Beaver Creek Golf Club

Robert Trent Jones Jr. opened Beaver Creek Golf Club in 1981, set in a naturally undulating valley walled by Beaver Creek Mountain and threaded by Beaver Creek itself. The 6,646-yard par-70 routing has long, narrow, demanding fairways and the kind of mountain-resort scenery the Vail Valley is famous for. Golf Digest has Beaver Creek among its 'Top 75 Golf Resorts in North America,' and the course is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. Semi-private access — guests of the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and select hotels can book tee times. Resort-tier pricing in the $$$ band. As a Vail-area trip option, Beaver Creek is the playable counterpoint to Red Sky's two more demanding tracks; mixed-handicap groups will land here for the second or third round.