A golf course within the works in Aurora can be designed by Dan Blankenship and be the state’s first sand-based hyperlinks course, in line with Oakwood Properties.
The Denver-based homebuilder plans to include the 18-hole course into Prairie Level, a 1,700-home neighborhood it’s growing on 900 acres by the South Parker Highway/E-470 interchange.
Paperwork submitted to Aurora present that the course can have a clubhouse, upkeep constructing and a restaurant between holes 9 and ten. The web site for Prairie Level additionally says the course will characteristic a coaching academy, driving vary and quick recreation observe space.
“The size of this par-72 course will vary from the new-golfer pleasant 5,180 yards to a demanding 7,705 yards, attractive to all gamers that includes 5 units of tees and completely positioned greenside bunkers with difficult greens of various sizes,” the web site states.
Dan Blankenship has constructed a number of programs round Brazil, in line with his agency Gold Tee Golf Worldwide. Sand-based hyperlinks programs are widespread in England, Scotland and Eire and constructed on sandy soil.
Oakwood, based by Pat Hamill in 1991, beforehand constructed the 18-hole Inexperienced Valley Ranch Golf Membership and surrounding houses. Hamill, who didn’t reply to a request for remark, stepped down final yr however nonetheless advises the agency. He was elected to the Colorado Golf Corridor of Fame in November.
It’s unclear when building will begin for the course, however crews seem like laying the groundwork for a residential part on the western facet of the location.
On its web site, Oakwood stated it can start promoting houses subsequent yr and constructing them out in 2027. Residences will begin within the $600,000s.
Three years in the past, Oakwood reached a settlement with Aurora associated to water use for the course. Weeks later, town council permitted an ordinance prohibiting extra golf programs inside metropolis limits.
“Our purpose is all the time to design and construct one of the crucial conservation-friendly programs ever,” Hamill informed BusinessDen in 2022.
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