With enough land for up to six courses at Rodeo Dunes, is there any speculation for which architects get courses 3-6? I think Geoff Ogilvy / OCM would be an interesting selection.

The land moves pretty good throughout but it's not like Ballyneal where there's one major hillside/slope. In other words, there's no 80 foot drop like the 4th at Ballyneal. I would say the dunes are slightly smaller than Ballyneal's but still very large in the grand scheme. Some of the dunes are definitely taller than 20ft. The biggest dune comes in on the back nine. The 12th and 13th holes climb up to a high point then the drop-shot par 3 14th plays off of it. The 16th also climbs up a large dune and the 17th plays off of it probably 30-40 ft or so downhill.

Great review of Rodeo Dunes! Thank you for sharing and enjoy the trip to England!

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.