Sanctuary - Colorado

The Rocky Mountains provide the dramatic backcloth for the club known simply as Sanctuary – the brainchild of RE/MAX Chairman and Co-Founder Dave Liniger. Award winning architect, Jim Engh, designed the course and it opened for play in 1996.

The Sanctuary golf course occupies a 220-acre plot, which is set amidst some 12,500 acres of stunning open landscape. Free from residential development, Sanctuary is just that, an oasis of calm amongst the towering pines at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado. The topography is nothing short of dramatic and often you will feel you have the entire course to yourself as most holes play in splendid isolation, concealed from the next.

If you do get the opportunity to tee it up at Sanctuary keep your eyes peeled for the wildlife that include mountain lions, black bears and bobcats which freely roam the course.

Dave and Gail Liniger own the exclusive Sanctuary and they carefully preserve the finely balanced ecosystem by restricting the traffic to a mere 9,000 rounds per year. Uniquely, the majority of cash generated by play is donated to charities through fund-raising tournaments. It’s a delightful way of allowing limited access to the course while raising millions of dollars per annum for worthy causes. We sincerely applaud their spirit and generosity.