Stay & Play at The Broadmoor
The Colorado stalwart combines courses blending very different styles with accommodations and amenities that are singularly outstanding
The Sanctuary Golf Club
A real estate sultan buys a patch of wilderness near Denver and tells architect Jim Engh to build the “most spectacular course” in the country. The resulting visual feast says that goal just may have been achieved.
Country Club of the Rockies
Against the backdrop of a majestic mountain range, Jack Nicklaus routed a clever, strategic layout at the core of a warm, engaging club that has helped transform the Vail Valley into a year-round destination
Eisenhower Golf Club, U.S. Air Force Academy
Base/Location: United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Par: 72 Yardage: 7,301 Play Policy: Active duty and retired military, DoD civilians, USAFA contractors, and guests. Located about 30 minutes north of the Broadmoor and sharing similar foothill terrain with fast, sloping greens, the Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed Blue is regarded as perhaps the […]
Ski, Bike, Raft and Play Golf at Keystone Resort
The 18th hole on the River Course at Keystone Resort & Conference Center is pure Wild West: Ice-capped peaks of the Rockies loom in the distance, their bases kissing the frigid waters of Lake Dillon. Barren, north-facing hillsides sit to the left, opposite pine-dotted, sage-covered slopes to the right. Directly below stretches a sweeping […]
Ballyneal Golf & Hunt Club Revisited
Back in 1979, Jim O’Neal and his older brother Rupert were mending fences on grazing land for the family’s cattle. Only 12 at the time, Jim was the family golfer, playing the Holyoke municipal course at every opportunity. Looking out across the unusual sand dunes known as chop hills, Jim proclaimed, “Rupert, you could […]
Cherry Hills Country Club
Once a frontier upstart in an Eastern-dominated sport, this William Flynn opus has proven its pedigree through a string of hard-fought national championships
Ballyneal Golf & Hunt Club
The idea for Ballyneal Golf & Hunt Club originated 25 years ago as brothers Rupert and Jim O’Neal watched British Open telecasts and realized their family’s rolling property resembled some of golf’s most hallowed ground. Buoyed by the success of remote clubs like Nebraska’s Sand Hills, the O’Neals enlisted Tom Doak to create a classic links design on their […]
