOU RELAX" and told us to pick up our pace and that he'll be back! He continued to hover around our group the rest of the front nine. Our group got so fed up with this man, we decided to quit after nine. (After paying $60 a person for golf and another $60 between our group for food and drinks). Needless to say, most of us will not be back!

I like the course but I don't like playing it backwards
I don't like playing any course backwards.

I've taken advantage of two price specials to play this course now, and both times I've been unhappy with the result.

My most recent round took nearly 5.5 hours to finish. The previous time, we played 14 holes in 5 hours before it got dark. WHY does this course take so long? There are no rangers to enforce the pace of play. We waited on every shot the whole round.

To start off, the tee boxes are nicely maintained, and the fairways are very nice. Most are fairly wide, and if you play from the correct tee box, should have little trouble maintaining the pace of play. Even the rough isn't too bad. Stray too far, however, and you're in the native grasses, which you must keep the cart out of. The course has a nice mix of holes to hit driver and lay up with an iron. The sand traps I was in were nice - I was in several.

The greens, however, are atrocious. Read all of last year's reviews about the greens - they're still true. Your ball is airborne as much as it is rolling when you putt. The greens are pretty hard, too. I broke a ball mark repair tool on the 3rd or 4th green.

And you'll want to have exact change for the beverage cart. The girl I spoke to said "they don't want us to carry change." How convenient for her to make an additional tip on any single purchase.

I want to like this course, since it's the closest to me and has decent rates occasionally. But I have to devote most of a day to do so! And the greens need a lot of work.