Pat Hamill’s Oakwood Homes is developing the 900-acre site with an 18-hole golf course and 1,700 homes. (BusinessDen Illustration)
A golf course in the works in Aurora will be designed by Dan Blankenship and be the state’s first sand-based links course, according to Oakwood Homes.
The Denver-based homebuilder plans to incorporate the 18-hole course into Prairie Point, a 1,700-home community it is developing on 900 acres by the South Parker Road/E-470 interchange.
Documents submitted to Aurora show that the course will have a clubhouse, maintenance building and a restaurant between holes nine and ten. The website for Prairie Point also says the course will feature a training academy, driving range and short game practice area.
“The length of this par-72 course will range from the new-golfer friendly 5,180 yards to a demanding 7,705 yards, enticing to all players featuring five sets of tees and perfectly positioned greenside bunkers with challenging greens of varying sizes,” the website states.
Dan Blankenship has built several courses around Brazil, according to his firm Gold Tee Golf International. Sand-based links courses are common in England, Scotland and Ireland and built on sandy soil.
A rendering of the 900-acre, 1,700-home Prairie Point community at E-470 and Parker Road in Aurora. (Courtesy of Oakwood Homes)
Oakwood, founded by Pat Hamill in 1991, previously built the 18-hole Green Valley Ranch Golf Club and surrounding homes. Hamill, who did not respond to a request for comment, stepped down last year but still advises the firm. He was elected to the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in November.
It is unclear when construction will start for the course, but crews appear to be laying the groundwork for a residential section on the western side of the site.
On Wednesday afternoon, construction crews appeared to be laying the groundwork for a residential section on the western side of the site. (Max Scheinblum/BusinessDen)
On its website, Oakwood said it will begin selling homes next year and building them out in 2027. Residences will start in the $600,000s.
Three years ago, Oakwood reached a settlement with Aurora related to water use for the course. Weeks later, the city council approved an ordinance prohibiting additional golf courses within city limits.
“Our aim is always to design and build one of the most conservation-friendly courses ever,” Hamill told BusinessDen in 2022.
Pat Hamill’s Oakwood Homes is developing the 900-acre site with an 18-hole golf course and 1,700 homes. (BusinessDen Illustration)
A golf course in the works in Aurora will be designed by Dan Blankenship and be the state’s first sand-based links course, according to Oakwood Homes.
The Denver-based homebuilder plans to incorporate the 18-hole course into Prairie Point, a 1,700-home community it is developing on 900 acres by the South Parker Road/E-470 interchange.
Documents submitted to Aurora show that the course will have a clubhouse, maintenance building and a restaurant between holes nine and ten. The website for Prairie Point also says the course will feature a training academy, driving range and short game practice area.
“The length of this par-72 course will range from the new-golfer friendly 5,180 yards to a demanding 7,705 yards, enticing to all players featuring five sets of tees and perfectly positioned greenside bunkers with challenging greens of varying sizes,” the website states.
Dan Blankenship has built several courses around Brazil, according to his firm Gold Tee Golf International. Sand-based links courses are common in England, Scotland and Ireland and built on sandy soil.
A rendering of the 900-acre, 1,700-home Prairie Point community at E-470 and Parker Road in Aurora. (Courtesy of Oakwood Homes)
Oakwood, founded by Pat Hamill in 1991, previously built the 18-hole Green Valley Ranch Golf Club and surrounding homes. Hamill, who did not respond to a request for comment, stepped down last year but still advises the firm. He was elected to the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in November.
It is unclear when construction will start for the course, but crews appear to be laying the groundwork for a residential section on the western side of the site.
On Wednesday afternoon, construction crews appeared to be laying the groundwork for a residential section on the western side of the site. (Max Scheinblum/BusinessDen)
On its website, Oakwood said it will begin selling homes next year and building them out in 2027. Residences will start in the $600,000s.
Three years ago, Oakwood reached a settlement with Aurora related to water use for the course. Weeks later, the city council approved an ordinance prohibiting additional golf courses within city limits.
“Our aim is always to design and build one of the most conservation-friendly courses ever,” Hamill told BusinessDen in 2022.
