Haymaker

Owned by the Steamboat Springs Municipality, the Haymaker Golf Course occupies 233 acres on the south side of the city. Laid out in open countryside, there's no intrusive residential elements obscuring the wide Yampa Valley vistas from any of its generous fairways.

Laid out as two distinct 9-hole circuits, both of which arrive back at the clubhouse via a demanding par five, Haymaker is a highly entertaining Keith Foster layout, proving the renowned restoration expert is just as adept at designing courses from scratch as he is carefully polishing older ones.

Highlight holes include the 457-yard 4th (“Flat Tops”), rated stroke index 1 on the card, short par fours at the 8th (“Ring the Bell”) and 11th (“Watering Hole”), and the 248-yard 17th (“Ten Gallon”), where the shallow putting surface is protected by two small bunkers to the front left of the green.