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A STORIED HISTORY IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 1916. THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIA- TION (PGA) OF AMERICA WAS FORMED. JIM BARNES TOOK HOME $500 FOR THE FIRST PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. BOBBY JONES, A 14-YEAR-OLD, REACHED THE QUARTERFINALS OF HIS FIRST U.S. AMATEUR. CHICK EVANS BECAME THE FIRST GOLFER TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN AND U.S. AMATEUR IN THE SAME YEAR. AND LEGENDARY GOLF COURSE DESIGNER DONALD ROSS ARRIVED AT THE SITE OF THE BROADMOOR TO PLOT HIS NEXT COURSE. ONE HAS TO WONDER WHAT ROSS WAS THINKING THE FIRST TIME HE LOOKED OUT OVER A DUSTY PRAIRIE AT 6,400 FEET, WITH ONE OF AMER- ICA’S MOST STRIKING BACKGROUNDS IN CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AND PIKES PEAK. HE PROBABLY THANKED THE LORD FOR SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HIS TALENT. WHEN THE BROADMOOR’S EAST COURSE OPENED IN 1918, ROSS WAS QUICK TO LABEL IT HIS BEST WORK. THAT INCLUDED A COURSE IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT HE HAD FINISHED, NOW KNOWN AS PINEHURST NO. 2. BUT THE SPLENDOR THAT IS THE BROADMOOR JUST GOT BETTER AND BETTER. NINETY-THREE YEARS LATER, THE BROADMOOR EAST COURSE HAS A HIS- TORY OF ITS OWN AND WILL FOREVER BE TIED TO MASTER GOLF ARCHITECT ROSS, WHOSE PORTFOLIO ALSO INCLUDES SEMINOLE IN FLORIDA (THE SITE OF THE 1996 U.S. OPEN), AND OAKLAND HILLS OUTSIDE DETROIT. MORE THAN 100 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON ROSS’ DESIGNS. THE 2011 U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN MARKS THE BROADMOOR’S SEVENTH USGA SANCTIONED CHAMPIONSHIP. EACH ONE OF THOSE WAS MEMO- RABLE AND INCLUDE JACK NICKLAUS WINNING THE 1959 U.S. AMATEUR; BOB DICKSON THE 1967 U.S. AMATEUR; JULI INKSTER THE 1982 U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR; ANNIKA SORENSTAM THE 1995 U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN; AND EDUARDO ROMERO WINNING THE 2008 U.S. SENIOR OPEN. THE 1962 CURTIS CUP WAS WON BY THE UNITED STATES ON THE EAST COURSE, TOO. WHEN ED DUDLEY WAS NAMED HEAD PRO IN 1941, IT MARKED A VERY PRESTIGIOUS PERIOD. DUDLEY SPENT HIS SUMMERS AT THE BROADMOOR AND WINTERS AS HEAD PRO AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL. IN ALL, HE WAS HEAD PRO FOR 22 YEARS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING MANY HOLLYWOOD CE- LEBRITIES TO THE RESORT. AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1963, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE GOLF HALL OF FAME. IN THE UNPARALLELED COLO- RADO SUMMERS, YOU’RE MESMER- IZED BY THE RED HUE ON CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AS YOU START AN EARLY- MORNING ROUND. BLUE SPRUCE AND DOUGLAS-FIR TOWER ABOVE YOU ON THE SAME GROUND WHERE BING CROSBY AND BOB HOPE CLOWNED AROUND; WHERE JACKIE GLEASON STRUCK THAT FAMOUS POSE—LEFT HAND WITH CIGARETTE ON HIP, RIGHT HAND AND WEIGHT SUPPORTED BY A 2-IRON, LOOKING DOWN THE FAIRWAY IMPATIENTLY READY FOR THE GREEN TO CLEAR. HIS FOURSOME ON THAT DAY INCLUDED FLIP WILSON, BUDDY HACKETT AND DUDLEY. IT’S THE SAME 3,000-ACRE RE- SORT THAT HOSTED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AND GERALD FORD MANY TIMES. INDUSTRY LEADER L.B. MAYTAG WAS ONCE PRESIDENT OF THE GOLF CLUB AND J.C. PENNEY VISITED HERE. THOSE CELEBRITY OLD-TIMERS CHECKED IN FOR GOLF IN A WHITE WOODEN CLUBHOUSE (FIRST USED AS A CASINO AND FOR BOXING MATCHES), WHICH WAS REPLACED IN 1994 BY A HUGE 90,000-SQUARE-FOOT FIRST- CLASS BUILDING THAT INCLUDES A RESTAURANT, SPA, AND TENNIS AND GOLF PRO SHOPS. THE NAMES NICKLAUS, ZAHARIAS, INKSTER, SORENSTAM AND ROMERO HAVE BEEN ETCHED INTO CHAMPION- SHIP TROPHIES AT THE BROADMOOR. AND THE WINNER OF THE 2011 U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME PART OF GOLF HISTORY, AND A PART OF ONE OF THE GREATEST GOLF RESORTS IN THE WORLD: THE BROADMOOR. 54 The Broadmoor Magazine | 2011 • 2012 Left to right: Paul Ransom, Cliff Roberts, L. B. “Bud” Maytag, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ed Dudley in August 1948.