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the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 1 WELCOME TO THE SUN GOLF GUIDE

s someone still relatively new to the Lower Main- Aland, I can’t count the number of times I’ve asked for advice on where to play golf. The listings we publish in our annual golf magazine are a great resource — telling me everything I need to know about where courses are located, how much they cost and how long they play — but I wanted a little bit more information. Our cover story this year is exactly what I was looking for, and it’s sure to prove a valuable resource for other new golfers, as well as those who have lived and golfed here for years, but "Come Play in who want to try something new. Golf writer Brad Ziemer approached 12 well-known members of the B.C. golf community and asked them to complete a survey that would allow us to name the best public golf course in B.C. our Back Yard" Not surprisingly, in a province as golf-rich as ours, there was no consensus choice. Based on a points-system, however, we were able to put together a list of the top-10 courses (see story on page PGA of BC 2008 5), while also assembling a list of top private courses, signature "Golf Facility of the Year" holes, hidden gems and more (see story on page 8). Of course, the list is far from comprehensive and there are "Places to Play" plenty of other courses worth checking out in this province. Golf Digest Recommended Near the top of my list is Granby River Golf Course in Grand $ Forks, the first full-size golf course in Canada that’s com- Golf From 59.00 pletely green (see story on page 20). Owned and maintained by Philippe and Joyce Thevenaz, it’s kept lush and disease free with organic fertilizer, a solution of garlic extract and rock glacial dust. It has earned praise from Golf Digest magazine, and may one day serve as a green role model for operators across the country. If your greatest concern is how you play rather than where you play, you need look no further than page 24 for a “Little” inspira- tion. That’s where you’ll meet Jackie Little, a Port Alberni resident with five B.C. Women’s Amateur titles to her credit. She won the provincial and national senior women’s titles in her first year of eligibility last year, taking much of the competition by surprise. Why? Little stands just 4-foot-10, which makes the fact she hits 220 yards off the tee pretty impressive. There are more stories in this year’s magazine, including a guide to the year’s local tournaments, and even more online at van- couversun.com/golf. There, you can try our searchable database Book Online at: to find a course in your neighbourhood or a city you plan to visit. The site also includes results from the tours, local golf news www.morgancreekgolf.com and tips from the pros. So until next year, happy reading, happy golfing and happy exploring to everyone. Bev Wake, 604-531-4653 or 1-800-513-6555 Sports Editor, The Vancouver Sun

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FILE NAME: TR_VanSun_GolfGuide_FP.indd DATE: Mar. 20, 2009 SIZE FULL PAGE: 8”x 10.5”(+.125”BLEED all sides) COLOUR: 4 colour process PUBLICATION: Vancouver Sun: Golf Guide INSIDE The best of B.C. Big Sky secures our panelists’ vote as the best golf course in the province. Page 5 The best of the rest The top private courses, signature holes, hidden gems and more. Page 8 Meet the panelists Twelve members of the B.C. golf community agreed to take part in our 2009 survey. Golfers stroll the fairway at Morgan Creek Golf Course in Surrey. Page 10 Our annual listings Powering on A Little game The economic downturn hasn’t hurt two She may be just 4-10, but don’t under- What you need to know about courses new courses in the East Kootenays, set estimate the golfing dynamo from Port inside and outside the Lower Mainland. to open this year. Alberni. Page 12 Page 22 Page 24 Green greens Greens freeze Clip and save No pesticides, herbicides or fungicides Not all developments have managed to From the Canadian Tour to the B.C. come into play at Granby River Golf escape the global recession, including Amateur, your guide to the 2009 season Course. several in B.C. in B.C. Page 20 Page 23 Page 28

4 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Our panelists were asked BIG beautiful to name the top 10 public courses in B.C. Fifty-nine names were submitted. SKY In the end, none could top this scenic Pemberton layout.

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Breathtaking scenery. Bent-grass fairways so immaculate that you almost feel guilty about taking a divot. And 18 holes that will challenge every part of your game. Big Sky, which sits in the shadow of magnificent Mount Currie in the Pemberton Valley, has it all. see next page

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Predator Ridge Golf Course was a close second in voting to Big Sky, thanks to its stunning views, challenging 27-hole layout and first-class practice facility.

So it probably shouldn’t be a surprise Big Sky is hard to beat,” said panel- ally helped us over the years.” that it’s been named as the best pub- ist James Cronk, who selected Big Sky But Big Sky has more going for it than lic/resort course in the province by the as his top B.C. course. “It’s a fantastic its near-perfect conditioning. It’s one Vancouver Sun’s Best of B.C. golf panel. shot-maker’s golf course that is usu- of those rare courses that can challenge ally in great shape.” What better way to tee off the golf sea- the very best players and yet also be ac- son than with a survey that figures to Big Sky opened in 1994 and was de- commodating to high-handicappers. fuel chatter at 19th holes across the signed by Americans Bob Cupp and “I think the playability of our course is province. John Fought. one its real strengths,” Wallace says. “It Our Best of B.C. golf panel, 12 individ- General manager Chris Wallace has truly is a good course for any handicap uals intimately familiar with this prov- been there since the very beginning. He player. And I think that is something ince’s rich golf landscape, was formed was part of the construction crew that you don’t find in many golf courses with the hope of doing just that. We began work on the course back in 1991 nowadays. wanted to have some fun and gath- and subsequently became course su- “A lot of courses built in the last five er opinions on the best B.C. has to of- perintendent. years are starting to be monster cours- fer in terms of golf. And as anyone who It was Wallace and his crew that set the es; they are focusing on lots of yardage has spent some time on the links here standard for making Big Sky what many and want a reputation for toughness. knows, there is plenty to offer. consider to be the best-conditioned I think that’s all right for your first In what was a two-way race, Big Sky course in the province. year of opening. You may get a bit of edged Predator Ridge in Vernon for top “That is something we have prided our- a name, but after that I think you kind honours among our panelists. selves on and that sets us apart,” Wal- of get lost.” Big Sky received more first-place votes lace says. “I do really think it’s the best- It is Big Sky’s atmosphere that went a (three) than any other course and was conditioned course in Western Canada. long way to convincing panelist Phyllis the second choice of two other panelists. There are other courses that will ramp Laschuk to select Big Sky as her No. 1 “On a sunny day, with Mount Currie up and be good for the summer season, choice. good for July, good for August. We try in the background, the river beside it “This peaceful, immaculately-main- to be perfect from the day we open the and spectacular scenery all around, tained golf course is a diamond sur- doors to the day we close. That has re-

6 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 THE BEST OF B.C. top 10 public or resort courses in B.C. as selected by our Best of B.C. golf panel.

1. Big Sky (22) 2. Predator Ridge (17) 3. Storey Creek (14) 4. Tobiano (9) 5. Morgan Creek (7) 6. Salmon Arm (7) 7. Nicklaus North (7) 8. Crown Isle (7) 9. Greywolf (7) 10. Cordova Bay (6) (Point totals in parentheses. Panelists submitted their own top-10 lists and courses received five points for a first- place vote, three points for a second-place vote, two points for a third-place vote and one point for fourth- through 10th-place votes. Ties were broken by total number of votes received by a course.)

Tobiano, a Thomas McBroom design, ranked fourth despite being a new addition to the Kamloops golf scene. rounded by the in-your-face Mount riding should only be an option if you regardless of the tee chosen.” Currie and the organic acreages of want, not forced upon you because of Tobiano, the new Kamloops-area course sheep and horse farms,” Laschuk says. the design of the course.” designed by Thomas McBroom, also fig- Second-place finisher Predator Ridge “I like Storey Creek because of its rea- ures to move up in the rankings in sub- received more votes (eight) than any sonable cost, welcoming atmosphere sequent years as more players become other course in our survey. and the fact that each hole is quite familiar with it. separate from the others,” adds panel- Mike Carroll, the Vancouver lawyer who It was ranked No. 1 by Roxburgh, the 13- ist Alison Murdoch, the former Cana- was one of the main organizers of the time B.C. Amateur champion who said dian, British and Irish senior women’s Air Canada Championship, selected simply: “Every hole is a signature hole. champion. Predator as his top choice. Great views and shot values.” Like most surveys, this one is not per- “There really isn’t a weak hole in the en- The large number of courses that re- fect. The panelists have obviously not tire 27-hole layout,” Carroll says. “The ceived votes from our panelists is testa- played every course in the province. views are wonderful and the practice ment to the great variety of layouts in The East Kootenays is a long way from facility is first-class.” B.C. No fewer than 59 courses were in- the Lower Mainland and panelist Doug cluded in our panelists’ top 10 lists. Storey Creek, the scenic Campbell River Roxburgh noted that he has yet to play layout ranked No. 3 by our panel, was many of the courses in the area, includ- Courses receiving multiple votes but the only other course besides Big Sky to ing Greywolf. unable to crack our top 10 includ- receive multiple first-place votes (two). ed: Squamish Valley, Rivershore, Led- The Doug Carrick mountainside layout geview, Chateau Whistler, Bootleg Gap, “Storey Creek has it all: trees, park-like at the Panorama Resort near Invermere Westwood Plateau, Gallagher’s Can- setting, a walk with nature, rolling ter- was the top pick of B.C. Golf Associa- yon, Peace Portal, University, Nanaimo, rain, water,” says B.C. and Canadian Se- tion executive director Kris Jonasson. nior Women’s champion Jackie Little. “It Morningstar, Swan-e-set Bay, Whis- tests everything about your game. One “Greywolf in my opinion is the great- tler, Eagle Ranch, Northview (Ridge), important aspect for me when it comes est mountain course in North Ameri- Fairview Mountain, Fairwinds, Revel- to picking courses is the ability to walk. ca,” Jonasson says. “It has challenging stoke, Williams Lake and Fraserview. memorable holes, fits the topography I really don’t like to ride and feel that [email protected] perfectly and will challenge all players

the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 7 B.C.’s hidden gems

The best course you’ve never heard about? B.C.’s signature hole? The top private course? Our panelists weighed in on these topics and more.

