The Mulligan Course

The Mulligan Course is a 12-hole par-36 layout designed by Tom Doak and opened in 2016 at the Holyoke Golf Course in Colorado's northeastern plains. Doak designed the course as an affordable, minimalist addition to the existing facility, extending the playing options for the rural Phillips County community.

The Mulligan Course at Pinehurst Country Club in Lakewood serves as the club's third golf option alongside the Maxwell 18 and the Rip Arnold nine-hole course, creating a 27-hole golf program that distinguishes Pinehurst Country Club from private clubs limited to a single 18-hole layout. Named with the golfer's universal term for an informal second chance at a wayward shot, the Mulligan Course reflects the club's understanding that golf programming should accommodate the full range of member experiences and expectations, from competitive rounds on the championship course to more relaxed outings on the shorter and less formally demanding alternative layouts. The course operates within the broader context of Pinehurst Country Club's 27-hole campus, which was established when Carl Norgren developed the property beginning in 1958.

The decision to build more than 18 holes at the outset reflected both the ambition of the founding development and the practical recognition that a 27-hole program could serve the membership more flexibly than a single championship layout, accommodating different playing preferences, time constraints, and skill levels without requiring the full commitment that 18 holes of championship golf demands. The southwest Denver location situates the Mulligan Course within a mature suburban landscape characterized by tree-lined fairways and the rolling terrain that Press Maxwell used so effectively on the championship Maxwell 18. The aesthetic continuity across the club's multiple course options — shared turf management standards, consistent bunkering and green preparation, and the overall playing quality associated with a well-maintained private club — ensures that the Mulligan Course delivers an experience worthy of membership expectations despite its less formal status compared to the championship layout.

The name "Mulligan" expresses a specific ethos about what recreational golf should feel like: forgiving, enjoyable, and free from the rigidity that championship competition demands. For members who approach their golf primarily as social recreation rather than competitive challenge, or for families with younger golfers developing their games, or for senior members whose physical capacity for a demanding championship course has diminished, the Mulligan Course provides a golf experience calibrated to their specific needs. Pinehurst Country Club's three-course program — the Maxwell 18, the Rip Arnold nine, and the Mulligan Course — creates a versatility of golf offering unusual in the Denver metropolitan private club market.

Members can select their playing experience based on available time, desired challenge level, and the composition of their playing group rather than being confined to a single course format regardless of the day's circumstances. This programming flexibility contributes to member satisfaction and retention in ways that monolithic single-course clubs cannot replicate, and it reflects the founding vision of a club devoted to serving the southwest Denver community's full range of golfing needs.