jamesdeluxe
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- Jul 17, 2020
After landing in Colorado early afternoon yesterday, my brother and I headed up I-70 for a late-day round at an outlier in the City of Denver's eight municipal courses, Evergreen. Although it's not within the geographic city limits, Evergreen is considered to be part of the metroplex -- I guess that these days you'd call it an exurb. About 45 minutes from Denver, it has a definite mountain-town atmosphere and at 7,200 feet was once a place where wealthy people from the city went to escape the summer heat. Despite living in Denver 35+ years, my brother had never played Evergreen before and neither had I; however, friends had recommended it.
At the first tee, Pete the starter gives first-timers tips about how to play the course:
He explained that at 4,925 yards, it's a short course but quirky with narrow fairways and a good number of blind uphill shots and doglegs. For that reason, he advised that club selection was key and that you'd be punished for being "long and wrong" by landing in rough that was legitimately rough (no weed killer and a fair amount of rocks, bare dirt, mud, and other unpleasantness) or in trees.
He also gave us the elk disclaimer:
First tee:
As a mountain course, it's a good workout on foot and here's the first of many blind shots on the second tee:
Hole 3 doesn't look like much at 109 yards:
However, it's a blind uphill shot so you use the arrow on the rock for guidance:
... and I got my first $2 greenie of the day. You ring the bell behind the green to let the group on the tee know that you're finished:
After waiting out a 15-minute thunderstorm, it was back to more narrow fairways:
Nice how the rocks frame this green:
While a ranger on the course would've been welcome to speed up play after the rain delay, the beer cart thankfully made frequent appearances:
Good to see that the American entrepreneurial spirit still exists:
On this par 3 fairway, you can see a pack of marmots:
Check out what a nice job they did rebuilding the 10th hole after it was ruined by flooding in 2013:
The 11th fairway from across a pond:
At the first tee, Pete the starter gives first-timers tips about how to play the course:
He explained that at 4,925 yards, it's a short course but quirky with narrow fairways and a good number of blind uphill shots and doglegs. For that reason, he advised that club selection was key and that you'd be punished for being "long and wrong" by landing in rough that was legitimately rough (no weed killer and a fair amount of rocks, bare dirt, mud, and other unpleasantness) or in trees.
He also gave us the elk disclaimer:
First tee:
As a mountain course, it's a good workout on foot and here's the first of many blind shots on the second tee:
Hole 3 doesn't look like much at 109 yards:
However, it's a blind uphill shot so you use the arrow on the rock for guidance:
... and I got my first $2 greenie of the day. You ring the bell behind the green to let the group on the tee know that you're finished:
After waiting out a 15-minute thunderstorm, it was back to more narrow fairways:
Nice how the rocks frame this green:
While a ranger on the course would've been welcome to speed up play after the rain delay, the beer cart thankfully made frequent appearances:
Good to see that the American entrepreneurial spirit still exists:
On this par 3 fairway, you can see a pack of marmots:
Check out what a nice job they did rebuilding the 10th hole after it was ruined by flooding in 2013:
The 11th fairway from across a pond:
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