Situated between Aspen Village (Colorado) and the local airfield, the mountain golf course at the Maroon Creek Club is an incredibly scenic Tom Fazio layout that features a set of wonderful par three holes.
Measuring 7,129 yards and playing to a par of 71, the course underwent a bunker renovation in 2006 when architect Denis Wise, a former Fazio associate, re-shaped the sand traps and installed new drainage.
The fairways are wide, but there is strategic bunkering throughout its design, and the greens are large and heavily contoured. In addition, there is an assortment of creeks and ponds that come into play on twelve holes. The first four holes play over a former working ranch bordered by native sagebrush. The remaining fourteen holes wind through alpine meadows, climb up a canyon wall and play alongside Maroon Creek and a ravine.
Of the several signature holes on the course, the most difficult is hole #7, a 196-yard, par 3, requiring a tee shot from an elevated tee to a well-sloped green protected by a creek on the left.
Note that the club close at 8PM during the winter period.