Columbine

Venue for the PGA Championship in 1967 when Don January lifted the famous old Wanamaker Trophy, the course at Columbine Country Club was laid out by Henry Hughes a decade before it came to national prominence by hosting one of the four Majors.

Rees Jones and his associate Greg Muirhead were brought in to develop a master plan for the course in 2019, with bunker relocation and removal identified as a top priority. Consequently, sand hazards were all rebuilt with Better Billy Bunker liners and new, high-quality white sand.

A number of trees were also thinned out and more short grass areas introduced around the greens. In addition, the short par four 6th was changed from a left dog legged hole to its original right doglegging configuration, allowing the club’s old par three 7th to be brought back into play.

The severe green on the par three 10th was rebuilt and the fairway of the 18th was moved left towards Dutch Creek, along with the removal of a large cottonwood tree that used to sit in the middle of the final fairway.