Broadlands Golf Course — Local services in Broomfield

I have a love/hate relationship with this course. I love the punch pass, lets you get 10 rounds (used to be 12 last year) for about $50 a round, so long as you play Mon - Thur or after 1pm on Fri, Sat, Sun. If I paid more than $50 a round, I would be disappointed.

They play one of the US open qualifying tournaments here for a reason, the rough is thick, the native grass is thicker, and the green are very challenging. That being said, stop putting the darn pin on the edge of the green, this course is MAX 130 slope, (if the scorecard on the website is correct and up to date) the set up does not match that number in my opinion. This course is not has good as the club house kids make it seem when you check in. Some of the guys are chill, but there's one who takes his job way too seriously, its Broadlands, not The Broadmoor. That being said, $14 for a large bucket is not acceptable when the practice range is as bad as it is. The grass is not level, and there is never a clean spot of grass to hit from unless you get there on the day they established a new box to hit from.

Maybe I'm not paying attention, but I've never seen a chipping practice green where range balls are just left on the green. The old guys love to do this and I have no idea why. I don't see it anywhere else. Not a big deal, but just an additional nit to add to the reasons why I wouldn't pay more than $50 a round here.

The drainage on the course is terrible. The sprinklers are on for too long at night, so you'll walk through swampy grass on every hole to get to the green if you are out before noon. Level the darn tee boxes!!! I can't find a level place for my tee shot on the majority of the holes. The greens are pock marked and bumpy, year round.

Add some darn ball cleaning stations at each hole, and a watering station or two. Or, you can add a ball and club cleaning attachment to the carts. Buying bottled water at Costco to give players at the start of your round is not cost efficient in the long run guys....

Pace of play is hit or miss, I've had a 3.5 hour round, and I have had a 5.5 hour round. On the good days, the marshalls are on top of pace, on a bad day, pack your patience.

Everything in the club house for sale is 10% to 25% over priced. It doesn't have to be that way, but I get the feeling they try and get as much as they can, where they can and it's annoying. These public golf courses make more than enough money, they don't have to gauge you on range buckets and a sleeve of balls. I get the feeling they try way too hard when it comes to dynamic pricing.

Restaurant is good. Friendly staff, and the prices are adequate. You'll see the bev cart one or two times a...

This is my new home course this year, and I love this place. The staff is super friendly, and after introducing myself to most of them they all remember your name and genuinely ask you how you are doing and joke around with you. Granted, part of this is probably because I am here literally every day, but it's extremely important to me. The other people who practice/play here regularly are also all very nice and friendly. They will talk with you, and after playing several rounds with random people, I have yet to get paired up with someone that was a chore to play with.

The chipping green is amazing, one of the best in the Denver area. It's huge, with three different flags that they regularly rotate, and tons of hills, elevation changes, and grass cuts around it. The driving range is ALWAYS off grass. They don't even have mats. There is also a fairway bunker at the end of the range to practice out of, which is a rarity. The course is in decent condition, and is a really intriguing layout. Not overly long (7,200 from the tips), but well placed bunkers and hazards make you have to hit your spots. Most of the holes have some sort of risk/reward shot, making you think about, and sometimes second guess, what your doing. If your a long hitter, every once in a while it's fun to move up to the golds and just bomb it over everything.

I think there is entirely too much sand in all the bunkers. If you get in one of them, you better not let the leading edge dig or your in trouble. Some of the patrons are complete jerks...most people will hit, literally, 50-100 balls onto the chipping green at a time. This makes it unusable by anyone else. It makes no sense what so ever. Hitting into a pile of balls doesn't help you. The point is to see how the ball rolls/reacts, and control the ball. This is golf, not billiards. Whats more, is very few people clean their balls up, and when I have politely asked 'could you please clean up those balls?' I have had several people yell or curse at me, and/or just stare blankly and walk away. It's really rude, and I don't get this mentality.

Overall it's a really great place, just be prepared to laugh off any clowns that want you to pick...

We live in the area and have played here dozens of times but our recent experience with hitting some range balls was nothing short of both confusing and disappointing. We arrived at 4:45 on a Sunday and purchased two buckets. When we got down to the machine, several other people were noticing the tickets were not working. After the attendant of the pro-shop came out he notified all of us that the ball machine was empty, and they wouldn’t be going out to pick up balls for at least 30 minutes and they told us to save our tickets and come back? It felt very much like the person responsible for picking up balls only wanted to make his last call round of pick-ups for the night and was not going to go out and get balls for the people who had driven, paid, and waited for someone to explain what was going on. They were not busy, and people were finishing their round at a normal pace so we’re unclear if the range ball picker was busy cleaning carts or what but huge bummer to make plans to meet friends here and just be told to come back. We drove over to Thorne Creek and had no issues. Just a strange and...