| In the mountains, the Aspen area is sparse in the | | | | things to be doing than golfing. The Grand Junction |
| number of golf courses compared to the Vail | | | | area has about twice as many golf courses than |
| area, This might have something to do with | | | | the Pueblo area. Do you suppose tending orchards |
| former President Gerald Ford giving attention to | | | | in Grand Junction (peaches, cherries, apples) gives |
| Vail over Aspen. As you might remember, former | | | | them the desire to play golf more?The Grand |
| President Ford was a big golf fan and player. | | | | Lake area is also thin with golf courses. But what |
| Although not a tournament-class player, he had | | | | golf courses there are there have to be good. |
| fun playing as long as you weren't in his line of fire | | | | Just being in the area is fantastic...what with the |
| with a stray golf ball. For the younger people... | | | | huge (by Colorado standards - this isn't Minnesota) |
| Gerald Ford had a bad habit of hitting bystanders. | | | | Grand Lake and gorgeous Rocky Mountain |
| What about the Denver area? Wow, a whopping | | | | National Park nearby.If you want to get away |
| number of golf courses are listed, over 40 | | | | from the maddening crowds and experience the |
| featured ones alone. It makes you wonder if | | | | Rocky Mountains at its best, check out the |
| there's any room for a city.Colorado Springs is no | | | | Telluride area. Gasps of awe are guaranteed in |
| slouch. there are about 40 golf courses around | | | | this part of the Rocky Mountains.A word of |
| that area too and the weather tends to be nicer | | | | warning though. If you're from a lower elevation |
| due to a little thing called the Palmer Divide near | | | | state I'd suggest using an electric cart. Playing golf |
| Monument. The divide is about 3,000 feet above | | | | five to nine thousand feet higher than you're used |
| Denver and 2,000 feet or so above Colorado | | | | to, can make 18 holes feel like a 30 mile |
| Springs. Storms coming from the north tend to | | | | marathon. There is a good thing though. Your golf |
| stall on Palmer Divide and so your golf outing is | | | | ball will travel farther than you've ever hit before |
| less likely to be interrupted. Storms from the | | | | thanks to that thin air.That being said, whenever |
| west are different. Better get off the golf course | | | | you golf in Colorado, you're bound to have a good |
| before lightning decides you're its next target.The | | | | time. The weather is great (over 300 sunny days |
| Fort Collins area shows about 30 golf courses and | | | | per year) with a gorgeous scenery that can't be |
| the Pueblo area about 10. Pueblo isn't as big into | | | | beat anywhere else in the world.Ron Rougeaux |
| golf as its northern neighbors. Possibly because of | | | | live in Colorado and writes articles about Vail and |
| its working class roots as a steel town and the | | | | Colorado for his Vail informational website at: |
| surrounding agricultural areas. For some reason, | | | | VailColoradoMountainVacation. |
| steel workers and farmers usually find better | | | | |