Wellshire Golf Course

I like playing Wellshire and so does my husband, when I can find tee-times available this is where he wants to play. Course is well maintained, pace of play is good, rarely see any marshalls out trying to push people. I like their little drink shack/restroom stop out by hole 5/14 and the restrooms are very clean. Mostly par 4's with a couple par 5's and a few 3's.

Maybe the prettiest public course in town and challenging enough for the average golfer, though for these reasons often difficult to get a tee time. Friendly staff, good pro shop and an acceptable restaurant. My go-to venue for golf. Highly recommended.

Difficult to obtain a tee time but when you do it's a vintage course that has a country club feel.

Although the colder weather has moved in, I love that golf can be played all year round in Colorado. In the mood to shake up our usual routine, we recently played 9 holes on the regulation course and found this gem of a place to be downright awesome. Here's why:

STAR #1 = Booking tee times is insanely easy to do online through the City of Denver golf site. Tee times range from starting at sun up to sun down and are consistently open throughout the day! A must - sign up for a membership card (it's free!) because each payment towards a round of golf equates to points, which allow for freebies throughout the year!

STAR #2 = Because this course doesn't boast a Par 3 course, rates can be a bit pricy especially in the peak morning hours on weekends. However, if you like tee times bright and early (90 minutes of the course opening - any day of the week!) golfers pay just $20/person which includes all green fees, and a cart! Talk about a killer deal!

STAR #3= The course itself is gorgeous! Pristine greens, a clubhouse rich in history with all the charm, and wide open views of the mountains, what's not to love?

STAR #4 = The Pro Shop showcases the history of this course, offers a wide variety of clothing and retail options for purchase and has the nicest staff to date.

With this option decently close to home, I know I'll return to play another 9 holes

Greens were nice. Grass was in great shape, flow was a little slow but not bad. Looks great looking in

Course is fun. Playmaster needs to take a chill pill. The pace of play is far faster than normal and even with no one playing behind the playmaster (old white dude) made us feel so rushed. Not to mention he was rude. Think twice if you are anything but an advance golfer that can play quicker than the average pace of play.

Wellshire G.C. Is my favorite of the city courses. I have been playing this since I was a kid and with the exception of hole #5 becoming a par 4 and #10 going through design changes at the bottom of the hill it has remained the same. My favorite holes on this course are #7 on the front and #18 on the back.

The clubhouse is historic and home to many weddings with it's gorgeous views of Mount Evans! I could totally have a wedding reception here if my spouse agreed.

They are currently in the process of draining the lake which has been the driving range home for as long as I can remember. Soon it will be a a regular driving range with nets.

As far as golf courses go, this is Denver's best. This Don Ross design will challenge golfers of all abilities and provides giant trees and challenging greens.

Sometimes play can be slow, but yesterday, a Saturday, our foursome finished in 4 hours and stopped at the food stand twice!

What did I eat? On the front I had a juicy brat with mustard, that would be tempting to any Vegan out there! On the back I had a hot dog with mustard, which was also juicy and tasty. You won't find a salad bar at the snack shack so plan accordingly. I save my dog days of summer for golf courses and baseball stadiums! I'm all FORE! them.

If I could rate this golf course as a 0 star for customer service, and a 5 star for the course itself in the same review, I would. Summary below -

Customer service (0 stars) - There are no words to explain how unwelcome myself, my partner, and our 2 close friends felt as we played here. We arrived to the front desk with a cheery attitude, very excited to play this course for the very first time, and were welcomed with a woman at the front desk who was utterly uninterested in helping us. She seemed distracted and looked at us with such a sour look of disdain. No idea why - we were dressed professionally, had a cheery attitude, and even agreed to move up our tee time since the weather was bad (rainy day) and other groups cancelled. We kindly paid for our 18 holes and our carts and tried to shake off the bad feelings we got from this woman, since we were new to this course and were so excited to play together as a foursome, as we frequently do.

While we were playing the 15th hole, the same woman from the front desk who checked us out drove (in a golf cart) onto our hole in the middle of our game, to frantically inform us that we were behind schedule and we needed to finish up our game right then & there... basically, because it was a Sunday and the course was closing up for the evening and there was maintenance going on and insinuated that we were inconveniencing everyone. Which was unfounded because there were at least 2 other groups that were either ahead of us or behind us at the time, and we were not the only ones on the course. This frustrated us because not only did we pay to play 18 holes and to enjoy our leisurely, rainy golf Sunday, but we moved up our tee time AND we let two groups move ahead of us throughout our game because we noticed that they were playing at a faster pace, and we wanted to be kind and courteous.

She then proceeded to tell us that we didn't even reserve a game for 18 holes, and that we only paid for 9. This was incorrect - we politely informed her that this was not the case and that we had just paid a large amount of money to be able to play 18 holes with a cart, and we intended to finish our game and get what we paid for.

This experience left a very bad taste in our mouths, and despite my overall admiration for the course itself (review posted below), I would not come back here. My friends and I are professional, courteous, respectful, and know how to act on a golf course and to be met with such disrespect was something we've never experienced before and was very unpleasant.

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Course/ atmosphere/ design/ aesthetic (5 stars!)- When I walked onto this course on a dreary, gloomy Sunday I felt like I was immediately transported to an English countryside. It is gorgeous here, albeit a bit loud from the traffic nearby but that was easy to tune out. As a beginner, I love how straight and narrow all the holes were, although at times we experienced a few "rogue" balls from other holes/ players fly nearby to us. I also really liked the variation between Par 3, 4, and 5 holes. It was a very fun course to play and visually it was very appealing. If I hadn't had such a bad customer service experience, I would really have been interested to come back.

The course is nice. The staff in the restaurant is nice, but don't make a mistake on your t-time. You get reprimanded by the staff as if you were a child. Rude!!! Everyone makes mistakes get over yourselves.

This is my second time on this course and I like the scenery. The course is well spaced out so social distancing is easy to do. They have a convenient food area with plenty of tables to be far from others. Carts are easy to access and organized. Customers here also seem pretty friendly and respectful. I like the course variety and scenery here as you move through the course.