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Greenwood Village, CO

Village Greens Park

3.145(based on 39 reviews)
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brentjacobs
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Experience: 22.7 years 659 played 59 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Nice golf infrastructure - boring piece of land 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 21, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

- 18 Metal Baskets in good repair with a level mount.
- Nice level concrete tees on every hole.
- Nice practice basket and course map at the entrance.
- Decent use of the available elevation.
- Most holes are very beginner or casual friendly. If that's what you're looking for, this course is a solid choice.
- Layout is pretty easy to follow.
- Flags on the top of the few baskets that are not visible from the tee.
- Nice little metal bars with nubs by the tee boxes that are(I assume) for scraping mud off your shoes.
- Seems to be pretty well maintained. Wood chips around all the baskets which is nice since a lot of the course and greens are hard pan dirt. Didn't really see any trash to speak of.
- Depending on skill level, there are a lot of ace runs out there.
- Free to play.

Cons:

- Pretty blah golf. Most of the trees are 8-10' tall so there really is almost no line shaping or precision required. I've played some "lynx style" courses before and generally, unless there's a bunch of elevation in play or a lot of man made OB or both, they just don't present much challenge. From the spray paint lines I saw on a number of holes, I'd guess artificial OB is how local leagues and tourneys spice this course up.
- With the land the course is on, a number of holes feel pretty repetitive. Lots of 220' to 320' range. Slight uphill, slight downhill. The others that don't fit in that range are are couple 350'ish and a couple 450'ish holes. Really not a lot of variety is possible with the land being used. Only 2 holes stuck out as unique/fun on the course, for me. #'s 15 & 16 which play over a little row of bushes that line the small creek and then back across the other direction.
- Some of the tee pads seem to point on what should be the preferred line, except, as I mentioned earlier, the very short trees don't really force a line. This basically leaves the golfer lining up the tee diagonally. Perhaps they're set in this manner to account for 10+ years of future tree growth. Not sure, but I wasn't a huge fan of those tees.
- Prairie dogs. These cute little terrorists leave ankle breaking holes like land mines. Fortunately they have not infested the entire or even the majority of the course. Hopefully they stay to the small area they're in and don't make a push for a hostile takeover. Keep your eyes open if you start to see them and watch your step.

Other Thoughts:

This is a decent town course for the casual to intermediate player. For more experienced players, or those who like a test of skills, this will not offer challenge or variety beyond a "birdie or die" type round and the few bomber holes. All the right things have been added to the course as far as infrastructure. The tees and baskets are perfectly playable but the land is just really lackluster. With the small trees there's almost no shade out there so be prepared if you're playing in the heat. Lots of prairie grass but it wasn't out of control when I was there. Either enough use and/or some maintenance has kept it mostly in check. Could definitely see wanting gators if the grass was thick to avoid throwing away socks afterwards. There is an outhouse centrally located on the course, along the side of what appears to be a park maintenance building. I didn't list it in Cons as I have nothing but personal experience to draw on but a number of the hole distances seemed more than a bit off. I can't step up to a course cold, saw off a forehand n00b hyzer, and come up 40' short on a 410' hole(#1). After a few holes, I stopped relying heavily on the hole distances like I normally would at a new course. When I played, it was rated around a 3.1 and while not too far off of my rating opinion I think I set my expectations a little high. Overall, a very serviceable course but nothing to get excited about and I will not play it again on my returns trips to the area.
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Pierparknut
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Experience: 10.9 years 89 played 85 reviews
2.50 star(s)

As Open as Nebraska 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 18, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Course plays in a giant open field in its own area of a nice, clean multi-use park. Great location, nice and close to downtown.
-Nice and easy, hardly any trees. Water on only a few holes.
-Great course to try out new discs
-Nice DGA baskets
-Easy navigation
-Gentle elevation change

Cons:

-May be too open. You can throw your favorite type of shot on almost every hole.
-Can get VERY windy. No trees = no windbreaks = hard to putt When I played it was gusting. I didn't make ANYTHING. :-( That didn't help the self-esteem.
-Wear pants. Knee-high grass gets very annoying.

Other Thoughts:

-Keep an eye on your disc. This course is open as hell. Everything looks the same and its easy to forget where you threw it. The land is nice and slightly hilly, but the course would be so much better if some trees were planted.
-I was able to get out for a round here on vacation. It was a super windy day and I made only one putt outside 15 ft. GRRR.
-Next time I'm in Denver, I will try to find a course with at least a few trees :)
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SharkRock135
Experience: 6 played 2 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Not Bad 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 22, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Nice elevation change on the front 9
- Distance can change drastically between holes
- Trees and tall grass are used as good obstacles

Cons:

-tall grass and weeds makes it hard to find a disc
- LOTS of bugs in the morning; remember to bring bug spray and wear pants

Other Thoughts:

I don't live in Colorado but if I did I might play this course again if I had some bug spray.
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Dryhorse
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Wide open, windy, moderately hilly 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 19, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Village Greens is a beginner friendly course with a lot of wide open shots and moderate elevation change on almost every hole. It's located just past the athletic fields for the nearby Cherry Creek High School, and has walking/bike paths around the course, as well as an actual mountain bike trailway around the course.

