City Park Golf Course

City Park driving range was a fun middle-​of-​the-​week activity. I haven’t golfed in years, so I definitely don’t pretend to know what I’m doing. My husband, on the other hands, golfs a few times a year and can carry his own weight.
We got a few buckets of balls, borrowed some clubs, and went to work. Nothing fancy, just hitting balls at the driving range. Even with the heavy traffic on York Street, I found it to be peaceful and we had the buffer of a few stalls on each side.
I have to say, I didn’t interact with any staff members, so I can’t speak to that. My husband mentioned the prices were fair and the pros in the golf shop were helpful.
I’m guessing we’ll be back…

This review is to speak to the absolute sexiest attitude that happened at city park golf course today.
There were multiple instances of harassment by the Rangers today. Myself and three other girls were playing nine holes with a cart. Multiple times the ranger stopped us on every hole. Telling us he was going to kick us off if we didn’t speed up. He was absolutely rude when we said we would let anyone played through. He called us a liar etc. I will never give city park another dime. I would love to talk to City Park’s management regarding today. It was a deterrent that we had a new golf we with us. We will absolutely never come back and we are happy to share the full story. We are not feminists but today was ridiculous. My husband and all of his friends will also be banning City Park. Shame on you. I should have hit you with a golf ball.

I personally think that they are sexist at this golf course towards women. We were playing 9 holes with a car and they jeered us for that. The marshall is a complete jerk and had it out for us. It was not a pleasant place to play. I will never go back. We had a slow hole as there was a beginner with us and we wanted to let the foursome play through and the Marshall said that he would not allow it. By the way, the Marshall had gray hair with a ponytail. He was mean and rude. Ladies, go play at Fitzsimmons or Park Hill, you will be treated better.

This is a fun course. Good practice green and practice pitching greens. Poor driving range. Great views of downtown!
I played Friday July31– very slow play and nobody was fixing ball marks or divots.
This would be a super nice if people would be courteous and play faster and patrons need to take care of the course.

I have to say that I am a fan. While it is not a «resort» course, it is a very very good muni course. Every time I have played it it is in great condition. It is an easy layout and with the 3 par 5’s on the back nine it makes it easy to score low. The views of the city are great. I have played it mostly in the afternoon so I haven’t ran into the slow play issues that a few of the other reviewers have complained about.

Tempted to go to 4 stars, but can’t. The things City Park has going for it is a good price, great views of downtown Denver, being in good shape (mostly), and generally a good, friendly staff. The things that drag it down are slow play, a lack of character from the golf course, slow play, parts of the course being out of shape, and did I mention slow play? It’s a municipal city golf course so you can’t expect pace to be blazingly quick, but they can do a lot better than what they do.

The worse driving range in Denver. Over priced green fees. Easy course.
The last time I played, the head marshall was off duty and playing behind us. The pace of play was backed up and we were waiting on the parties in front of us. After the second hole he flagged us down and threatened us that he would call the marshall on duty – which he did – if we didn’t hurry up.
Terrible experience.

This was an easy course to play. I thought it was a little pricey for the shape the greens were in. A few people were cutting across the course to get to the other streets which was weird.

Obviously I’m not a golfer, but I had a couple thoughts after a relaxing Monday of entertaining my fantasy of being Tigress Woods (with literally no practice or effort on my part).
I like city courses. Less pressure. Plus, my golf polo isn’t back from the dry cleaner’s, so shucks. Loved rolling up in a t-​shirt and cargo shorts and not being asked to skedaddle.
$ 10/​bucket for the «driving» range, on which you cannot use a driver. It was one of the strangest driving ranges I’ve ever been to. The tees were all super close together, the range was narrow, and the range was so short that you could easily hit golfers on at least two of the holes, unless you are me, in which case you could easily smash balls through the front windows of the houses behind the driving range.
Very frat bro-​ish, then again it WAS a Monday morning, which I hear is quite a popular time to actually go to work.
This is an excellent, gorgeous course. If the wind is just right, you can detect just a hint of elephant manure, and East Colfax, Denver’s heartbeat, is just a few blocks away.
Final words of wisdom from my super helpful blind-​leading-​the-​blind golf buddy today: Keep your eye on the ball. Follow through. There’s no I in team. And if I’m playing, duck. I mean fore.

