Sonnenalp Resort of Vail is an 18-hole resort golf course in Vail, Colorado.

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holes

par

7,074

yards (tips)

142

slope (black)

The shape of the round · I Sun teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer: Ben Krueger reported
access: resort
address: 20 Vail Rd, Vail, CO 81657, USA
website: course site →
elevation: 8,156 ft derived
opened: 1980
on site: restaurant

39.64191, -106.37803 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around Sonnenalp Resort of Vail. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, NAIP 2019. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2019-09-22 – 2019-10-03

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 16 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	M	71	7074	73.8	142
I Sun		71	6927			3595	3332
I/II Suns		71	6544			3342	3202
Blue	F	71	6377	75.7	150
Blue	M	71	6377	71.4	136
II Suns		71	6324			3232	3092
Blue/White	F	71	6171	74.4	147
Blue/White	M	71	6171	69.7	133
II/III Suns		71	6049			3039	3010
White	M	71	5907	69.3	125
White	F	71	5907	72.4	143
III Suns		71	5701			2889	2812
III/IV Suns		71	5447			2741	2706
Green	F	71	5293	69.5	131
IV Suns		71	4995			2615	2380
S tees		71	3800			1947	1853

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	71
I Sun	592	159	466	379	207	543	434	376	439	401	418	414	339	191	374	432	184	579	6,927
I/II Suns	517	159	410	379	158	543	401	376	399	401	375	414	339	166	374	432	181	520	6,544
II Suns	517	141	410	359	158	495	401	352	399	370	375	378	312	166	362	428	181	520	6,324
II/III Suns	464	141	372	359	158	495	364	352	334	333	375	378	312	166	362	383	181	520	6,049
III Suns	464	137	372	323	132	465	364	298	334	333	334	360	283	146	344	383	151	478	5,701
III/IV Suns	441	137	329	323	132	425	322	298	334	300	334	360	283	146	344	310	151	478	5,447
IV Suns	441	118	329	300	110	425	322	279	291	300	241	295	259	127	328	310	124	396	4,995
S tees	294	122	234	216	110	300	238	198	235	225	216	221	200	128	205	211	126	321	3,800
Handicap	5	15	3	13	17	9	7	11	1	10	16	2	8	18	12	6	14	4

No per-hole yardages are published for 5 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Sonnenalp Resort of Vail hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Also bookable nearby: Willow Creek Golf Club at Eagle Vail (5.5 mi) · Eaglevail Golf Club (5.7 mi) · Beaver Creek Golf Club (7.8 mi) · Valley at Cordillera Golf Course (12 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In Colorado	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	7,074 yds	76th of 241	=1,292nd of 12,025	7th of 13 in the Edwards, CO area · =116th of 601 resort courses · =563rd of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,289th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 142	=36th of 208	=617th of 8,710	6th of 14 in the Edwards, CO area · =53rd of 477 resort courses · =213th of 4,936 courses you can book · =606th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 73.8	=37th of 188	=1,605th of 7,615	5th of 12 in the Edwards, CO area · =123rd of 446 resort courses · =661st of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,592nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	3,274 yds between tees	12th of 233	=201st of 11,523	1st of 13 in the Edwards, CO area · 18th of 593 resort courses · 98th of 6,653 courses you can book · =197th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1980	=95th of 233	=5,425th of 9,368	4th of 14 in the Edwards, CO area · =217th of 516 resort courses · =2,945th of 5,526 courses you can book · =3,849th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	8,156 ft derived	21st of 244	24th of 12,437	3rd of 14 in the Edwards, CO area · 6th of 616 resort courses · 16th of 7,274 courses you can book · 17th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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