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A golfer tees off into clear weather at the Victoria Golf Club, which boasts one of B.C.’s signature holes, according to our panelists.

Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun private golf courses in B.C. and it was a very close race between Shaughnessy and Capilano. f this had been a horse race, a photo finish would have been Courses received five points for a first-place vote, three for a second- required. place vote and one for a third-place selection. Panelists could not vote I Our Best of B.C. panelists were asked to select their top three for their own club. Shaughnessy edged Capilano by one point — 38 to 37. Marine Drive was a distant third with 12 points, while Royal Colwood in Victoria collected 11. Capilano actually received more first-place votes (five) than CANADA'S Shaughnessy (four). But Shaughnessy received votes from all 12 of our panel members. LOWEST PRICES! “Shaughnessy is an unbelievable players’ golf course that is very challenging and has a great design,” says panelist Craig Doell, a BRINGBRING IINN OOURUR three-time winner of the Canadian Club Champions Champion- COMPETITOR'SCOMPETITOR'S AADSDS ship. “You have to hit every club in the bag and work the ball both left and right. It’s one of the few courses that should hold the Cana- ANDAND SEESEE dian Open.” WHOWHO REALLREALLY HASHAS Doug Roxburgh gave his first-place vote to Capilano. “Capilano is spectacular and is my No. 1 favourite golf course,” TTHEHE LOWESTLOWEST Roxburgh says. We asked our panelists four other questions. What follows is a summary PRICESPRICES of their responses. IINN CCANADA!ANADA! Question: You and some friends are planning a B.C. golf vacation during which you plan to play four or five rounds. Would your first choice be: RRIVERSIDEIVERSIDE GGOLFOLF CENTRESCENTRES a) Whistler VANCOUVER SURREY COQUITLAM b) Vancouver Island 820 3590 NORTH ROAD & S.W. MARINE KING GEO HWY. LOUGHEED HWY. c) Okanagan (Kelowna, Vernon, Osoyoos) 327-8077 531-3555 939-0101 d) Kamloops (including Salmon Arm area) ABBOTSFORD NANAIMO e) East Kootenays (Kimberley-Cranbrook area up through 31748 S. FRASER WAY 8250 SABRE ROAD and including Invermere) (604) 850-5552 (250) 390-4000 continued on page 18

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the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 9 Meet our panelists

Mike Carroll Craig Doell Phyllis Laschuk A Vancouver lawyer, A three-time winner Is a past winner Carroll is a past of the Canadian (2003) of the B.C. chairman of the Air Club Champions Senior Women’s Canada Champion- Championship, Championship and ship, the Lower Doell has represent- has played on the Mainland’s former ed B.C. and Canada B.C. team at the PGA Tour event. He at several interna- Canadian Senior is a member at Point tional amateur Women’s Champi- Grey Golf & Country Club and a governor events. He works as a financial adviser onship five of the last six years. She is a with the Royal Canadian Golf Association. and plays out of Victoria Golf Club. four-time club champion at Point Grey.

James Cronk Kris Jonasson Jackie Little Has worked for Is the long-time This five-time B.C. more than 15 years executive director Women’s Amateur in the B.C. golf of the British champion won industry. He is a for- Columbia Golf both the B.C. and mer general manag- Association, the Canadian senior er of Westwood Pla- governing body of women’s titles last teau Golf & Country amateur golf in year. She and her Club and is current- the province. husband, Pat, own ly managing director of Play Golf, an Jonasson is a member at Richmond and operate Hollies Golf Course in industry-driven initiative to grow the Country Club. Port Alberni. game of golf in Canada.

10 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Ed McLaughlin Kira Meixner Doug Roxburgh Has managed a Is B.C.’s reigning Has won 13 B.C. number of B.C. Women’s Amateur Amateur titles and courses, including champion and a four Canadian Ama- Nicklaus North and member of Canada’s teur championships. Big Sky. The son of national amateur The long-time legendary Shaugh- team. She is a recent Marine Drive mem- nessy pro Jack graduate of Kent ber is director of high McLaughlin, he is State University and performance for the general manager of Hollyburn Country plays out of Richmond Country Club. Royal Canadian Golf Association. He was Club in West Vancouver. inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.

Barrie McWha Alison Murdoch Nick Taylor Is executive director This Victoria resi- This Ledgeview Golf of the B.C. Golf dent won the Club member Museum. He has Canadian, British attends the Universi- worked in the golf and Irish senior ty of Washington and industry for four women’s champi- last year qualified to decades and has onships in 2007. play in the U.S. managed courses in She is a member of Open. He made the Qualicum Beach, Victoria Golf Club. cut at the 2008 RBC Canadian Open and tied for second at last Balfour and Winnipeg, where he began his career as a golf professional. year’s NCAA Division 1 finals. He won the 2007 Canadian Amateur title.

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The following rates are peak- Cheam Golf Course Eaglequest Coquitlam Gleneagles Golf Course Kings Links By The Sea season fees. 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Bookings: Week prior Holes: 18 Par: 63 Yardage: 3,890 36036 S. Parallel Rd. Surrey Blaine, Wa. Green fees: M-F: $30; W-H: $35. Jr: Abbotsford 604-594-0282 1-800-281-7002 Burnaby Mountain Golf Course $18-20; Sr: $27-$31.50 604-852-3477 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,502 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,137 www.city.burnaby.bc.ca Bookings: Five days prior Holes: 18 Par: 62 Yardage: 3712 Green fees: M-F: $44; W-H: $54 Green fees: M-Th: $65 US; F-W-H: 7600 Halifax Street Green fees: M-F: $30; Jr: $18; Sr: Bookings: Week prior $80; Earlybird: $45 M-Th before 8 Burnaby Dakota Creek Golf Course $28 (M-F); W-H: $33; Twi: $25-27 Bookings: 30 days prior 604-280-7355 www.dakotacreekgolf.com Harrison Resort Bookings: Five days prior Maple Ridge Golf Course Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,431 3258 Haynie Rd. Golf Course Green fees: M-Th: $37; F-W-H: $46; Custer, Wa. Fraserview Golf Course 20818 Golf Course Lane www.harrisonresort.com 604-465-9221 Jr: $24 (M-Th); Sr: $27.75 (M-Th) 360-366-3131 www.vancouverparks.ca 3855 Hot Springs Rd. Bookings: Two days prior at noon Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 5,500 7800 Vivian Drive Maple Ridge Harrison Hot Springs : 9 : 33 : 2,520 Green fees: M-F: $22 US; Vancouver 604-796-9009 Holes Par Yardage Green fees: M-F: $20 for 9, $28 for Carnoustie Golf Course W-H: $26 US 604-257-6923 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,165 www.carnoustiegolf.ca Bookings: Two weeks prior Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,700 18; W-H: $23-33 Green fees: Not available at press : Week prior 533 Dominion Avenue Green fees: M-Th: $58.50; F-W-H: time Bookings Port Coquitlam Delta Golf Course $65; Twi: $45-47; Sr: $41-45.50; Bookings: Week prior Mayfair Lakes Golf & CC 604-941-5233 www.deltagolfcourse.com Jr: $28-29.50 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,333 Delta www.golfbc.com Bookings: 5 days prior at 7 p.m. Hazelmere Country Club 5460 No. 7 Rd. Green fees: M-F: $45; W-H: $55 11550 No. 10 Highway www.wcgg.ca.com Bookings: Week prior weekdays; 604-594-1414 Furry Creek Golf & CC Richmond 18150 8th Ave. 604-276-0585 Thursday morning for weekends Holes: 18 Par: 67 Yardage: 4,932 www.golfbc.com Surrey Green fees: M-F: $35; W-H: $45; 150 Country Club Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,640 604-538-1818 Green fees: M-Th: $79; F-W-H: $89; Cedar Ridge Golf Course Jr: $22 (M-F); Sr: $32 (M-F). Furry Creek Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6627 www.cedarridgegolf.ca Bookings: Week prior for week- 1-888-922-9461 Earlybird: $59; Twi: $59-62 Green fees: M-F: $59; W-H: $69; Bookings: Five days prior 9500 Clay St. days: 2 p.m. Wednesday for W-H. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,025 Jr: $29-39. Twi: $39-45 Mission Green fees: M-Th: $99; F-W-H: Bookings: Five days prior/12 days McCleery Golf Course 604-814-0414 Eaglequest Coyote Creek $109 with power cart; Twi: $79-89 www.eaglequestgolf.com on the internet www.vancouverparks.ca Holes: 18 Par: 36 Yardage: 1,800 Bookings: No restrictions 7188 MacDonald Green fees: M-F: $20; W-H: $21.90; 7778 152 Street Homestead Farms Golf Resort Surrey Garibaldi Springs Golf Resort Vancouver Jr: 18-19; Sr: $19-20; Twi: $16 www.homesteadfarmsgolf.com 604-257-8191 : Week prior 604-597-4653 www.garibaldigolf.com Bookings 1115 E. Homestead Blvd. Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,311 Holes: 18 Par: 65 Yardage: 4,165 40850 Tantalus Rd. Lynden, Wa. Chateau Whistler Golf Course Green fees: M-F: $34.95; Squamish Green fees: M-Th: $54; F-W-H: 1-800-354-1196 59.75; Twi: $42-44; Sr: $37.75- www.fairmontgolf.com W-H: $39.95; Jr: $19.95 (M-F); 1-866-441-4747 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,927 4612 Blackcomb Way Sr: $29.95 (M-F) Holes: 18 Par: 64 Yardage: 4,660 41.75 (F); Jr: $26.50-28 Green fees: M-F: $55 US; W-H: $65; Bookings: Five days prior at 7 p.m. 1-877-938-2092 Bookings: Week prior Green fees: M-Th: $60; F-W-H-: $65 Jr: $25; Twi: $35-45 Whistler (includes power cart); Jr: $35-40; Bookings: Week prior Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,635 Sr: $50-55 Green fees: $195 (B.C.. resident Bookings: Week prior rates available); Jrs: Free with paying adult Bookings: No restrictions

