Denver area courses become walking-only for winter play due to high use and grass damage
This winter’s warm weather has led to many Colorado courses seeing steady play and this week forced Denver courses to implement a rare and – they hope very temporary – ban on golf carts.
All city of Denver courses went cart-free as of Feb. 9. With the warm and dry winter weather, golf play has remained unusually high on many courses throughout December, January and February during a time when golf-cart damage to turf cannot be repaired because grasses are dormant. City of Aurora courses went walking-only in mid-January and are limiting tee times to two hours a day for the same reasons.
Course operators said they want to bring back carts as soon as possible but that with the amount of play the courses have been seeing this policy was needed so that by spring the courses start the regular season in good shape…