Cougar Canyon Golf Links
Trinidad, Colo.
7,709 yards, par 72
Green fees: $35-$73
719-422-7015, cougarcanyonliving.com
Residental courses
tend to be like
the golf communities
they inhabit: relaxed,
conventional and
uncontroversial. Cougar
Canyon, located in the old
mining town of Trinidad,
halfway between Denver
and Albuquerque, breaks
that mold. Chris Cochran
of Nicklaus Design has
crafted a peril-filled track
with the Sangre de Christo
Mountains as a backdrop.
The formidable length
from the tips is mitigated
by the 6,000-foot
elevation, but there's
plenty of trouble here,
starting with the 42 deep,
black sand bunkers (a
nod to the town's mining
heritage). The flattish
front nine yields to
jacked-up excitement on
the back, notably at the
stunning 163-yard
16th, which demands a
short-iron dart over a
yawning swath of Gray
Creek to an island green
that rests atop a 7,800-
square-foot mesa.
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