If you’ve ever wanted to pay $76 to play golf in a post-apocalyptic pasture, Antler Creek is your dream come true. Tucked away in beautiful Peyton, Colorado—where elevation is apparently code for “we stopped trying”—this course offers the full experience: dead grass, crusty dirt, and bunkers that double as rock gardens. Let’s talk course conditions. The fairways are patchy mosaics of dead turf and weeds, and the greens? Oh, you mean the goose poop gardens. They were so littered with droppings it felt more like playing through a bird sanctuary than a golf course. As a bonus, the geese will glare at you like you’re trespassing on their tee time. Which, honestly, you probably are—since there’s no starter, no check-in, and tee times seem to be more of a suggestion than anything official. The bunkers are a joke—if you’ve ever hit out of a sandbox full of weeds and concrete, then congratulations, you’ve been here before. The layout is confusing, with entire parts of the course roped off randomly like they’re under quarantine. The only thing more useless than the layout were the marshals, who zipped around the course like bored mall cops, overseeing the slowest pace of play imaginable without actually doing anything about it. And when we asked the pro shop staff why the course looked like it hadn’t seen water or effort in a decade, their answer was, “It’s because of the elevation.” Ah yes, the classic “blame the altitude” defense—because apparently gravity pulls grass quality downhill here. There are other courses in the area, at the same elevation, for less money, that actually have grass and functioning staff. I live nearby and I’d still rather drive an hour than ever come back. If they offered a free round with a cart, lunch, and a foot massage from Rory McIlroy, I’d still politely decline. If you’re feeling nostalgic for that abandoned lot behind your old high school, but wish it had more goose feces and disappointment—Antler Creek is calling.

Worst course I've ever played. For the money we were expecting much more and the crazy course conditions ruined the day. Colorado springs city courses are much cheaper and 10 times better maintained.

Extremely challenging and long course depending where you play from. Greens are tricky, but overall had a good experience. I’m here to refute a lot of the poor reviews that say this place is some sort of apocalyptic wasteland. Sure there’s grass growing in some bunkers, and the course could definitely be maintained better. But honestly after playing a full 18 I hardly even noticed it. It’s a golf course, go play it. The greens, fairways, rough, and tee boxes were all great as far as I’m concerned. The staff were friendly. It had nice views. I’ll definitely be returning, even if it isn’t “perfect.” If you go in with the expectation that things are a little overgrown and quirky, there’s absolutely no reason to be pissed off after your round.

It’s a nice course. We were able to play by ourselves but waiting for others in front of us was such an annoying experience. It rained as well for a good 5 to 10 min when we were there and the little bridges helped. There were a lot of walkers as well which made golf time much more longer. Bathrooms in the course were nice and kept clean. You need a code which is on the golf carts. Still a little bit too expensive for what it was but had a good time regardless.

This could have been the worst course i have ever played. Not only do you tee off of dirt, cigarette butts, and weeds, but you can’t see the fairway if it’s 5 yards in front of you. There is no fairway. Grounds as hard as cement and bunkers so overgrown you wouldn’t know it was a bunker. The middle of the fairway looked like the aftermath of a cow pasture. DO NOT PLAY THIS COURSE WHATEVER YOU DO. $76 down the drain, consider it my donation to get better. They must have forgotten to pay there water bill.