Policies & Regulations

Policies & Regulations

Special Rates

  • During Peak Season, weekend rates will apply on Fridays. Senior, Junior and Annual Card rates will apply before 11 a.m. on Fridays during Peak Season.
  • Holiday rates apply on major holidays during the Peak Season – Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.

Days & Hours of Operation

Seasons

Peak golf season
April 1st – October 31st

Off-peak golf season
November 1st – March 31st.

  • During peak season, the golf shop will be open from daylight until dark, weather permitting.
  • During off peak season, the golf shop will be open 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. weather permitting.
  • If the golf course is closed due to weather the golf shop may also be closed if weather dictates. The golf shop will provide a recorded message for details and shop times.
  • During Peak Season, weekend rates will apply on Fridays. Senior, Junior and Annual Card rates will apply before 11 a.m. on Fridays during Peak Season.
  • The discretionary opening and closing of the course must come through the Course Superintendent, Course Manager or Director of Golf.
  • The Golf Administration Office will be open from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
  • Check our course conditions page for course closure information at Current Course Conditions – City of Denver Golf

Course Regulations/Player Responsibilities

Should you have question about any of the following, please contact a member of our professional staff at any of our golf courses.

  • All players must check in with the golf shop.
  • All play starts on #1 unless otherwise directed by the golf shop.
  • Play U.S.G.A. Rules unless modified by local rules.
  • Play within prescribed time limit as set by each golf course. Time limit strictly enforced.
  • Keep your position on golf course.
  • Play only one ball – no practicing on the course.
  • Repair ball marks on greens.
  • Replace divots.
  • Rake sand bunkers.
  • Do not litter.
  • Keep all carts away from greens and off tees.
  • Call “fore” loudly if other person is in danger of being hit.
  • Drop away from small trees.
  • Proper attire must be worn at all times on golf course – no tank tops or cut-offs.
  • Each player must have golf bag and clubs except at Harvard Gulch and Kennedy Par 3 courses.
  • Injury to persons or property as result of your play is your responsibility.
  • Practice golf etiquette and rules.
  • Use of steel spiked shoes is not allowed.

The Director of Golf, Golf Professionals, Golf Course Superintendents, Course Managers, Crew Supervisors, Manager on Duty/Golf Shop Staff and Rangers shall be agents of the Manager of Parks and Recreation and shall enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to golf.

Every person on the golf course must have an associated receipt available if requested by a Denver Golf representative.

Spectators are welcome. If they wish to ride, they must check in with the pro-shop for cart availability and pay the associated cart fees.

In case of lightning, individual golfers already on the course are responsible for monitoring weather conditions and deciding if continuation of play is safe.

Trespassers, dog walkers, bicycle-riders, picnickers, or any other unauthorized person shall not be permitted on the golf premises.

Children between the ages of 4-12 may play on regulation courses when accompanied by a golfer 16 years or older. Players 12 and older may play without a parent/guardian as long as at least one player in the group is 16 years or older.

Golfers on weekends, holidays and busy weekdays must play in foursomes unless the Manager on Duty/Golf Shop Staff allows golfers to play in smaller groups when play is not busy. The Manager on Duty/Golf Shop Staff will assign all unfilled reservation times the day of play on a first-come first-serve basis.

Fivesomes are only allowed at the discretion of the head Golf Professional or Manager On Duty during off-peak season with the use of three golf carts and during special events. There is no ability to make reservations for fivesomes using the reservation system. All five players must ride. No fivesomes allowed during peak season.

No person shall play on a golf course that has been closed by the Superintendent, Crew Supervisor or Manager on Duty.

No vehicles other than golf carts shall be permitted on the golf courses without the permission of the Superintendent, Crew Supervisor, or Manager on Duty.

Violations of Denver Golf rules and regulations may result in the following consequences.

The Manager’s agents may remove a golfer, or golfers, from the golf course for flagrant violation of course rules or golf etiquette; such as obnoxious behavior; intoxication; damaging the course; refusal to let people through when holding up play; failure to follow course design from a hole-to-hole basis.

The Director of Golf may restrict golfer(s) from all public courses for a specified time for flagrant or repeated violations.

Tournament Policies

  • All golf tournament entrants will check in at the golf course the tournament is held at.
  • Tournament guidelines and pricing are to be followed if the group consists of more than 20 players.
  • Food and beverage arrangements must be made through the food and beverage manager at each course. NO outside food and beverage is allowed.
  • Golf carts are required for all 18-hole tournaments except Men’s and Women’s clubs.
  • Senior, junior, annual cards and any other discounted rate will NOT be permitted for tournament green fees.  You do not accumulate points with Loyalty Cards for tournament play.
  • A non-refundable deposit must be paid with the signed contract to reserve the tournament date.  Not paying this deposit within two weeks of signing the tournament permit will result in loss of your date.
  • The deposit is 10% of the total amount of the tournament or 0, whichever is less.
  • Section 39-32 of the Revised Municipal Code of the City and County of Denver prohibits scheduling of a golf tournament for organizations, firms, or groups discriminating because of race, creed, color or national origin, religion, gender (except competitive play which is gender specific), age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical and mental disability.
  • The Manager of Golf may revoke an organization’s tournament reservation privileges if the organization has made flagrant violations of Department Rules and Regulations.
  • Process of obtaining a tournament: Beginning 2015, returning tournaments have two weeks to book their tournament immediately following their tournament conclusion.  After two weeks, if a tournament has not rebooked, that date then opens up to new tournaments.  All tournaments must fill out a Tournament Request Form to start the permitting process and book their date.
  • Reservations for tournaments are on a first come, first served basis.

