I began playing Broadmoor more than 40 years ago when it also was reputed as having by far the best-conditioned greens in the area.
It is sited on a basically flat piece of property (although there is some roll on the south end of the course), which may help explain Ross's plentiful use of bunkers to add interest. The members have not touched the greens in all that time, which is admirable because many of them are very vexing. Also, except for adding sand and performing some renovation, they have not touched the bunkers. I have been a member of the Donald Ross Society since shortly after it was organized, and it is a source of pride that Broadmoor has remained true to Ross's design and to the construction of his greens complexes. Anyone who reveres Ross's work owes himself a trip to Broadmoor (if he can arrange to get on it.) It also seems that the old saw that Ross preferred to start golfers off easily with warm-up holes doesn't jibe with No. 1, a 440-yard par 4 which is among the most difficult holes on the course.
(see, also, the first hole at York Country Club in Maine, where the lst hole is a 215-yard par 3 with an out-of-bounds road hard by the entire left side of the hole and at the edge of the green.)