Golf
The 18th at The Broadmoor
it could possibly be. After the official launch, we were given a tour of the university. It is hard to believe that there are twice as many students as my home town has residents. We were shown the impressive stadium, the library, the sports centre and the Jack Nicklaus Museum. We also visited the famous Scioto Country Club where a young ‘Golden Bear’ honed his golfing skills, and a course that will host the 2016 US Senior Open. This was my first experience of an American golf course and I was immediately impressed with its excellent condition, something I had only previously imagined through watching golf on television.
My initial thought was that I would have loved to be placed there, but Mike said that, where I was going, was even better and that my new friends might well be jealous of me.
And, so it was that I headed for the
Broadmoor Golf Resort in Colorado Springs, one of the most exclusive golf resorts in the United States. Mike is very thorough in his appraisal of potential interns and works very hard to marry the requirements of the programme with the ambitions of the intern.
I was to live and work for six months in Colorado Springs, which would include working on the US Women’s Open.
The Director of Golf Maintenance at
Broadmoor is Fred Dickman. I had already spoken with him, and his secretary, Heidi who, fortunately for me and testament to Mike’s care and attention to detail, comes from Germany, and emailed them a number of times so that I could find out everything worth knowing about my future workplace and residence. After, what was, a long journey I was warmly welcomed by Fred and Heidi. In the first few days I had the
opportunity to get know the area a little. Located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado Springs has a particularly moderate climate. The city has 416,000 inhabitants, many of whom are connected with the United States Air Force base in some way. The Broadmoor has three golf courses. Each one is unique in design and location. The site of the US Women’s Open, the East Course, was built in 1921 and was originally designed by Donald Ross. Numerous USGA tournaments have taken place on this course, including the US Senior Open 2008. It was redesigned in 1952 by Robert Trent Jones, but still has the old greens from 1921. In recent years, it has had various ‘tweaks’, with improvements to the irrigation system, new tees and bunkers and several more aesthetic alterations to bring it up to date.
As on every golf course, the greens are the heart of the East Course. They
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