Ridge at Castle Pines North - Colorado - USA

A well maintained course with very scenic views. As many of the other reviewers have noted, the front and back or two very different courses. The front is very open while the back wooded and more challenging. The winds were extremely strong when I played which proved an additional challenge, though sometimes helpful.

Immensely fun (if not overpriced) golf course. Even though the back nine is more scenic, there are some really good golf holes on the front, which require your full attention.

The back nine is more risk/reward, and more set back in the natural setting of the Daniels Park area. But I think it is a solid course, all in all. Would be my first choice for a public track in the Castle Rock area.

Ethan's comments were spot on. The outward nine is straightforward but hardly produces anything near "edge of your seat" engaging architecture since its routed through a residential development.

The whole situation flips completely with in the inward side. Players are immersed with the size and scent of the towering pines and the holes are beautifully slotted and diverse.

It's too bad the totality of the golf experience is so different from one side to the other.

I am planning on being back in the Denver area this summer and I do plan to return and see if my original assessment still holds.

M. James Ward

Every course in Castle Pines is a gem, and the one public course, The Ridge is no exception. Two completely different nines. The first half of the course is fairly wide open and winds its way through a housing community, a slight disappointment, but doesn't take away from a fun, challenging golf course. The second nine is what makes this course though. It winds its way through towering pine trees going every direction until you reach the 18th tee and drive from on top of a rock that flanks the back of the 17th green. I firmly enjoyed my experiences here. Undoubtedly one of the best manicured courses, and funnest designs in the Denver area.