From Colorado Avid Golfer, where Stoney Creek was ranked #1 among nine hole courses:
"Northwest of Standley Lake, this course has several ponds on its 1616 yards. There are three short par 4's and six par 3's. The 124-yard second, where (Woman) Creek horseshoes behind the green guarded by a bunker on the left, is Stoney Creek's signature hole. Another plus: Dads and moms can practice on the range while their kids play on the separate three-hole course."
Greg Henry, Nine of the Times, Colorado Avid Golfer June 2008
Best Colorado Golf Courses – Stoney Creek is # 20 on the list
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“Maybe it wasn't thousands, just seemed like it” Terri Zehnder
Stoney Creek Golf Course got it's name from the creek that flows through the course, and from the thousands of rocks that had to be picked up and moved to clear the land for the course. The beautiful Stoney Creek Golf Course land was first used in about 1911/1913 as a farm when Rosa Zehnder bought 160 acres of land.
Unfortunately, during the Great Depression, 80 acres of the land was lost to the farm. Before the 1950’s a railroad track ran through the land to carry rocks and building materials used to build the Standley Lake dam, which the Zehnder’s helped to build. Originally, chickens, cows, pigs, and crops were raised on the farm, but in the early 1950’s it was turned into a dairy farm by Jean and Rudy Zehnder. In 1974 the Zehnders sold all the dairy cattle, and the family ran the farm with beef cattle. While the majority of the land is home to Stoney Creek Golf Course, you will still find some cattle roaming around to the east of the course.
It’s still a family affair! Larry Root, the former manager at Applewood Golf Course, knew when he saw the piece of land with the creek flowing through it that it would make a beautiful, breathtaking, peaceful escape from reality. Larry and his son, Tim, designed the course, and shortly thereafter one of the great-grand children of Rosa Zehnder, Brian, and his wife, Terri assisted Larry and Tim in building the 40-acre golf course. The driving range was completed in 1990, and the course was finished in 1998. To this day the golf course is still owned by the Zehnder family, Larry still runs it, and Root Landscaping, owned by Larry’s daughter Amy, maintains the course. Larry’s other daughter, Carrie, and wife, Margaret, occasionally help out at the course as well.