CO, United States
Breckenridge Golf Club has three championship nine-hole courses: the Bear, the Beaver and the Elk and is the only municipal Jack Nicklaus Signature course. The Bear opened in 1985, the Beaver opened in 1987, and the Elk opened in 2001, creating the only municipality in the world to own 27-holes of Jack Nicklaus designed golf, situated in a beautiful mountain valley at an elevation of 9324'. Each nine offers a mountain golf experience highlighted by panoramic Rocky Mountain views, dense wooded areas, open native grassland and lush wetland.
From the most advanced Nicklaus Tees on the Elk/Beaver rotation, the course plays 7,145 yards and has a course rating of 72.8 with a slope rating of 150. The Beaver nine takes its name from the beaver ponds that are scattered along holes 6, 8, and 9. Hole seven on the Elk has the most elevation change of any of the 27-holes at Breckenridge, with the tee box elevation at 9445', the highest point on the entire golf course. Wildlife sightings such as beaver, deer, elk, moose and sometimes even a bear are not uncommon.
The Colorado Golfer awarded Breckenridge Best Mountain Course and Toughest Mountain Course in 2007. Golf Digest rated Breckenridge as a 4 1/2 Star "Places to Play" facility. In May 2010, Golfweek rated Breckenridge as one of the "Top 50 Municipal Courses" in the nation.
