Sand Creek Golf Course

Venue Overview

World Golf & Sand Creek Golf Course is Southern Colorado's premier golf learning and practice facility, combining a 9-hole executive-length golf course with one of the region's largest golf retail operations, a full-service club-fitting and repair shop, and an expansive lighted driving range. Family owned and operated since 1977, World Golf has built a reputation as the go-to destination for golfers of every level looking to sharpen their game close to home on Colorado Springs' east side.

About the Course

• Founded in 1977 by PGA Professional Mark Fontana as a Colorado-native, family-owned golf business
• 9-hole executive-length course playing to a par of 29 across 1,653 yards, ideal for golfers working on course management and short-game precision
• Facility includes 14 InRange technology bays and more than 30 smart practice grass tees for data-driven range sessions
• Welcomes an estimated 75,000 guests each year across its course, range, and mini-golf operations
• Home to the largest golf retail outlet in Southern Colorado, carrying major equipment brands including Titleist, Callaway, TaylorMade, Ping, and Mizuno, and offering custom club fitting
• On-site club-building shop constructs roughly 2,000 custom sets of clubs each year, many from World Golf's own in-house design and tooling
• Also known locally as Sand Creek Golf Course, reflecting the property's long history as an executive-length track on Colorado Springs' east side

Practice Facilities

The lighted grass-tee driving range anchors World Golf's practice offerings, supplemented by InRange technology bays that track club selection, ball flight, and shot dispersion on every swing, including access to InRange+ virtual rounds on some of the world's most famous courses. An 18-hole miniature golf course rounds out the practice-and-play campus, making it a family-friendly stop as well as a serious training ground for competitive golfers. The club-fitting operation lets golfers demonstrate clubs from every major manufacturer directly on the range before buying, a service the club markets as making its staff the region's true "club fitting experts."

Lessons & Instruction

World Golf's instructional team includes certified PGA and LPGA professionals alongside experienced teaching staff, supported by GC2 by Foresight Sports launch-monitor technology and video swing capture for every lesson. The team has collectively given more than 50,000 golf lessons over the years, backing every program with the latest video and swing-analysis equipment available.

• Kelly Hodge, LPGA — leads Ladies Clinics ("Sip, Swing, Repeat") and co-ed skill-development sessions focused on short-game consistency
• Mark Fontana, PGA — founder of World Golf and a fixture of Southern Colorado instruction since 1977

Private lessons run 45 minutes with range balls included, and the Swing Development Series pairs four hours of group instruction with two nine-hole rounds of golf for players building a foundation. A dedicated junior program, Our Approach Shot, introduces young golfers to the fundamentals of the swing, basic rules, and proper playing procedure across a nine-week session, with separate class times for ages 6-10 and 11-13.

Dining and Amenities

The on-site Fairway Grill & Pub serves food and drink to golfers and range visitors and is a central gathering spot for the Tuesday-evening "Let's Play Golf" Ladies League, which combines a nine-hole clinic and round with happy-hour food and beverage specials afterward. Business hours stretch late into the evening in summer, with the course, range, and mini golf open daily from 7 a.m. to midnight; winter hours run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the pro shop keeps separate daytime hours for club fitting and repair work.

Tournaments & Events

Beyond its ladies' league, World Golf hosts seasonal group clinics, junior camps, and club-fitting events throughout the year, and the facility's ScoreBoard advertising program puts special-event and program information in front of thousands of golfers annually. The nine-hole executive routing also makes World Golf a popular choice for groups wanting a quicker round without sacrificing a true golf experience, and its Facebook events calendar regularly promotes golf-drinks-and-food gatherings for the local golf community.

Planning Your Event Here

World Golf & Sand Creek's combination of executive-length golf, a lighted range, mini golf, and the Fairway Grill & Pub makes it a flexible venue for corporate outings, junior clinics, and social tournaments that want golf, food, and entertainment all in one stop.

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