The Broadmoor Golf Courses

Commissioned by Spencer Penrose and designed by Donald Ross, golf at The Broadmoor opened in 1918 at roughly 6,400 feet, then the highest course in the United States. The layout known today as the East Course took shape in 1952, when Robert Trent Jones, Sr. added new holes that combined with nine of Ross's originals. The thin mountain air and sweeping Rockies backdrop have long made it a distinctive championship test. The East hosted the U.S. Amateur in 1959, where 19-year-old Jack Nicklaus won his first national title, and again in 1967. It later staged the 1995 U.S. Women's Open, Annika Sorenstam's breakthrough first major, and multiple U.S. Senior Opens, including 2008 and 2025. Generations of players have contended with subtle Ross greens amplified by altitude, where the ball flies farther and the reads are anything but obvious. Few American resorts carry this depth of championship history.