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*No walking is allowed Friday-Sunday and Holidays before 3pm
*9 Hole Rounds not allowed Friday-Sunday before 3pm
*24 Hour Cancellation Policy. Charges will apply to reservations not canceled within 24 hours.
January 1, 2014 - Official Season Open (date will be specified)
*All rates are for 18 Holes with cart included
The Course
On the 1st tee at Deer Creek, you're enjoying the trees, the fresh air, the birds, even the pond in front of you. But don't be distracted too much by the scenery and the wildlife.
Deer Creek Golf Club at Meadow Ranch in Littleton, Colo., is definitely one of the best places in golf to enjoy nature at its finest. But it also offers you some great golfing adventures that demand your attention: ponds to carry; hills to climb; elevated greens and an island green swimming in marshland. Set against the Dakota Hogback and the Rocky Mountain foothills, Deer Creek's picturesque scenery and impeccable conditioning provide an unparalleled golf experience.
Designed by renowned architect Scott Miller, our course is a championship links-style venue where more than 40 acres of wetlands provide sanctuary for thousands of birds as well as exciting tests for the golfer. Measuring 7,000 yards from the back tees, this course promises to test even the longest hitters. But with our many sets of tee boxes players of all skill levels can relax and have an enjoyable round.
Course Tour
You'll begin your round with a short par-4 that offers you an uphill dogleg right with a pond and wetlands to carry off the tee boxes. It plays at 380 yards from the back tees and 256 from the front. Watch out for the fairway bunkers on the right during your drive.
“The fairway shoots back up the hogback. You have to be on the right side of the fairway for your approach to the green.”
Our third hole is a demanding par-4 dogleg right with a forced carry from many of the tee boxes. If you can carry the pond and wetlands to the right of the tees you can cut distance off on this hole. The green is set against the side of a hill. If you don't hit the green, you could drop into a natural area on the right. The 3rd used to be a par-5, but it has now been shortened to become a par-4, 462 yards from the back and 364 from the front.
No. 5 is an exciting par-4 (392 yards from the back and 284 from the front) that golfers usually remember for its watery adventures. The main fairway area is almost surrounded by a creek. You have to cross water to get to the fairway. Then you have to avoid the creek as it runs along the left side of the fairway; then you have to cross it again to get to the elevated green that literally is built on the side of a cliff.
“You're playing downhill to about 150 yards and then back up again. It's not a lengthy hole, but it is visually intimidating.”
On the par-4 10th (322 from the back tees and 198 from the front), our designer Scott Miller really tempts the player to pull out a driver. The length of this hole makes it look easy off the tees. But there is a water hazard to the left and trouble – trees and a natural area – off to the right. If you pull out your Big Bertha here, you could end up with a double bogey.
On the 11th, you face a 484-yard par-4 (299 from the front) that takes you to a green surrounded by wetlands.
Then the last few holes make for a grand crescendo to your round at Deer Creek.
The par-3 16th offers an island green, not floating in a pond, but swimming in a sea of wetlands. It's a long stretch from the back tees – 199 yards. From the front it measures 126.
The 17th is a long par-4 with a forced carry over marshland again. The 18th is a straightaway 440-yard par-4 with a creek running through the middle.
“If you can make pars on those last holes, you're going to feel good about your day."
“The fairway shoots back up the hogback. You have to be on the right side of the fairway for your approach to the green.”
Our third hole is a demanding par-4 dogleg right with a forced carry from many of the tee boxes. If you can carry the pond and wetlands to the right of the tees you can cut distance off on this hole. The green is set against the side of a hill. If you don't hit the green, you could drop into a natural area on the right. The 3rd used to be a par-5, but it has now been shortened to become a par-4, 462 yards from the back and 364 from the front.
