Hurdzan-Fry, Lehman Collaboration a Favorite of Golfers and Industry Insiders
(SILVERTHORNE, CO.) – Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks – located an hour west of Denver in the scenic “Front Range” of the U.S. Rockies – has been rated one of the best courses in Colorado by ZAGAT and Golfweek.
Raven Three Peaks received an average score of “28” out of a possible 30 points the 2009/2010 ZAGAT Survey of “America’s Top Golf Courses,” placing it alongside the Norman Course at Red Sky as the second highest-rated course in the state and among the highest-rated courses in the U.S. In Golfweek’s “2009 Best Courses You Can Play” annual, it was ranked seventh in the state.
“These ratings are resounding, third-party endorsements of Raven Three Peaks’ service, design quality and course conditioning, says Rhonda Boutelle, General Manager. “To be ranked among the best in state by golfers and industry insiders is an honor and validates everything we’re striving to achieve with this golf club.”
Among the most thorough rating guides in all of golf, ZAGAT covers 1,149 of the best courses in the United States, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Courses in the guide are rated based on the responses of more than 6,250 reviewers who play more than 560,000 rounds annually. Strength of layout, value, overall quality, facility and service standards are taken into consideration.
Golfweek’s annual “Best Courses You Can Play” survey is one of the industry’s gold standards for evaluating public-access facilities. Ratings factor overall strength of routing, feature shaping, natural setting, greens, variety and memorability of holes, conditioning and maintenance, landscape management and other criteria.
Accessed from the first exit west of the I-70 Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel (205) in mountainous Summit County, Raven Three Peaks is conveniently located an hour’s drive from Denver and less than 30 minutes from the famous resort ski towns of Vail, Keystone, Copper Mountain and Breckenridge.
This season, Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks is offering an all-inclusive rate of $180 that includes: golf and GPS-equipped cart, yardage book, breakfast, range balls, lunch and unlimited snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. All taxes and tips are included; golfers need not come out of pocket after checking-in at the proshop. After 1 p.m., the all-inclusive rate is $140.
For more information: www.ravenatthreepeaks.com, 970.262.3636
About Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks
Opened in 2000, Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks was designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry (Hurdzan/Fry Environmental Golf Design) and British Open Champion and PGA Tour player Tom Lehman. It was the fourth “Raven” branded course in America and remains the only Raven facility in Colorado.
Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks is a rare combination of a championship layout set against a panorama of towering pines, snow-capped mountains, mountain streams and wildflower meadows. In creating one of the great golf experiences in the American West, Hurdzan/Fry and Lehman utilized the routing of the former Dick’s Phelps-designed Eagle’s Nest Golf Course to create a playing surface on which every hole, landing area and shot value maintains its design integrity and takes advantage of the site’s natural terrain.
The front nine climbs toward the upper reaches of the golf course, culminating at the 533-yard, par-5 sixth hole (“Warriors Mark”), the highest point on the golf course. In plain view from the tee box are the signature “Three Peaks” for which the course is named. The back nine flows across the distinctive mountainous terrain, leveling off relative to roller-coast ride out yet still choc-full of dramatic shot-making.
Raven Golf Club and Three Peaks closes with one of the strongest finishing stretches Colorado, with the final four holes providing a PGA Tour-level ending to an unforgettable round of golf. The 601-yard, par-5 16th features a 150-foot drop from the tee to the landing area below. It is an unforgettable prelude to the two final par 4s, stout two-shotters measuring 468 and 448 yards, respectively.
Unique to the region, Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks’ bunkers are patterned after the distinctive style first introduced by Alister Mackenzie at Cypress Point, Royal Melbourne, and Kingston Heath. Steep faces and deep furrowed edges give way to native grasses perched at the edge of the sand. In addition to being visually dramatic, the “Mackenzie bunkers” frame the golf course and help contain tee shots that can have up to a 10-percent increase in carry due to the course elevation.
Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks 12,400-square-foot clubhouse features a “strong and clean” Alpine architectural style with a “mountain lodge” post-and-beam interior. It houses a fully-equipped pro shop, the “Raven Grill” serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, a member’s locker room with ample space for meetings and special events. A variety of membership levels are available for golfers desiring the benefits of a semi-private facility.
Accolades for Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks include:
ZAGAT America’s Top Golf Courses 09/10, “No. 2 in Colorado”
GOLF Magazine 2008, “No. 6 Best in State”
Golfweek Best Courses You Can Play, “No. 7”
Golf Digest Best in State, “No. 19”
Colorado Avid Golfer, “No. 1 Mountain Course in Colorado”
Colorado Biz Magazine, “Top 3 in Colorado for Tournaments and Events”
Colorado Golf Magazine, “Best Public Mountain Golf Course”
Contact:
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381 (cell)
ssharp@billycaspergolf.com
www.buffalocommunications.com
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