12 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Meadow Gardens Golf Course Newlands Golf & CC Pitt Meadows Golf Club Seymour Golf & CC Tall Timbers Golf Course www.meadowgardens.com www.newlandsgolf.com www.pittmeadowsgolf.com www.seymourgolf.com www.talltimbersgc.com 19675 Meadow Gardens Way 21025 48th Ave. 13615 Harris Rd. 3723 Mount Seymour Pkwy 23523 56th Ave. Pitt Meadows Langley Pitt Meadows North Vancouver Langley 604-465-5474 604-534-9211 604-465-4711 604-929-2611 604-534-0213 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,041 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,103 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,516 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6410 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 5,805 Green fees: M-F: $65; W-H: $75; Green fees: M-F: $40; W-H: $60; Green fees: $80 Green fees: Monday: $73.50; Green fees: M-F: $26; W-H: $35; Jr: $35 (M-F) Jr: $30; Sr: $30 (M-F) Bookings: One day prior Fri: $80 Tu: 2-for-1; Sr: $18 (M-F) Bookings: Week prior Bookings: Week prior Bookings: Four days prior Bookings: Week prior Point Roberts Golf & CC Meadowlands Golf & CC Nicklaus North Golf Course www.pointrobertsgolfcourse.com Shuksan Golf Club Tsawwassen Golf & CC 47823 Yale Rd. East www.golfbc.com 3350 SW Marine Dr. www.shuksangolf.com www.tsawwassengolf.ca Chilliwack 8080 Nicklaus North Blvd. Point Roberts, Wa. 1500 E. Axton Rd. 1595 52nd St. 604-792-2276 Whistler 604-694-0222 Bellingham Delta Holes: 18 Par: 69 Yardage: 5,400 1-800-386-9898 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,868 1-800-801-8897 604-943-3911 Green fees: M-F: $28; W-H: $33; Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6908 Green fees: M-F: $55 Cdn; W-H: $65; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,742 Holes: 18 Par: 65 Yardage: 4,300 Jr-Sr. $22-25 Green fees: $175; Twi: $125 Sr: $40 (M-F); Jr: 50-per-cent off. Green fees: M, W-F: $33 US; Green fees: M-F: $37; W-H: $40; Bookings: Week prior Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: Week prior Tu: $24; W-H: $43; Jr: 25; Sr: $28 Twi: $27; Jr-Sr: $27 (M-F) (M-Th) Bookings: Week prior The Meadows at Pemberton Nicowynd Golf Course Poppy Estate Golf Course Bookings: Week prior www.pembertongolf.com/meadows www.nicowynd.bc.ca www.poppygolf.ca University Golf Club No. 1 Airport Rd. 3601 Nicowynd Dr. 3834 248th St. Squamish Valley Golf & CC www.universitygolf.com Pemberton Surrey Aldergrove www.squamishvalleygolf.com 5185 University Blvd. 1-800-390-4653 604-535-9511 604-856-1181 2458 Mamquam Rd. Vancouver Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6407 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,953 Holes: 18 Par: 63 Yardage: 4503 Squamish 604-224-1818 Green fees: M-F: $59; W-H: $79; Green fees: M-F: $36 ($25 for 9); Green fees: M-F: $32; W-H: $40; 1-888-349-3688 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,584 Twi: $39; Jr: $29; Sr: $55 W-H: $42-28; Sr: $29-21 (M-F); Sr: $30 (M-F); Twi: $27-34 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,459 Green fees: M-Th: $60; F-W-H: $70; Bookings: No restrictions Jr: $19-27 Bookings: Week prior Green fees: M-Th: $61.50; F-W-H: Twi: $40 Bookings: One week prior $67; Twi: $40; Jr: $29; Sr: $50.75 Bookings: Week prior Mission Golf & CC Redwoods Golf Course (M-Th) www.missiongolfclub.com North Bellingham Golf Course www.redwoods-golf.com Bookings: Week prior Valley Golf Centre 7893 Nelson St. www.northbellinghamgolf.com 22011 88th Ave. 4211 Gladwin Rd. Mission 205. W. Smith Rd. Langley Sudden Valley Golf Club Abbotsford 604-826-7617 Bellingham 604-882-5132 www.suddenvalleygolfclub.com 604-853-4653 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3023 1-888-322-6242 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6516 4 Clubhouse Cr. Holes: 9 Par: 31 Yardage: 1,791 Green fees: M-Th: $37; F-W-H: $42; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,816 Green fees: M-Tu: $53; W-F: $66; Bellingham, Wa. Green Fees: $16 for 9; $25 for 18; Jr: 20-24; Sr: $32 (M-Th) Green fees: Not available at press W-H: $81; Twi: $36-41-45; Sr: $46- 360-734-6435 Jr-Sr: $14-20 Bookings: Two days prior time 52; Jr: $32 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,553 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: Week prior Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: M-Th: $37 US; F-W-H: Morgan Creek Golf Course $48; Jr: half price Westwood Plateau Golf & CC www.morgancreekgolf.com Northlands Golf Course Riverway Golf Course : Week prior 3500 Morgan Creek Way www.city.burnaby.bc.ca Bookings www.westwoodplateaugolf.com www.golfnorthlands.com 3251 Plateau Blvd. Surrey 3400 Anne Macdonald Way 9001 Riverway Place Surrey Golf Club 604-531-4653 Burnaby Coquitlam North Vancouver www.surreygolf.com 604-552-0777 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,961 604-924-2950 604-280-4653 7700 168th St. Green fees: $99 every day; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7004 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,770 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,504 Surrey Green fees: $169 (includes power Twi: $59. Green fees: M-Th: $65; F-W-H: $69; Green fees: M-Th: $47; F-W-H: $56; 604-576-8224 Bookings: Five days prior Sr: $35.25 (M-Th); Jr: $30 (M-Th) cart, range balls, water) Sr: $42; Jr: $32 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,750 : Week prior Bookings: Two days prior at noon Green fees: M-Th: $44; F: $49; Bookings Musqueam Golf Club Bookings: Five days prior at noon W-H: $53; Sr: $40 (M-F); Jr: $23.81; Westwood Plateau Golf www.musqueamgolf.com Northview Golf & CC (Canal) Royalwood Golf Course Twi: $29-35 3904 West 51st Ave www.northviewgolf.com www.royalwoodgolf.com Academy Bookings: Week prior weekdays; www.westwoodplateaugolf.com Vancouver 6857 168th St. 41050 Trans-Canada Hwy. 8 a.m. Wed for W-H 604-266-2334 Surrey Chilliwack 1630 Parkway Blvd Holes: 18 Par: 60 Yardage: 3,471 604-576-4653 604-823-4653 Swan-e-set Bay (Links Course) Coquitlam Green fees: M-Th: $30; F-W-H: $35; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,100 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,907 www.wcgg.ca 604-941-4236 Twi: $24; Jr-Sr: $21 Green fees: M-Th: $70; F-W-H: $80; Green fees: M-F: $46; W-H: $55; 16651 Rannie Rd. Holes: 9 Par: 31 Yardage: 1,805 Bookings: Not accepted Twi: $50 Jr: $25; Sr: $35 (M-F) Pitt Meadows Green fees: M-Th: $25; F-W-H: $30 Bookings: Five days prior 604-465-3888 Bookings: Five days prior Mylora 1 Golf Course Bookings: Week prior Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7126 Whistler Golf Course www.myloragolfcourse.com Northview Golf & CC (Ridge) Sandpiper Golf Club Green fees: M-Tu: $59; W-F: $72; 9911 Sidaway www.northviewgolf.com www.sandpipergolfclub.com www.whistlergolf.com 14282 Morris Valley Rd. W-H: $95; Earlybird: $29-55 4010 Whistler Way Richmond 6857 168th St. Bookings: Four days prior 604-271-5626 Surrey Harrison Mills Whistler Holes: 18 Par: 57 Yardage: 3,006 604-576-4653 604-796-1000 Swan-e-set Bay 1-800-376-1777 Green fees: M: $27; T-F: $31; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,900 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,474 (Resort Course) Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,676 W-H: $35; Jr: 20; Sr: $27; Twi: $27 Green fees: M-Th: $85; F-W-H: $95; Green fees: M-F: $60; W-H: $80; www.wcgg.ca Green fees: $79-109 (depending Bookings: Week prior Twi: $60 Sr: $55-70; Jr: $35-50 16651 Rannie Rd. on season. B.C. resident rate); Bookings: Week prior Bookings: Five days prior Pitt Meadows Twi: $59-79 Mylora 2 Golf Course Bookings: No restrictions www.myloragolfcourse.com Peace Portal Golf Course Semiahmoo Golf & CC 604-465-3888 9500 No. 5 Rd. www.peaceportalgolf.com www.semiahmoo.com Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,000 Richmond 16900 4th Ave. 8720 Semiahmoo Pkwy. Green fees: M-Tu: $49; W-F: $59; 604-277-1179 Surrey Blaine, Wa. W-H: $69; Earlybird: $29-55 Holes: 18 Par: 57 Yardage: 2507 604-538-4818 1-800-231-4425 Bookings: Week prior Green fees: M: $21.50; T-F: $24.50; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,393 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,006 W-H: $27; Jr: $15.50; Sr: $21.50; Green fees: M-Th: $55; F-W-H: $63; Green fees: M-Th: $65 US; F-W-H: Twi: $21.50 Earlybird: $43 (M-Th), $50 (F); $80; Earlybird: $45 M-Th before 8; Bookings: Week prior Twi: $41-48 Twi: $45-55 Bookings: Week prior for week- Bookings: 30 days prior days. Monday morning at 8 for weekend

