Biglong68

Pay more for a mediocre experience? The greens are scalped and rock hard. Play was slow with no ranger in site. This was one of our top 5 in Denver, but has fallen many slots. Sad to see.

Good muni course for the money. Easy course to walk if that's your thing. Greens rolled fast and true with the fewest ball marks I've seen this season. As with all courses this season play was slow and not managed by the club. There's many bunkers on the course that have no sand or 50% of what they should too. Overall though, a good value and easy course to navigate..

Let me preface this with I've been playing the game for 40+ years, average 25+ rounds a year and I've worked in the industry now for 30. Hopefully, this will lend some credibility to my review. I also typically don't write reviews, but today I've had enough. There's been a shift in the industry from providing a great experience for the daily fee player to squeezing as many golfers on the course daily to drive revenue. This has added an hour to the average round- today was yet again one more 5+ hour round! We waited on every single shot! No ranger to be found though typically it doesn't matter- they are there for free golf and not to speed up play.. Lone Tree is no different than any other daily fee course. I have yet to experience a 4 hour round this season and we play every weekend. I don't mind paying a premium for a Jack or Arnold designed course. But when they pack the course with average golfers who don't understand pace of play, have never learned etiquette, the rules of the game, who don't repair ball marks and think it's cool to spit sunflower seeds all over the greens- you no longer have a premium golf course! They belong at a muni course that is less challenging with other average golfers who simply don't care or have never been taught. It's ok to be a Sunday golfer if you know the rules, keep up the pace of play and practice good etiquette. Golf is still a gentleman's game and the sooner we get back to that the better. Perhaps charging more at Lone Tree and delivering a face paced enjoyable experience would be a better path than what they delivered today. We won't be back anytime soon!

Let me preface this with I've been playing golf for 42 years and speak from experience. When we waited nearly 40 minutes past our tee time at #1, I pretty much knew it was going to be a bad day. We proceeded to wait on every shot up until #15- 5 hours later- when it began to rain and we picked up. Saw a ranger twice- they did the typical drive by and said nothing about the pace of play. Are you as sick as me of these golf courses that put revenue before the golfers experience? Have they forgotten that a good experience means we'll come back again and again? Instead they stack tee times to produce more revenue- on father's day too- rather than spacing them out to provide a better golf experience. This was our first and last time playing The Broadlands. Great layout and the course was in good shape. However, the greens were a mess with un-repaired ball marks which is not the courses fault. If you are one of golfers that doesn't repair your ball marks- please change sports! Sadly, the above is the case at so many courses across the country. The Broadlands is only one of many.