Pelican Lakes Golf is a Resort Community of Water Valley in Windsor, Colorado. There are actualy two seperate courses that make up this resort "Pelican Lakes" an 18 hole Championship Course, and "The ... Continue »

Pelican Lakes Golf is a Resort Community of Water Valley in Windsor, Colorado. There are actualy two seperate courses that make up this resort "Pelican Lakes" an 18 hole Championship Course, and "The Falls" a 9 hole course.The club house is very big and the staff working there were very friendly and knowledgable to evrything we asked of them. I knew we were in for a great round with a start like this. There was a little confusion before our tee time but after that was handled off we went to number one. I had heard that Pelican Lakes was a very interesting and challenging course and we found that to be true. The fairways in most part were in pretty good condition considering the time of season here. Most of them were real lush but there were several holes that no carts were allowed on due to repair and re-seeding. The bunkers were all raked clean and the sand was that of soft playable texure. The greens too were in a very good state of playability. Very little ball marks were present but some of them were covered in sand from the green side bunkers making your ball bounce at times while putting. The front nine had you playing with water riding on the left side while the back was the opposite water on the right. There are several lakes that you play along side making for some very beautiful scenery. Hole five was one of those holes, a par five that doglegs left along the lake your approach must stay clear of a very large and deep green side bunker. Then the par 3 ninth has you hitting through a very tight opening of trees and over a creek to an elevated green. On the back side holes 10 & 11 have you playing along side another of the lakes here to the right with heavy tree and rough cover to your left. Hole 14 is a tough par four as you must hit an accurate shot from the tee, there is a narrowing fairway and four bunkers that are willing to catch anything near them. Then the large bunker greenside will snatch another if you do not stay right. The hardest green I felt there was to play was the one waiting for you on the next hole a par 5 number 15. The green slopes very hard left to right and this could almost be considered a hazzard if you do not pay attention to the pin location here. Because of the time we teed off by the time we reached the 18th green were given the chance to see a really beautiful sun set. I really enjoyed playing the course and what it was allowing me to do with it. I was some what upset with the pace of play and of some inconsiderate golfers playing behind us. It took us just over 5 hours to play our round today and we did not see any course marshalls to help with this problem. The group ahead of us were constantly waiting for the forward group to reach the green before teeing off, this became a big problem because they were only able to drive 150yds max. Then the group playing behind us were constantly driving balls at us, and never saying anything. This group was hitting so long they almost drove several greens, but instead of mioving back a set of tees they continued with there game. If there had been a marshall around this could have been corrected on the spot. Other than this inconvenance the course itself was a treat to play. I highly reccomend playing here at least once to try it for all levels of play. Good Luck!