Looks like Rodeo Dunes has much more subdued, "human"-size contours and scale than Ballyneal down the road. Is there significant elevation change somewhere on the property or is it mostly in the 6-20ft range and largely consistent across the entire area?

I really liked 4, 15 and 17. 17 especially so because it doesn't feel like a hole CC would ever build. 5 and 6 look like awesome holes as well. The Par 3s are great. I think 2 and 9 feel a little similar but I do love the sunken grass bunker fronting the ninth. 13 is cool because you typically don't see very long uphill par 3s. I love how much the 14th green pitches away. It will be really tough to hold that green on a windy day. I think it's far too early to say for sure. It will certainly be one of the best in Colorado, up there with Ballyneal and Colorado GC. Courses should have to wait 3-5 years before they can be officially ranked because they always shoot up really high in the rankings and slowly fall giving everyone a false sense of how great it really is. They need time to mature and allow the playing conditions to settle in. That being said the land is incredible and I won't be surprised to see it very highly rated in the newest rankings. I bet it will receive similar praise as the Lido if not better.

I think Rodeo will instantly jump to the top public course in Colorado. Commonground up there too.

Lots of good stuff in here. Have a great trip!

Fingers crossed, I also was too late this year and am filled with regrets!

That Rodeo Dunes course looks wonderful! Thanks for the content. If you could only golf at one accessible course in Colorado, would you be happy with this course being it? I usually can get to only one golf trip outside my home state of Michigan a summer so I unfortunately have to be picky.

Very cool photos of Westhampton. It seems to get overlooked given the wealth of elite golf on Long Island. Probably unlikely to host a TFE event though.

also- the Irish dunes comp is spot on. It's so cool how the holes are cut out dramatically from the dunes; the way they sit down in them allows for both a delightful walk, as well as each hole having a distinct sense of place. Aside from a few greens and tee boxes you generally feel isolated on a single hole, with only maybe a sightline from a tee box to another distant green. But even with full preview play, I don't think we saw another group on a golf hole until we hit approaches into 18 and saw folks teeing off of 1. This always makes for a delightful experience IMO

Matt- just curious on some other Rodeo takes: - Any favorite hole from the preview loop? 4 is an obvious "oh wow" hole, but for me 17 might be an early frontrunner, partially because of where it lands late in the routing. - Impressions of the par 3s? I find them to be absolute stunners across the board. 13-14 back-to-back is quite a pair, but the green site on 2 as you called out is delicate and beautiful. And we didn't even get to play the <120yard 9th which may be the best of all. - There was a lot of eye-brow raising and whispering amongst founders/attendees in the "this is gonna be top-50" vein; it's early and a lot of things go into rankings, and I'm not convinced that rankings really matter besides one's own personal favorites. But, is such a claim/thought just recency/personal bias, or do you see it having to the potential to really stack up with some of the best in the country/world? Hope you enjoyed the event/week out there- we had a ton of fun and are super proud of how the place is coming together. Dream + C&C do it again! Excited to see the second course come together

I was at Sunningdale last year for the Curtis Cup. I thought it was a great course but there's no way I -- a high handicapper -- could play it with the many forced carries. Think of the golfers who love to play but just are not very good as you travel around England!