We will start in Fort Collins, since this is
where we stay. There is South Ridge. This
is a very challenging course, with a large
ravine running down the middle which comes into play on
about 7 of the last 9 holes. Next is Collindale. This is a
flat course, but has lots of lakes and irrigation
ditches meandering through it. Collindale is the course
that the Colorado State University Golf team plays.
Lets travel a bit north to Link-N-Green
course. This is an oversized executive course.
Very nice to play on. Rarely have had trouble
getting on this course early in the morning. The
fourth one in Fort Collins that I play is City Park Nine. As
the name implies, it is a nine hole course. This is
where we play in the Matador Apartment
tournaments that I mentioned earlier. Here is a slide show of the Fort Collins courses.Lets move on about 15 miles south to Loveland. This
is where I do most of my summer golfing. My son
lives here, so this is where Tim and my grandson
play with me. We play the Olde Course at
Loveland. Marianna Buttes
golf course is in the buttes just out of Loveland.
It is a very hilly course with lots of lakes and streams.
There are two holes where the teebox is about 50 to
60 feet above the green. The Big Thompson river runs
through the course. Tim and I, in the past, played
here quite often. Here is a slide show of the golf courses in Loveland .The third
golf course in Loveland is Cattail. This is a nine
hole par three. It is across the street from the
Olde Course at Loveland. This course is hilly, and
challenging for a par 3. This is where most of the
children have their golf lessons.Lets move on to Boulder. One course that I played
several times is Lake Valley. This is listed with a Longmont address, but is
actually closer to Boulder. The plant where I worked
played their golf league here in the
evenings. It is a good course and has lots of
play. I used to go to the Flatirons Golf
Course early in the morning and be the first one
off. This is a rather flat course with lots of
water, trees, and streams. This is the course that
the University of Colorado golf team plays.
Jane and I used to go to a little course called Haystack. This
also is listed in Longmont, but is closer to Boulder.
We used to have a good time playing here two or three times a week.
Haystack is a small 9 hole par 3 course.Tim and I play most of our games on the Olde Course at
Loveland but like to play at least one game out of
the area. In 1997 we went to Louisville to Coal Creek Golf
Course. In 1998 we went to Lafayette to Indian Peaks Golf
Club. These towns are both south of Boulder, and are fun to play and well
worth investigating. After our games both in 1997
and 1998, our families met us at Collacci's Blue
Parrot restaurant in Louisville. It is an Italian
restaurant that specializes in home made
spaghetti and sausages. Jane and I try to
get there at least once each summer.
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