the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 13 course listings OUTSIDE lower Mainland

The following rates are peak- Bear Mountain Golf Course Champion Lakes Golf & CC Cranbrook Golf Club Eaglecrest Golf Club season fees. Check with www.bearmountain.ca Champion Park Road www.golfcranbrook.com www.eaglecrestgolfclub.ca individual courses for specials 2020 Country Club Way Fruitvale 2700 2nd St. South 2035 Island Highway West Victoria 250-367-7001 Cranbrook Qualicum Beach and shoulder-season rates 1-888-533-2327 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,985 1-888-211-8855 250-752-6311 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,212 Green fees: $23 ($37 for 18); Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,810 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage:6,400 Aberdeen Glen Golf Club Green fees: M-Th: $129; F-W-H: Jr: $13-21 Green fees: M-F: $49; W-H: $55; Green fees: $55 every day; www.aberdeenglen.ca $149; Twi: $79-99. Bookings: Four days prior Twi: $32-36. $42 after noon; Twi: 30; Jr: $25 1010 Clubhouse Drive Bookings: 60 days prior Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: Two weeks prior Prince George Chinook Cove Golf Course 250-563-8901 Blackburn Meadows www.chinookcovegolf.com Creston Golf Club Fairmont Mountainside Holes: 18 Par: 73 Yardage: 7,114 Golf Course Highway 5 www.crestonvalley.com/golfcreston www.fairmonthotspringsresort.com Green fees: $46 every day; Jr: $24 www.blackburnmeadows.com Barriere 1800 Mallory Road PO Box 10 (2008 rates) 269 Blackburn Road 250-672-0119 Creston Fairmont Hot Springs Bookings: Two weeks prior Salt Spring Island Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,150 250-428-5515 1-800-663-4979 250-537-1707 Green fees: $20 for 9; $35 for 18; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,500 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,522 Aberdeen Hills Golf Links Holes: 9 Par: 32 Yardage: 1,608 Green fees: $56 every day; Twi: $42 Green fees: M-F: $75; W-H: $80 www.aberdeenhills.com Jr: $15-25; Sr: $18-31.50 Green fees: $17.50 for 9; $28 for Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions 1185 Links Way 18; Jr: $10/$16 Kamloops Bookings: No restrictions Christina Lake Golf Club Crown Isle Golf Course Fairmont Riverside 250-828-1149 www.christinalakegolfclub.com www.crownisle.com www.fairmonthotspringsresort.com Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,000 Black Mountain Golf Club 230 2nd Avenue 399 Club House Drive 5097 Riverview Dr. Green fees: $30 every day www.blackmountain.ca Christina Lake Courtenay Fairmont Hot Springs Bookings: Month prior 575 Black Mountain Drive 250-447-9313 1-888-338-8439 1-800-665-2112 Kelowna Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,024 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,507 Alberni Golf Club Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,685 1-866-765-6890 Green fees: $53 every day; Green fees: $90; Twi: $60 Green fees: M-F: $75; W-H: $80; www.albernigolf.com Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,300 Bookings: 30 days prior Twi: $48 6449 Cherry Creek Road $42 after 2 p.m. Twi: $33; Jr: $40 Green fees: M-Th: $58; F-W-H: $64; Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Port Alberni Jr: $45; Twi: $46-52. Dawson Creek Golf & CC 250-723-5422 Bookings: No restrictions Coldstream Golf Course Mile 2 1/2 Alaska Hwy Fairview Mountain Golf Course Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,180 15 Duremeadow Road 250-782-7882 www.fairviewmountain.com Green fees: $55 every day; Bootleg Gap Golf Course Lumby Dawson Creek 13105 334th Avenue Jr: $22.50. Twi: $40 www.bootleggapgolf.com 250-547-6048 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,296 Oliver Bookings: Any time 400-315 Avenue Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,715 Green fees: $35 every day; Jr: $20 250-498-3521 Kimberley Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,600 Anglemont Estates Golf & CC Green fees: $15 every day; 1-877-427-7077 Jr-Sr: $10 (M-Sa) Green fees: $72; Twi $55; Jr: $40 www.MyShuswap.com. : 18 : 72 : 7,157 Dragon Lake Golf Club Bookings: No restrictions 7838 Golf Course Rd. Holes Par Yardage Bookings: One day prior 1692 Flint St. Green fees: M-Th: $49; W-H: $59; Anglemont Jr: $35-39; Twi: $35-39. Comox Golf Club Quesnel Fairwinds Golf & CC 250-955-2323 250-747-1358 Bookings: No restrictions www.comoxgolfclub.com www.fairwinds.ca Holes: 9 Par: 30 Yardage: 1,803 1718 Balmoral Avenue Holes: 9 Par: 32 Yardage: 2,265 3730 Fairwinds Drive Green fees: $18 for 9 holes; Bowen Island Golf Club Comox Green fees: Not available at Nanoose Bay $26 for 18 www.bowengolf.com 250-339-4444 press time 1-888-781-2777 Bookings: Three months prior Cowan Point Road Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,700 Booking: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,151 Bowen Island Green fees: $20 for 9 holes; Green fees: $79 every day; Jr: $40; Arbutus Ridge Golf Club 604-947-4653 Duncan Meadows Golf Course Twi: $49 www.golfbc.com $35 for 18 www.duncanmeadows.com Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 3,075 Bookings: Not accepted Bookings: Week prior 3515 Telegraph Road Green fees: M-F: $27 ($40 for 18); 6507 North Road Cobble Hill W-H: $31-45; Jr: $15-23; Copper Point Golf Club Duncan Farmington Fairways Golf & CC 250-743-5000 Sr: $24-33 (M-Th) www.copperpointgolf.com 250-746-8993 www.farmingtonfairways.com Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,168 Bookings: Week prior 651 Highway 93/95 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,616 Mile 10 Alaska Highway Green fees: $60 every day; Windermere Green fees: $55 every day; Jr: $25; Farmington Twi: $40; Jr: $30 Carnoustie Golf Club 1-877-418-4653 Sr: $45 (M-F) 250-843-7774 Bookings: Any time Highway 16 Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,810 Bookings: Week prior Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,228 Burns Lake Green fees: M-Th: $95; F-W-H: $125; Green fees: M-F: $16-28; Ardmore Golf Club 250-698-7677 The Dunes at Kamloops W-H: $18-32 www.ardmoregolfcourse.com Twi: $75-95; Jr-Sr.: $85 (M-Th) www.golfthedunes.com Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,933 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions 930 Ardmore Drive Green fees: not available at 652 Dunes Drive North Saanich press time Cordova Bay Golf Course Kamloops Fauquier Golf Course 250-656-4621 Bookings: No restrictions www.cordovabaygolf.com 1-888-881-4653 www.fauquiergolf.com Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,652 5333 Cordova Bay Road Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,131 Highway 6 Green fees: M-F: $22 ($38 for 18); Canoe Creek Victoria Green fees: $70; Twi: $45; Jr: $32 Fauquier W-H: $23-39; Twi: $18-30; www.canoecreekgolf.com 250-658-4444 Bookings: No restrictions 250-269-7414 Jr: $15-25. 6360 Auto Road Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,470 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,600 Eagle Point G&CC Bookings: Five days prior Salmon Arm Green fees: M-Th: $67; F-W-H: $72; Green fees: $30 every day; 1-866-431-3285 www.golfeaglepoint.com $18 for 9 holes Arrowsmith Golf & CC Twi: $59; Jr: $36 8888 Barnhartvale Road Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,090 Bookings: One week prior Bookings: None www.golfarrowsmith.com Green fees: $80 every day; Jr: $40; Kamloops 2250 Fowler Road Twi: $55 Cottonwood Golf Course 250-573-2453 Fernie Golf & CC Qualicum Beach Bookings: No restrictions www.cottonwoodgolfcourse.com Holes: 18 Par: 172 Yardage: 6,762 www.golffernie.com 250-752-9727 1975 Haslam Road Green fees: M-F: $47; W-H: $57; 201 Fairway Drive Holes: 18 Par: 61 Yardage: 3,724 Castlegar Golf Club Nanaimo Jr: $30 Fernie Green fees: $35 for 18; $23 for 9; www.golfcastlegar.com 250-245-5157 Bookings: Seven days prior 250-423-7773 Jr: $19/13 1602 Aaron Road Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,556 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,153 Eagle Ranch Golf Course Bookings: Five days prior Castlegar Green fees: $48 every day; Twi: 35; Green fees: M-Th: $56; F-W-H: $66; 1-800-666-0324 www.eagleranchresort.com Twi: $43; Jr: $30 Aspen Grove Golf Course Jr: $20 Highway 93/95 Athalmer Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,615 Bookings: Two days prior Bookings: No restrictions www.aspengrovegolf.com Green fees: $58 every day; Invermere 4555 Leno Road Twi: $36; Jr: half price Cowichan Golf & CC 250-342-0820; 1-877-877-3889 Fort St. John Links Prince George Bookings: No restrictions www.cowichangolfclub.ca Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,452 12704 86th Street 250-963-9650 4955 Island Highway Green fees: M-W: $105; Th-F-W-H: Fort St. John Holes: 18 Par: 68 Yardage: 5,763 Cedar Hill Golf Course Duncan $130 (includes power cart); 250-785-9995 Green fees: $37 for 18 holes; www.golfcedarhill.com 250-746-5333 Twi: $90; Jr: $55 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,252 $19 for 9; Jr: $27/$14.25 1400 Derby Road Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,100 Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $22 every day; Sr: $16 Bookings: Two days prior Victoria Green fees: $48 every day; (2008 rates) 250-475-7151 Eagle River Golf & CC Bookings: Four days prior Balfour Golf Course Twi: $39; Jr: $17 www.eaglerivergolf.com Holes: 18 Par: 67 Yardage: 4,973 Bookings: Two days prior www.golfbalfour.com Green fees: M-Th: $40; F-W-H: $45; Trans-Canada Highway 202 Edwards Street Twi: $25-30 Sicamous Balfour Bookings: Not accepted 250-836-4454 250-229-5655 Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,465 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,510 Green fees: $23 for 9; $38 for 18; Green fees: $58 every day. Jr: $15 Jr: $16-26 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions

