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OMNI
INTERLOCKEN
TRAIL CREEK COURSE TRAIL CREEK COURSE
PAR 3 142YARDS
Broomfield, CO
303.438.6600
omnihotels.com
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fter pressurized business meeting in which various weighty
decisions have been made, it is always nice to be able to step to
the first tee and take part in 18 holes of unwinding.
There is a growing list of places that cater to both of those enterprises,
and one is to be found on the way from Denver to Boulder.
The Omni Interlocken Resort provides all the desired amenities, whether
the occasion is business or pleasure. Chief among those amenities, for
those who are easily tempted by such a thing, are 27 holes of golf.
The three nine-hole courses—Eldorado, Vista and Sunshine—were
designed by David Graham, who in 1981 hit every green in the final
round at the revered Merion Golf Club and won the U.S. Open by three
shots.
If the Eldorado Nine is part of the day's play, there will be an early
encounter with a green that is difficult to hit even by Graham's standards.
Those familiar with this facility believe that the hardest club selection to
make on any of the 27 holes comes at the Eldorado Nine's par-3 second.
Length is certainly not a problem. This is a short hole—even from the
back tee. Accuracy is the key since a pond laps up to the front-edge
of the triangle-shaped green and continues along the entire right side.
There is a refuge of short grass to the left of the water and to the left of
the green: Those with a good short game will have a reasonable chance
to save par from that location.
The only bunker on the hole is to the back right of the green and is not
all that much of a factor.
It all comes down to how bold a player wants to be in a bid for birdie,
which on a hole this short is within the realm of possibility even for those
with marginal skills. But those who do choose the bold route had best
select the proper club.
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Photograph courtesy of Sun Valley
