The Elk Course offers the most elevation change of the three nines, as well as the widest panoramic views of the Ten Mile Range. In 2001, Breckenridge expanded the course and added The Elk nine, offering a total of 27 holes to golfers. With the success of the original 18 holes, Town of Breckenridge officials prompted an expansion. The Elk nine offers the most elevation change of the three nines, as well as the widest panoramic views of the Ten-Mile mountain range. Buffalo Mountain was the last active volcano in this mountain range, long before the Scots dreamed up the game of golf. The large rounded mountain that frames the ninth hole is Buffalo Mountain, part of the Gore Mountain Range. The change in elevation along with the swirling breezes makes this one of the toughest tee shots on the nine. Watch out–the beaver ponds on the eighth hole seem to have a magnetic pull on the golf ball.Īlthough this nine finishes with a par three, par is tough to come by. Don’t blame Jack Nicklaus for this design work the beavers created the habitat and Nicklaus left it in place for your enjoyment or frustration. The Beaver Course takes its name from the beaver ponds that are scattered along holes six, eight and nine. Venture to the left of holes six, seven and eight and you will notice rock piles (tailings, as the miners called them) left over from the days of gold mining in the area. Accurate drives, not necessarily long drives, are a requirement to meet handicap on this nine. The Beaver nine has the narrowest fairways of any of the nines. The Beaver Course was the second nine to open at the Breckenridge Golf Course in 1987. Overview of hole 9 at the Beaver nine has the narrowest fairways of any of the nines. The Bear course was fittingly named for the black bears that wander onto the course every summer. For a great view of the ski trails at the Breckenridge Ski Resort, look back on hole five from the green. Views of the Ten Mile mountain range are most dramatic on holes eight and nine. The Bear nine is the most open of the three nines many of the holes play around the native grasses and wetland areas.
To finish this nine on pace with your handicap will take skill.
Golfers should expect to shoot no higher than their handicap the first six holes on the Bear nine as holes seven, eight and nine are as tough as they get. What was once a tent city of miners seeking fortunes of gold, the landscape now is home to a challenging golf course with players seeking pars and birdies. The miners certainly did not imagine golf in such an environment, or golf as a sport or attraction, in fact. Opened in 1985, The Bear Course was the first nine to grace the landscape known to the early day miners as the Buffalo Flats.
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