No. 5 is an exciting par-4 (392 yards from the back and 284 from the front) that golfers usually remember for its watery adventures. The main fairway area is almost surrounded by a creek. You have to cross water to get to the fairway. Then you have to avoid the creek as it runs along the left side of the fairway; then you have to cross it again to get to the elevated green that literally is built on the side of a cliff.
“You're playing downhill to about 150 yards and then back up again. It's not a lengthy hole, but it is visually intimidating.”
On the par-4 10th (322 from the back tees and 198 from the front), our designer Scott Miller really tempts the player to pull out a driver. The length of this hole makes it look easy off the tees. But there is a water hazard to the left and trouble – trees and a natural area – off to the right. If you pull out your Big Bertha here, you could end up with a double bogey.
On the 11th, you face a 484-yard par-4 (299 from the front) that takes you to a green surrounded by wetlands.
Then the last few holes make for a grand crescendo to your round at Deer Creek.
The par-3 16th offers an island green, not floating in a pond, but swimming in a sea of wetlands. It's a long stretch from the back tees – 199 yards. From the front it measures 126.
The 17th is a long par-4 with a forced carry over marshland again. The 18th is a straightaway 440-yard par-4 with a creek running through the middle.
“If you can make pars on those last holes, you're going to feel good about your day."
Deer Creek was Designed by Renowned Architect Scott Miller
The designer of Deer Creek Golf Course at Meadow Ranch is Scott Miller of Arizona, one of those rare people who knew what he wanted to do with his life back in sixth grade. As a youngster in Augusta, Kan.,
he used to play what he calls “cross-country golf” – playing through undeveloped land and making up holes as he went along. Then he’d go home to sketch out what he had just played.
After college, Miller worked for Jack Nicklaus’ design firm and moved to Scottsdale to handle the western end of Nicklaus’ business. He helped design Desert Highlands and the Renegade, Cochise and Geronimo courses at Desert Mountain. In 1988, he broke away from Nicklaus and went out on his own.
He’s specialized in building courses that have a target flavor and limited turf, but he always designs them to allow for the traditional recovery shot. “We also spend a lot of time in this office ensuring that the average golfer has a generous landing area for their tee shot,” Miller says. “So that the golfer doesn’t have to stand on the tee box every time and pull another golf ball out of his bag.”
Like Deer Creek, many of his courses are built on extraordinarily beautiful properties that have outstanding scenic vistas and holes that take full advantage of the lay of the land.
The playability and recovery possibilities on his courses are probably one of the factors in why his courses win such high rankings from golfing magazines. Besides Deer Creek in Littleton, Colo., he has designed We-Ko-Pa, a Native American-owned course near Scottsdale, Pueblo at Sandia, near Albuquerque, N.M., and the Golf Club at Eagle Mountain in Fountain Hills, Ariz.
he used to play what he calls “cross-country golf” – playing through undeveloped land and making up holes as he went along. Then he’d go home to sketch out what he had just played.
After college, Miller worked for Jack Nicklaus’ design firm and moved to Scottsdale to handle the western end of Nicklaus’ business. He helped design Desert Highlands and the Renegade, Cochise and Geronimo courses at Desert Mountain. In 1988, he broke away from Nicklaus and went out on his own.
He’s specialized in building courses that have a target flavor and limited turf, but he always designs them to allow for the traditional recovery shot. “We also spend a lot of time in this office ensuring that the average golfer has a generous landing area for their tee shot,” Miller says. “So that the golfer doesn’t have to stand on the tee box every time and pull another golf ball out of his bag.”
Like Deer Creek, many of his courses are built on extraordinarily beautiful properties that have outstanding scenic vistas and holes that take full advantage of the lay of the land.
The playability and recovery possibilities on his courses are probably one of the factors in why his courses win such high rankings from golfing magazines. Besides Deer Creek in Littleton, Colo., he has designed We-Ko-Pa, a Native American-owned course near Scottsdale, Pueblo at Sandia, near Albuquerque, N.M., and the Golf Club at Eagle Mountain in Fountain Hills, Ariz.
