Colorado Springs, CO
Five-star mountain golf at America's grande dame — thin air, big drives, pink-sky dinners.
The Broadmoor has been the West's grande dame since 1918 — a lakeside five-star spread beneath Cheyenne Mountain with a golf pedigree to match the chandeliers. The East Course, with Donald Ross roots, is where a young Jack Nicklaus won the 1959 U.S. Amateur, and it has hosted U.S. Women's Opens and Senior Opens since; the West Course climbs higher along the mountainside with even bigger views. At 6,000-plus feet the ball flies, the evenings cool off perfectly, and the resort's restaurants, bars and lake-path sunsets close every day in style.
| Course | Designer | Notes | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Course | Donald Ross | The championship stage with Ross roots — Nicklaus' 1959 U.S. Amateur and multiple USGA championships played here. The marquee. | resort |
| West Course | — | The higher, hillier sibling along the mountainside — bigger views, trickier lies. | resort |
| Colorado Springs-area courses | — | Historic city munis and front-range publics nearby for a bonus loop. | public |
The resort
The five-star original — lakeside wings, mountain-view rooms, a legendary bar and more restaurants than the trip has nights.
◆ The private house
A large house in the Broadmoor neighborhood or the Cheyenne Mountain foothills — mountain views off the deck, a firepit for altitude-cooled evenings, and the resort gates minutes away.
5-6 BR · sleeps 10-12 · ~$700–$2,500/nt
AM Fly into Colorado Springs or Denver and settle in beneath Cheyenne Mountain.
PM Check in, lake-path walk, welcome dinner and a nightcap at the hotel bar.
AM Open on the West — learn what 6,000 feet does to your yardages.
PM Spa or Seven Falls hike; chophouse dinner.
AM Cog railway or drive up Pikes Peak for the summit photo.
PM Afternoon nine or range session; casual dinner in downtown Colorado Springs.
AM The team match on the championship East — putt with the mountain in mind.
PM Trophy dinner at the resort, cigars by the lake as the peaks go pink.
AM Breakfast over the lake, then the run to the airport.
A century-old five-star resort at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain, with championship golf where Jack Nicklaus won his first U.S. Amateur — and the altitude adds twenty yards to every drive. The Rockies trip that never roughs it.
Golf is reserved for resort guests and members — book rooms and tee times together, well ahead for summer. Build in a Seven Falls or Pikes Peak outing, and let the concierge sort the dinner rotation on property.