14 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Gabriola Golf & CC Granby River Golf Course Kamloops Golf & CC Lillooet Golf Course Metchosin Golf & CC www.gabriolagolf.com www.granbygolf.ca www.kamloopsgolfclub.com Texas Creek Rd. www.metchosingolf.ca South Road 9510 North Ford Road 3125 Tranquille Rd. Lillooet 4100 Metchosin Rd. Gabriola Island Grand Forks Kamloops 250-256-0550 Victoria 250-247-8822 250-442-8513 250-376-3231 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,722 250-478-3266 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,800 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,385 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,687 Green fees: Not available at Holes: 9 Par: 34 Yardage: 2,760 Green fees: $32 every day; Green fees: $40 every day; Green Fees: M-F: $50; W-H: $55; press time Green fees: M-F: $18; $26 for 18; $24 for 9 holes Twi: $30; Jr: $30 Twi: $42; Jr: $30 Bookings: Not accepted W-H: $19-31 Bookings: Week prior Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: Week prior Links of Maggie May Galiano Golf & CC Granite Pointe Golf Club Kaslo Golf Club 4650 Shelley Rd. Michaelbrook Ranch GC www.golfgaliano.com www.granitepointe.ca www.kin.bc.ca/golf/KasloGolf Prince George 1985 Lexington Dr. 24 St. Andrews Crescent 1123 West Richards St. 419 5th St. 250-963-9561 Kelowna Galiano Island Nelson Kaslo Holes: 9 Par: 37 Yardage: 3,260 250-763-7888 1-877-909-7888 1-877-677-6077 250-353-2262 Green fees: $17 for 9; $27 for 18 Holes: 18 Par: 63 Yardage: 3,391 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 1,936 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,209 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,801 (2008 rates) Green fees: $33 every day; Jr: $24; Green fees: $30 every day; Green fees: $54 every day; Green fees: Not available at Bookings: Three days prior Sr: $29 $20 for 9 holes Twi: $44; Jr: $28 press time Bookings: Three days prior Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Lone Wolf Golf Club 9999 99th St. Mission Creek Golf Club Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Club Greywolf Golf Course Kelowna Golf Club Taylor 1959 KLO Rd. www.golfbc.com www.greywolfgolf.com www.kgcc.bc.ca 250-789-3711 Kelowna 4320 Gallagher’s Drive West 1860 Greywolf Dr. 1297 Glenmore Dr. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,141 250-860-3210 Kelowna Panorama Kelowna Green fees: $35 every day Holes: 18 Par: 61 Yardage: 3,873 1-800-446-5322 1-888-473-9965 250-763-2736 ($23 for 9 holes) Green fees: $30 every day; Sr: $28; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,802 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,140 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,276 Bookings: One day prior Jr: $19 Bookings: Four days prior Green fees: $118 every day; Green fees: $99-149 Green fees: $95 every day: Long Beach Golf Course Twi: $72; Jr: $50 Bookings: No restrictions Jr: $31.50 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions for out of www.longbeachgolfcourse.com Molyhills Golf Course Harvest Golf Club town residents 1850 Pacific Rim Hwy www.burnslake.net/molly Gallagher’s Canyon www.harvestgolf.com Long Beach Francois Lake Rd. (Pinnacle course) 2725 KLO Rd. Kelowna Springs Golf Course 250-725-3332 Fraser Lake www.golfbc.com Kelowna www.kelownasprings.com Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,700 250-699-7761 4320 Gallagher’s Drive West 1-800-257-8577 480 Penno Rd. Green fees: $24 for 9; $36 for 18 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,900 Kelowna Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,109 Kelowna Bookings: No tee times required Green fees: $18 for 9; $28 for 18 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 9 Par: 32 Yardage: 1,980 Green fees: $115; Twi: $67 250-765-4653 Mabel Lake Golf & CC Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,176 Green fees: $24 for 9 holes every www.mabellakegolf.com Morningstar Golf Course day; $40 for 18 Green fees: $68; $54 after 1 p.m. 3445 Mabel Lake Rd Bookings: Five days prior Highland Pacific Golf Club Bookings: No restrictions www.morningstar.bc.ca www.highlandpacificgolf.com Enderby 525 Lowry’s Rd. Glacier Greens Golf Club 450 Creed Road Kettle Valley Golf Club 250-838-0881 Parksville www.glaciergreens.com Victoria 3280 Highway 3 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,400 1-800-567-1320 CFB Comox 250-478-4653 Rock Creek Green fees: $30 for 9 holes; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,018 Comox Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,167 250-446-2826 $54 for 18 Green fees: $79 every day; 250-339-6515 Green fees: M-Th: $32; F-W-H: $34 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,946 Bookings: No restrictions $63 after 2 p.m.; Jr: $35; Twi: $39 Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,387 Bookings: Week prior Green fees: $30 for 18 holes; Bookings: No restrictions $21 for 9 (2008 rates) Mackenzie Golf & CC Green fees: $57; Twi: $40; Jr: $25 Golf Course Road Mount Brenton Golf Club Bookings: No restrictions Hillview Golf Course Bookings: No restrictions 1101 14th Ave. Mackenzie www.mountbrentongolf.com Glen Meadows Golf & CC Vernon Kimberley Golf Club 250-997-4004 Henry Road www.glenmeadows.bc.ca 250-549-4653 www.kimberleygolfclub.com Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,219 Chemainus 1050 McTavish Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 57 Yardage: 3,400 PO Box 241 Green fees: Not available at 250-246-9322 Sidney Green fees: $15 ($28 for 18) 250-427-4161 press time Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 5,748 250-656-3921 Bookings: Not accepted Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,251 Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $48 every day; Twi: $31; Jr: $20 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,859 Green fees: M-Th: $50; F-W-H: $60; March Meadows Golf Club Green fees: M-Th: $51; F-W-H: $54; Hirsch Creek Golf Club Twi: $36; Jr: $20 Bookings: Two days prior www.kitimatgolf.com Bookings: No restrictions www.marchmeadowsgolf.com Jr: $26; Twi: $42 10298 South Shore Rd. Mount Paul Golf Course Bookings: Four days prior 2000 Kingfisher Ave. Kitimat Kokanee Springs Golf Resort Honeymoon Bay www.mountpaulgolf.com 250-632-4653 www.kokaneesprings.com 250-749-6241 615 Mount Paul Way Gold River Golf & CC Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,259 Kamloops Highway 28 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,449 Highway 3A Green fees: $40 every day; Crawford Bay Green fees: $22 for 9; $38 for 18; 250-374-4653 Gold River Jr: $15 Holes: 9 Par: 32 Yardage: 2,072 250-283-7266 Jr-Sr: $27 1-800-979-7999 : One week prior : 18 : 71 : 6,604 Bookings: Week prior Green fees: M-F: $16 for 9; Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,793 Bookings Holes Par Yardage Green fees: $79 every day; $25 for 18; W-H: $18-28 Green fees: Not available at Hope Golf & CC McArthur Island Golf Club Bookings: Two days prior press time Twi: $39; Jr: $39 1500 Island Parkway North www.golfhope.ca Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: Not accepted 900 Golf Course Rd. Kamloops Mountain Meadows Golf Club 250-554-3211 www.mountainmeadowsgolf.com Golden Golf & CC Hope Lacarya Golf Course 604-869-5881 www.ntvalley.com/golf Holes: 9 Par: 30 Yardage: 1,568 Highway 43 www.golfgolden.com Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,180 Ferry Rd-1480 Old Thompson Hwy Green fees: M-F: $16 for 9; $26 for Elkford Golden Green Fees: M-F: $21-26; Clearwater 18: W-H: $18-28 250-865-7413 576 Golf Course Dr. W-H: $28-38 250-587-6100 Bookings: Four days prior Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,168 250-344-2700 : One week prior : 9 : 35 : 2,711 Green fees: $22 for 9 holes: Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,818 Bookings Holes Par Yardage Meadow Creek Golf Club Green fees: $18 for 9 holes; Meadow Creek Road $32 for 18 Green fees: M-F: $70; W-H: $80; Houston Golf & CC Bookings: No restrictions Jr: $34; Twi: $59 $30 for 18; Jr-Sr. $16-28 Logan Lake Highway 16 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Houston 250-523-6666 Mulligans Golf Club 250-845-2913 Lakepoint Golf & CC Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,065 4985 Cotton Rd. Gorge Vale Golf Club Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,492 www.fsj.now.com Green fees: Not available at Courtenay www.gorgevalegolf.com Green Fees: Not available at Golf Course Road press time 250-338-2440 1005 Craigflower Rd. press time Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 9 Par: 30 Yardage: 1,758 Victoria Charlie Lake Bookings: No restrictions 250-785-5566 Merritt Golf & CC Green fees: $17 for 9; $28 for 18; 250-386-3401 Sr: $15-25; Twi: $15 : 18 : 72 : 6,850 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,850 www.merrittgolf.com Holes Par Yardage Hyde Mountain on Mara Lake GC Green fees: $45 every day Bookings: Not accepted Green fees: M-Th: $88; F-W-H: $105 www.hydemountain.com 1450 Juniper Dr. : Four days prior ($25 for 9 holes) Merritt Bookings 9851 Old Spallumcheen Rd. Bookings: Week prior Sicamous 250-378-9414 1-877-677-4653 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,100 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,701 Green fees: $20 for 9; $38 for 18; Green Fees: $88 includes power Jr-Sr: $18-30 cart; Jr: $55; Twi: $59 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions

