The first nine opened last Memorial Day, while the second nine opened to the public on Aug. 4. But the course won't have its grand opening until next month. MorningStar, located five miles east of Mukwonago, is dramatically different - with the accent on dramatic. The defining feature of MorningStar is that it winds in and around the site of a huge former sand and gravel pit. The Broadlands is just as the name suggests, a broad open land with flowing movement.
Water comes into play on a number of holes, requiring strategic shots.
Overall, though, I think golfers will find it to be a very playable course. The Broadlands is set on the outskirts of the Kettle Moraine Forest and is built on the property's lowest elevation, land formerly used for corn and dairy farming. Oak trees line many of the fairways of the more traditional back nine. Perhaps the course's signature hole will be No. 18, a 190-yard par 3 on one of the courses most exposed and windiest areas. The hole plays into a prevailing southwest wind across a 20-foot ravine to a green guarded by front bunkers and a steep drop in the back.