The course has a decent layout, with a front 9 loop, and a back 9 loop. It's easy to start at hole 10 if the front 9 is crowded. Easy navigation with a course map sign located at the entrance, plus easy to follow beaten paths between holes. There is a centrally located porto-potty next to the utility shed in the middle of the course.

Pros:
-Teepads and baskets are excellent. About every 2-3 holes, there is a dried out log to sit on at the tee.
-Relatively new course, some trees were planted when the course was installed and when they come in the course could get more interesting.
-Pretty conveniently located next to I-25/I-225 intersection.
-Close to DTC for an after-work round
-Really good course for Rec/Int/Adv players to work on their drives, wide open shots with elevation change in the 215-450 range
-Good course for working on wind game.
-Nice neighborhood
-Clean course
-Practice basket added 2016!

Cons:

Cons:
-Nearly complete lack of significant obstacles (you can play some "fake" mandos around small trees to make it more interesting)
-Gets quite muddy in the winter/spring time, sometimes completely unplayable. Better in the summer when the plants are drinking more water, and autumn when there's less rain.
-Grass and plants get quite tall in the summer, and it can be a challenge to find your disc if you don't keep an eye on it, but rarely is a disc completely lost. Just a matter of looking for it long enough.
-Several fairways are too close to each other
-A few teeboxes are directly behind the line of sight from the previous hole
-Can get very busy on nice days, evenings after work, league nights, and weekends.
-Nearly zero shade, bring sunscreen and water if playing mid-day.

Other Thoughts:

Other Thoughts:
-Good course for rec and intermediate skill range, but a higher level player could skip it.
-Top pros would throw a hyzer at nearly every hole and birdie about 15 - 18 of them.--
-Sunscreen and water are a must if playing in the middle of the day.
-One of the best options in Denver without driving up the mountains.
-Greenwood Village keeps it clean and wood-chips the "greens".
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TalbotTrojan
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 112 played 104 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Back To The Beginning 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 23, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a new course that was put in on open space land right next to a nice big park with beautiful ball fields of all kinds. The park includes trails that connect with a neighboring State Park/Reservoir. There is also a nice mountain bike trail with man made obstacles. The course itself has brand new tee pads that are consistent. The baskets are new and in very good condition. The design makes good use of the available land. The front 9 design makes the most of available elevation change and the back 9 makes the most of the few naturally occurring trees and bushes. They have planted new trees which will make the course better when they finally grow in, if they can survive the hits they will take from discs. Despite being very short with not much challenge to it, it did have a very high fun level to it. This would be a perfect course to take a beginner to. There was a nice port-o-potty in the middle of the course that got serviced while I was there. It is right next to the only man made building looking thing there. The tee signs are nice and unique with a cairn right next to the sign to help with navigation. There is also a descent map at the beginning of the trail that leads to tee one. The course does appear to get a good amount of maintenance in general as fairways appear to be mowed. There are also nice trash cans throughout the course.

Cons:

They didn't make use of a very nice man made pond put in on the land area used by the course. Distances are measured like they do in ball golf, through the middle of the intended fairway. This means that most distances are much longer than the direct flight line which is more typical of disc golf courses. The course is very short and has several holes that are very close to each other. Most of the people that I encountered at this course were more of the beginner variety and odds are they will not all know good etiquette. This is really only a negative because of how close certain holes are to each other. I am guessing that crowds might be an issue. I played the course at a really odd time on a very hot day and was surprised at the number of other people that were playing this course at that time. This may also be the case because it is very close to one of the largest high schools in the area.

Other Thoughts:

This course really only gets marked down because of the length and lack of challenge. In one round I was able to shoot nothing worse than a three. There just really isn't much too it. I really was bothered by the way they measured distances. My score could have been much lower if more direct lines had been measured. Getting the right distance is really the only challenge to this course. Still, I had a good time playing this course and will likely use it more frequently as an upshot practice course. This is a great course to bring kids to as they will be able to shoot well here and a round should be quick enough that they will not loose interest too quickly. If they do, the course basically plays in two loops of 9 holes making it easy to stop halfway through. I really did enjoy my experience, even though it was clearly not a course that I would play all that often. Be sure you follow the directions on the course description to park in the furthest back lot. The course is on land that is more like open space than they nice green grass that you will find by the earlier lots. It should also be very easy to spot the course map sign which will indicate that you are in the right lot.
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