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Myrtle Point Golf Club 108 Golf Resort Poplar Hills Golf & CC Quesnel Golf Club Rivershore Golf Links www.myrtlepointgolfclub.com www.108resort.ca. Mile 304 Radar Rd. www.quesnelgolfclub.com www.rivershoregolflinks.com 2865 C-5 McCausland Rd. Box 497 Fort Nelson Quesnel 330 Rivershore Dr. Powell River 108 Mile Ranch 250-774-3862 1800 Blackwater Rd. Kamloops 604-487-4653 250-791-5465 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 3,093 250-249-5550 1-866-886-4653 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,923 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,800 Green fees: Not available at Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,400 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,007 Green fees: $50 every day; Green fees: $47 every day; Sr: $37; press time Green fees: M-F: $39; W-H: $43; Green fees: M-F: $66; W-H: $76; Twi: $40; Jr: $27 Jr: $28 Bookings: Week prior Jr: $24; Sr: $35-39 Twi: $50 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: One week prior Bookings: Week prior Port Alice Golf & CC Nakusp Centennial Golf Course Osoyoos Golf & CC PO Box 460 Quilchena on the Lake Rossland-Trail Country Club Highway 6 (Desert Gold course) 250-284-3213 Golf Course www.rosslandtrailcountryclub.com Nakusp www.golfosoyoos.com Port Alice www.quilchenaonthelake.com Highway 3A 250-265-4531 12300 Golf Course Dr. Holes: 9 Par: 30 Yardage: 1,785 2585 Quilchena Creek Rd. Trail Holes: 9 Par: 34 Yardage: 2,610 Osoyoos Green fees: $25 for 18; $15 for 9 Quilchena 250-693-2255 Green fees: Not available at 1-800-481-6665 (2008 rates) 250-378-2923 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,780 press time Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,500 Bookings: Not required Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 3,115 Green fees: $54 every day; Bookings: Week prior Green fees: $95; Twi: $72; Jr: $68 Green fees: M-F: $18 ($27 for 18); Twi: $30; Jr: 50-per-cent off Porter Creek Golf Course : No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions 1120 Highway 3 W-H: $20-29 Bookings Nanaimo Golf Club Bookings: Not accepted www.nanaimogolfclub.ca Osoyoos Golf & CC Greenwood Royal Colwood Golf Club 2800 Highland Blvd. (Park Meadows course) 250-445-6443 Radium Golf Resort (Springs) www.royalcolwood.org Nanaimo www.golfosoyoos.com Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 2,623 www.radiumresort.com 629 Goldstream Ave. 250-758-6332 12300 Golf Course Dr. Green fees: Not available at 7565 Columbia Ave. Victoria Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,667 Osoyoos press time Radium Hot Springs 250-478-9591 Green fees: $72 every day; Twi: $43 1-800-481-6665 Bookings: No restrictions 1-800-667-6444 Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,680 Bookings: Two days prior Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,359 Predator Ridge Golf Resort Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,767 Green fees: $150 every day : Two days prior Green fees: $58; Twi: $40; Jr: $36 www.predatorridge.com Green fees: M-Th: $79; F-W-H: Bookings Natural Springs Golf Course $125; Twi: $49-65 Highway 29 Bookings: No restrictions 301 Village Centre Place Bookings: No restrictions Royal Oak Golf Club Chetwynd Pender Harbour Golf Course Vernon www.royaloakgolfclub.com 250-788-3944 13823 Sunshine Coast Hwy 1-888-578-6688 Radium Golf Resort 540 Marsett Place Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,097 Pender Harbour Holes: 18 Par: 36 Yardage: 7,100 (Resort course) Victoria Green fees: $18 for 9 ($28 for 18); 604-883-9541 Green fees: $140 every day; www.radiumresort.com 250-658-1433 Jr: $11.50-17.50; Sr: $13.50-$18.50 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,095 Twi: $95: Jr: $65 8100 Golf Course Dr. Holes: 9 Par: 27 Yardage: 1,950 Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $39 ($25 for 9); Bookings: No restrictions Radium Hot Springs Green fees: M-F: $17 ($26 for 18); Jr: $20-14 Prince George Golf Club 1-800-667-6444 W-H: $19-28; Jr: $15-24 Ness Wood Golf Course : Week prior 9340 Austgarden Rd. Bookings: Week prior www.pggolfandcurling.com Holes: 18 Par: 69 Yardage: 5,306 Bookings Green fees: M-Th: $47; F-W-H: $59; Prince George Pender Island Golf & CC 2515 Recreation Dr. Royal York Golf Course 250-967-4868 Prince George Twi: $32-39 www.penderislandgolf.com Bookings: No restrictions www.royalyorkgolfclub.com Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,219 2305 Otter Bay Rd. 250-563-4417 2440 York Avenue Green fees: $15 for 9; $25 for 18 Pender Island Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,600 Revelstoke Golf Club Armstrong (2008 rates) 250-629-6659 Green fees: $49 every day; www.revelstokegolfclub.com 250-546-9700 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 9 Par: 34 Yardage: 2,525 Twi: $28; Jr: $20 171 Columbia Park Dr. Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,128 Bookings: One day prior Nk’Mip Canyon Desert GC Green fees: M-F: $22 ($34 for 18); Revelstoke Green fees: $25 ($45 for 18 holes); W-H: $25-36 Prince Rupert Centennial 250-837-4276 Jr: $15-30 www.inkameepcanyon.com Bookings: No restrictions 37041 71st St. Bookings: No restrictions Golf Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,521 Green fees: $59 every day: Oliver Penticton Golf & CC www.princerupertgolf.com Salmo District Golf Club 1-800-656-5755 523 9th Ave. West Twi: $47; Jr: $36 www.pentictongolf.ca Bookings: No restrictions www.salmo.net/golf Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,900 600 Comox St. Prince Rupert Airport Rd. Green Fees: $69 every day; Penticton 250-624-2000 Richbar Golf Club Salmo Twi: $42 250-492-8727 Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,000 www.richbarnursery.com 250-357-2068 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 6,133 Green fees: $38 every day; 3028 Red Bluff Rd. Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,780 Twi: $25; Jr-Sr: $25 Okanagan Golf Club Green fees: $57 every day; Quesnel Green fees: $15 for 9 holes Bookings: Two days prior ($20 for 18) (Bear course) Twi: $47; Jr: $29 250-747-2915 : No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions www.golfbc.com Bookings Princeton Golf Club Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,400 3200 Via Centrale www.princetongolfclub.com Green fees: $18; Sr: $16.20; Jr: $11 Pheasant Glen Golf Resort Bookings: No restrictions Salmon Arm Golf Club Kelowna www.pheasantglen.com 365 Darcy Mountain Rd. www.salmonarmgolf.com 1-800-446-5322 1025 Qualicum Rd. Princeton Riondel Golf Club 3641 Highway 97B Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,885 Qualicum Beach 250-295-6123 1295 Galena Warf Salmon Arm Green fees: $115; Twi: $75; Jr: $55 250-752-8786 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,534 Riondel 250-832-4727 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,600 Green fees: M-F: $40; W-H: $45 250-225-3584 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,738 Green fees: $70 every day; Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 9 Par: 27 Yardage: 1,750 Green fees: $79 every day; Okanagan Golf Club Twi: $47-57; Jr: $40 Twi: $55; Jr: $20 Prospect Lake Golf Club Green fees: Not available at (Quail course) : 10 days prior press time Bookings: No restrictions Bookings www.golfprospect.com www.golfbc.com Bookings: No restrictions 3200 Via Centrale Pineridge Golf Course 4633 Prospect Lake Rd. Salt Spring Island Golf Club Kelowna www.pineridgegolf.bc.ca Victoria The Rise www.saltspringgolf.com 1-800-446-5322 4725 East Trans-Canada Hwy 250-479-2688 www.therise.ca 805 Lower Ganges Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,794 Kamloops Holes: 9 Par: 32 Yardage: 1,985 364 Cordon Lane Salt Spring Island Green fees: $115; Twi: $75; Jr: $55 250-573-4333 Green fees: $22 for 9 ($36 for 18); Vernon 250-537-2121 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 55 Yardage: 2,800 Twi: $18-30 1-877-243-7417 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,086 Green fees: $20 for 9 holes Bookings: Five days prior Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,056 Green fees: $40 for 18 holes; Olympic View Golf Club ($28 for 18) Green fees: $115 (includes power $27.50 for 9; Jr: $25-20 www.golfbc.com Pryde Vista Golf Course : Week prior Bookings: No restrictions 155 Pryde Ave. cart); Twi: $75 Bookings 643 Latoria Rd. Bookings: No restrictions Victoria Ponderosa Golf & CC Nanaimo Saratoga Beach Golf Course 1-800-446-5322 www.golfponderosa.com 250-753-6188 River Ridge Golf Course 2084 Saratoga Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,542 4000 Ponderosa Pl. Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,527 1361 Highway 6 Black Creek Green fees: M-Th: $69; F-W-H: $79; Peachland Green fees: M-F: $19; W-H: $21 Lumby 250-337-8212 Twi: $50; Jr: $40 250-768-7839 Bookings: Two weeks prior 250-547-9660 Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,316 Bookings: Week prior Green fees: $20 for 9 holes; Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,007 Qualicum Beach Memorial GC Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,440 : $17 for 9 holes; $28 for 18 Green fees: Closed for 2009 www.golfqualicum.ca Green fees Omineca Golf & CC season $23 for 18 Bookings: No restrictions Northside Road 115 Crescent Rd. West Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Vanderhoof Qualicum Beach 250-567-2920 250-752-6312 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,323 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,837 Green fees: $30 every day; Sr: $23; Green fees: $26 for 9; $42 for 18; Jr: $17 (2008 rates) Twi: $18-28; Jr: $19 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: One week prior

