The Broadmoor vs. The Club at Flying Horse for Golf Living
The Broadmoor and The Club at Flying Horse sit about 20 minutes apart in Colorado Springs but could not represent more different golf-living models. The Broadmoor is a Forbes Five-Star resort dating to 1918 whose golf club is invitation-only and sponsor-based, with membership available to a homeowner in the adjacent Broadmoor Resort Community only as an application opportunity, not a guarantee. Flying Horse is a newer (built out over the last two decades), gated master-planned community in northern Colorado Springs where golf membership is sold as a conventional tiered product -- available to residents and non-residents alike -- with real, published initiation fees and monthly dues. Below is what actually distinguishes them for a golf-oriented buyer.
Side by Side
How They Compare
Golf course pedigree
The Broadmoor
East/West Courses (Donald Ross, 1918; Robert Trent Jones Sr. additions). Hosted U.S. Amateur (1959, 1967), U.S. Women's Open (1995, 2011), U.S. Senior Open (2008, 2018, 2025; 2031 and 2037 already awarded).
The Club at Flying Horse
Two private 18-hole courses: the original Tom Weiskopf design and the newer Phil Smith-designed Flying Horse North course. No national championship history found.
Membership access model
The Broadmoor
Invitation-only, sponsored by a current member. No published fee schedule; homeowners in the adjacent Resort Community may apply but are not guaranteed membership.
The Club at Flying Horse
Tiered, purchasable membership (Social, Full Golf, Signature Golf) with documented (though currently uncertain post-increase) initiation fees and monthly dues, available to residents and non-residents alike.
Recent fee changes
The Broadmoor
No published fee schedule to track changes against.
The Club at Flying Horse
Initiation fees increased effective September 1, 2026, per the club's own materials; exact new figures not confirmed in this research.
Residential community
The Broadmoor
Broadmoor Resort Community: gated, ~573 acres, 200+ single-family homes plus 63 villas/townhomes.
The Club at Flying Horse
Flying Horse: multiple villages, homes from the $700s (Turin) to multi-million-dollar homes (Madonie), plus custom 2.5-5 acre homesites (Flying Horse North).
Location in Colorado Springs
The Broadmoor
Southwest Colorado Springs, at the base of Cheyenne Mountain.
The Club at Flying Horse
Northern Colorado Springs, near the Air Force Academy.
Golf Pedigree & Course Character
The Broadmoor's East and West Courses (Donald Ross, 1918, with major 1950s additions by Robert Trent Jones Sr.) carry a genuinely major-championship history: the U.S. Amateur (1959, Jack Nicklaus' first USGA title, and 1967), the U.S. Women's Open (1995, 2011), and the U.S. Senior Open (2008, 2018, 2025, with 2031 and 2037 already awarded by the USGA). A third course, the Mountain Course, has been closed since a 2015 landslide. Flying Horse offers two full 18-hole private courses of its own -- the original Tom Weiskopf design and the newer Phil Smith-designed Flying Horse North course -- with strong local reputations but no national championship history.
Access & Membership Structure
The Broadmoor Golf Club is invitation-only, requiring sponsorship by a current member; there is no published fee schedule, and directory-site fee estimates are explicitly speculative. Flying Horse, by contrast, sells three documented membership tiers (Social, Full Golf, Signature Golf), each with its own initiation deposit and monthly dues, and its own marketing confirms memberships are available even to buyers who do not live in the community. Flying Horse's initiation fees increased effective September 1, 2026, per the club's own materials, though the exact new post-increase numbers could not be confirmed in this research.
Residential Structure
The Broadmoor's residential tie is the gated, roughly 573-acre Broadmoor Resort Community (200-plus single-family homes, 63 villas/townhomes) immediately adjacent to the resort -- a smaller, more finite, ultra-luxury enclave. Flying Horse is a larger, still-developing master-planned community spanning multiple villages, from homes in the $700s (The Village of Turin) to multi-million-dollar homes (The Village of Madonie) and custom 2.5-5 acre homesites (Flying Horse North, whose marketing ties eligibility for the top Signature Golf membership tier to homesite ownership there).
What This Means for Your Search
A buyer drawn to national golf history, a five-star resort lifestyle, and a small, established luxury enclave has more of that at The Broadmoor. A buyer who wants a newer, still-growing golf community with a wider range of home price points, two courses of their own, and membership terms that are actually published has more of that at Flying Horse. Neither community bundles golf access automatically into a home purchase -- confirm current membership fees, waitlist status, and application terms directly with each club before assuming either path to golf access.
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