City Park Golf Course is a great place to bring out of town guests. There are a few reasons:
1. Not a tough course to navigate — lots of room for the occasional errant shot.
2. Spectacular view of the city skyline with the mountains in the background from the East side of the course.
3. Friendly staff, a decent restaurant, and well maintained facilities.
Play on the weekend can be a little slow, but for a municipal course, it really is a nice combination of convenience, affordability, and fun.
One side note, a handful of the greens are miserably sloped, where if you miss a putt, there is about a 95% chance the ball will roll all the way to the front of the green. This problem bets progressively worse as the summer dries and hardens the course.

I like it. Cheap and good, what else can you ask for?
I went to the driving range to hit balls. Putting range. Drive range. I am a beginner, so this was all new to me, and I loved it. It seemed perfect for my non-​existent game.
The clubhouse is decent.
The pro shop was busy, but the guys were aware of every customer and hooked us up with tokens quickly.
You can get a couple clubs to practice with if you don’t have your own.
Sale clothes.
Very reasonable cart/​course rates.
And balls are $ 10 for the BIG bucket. Brilliant.
It is located right off York, and convenient to downtown and the uptown neighborhoods. Golf! right in the center of the city. I love my town!

For a low priced, highly public course (oh yes, I’ve worn jeans a few times and even played nine in windpants and a hoodie) it’s very well maintained, has a nice short game practice area and is made up of some truly great staffers. The only real downside is the lack of a grass driving range, but you can’t get everything you wish for…

City Park is sort of a lower tier muni course here in Denver. It’s normally reasonably well maintained (though of course always call ahead to find out if it’s been recently aerated or not so you can avoid it if it has.) As other reviewers have mentioned, the holes are short and flat — which means it’s good for higher handicap golfers. The greens add a challenge because they’re pretty small, though if you can hit ‘em they isn’t much break so if you can stick it close you don’t have to worry too much about a three-​put.
There aren’t many trees, so don’t plan on playing shade golf or keeping cool on the incredibly hot summer days. Also be careful because there a few chances to shank one into the road on the North and East sides of the course.
The practice facilities are decent. Good sized putting green, well maintained but narrow driving range (not many people can fit in there, and it gets crowded super super after work) and the chipping area is decent.
Staff is usually helpful and polite, but nothing to write home about. But the thing everyone needs to be aware of, is that they have possibly THE GREATEST HOT DOGS you will ever have at a golf course. I can’t even explain how good it is to have a City Park dog and a shot of Jack at the turn before heading out for the back 9. It’s just nice and toasted and buttery and hot doggy — next time you hit sticks at City Park GC, definitely get yourself a dog. Aside from hitting your 5 wood instead of your three wood off the tee at the 9^th, it’ll be the best decision you make all day.

I want to leave a comment about CP’s practice facilities. Not often do you find such fine practice facilities at a public course in the city. You have multiple greens for chipping and putting — all free to access. The driving range is good, but typically you have to hit off the turf, instead of the grass. At any rate, I would certainly recommend it as a great place to work on the short game.

Enjoyable to play, mature trees, small greens, accommodating staff.
Nice public/​muni type course. Not much elevation change, most holes are relatively straight with only gentle dog-​legs. Greens are all small and round with some tilt, usually from back to front. Course is in good condition. I showed up and got out in a matter of minutes.
Only negatives (slight) were that the weekend rates start on Friday and the on course Marshall (the only one I saw) is not helpfull ie he yelled that one of our player’s ball hit the tree and bounced forward. We looked for it for 5 minutes and did not find it, he just sat in his cart and did not come over the 50 or so yards to help. If he saw where it was, why did he not assist, it would speed up play and it is part of his job. Kind of picky but things like that can make a difference in how players like/​dislike a course.
Good price for a round of golf and pace of play moves right along.