On Sunday (July 22), 21 1/2 months after Thorncreek Golf Course in Thornton closed down for a major renovation/improvement project, the facility will reopen to the general public.
Thorncreek, a public course which opened in 1992 and was designed by Baxter Spann, has been owned by the city of Thornton since 2012.
It closed on Oct. 10, 2016 and has since undergone work including:
— A redesign of nine holes (1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 18).
— A new irrigation system and more than five miles of new drainage.
— Regrassing of tees, fairways and greens.
— New forward tees.
— Bunker renovations.
— An upgraded practice facility and clubhouse renovations.
Initially, cart use at Thorncreek will be limited to paths only “to allow for the best turf conditions,” course officials said in an email.
