TOURN AMENT

THE MILKSHAKE, CASTLE PINES GOLF CLUB, CASTLE ROCK

This celebrated club is esteemed for the four-star fare served at its restaurant plus vintage wines from one of the state’s largest cellars. But during the 22 years the course hosted the PGA TOUR’s International, golfers came away raving about the milkshakes at the halfway house.

They come in three flavors—Tiger favored strawberry, Hale liked chocolate and Ernie Els preferred vanilla. The not-so-secret ingredient? An entire pint of Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream plus a little milk mixed—not in a blender but by a Hamilton Beach spindle mixer—to a dreamy consistency.

GOLF CLUB FAVES: BURGER DOGS TO SNAPPER SOUP

A taste for down-to-earth, comfy golf food is not limited to Colorado. In 2021, Golf Digest asked more than 2,000 golfers nationwide to name their favorite dishes served on clubhouse or halfway house menus. The winner was the quarter-pound “burger dog”—a hot dog-shaped burger—served for more than a half century at THE OLYMPIC CLUB in San Francisco. Other favorites included a peanut butter, jelly and bacon sandwich served at THE FISHERS ISLAND CLUB in New York and the Snapper (Turtle) Soup dished at New Jersey’s venerable PINE VALLEY GOLF CLUB