CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Jack Nicklaus designed both Muirfield Village Golf Club and Castle Pines Golf Club. He argues that Muirfield Village, his home course in Dublin, Ohio, was first to make the iconic milkshake a clubhouse treat. George Solich, the general chairman at Castle Pines, says hold on one second, we made the milkshake a thing during the PGA Tour’s 21-year fixture as the home of the International. Leave it to World Golf Hall of Fame member Tom Watson to break the tie.
“Tom Watson says, ‘Let’s just set the record straight. Jack thinks they were there first. They weren’t. They were here first because these were really good milkshakes,’ ” Solich recounted the story.
“Muirfield, they made it with soft serve. We did ours with Haagen Dazs,” Solich added, noting that the rich, velvety ice cream is the secret ingredient inside the Hamilton Beach shake mixer. During the Tour’s annual stop at the Memorial, Muirfield Village’s clubhouse now uses Haagen-Dazs too. “So they started here. It’s a fun little thing to have, something that we are famous for, milkshakes.”
According to an Associated Press story, legend has it the International’s Haagen-Dazs bill reached $17,000, as players and their guests took down Castle Pines’ famed chocolate milkshakes faster than they could scoop it. On Wednesday, at one the concession stands, where the shakes are also available, they ran out of ice cream around 2 p.m. MT.
Chocolate is the most popular flavor of the super-creamy milkshakes but other options include strawberry and vanilla, as well as the favorites of a sweet tooth: peanut butter, heath bar and dreamsicle. Adults can enjoy strawberry reposado and banana rum, with additions like ginger snaps and their own baked chocolate chips.
“We expect to go through 70 gallons of vanilla ice cream a day making shakes – just in the clubhouse,” said Castle Pines executive chef Travis Teague.