TOP Golf Golfing enthusiasts will marvel at the extra distance their balls will travel in the mountain-high air. Colorado Springs has a number of outstanding courses including the links at the internationally famous Broadmoor Resort. The Broadmoor has three 18-hole courses designed by Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones and Arnold Palmer. There are seven public courses with 126 total holes, five private golf clubs with 126 holes and three military courses with 72 holes. Colorado Springs' mild weather means golfing may be enjoyed nearly year-round.
Many courses are open on sunny, balmy winter days.
Outstanding high-country cold water trout streams and reservoirs are less than an hour west of Colorado Springs, and other fishing spots may be reached with a short drive north or south. Warm water anglers can catch white crappie, channel catfish, walleye, yellow perch, tiger muskie and bluegill. Almost 100 million fish, including catchable-sized rainbow trout are put into Colorado waters each year. Colorado Springs' own Prospect Lake, within Memorial Park, welcomes windsurfers, sailboats and water-skiers. Rampart Range reservoir, a few miles northwest of Colorado Springs near Woodland Park and Pueblo Reservoir, an easy one-hour drive south, are larger bodies of water for fishing and water sports.