16 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Sechelt Golf & CC Skeena Valley Golf & CC St. Eugene Mission Golf Resort Sunshore Golf Club Valemount Pines Golf & CC www.secheltgolf.com www.svgc.ca www.steugene.ca 929 Hysop Rd. 1110 Highway 5 N. 6177 Ripple Way 3525 Golf Course Rd. 7731 Mission Rd. Chase Valemount Sechelt Terrace Cranbrook 250-679-3021 250-566-4550 604-885-4653 1-800-770-2542 1-877-417-3133 Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,420 Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,251 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,553 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,500 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,007 Green fees: $18 ($28 for 18) Green fees: $22 for 9; $30 for 18; Green fees: M-Th: $49; F-W-H: $55; Green fees: $39 every day; Green fees: M-Th: $60; F-W-H: $81; (2008 rates) Sr: $18-24; Jr: $15-20 Twi: $30; Jr: $25 Twi: $24; Jr: $20 Twi: $40-50 Bookings: Three days prior Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: week prior Bookings: No restrictions Talking Rock Golf Resort Valley View Golf Club Semlin Valley Golf Club Slocan Lake Golf Course Storey Creek Golf Club www.talkingrock.ca 6397 Hwy 6 www.semlinvalleygolf.com 6309 Highway 6 www.storeycreek.bc.ca 1663 Little Shuswap Lake Rd. West Winlaw 1620 Trans-Canada Hwy. New Denver 300 McGimpsey Rd Chase 250-226-7241 Cache Creek 250-358-2408 Campbell River 1-800-663-4303 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,834 250-457-6666 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,500 250-923-3673 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,130 Green fees: $20 ($28 for 18 holes); Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,944 Green fees: $20 for 9 holes; $30 for Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,700 Green fees: $72; Twi: $47 Jr: $12-18 (2008 rates) Green fees: $20 for 9; $30 for 18; 18; Jr: 20-per-cent off Green fees: $69 every day; Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions Jr: $10-20 Bookings: None Twi: $48.75; Jr: $30.50 Bookings: Week prior Bookings: No restrictions Th’flats Golf Course Vernon Golf & CC Smithers Golf & CC 8865 Dunn St. www.vernongolf.com Sequoia Springs Golf Club 1200 Scotia St. Stuart Lake Golf Club Canal Flats 800 23rd St. www.sequoiasprings.com Smithers Stones Bay Road 250-349-5266 Vernon 700 Peterson Rd. 250-847-3591 Fort St. James Holes: 9 Par: 30 Yardage: 2,076 250-542-9126 Campbell River Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,400 250-996-8736 Green fees: $15 for 9; $22 for 18 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,597 250-287-4970 Green fees: $39 every day; Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,100 Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $75 every day; Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 5,600 Twi: $27; Jr: $20 Green fees: Not available at Twi: $40; Jr: $40 Green fees: $65; Twi: $45. Bookings: Week prior press time Tobiano Bookings: Month prior Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: No restrictions www.tobianogolf.com Sonora Dunes Golf Course 7000 Trans-Canada Highway Way-Lyn Ranch Golf Course Seven Hills Golf & CC www.sonoradunes.com Summerland Golf & CC West Kamloops www.waylyngolf.com Port Alice Highway 1300 Rahner Creek Rd. www.summerlandgolf.com 1-877-373-2218 9800 Highway 95A Port Hardy Osoyoos 2405 Mountain Ave. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,328 Cranbrook 250-949-9818 250-495-4653 Summerland Green fees: $130 ($110 if booked 1-866-427-2210 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 3,160 Holes: 9 Par:35 Yardage: 2,508 250-494-9554 inside of 7 days); Twi: $80. Holes: 18 Par: 58 Yardage: 3,007 Green fees: M-F: $20 ($35 for 18); Green fees: $30 for 9; $45 for 18 Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,555 Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $25; Jr: $18 W-H: $25-35 (2008 rates) Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $57 every day; Bookings: Week prior Bookings: Not accepted $47 after noon; Twi: $36 Tower Ranch Sonseekers Ridge Golf Course Bookings: No restrictions www.golftowerranch.com Williams Lake Golf Club Shadow Mountain Golf Club www.sonseekersridgegolf.com 2455 McCurdy Road www.williamslakegolf.ca www.shadowmountain.ca 247 Black Rd. Sun Peaks Resort Golf Club Kelowna 104 Fairview Dr. Highway 95A Salmon Arm www.sunpeaksresort.com 1-877-491-8211 Williams Lake Cranbrook 250-832-4552 1280 Alpine Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,212 250-392-6026 1-877-426-3306 Holes: 9 Par: 35 Yardage: 2,700 Sun Peaks Green fees: $125 every day; Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,272 Holes: 18 (opens July 1) Par: 72 Green fees: $15; Jr-Sr: $13 1-800-807-3257 Twi: $70 Green fees: $47; Twi: $22; Jr: $18 Yardage: 7,407 Bookings: Week prior Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,352 Bookings: No restrictions Bookings: Week prior Green fees: M-Th: $99; F-W-H: Green fees: M-F: $65; W-H: $80; $115; Twi-$75-85; Jr: $50 Spallumcheen Golf & CC Jr: $46 Trickle Creek Golf Resort Will-o-bend Golf Course Bookings: Through end of season www.spallumcheengolf.com Bookings: No restrictions www.tricklecreek.com Highway 3 & 93 9401 Highway 97 North Gerry Sorenson Way Jaffray Shadow Ridge Golf Club Vernon Sun Rivers Golf Course Kimberley 250-429-3377 www.shadowridgekelowna.com 250-545-5824 www.sunrivers.com 1-877-282-1200 Holes: 9 Par: 30 Yardage: 2,200 3770 Bulman Rd. Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,423 300 Mariposa Court Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,896 Green fees: $20 for 9 holes; Kelowna Green fees: M-Th: $60; F-W-H: $65; Kamloops Green fees: M-Th: $109; F-W-H: $30 for 18; Jr: $15-20 250-765-7777 Twi: $49.95 after 2 p.m.; Jr: $35 1-866-571-7888 $120; Twi: $59.95; Jr: $59.95 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,475 Bookings: No restrictions Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,050 Bookings: No restrictions Green fees: $58 every day; Green fees: $75 every day; Willow Grove Golf & CC Twi-$45 after 1 p.m. Sparwood Golf Club Twi: $49 Tumbler Ridge Golf & CC Highway 16 Bookings: No restrictions www.sparwoodgolf.com Bookings: No restrictions #1 Golf Course Dr. Houston Highway 3 Tumbler Ridge 250-845-2100 Shannon Lake Golf Club Sparwood Sunnydale Golf & CC 250-242-3533 Holes: 9 Par: 34 Yardage: 2,935 www.shannonlakegolf.com 250-425-2612 www.sunnydalegolf.ca Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,214 Green fees: Not available at 2649 Shannon Lake Rd. Holes: 9 Par: 36 Yardage: 3,290 5291 N. Island Hwy Green fees: Not available at press time Westbank Green fees: $25 for 9; $40 for 18; Courtenay press time Bookings: No restrictions 250-768-4577 Jr: $13-22; Sr: $17-27 (2008 rates) 250-334-3232 Bookings: No restrictions : No restrictions Winchelsea View GC Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,337 Bookings Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,002 7655 Hardy Rd. West Green fees: $63; $49 after 1 p.m. Green fees: $38 every day; Twin Lakes Golf Resort Spur Valley Greens www.twinlakesgolfresort.com Lantzville Bookings: No restrictions Twi: $30; Jr: $18 250-390-3934 www.spurvalley.com Bookings: Three days prior Highway 3A Shuswap Lake Estates GC 4412 Spur Valley Ranch Kaleden Holes: 18 Par: 64 Yardage: 4,322 www.shuswaplakeestates.com Radium Hot Springs Sunset Ranch Golf & CC 250-497-5359 Green fees: M-F: $33; W-H: $35; 2404 Centennial Dr. RR1 250-347-6500 www.sunsetranchbc.com Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,867 Jr: $18 Blind Bay Holes: 9 Par: 33 Yardage: 2,429 5101 Upper Booth Rd S Green fees: $59; Twi: $59 (includes Bookings: No restrictions cart); Jr: $38 1-800-661-3955 Green fees: M-F: $25; W-H: $28; Kelowna Windermere Valley Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: 6,467 Sr: $18 (M-F); Jr: $15 250-765-7700 Bookings: No restrictions : No restrictions Golf Course Green fees: $70 ($59 after 1 p.m.); Bookings Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,500 1881 Windermere Loop Rd. 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the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 17 B.C.’s hidden gems continued from page 8 Not surprisingly, we got a variety of respons- that hugs Howe Sound below the Sea-to-Sky es, but the Okanagan region was the clear Highway got a vote. So did Cliffhanger, winner with six first-place votes from our Greywolf’s magnificent par-3 sixth hole. panelists. Three holes got two votes apiece from our “At the right time of year, the weather would panelists be ideal and there are so many great cours- Roxburgh and Jonasson both selected the es to choose from,” says B.C. Women’s par-4 11th hole at Golden Golf Course. Amateur champion Kira Meixner. “After a day at the course, you can tour wineries or “This to me is the definition of golf in Brit- spend some time at the beach.” ish Columbia,” Jonasson says. “You stand on the tee of this downhill par 4 and you Those apres-golf activities also influenced have the whole valley in front of you. The other panelists. mountains rise majestically across the “The combination of good food and great valley and the roar of the mountain stream wines means that the evenings will be as to the right of the tee box is almost deaf- enjoyable as the days,” added Kris Jonasson, ening … It also helped that I birdied the who also made the Okanagan his No. 1 golf hole when I played it.” holiday destination. Jackie Little and Nick Taylor both selected Question: We’d like you to select what Capilano’s dramatic par-4 sixth hole as their you consider to be B.C.’s signature golf hole. signature hole. This should be a hole that in your view is “You are surrounded by the mountains and well-designed, fun to play and is aestheti- towering trees with the Pacific Ocean star- cally pleasing. It should scream British ing right at you with one of the most fantas- Columbia as you stand on the tee. What is tic cities in the world in the background,” your choice? says Little. “This hole has it all.” Once again, there were many different The short 120-yard, par-3 eighth hole at choices. Furry Creek’s scenic par-3 14th hole Greywolf’s spectacular sixth green. Don Weixl / Kootenay Rockies Tourism