Denver Golf Privacy Policy – 2026

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Denver Golf is committed to protecting your individual privacy and securing your personal information made available to us when you visit CityOfDenverGolf.com. We also maintain profiles on social networks, emails and other official Denver Golf sites.

Information collected for website measurement (e.g. cookies):

When a computer is used to access information on CityOfDenverGolf.com, the following basic information is automatically received and stored by our web servers:

  • Your computer’s Internet protocol address (IP address), which establishes your computer location on the internet and allows other computers, such as those hosting CityOfDenverGolf.com, to send its content and other information.
  • The date, time, and duration of a website visit
  • If a computer accesses a page on CityOfDenverGolf.com through a link from an external page not hosted on our site, the URL of that referring page
  • Your basic computer information, such as the type and version of web browser, operating system, screen resolution, and connection speed
  • The specific pages accessed during a visit on CityOfDenverGolf.com and the amount of data (measured in number of bytes) transmitted during the visit

Denver Golf website measurement and analytics:

Denver Golf uses web measurement technologies to analyze data automatically collected during site visits.  We analyze this information in order to provide optimal user experience on CityOfDenverGolf.com to understand how the public uses our website.  This is currently done through third-party analytics provider Google Analytics, by tracking persistent cookies and session cookies. Our third-party analytics providers do not receive any personal identifying information to track the browsing of individual users.  You can view our third-party providers privacy policy at Google Privacy & Terms.

Third Party Website Measurement:

Certain pages on CityOfDenverGolf.com may include web content from third parties, such as embedded video, social media feeds, and other externally hosted services.  When you like, tweet, mention, share, post, comment, or access a Denver Golf social media account, those interactions are stored as City records and are subject to the City’s records retention and public disclosure requirements.  Your activity on third-party sites is also governed by the security and privacy policies of the third-party sites. Denver Golf does not endorse any external site, the views they express, or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained in an externally linked site.

User Accounts on CityOfDenverGolf.com:

Certain web-based applications of features on CityOfDenverGolf.com may require users to create an account to access full functionality or restricted areas of the site.  Account creation requires users to provide a valid email address and a first and last name.  We use this information to communicate with you and to identify content you create or request with the account.  Session cookies are required with users’ accounts to maintain a user’s login while interacting with the site. If you choose to create a Denver Golf/Member Sports account, you may delete the account at any time.  Once your account is deleted all personally identifiable information attached to your account will be removed.

Email Management:

Denver Golf Maintain lists of subscribers who have asked to receive periodic email updates about various topics. Any recipient of Denver Golf emails may unsubscribe from future messages via a link at the bottom of each email message.  We do not utilize your email information for commercial purposes.

Social media (DenverGolf5280 accounts):

Denver Golf uses many social outlets to engage with its customers, including through social media.  Part of this engagement includes the sharing of information between Denver Golf and users of official city social media sites.  Any engagement with Denver Golf through social media sites means that users are agreeing to the following:

  1. Information collected by Denver Golf via social media
  • Denver Golf does not collect or store personal information made available to us via our official social media sites, nor does it provide such information to third parties. However, it is important to remember that social media sites are public sites.  Therefore, you are discouraged from disclosing personal information at any time.  Denver Golf does collect anonymous, demographic information via the owners of social media sites.  This demographic information is used by Denver Golf to determine the most effective use of social media.
  1. Commenting on Denver Golf Social Media Sites

Denver Golf encourages the use of its social media sites as a forum for discussion.  However, all official Denver Golf social media sites are moderated for appropriate content.  While comments will not be edited by Denver Golf personnel, the following types of comments may be deleted:

  • Comments engaging in political activity including advocating for the election or defeat of any individual to be elected public office or promoting the passage or defeat of a ballot question or measure
  • Comments promoting or advertising a business or commercial transaction
  • Comments including obscene, threatening or harassing language
  • Comments including personal attacks of any kind
  • Comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, age, or religious group, gender, sexual orientation or disability status
  • Comments advocating illegal activity or including the posting of material that violates copyrights or trademarks of others

*All posting activities on Denver Golf’s social media channels are subject to the Terms of Service of the host site.

Application management:

Denver Golf maintains several web-based applications in which users can subscribe to receive notifications about tee times, etc.  At any time, users may opt-out of notices provided by our web-based applications via a link at the bottom of the email notification.

Copyright Notice:

While Denver Golf provides the information on this server to anyone, Denver Golf retains the copyright on all text, graphic images and other content.  This means that users may not: (1) distribute the text or graphics to others without the express written permission of Denver Golf; (2) mirror or copy this information to another server without permission; or (3) modify or re-use the text or graphics on this system.  Users may print copies of the information for personal use and reference for their own documents.  Commercial use of the materials is prohibited without the written permission of Denver Golf.  In all copies of this information, users must retain this notice and any other copyright notices originally included.  Denver Golf reserves all other rights.

Changes to the Privacy Policy:

Denver Golf may change or update this Privacy Policy from time to time.  When we do, we will revise the date at the top of the page.  You may frequently check this page to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Denver Golf at infodenvergolf@denvergov.org