Sonnenalp Golf Club
Edwards, Eagle County, Colorado · Vail Valley golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Bob Cupp, Jay Morrish
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The Sonnenalp Golf Club occupies an unusual position in the Vail Valley golf landscape: it carries the name of Vail's well-known Sonnenalp Hotel, but the golf course itself sits several miles away in Edwards, on land originally developed in 1980 as Singletree Golf Club and purchased by the Faessler family (Sonnenalp's owners) in 1987. That history is the source of the club's real residential-integration story: unlike a resort course with no community tie, Sonnenalp/Singletree carries an explicit, still-current resident-priority access tier for the surrounding Singletree neighborhood, alongside Sonnenalp Hotel guests and Sonnenalp Club members. A limited number of public tee times (reported starting around $100 in low season) round out access.
For a golf-oriented buyer, Singletree is the community most directly tied to this club -- residency there carries real, documented playing-access value even for a buyer who never joins the Sonnenalp Club itself, which is a meaningfully different (and more accessible) pattern than Red Sky's pure invitation-only model or Cordillera's larger private-club structure.
Golf & Course
The course was designed by Bob Cupp and Jay Morrish and opened in 1980 as Singletree Golf Club; it plays to a par of 71 across roughly 7,074 yards. The Faessler family (Sonnenalp Resort's owners) purchased the course in 1987 and rebranded it under the Sonnenalp name over time.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Play is reserved, in order of priority as documented, for Sonnenalp Hotel guests, Sonnenalp Club members and Singletree residents, with a limited allotment of public tee times sold separately (reported from roughly $100 in low season, including cart). This is a genuine resident-priority access tier for Singletree specifically -- not full club membership bundled with home purchase, and not general public daily-fee golf either.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Member/resident amenities reported include Harvest Restaurant & Bar dining, a full-service fitness facility, tennis/pickleball programs and a pool complex.
Location & Surrounding Area
1265 Berry Creek Road, Edwards, CO 81632, Eagle County -- roughly midway along the Vail Valley corridor, not within Vail town limits.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Resolve the sharply conflicting initiation fee/dues figures directly with Sonnenalp Club (reports range from ~$6,250 to a reported $250,000).
- Confirm exact current terms of the Singletree resident-priority access tier (e.g., whether it requires a nominal fee, a resident ID, or is fully free with home ownership).
- Confirm whether Singletree is a gated community.
Notable
- Physically located in Edwards, not Vail town, despite the Vail-branded Sonnenalp name -- a documented entity-identity distinction for this research.
- Formerly Singletree Golf Club (opened 1980); purchased by the Sonnenalp Resort's Faessler family in 1987.
- Singletree residents carry a documented, real resident-priority playing tier distinct from Sonnenalp Club membership.
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