Castle Rock, CO

Castle Pines Golf Club

After moving to Denver in 1969, Jack Vickers discovered the land for Castle Pines on a drive along Happy Canyon Road. Acquiring the property from its various owners took twelve years.

Course: 18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1981
Original architect: Jack Nicklaus
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The course

Castle Pines Golf Club18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1981

Course design

Jack NicklausOriginal design · Castle Pines Golf Club

Jack Vickers’s long search at Castle Pines

Jack Nicklaus designed the course, construction began in 1979, and the Club opened in October 1981. Castle Pines later hosted The International, the PGA TOUR’s modified Stableford event, from 1986 through 2006.

Championships

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Results and dates 22 editions

The International

1986
Ken Green
August 13–17, 1986
1987
John Cook
August 12–16, 1987
1988
Joey Sindelar
August 17–21, 1988
1989
Greg Norman
August 17–20, 1989
1990
Davis Love III
August 16–19, 1990
1991
Jose Maria Olazabal
August 15–18, 1991
1992
Brad Faxon
August 20–23, 1992
1993
Phil Mickelson
August 19–22, 1993
1994
Steve Lowery
August 18–21, 1994
1995
Lee Janzen
August 17–20, 1995
1996
Clarence Rose
August 15–18, 1996
1997
Phil Mickelson
July 31–August 3, 1997
1998
Vijay Singh
August 20–23, 1998
1999
David Toms
August 19–22, 1999
2000
Ernie Els
August 3–6, 2000
2001
Tom Pernice Jr.
August 2–5, 2001
2002
Rich Beem
August 1–4, 2002
2003
Davis Love III
August 7–10, 2003
2004
Rod Pampling
August 5–8, 2004
2005
Retief Goosen
August 4–7, 2005
2006
Dean Wilson
August 10–13, 2006

BMW Championship

2024
Keegan Bradley
August 22–25, 2024

In the archive

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Sources and editorial notes10 references

Sources for this story

Five things to know: Castle Pines Golf Club PGA TOUR
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Passages:Introduction Jack Vickers’s long search at Castle Pines, paragraph 2

Record sources9 references

Club mark source
Western Golf Association: 2025 BMW / Western Open Records and Statistics Guide PDF page 195, 2024 chapter, plus summary page 9. Competition dates come from the actual year chapter; institutional venue and champion are independently cross-checked against the official publisher chronology.
PGA TOUR: official 2007 media guide PDF page362, tournament history 2006 row. 34 Modified Stableford points, four-round total; not strokes or score to par. Actual dates are printed on the same2006 event page.
PGA TOUR: official 2004 media guide PDF page 286: 2003 International event header, August 7–10.
PGA TOUR: official 1996 media guide PDF page 371: 1995 Sprint International event header, August 17–20.
PGA TOUR: official 1990 media guide PDF pages 240–241, printed pages 238–239: event header August 17–20 and dated Sunday final.
PGA TOUR: official 1989 media guide PDF pages 233–234, printed pages 231–232: event header August 17–21, with dated Wednesday first round and Sunday final.
PGA TOUR: official 1988 media guide PDF page 233, printed page 231: The International event header, August 12–16, 1987.
United Press International: 1986 International final report, Evening Herald August 18, 1986 UPI final report, Evening Herald August 18, 1986, page 5A records the Sunday victory. The PGA TOUR announcement reported June 6, 1985 sets August 13–17: www.latimes.com. The 1987 media guide, PDF page 238, prints August 14–18 but its round and weather record describes Wednesday through Sunday; that header error is retained in the research record.