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18 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Victoria Golf Club also received votes from ity and some challenging holes right beside Meixner and Doell. the river,” he says. “The tee is right on the ocean — take one Little picked Castlegar Golf Club as her step back and you’re in the Pacific,” says hidden gem: “I played it years ago and still Doell. “On a clear day you have views of remember it. A stunning course in a small Mount Baker to the east, Mount Ranier to town.” the southeast and the Olympic Mountain Phyllis Laschuk singled out Kelowna Golf range to the south. If you’re lucky, you may & Country Club: “Kelowna is usually for- see a pod of killer whales swimming only a gotten with all the new courses in the few metres from the tee. Okanagan. It is a traditional, well-designed, Peace Portal is one of the region’s hidden gems. “To top it all off, the wind can blow hard in walkable course.” any direction so I have to hit anywhere from Two courses that made our top 10 list of brush Golf Club near Merritt. Doell mentions a lob wedge to a five-iron to a very undulat- public courses — Storey Creek and Salmon Trickle Creek in Kimberley, while James ing green. Tricky but fun and it doesn’t get Arm — were selected as hidden gems by Cronk has Greywolf on his must-play list. any more scenic.” three of our panelists. Salmon Arm received Jonasson had the most unique response. He Question: Name a course in B.C. that you two votes. Other courses receiving votes in selected the ultra-private Jack Nicklaus- consider to be a hidden gem. (This course this category included Creston, Balfour, designed course on James Island near Victo- could not be included in the top 10 selections Golden, Christina Lake, Peace Portal and ria. That island is owned by Seattle business- by panelists). Beach Grove. man Craig McCaw. If the responses from our panelists are any QUESTION: Name one B.C. course you “I’m not sure if the course has an actual indication, B.C. has plenty of hidden haven’t yet played but hope to very soon. name, but I have seen it from the air flying gems. Our 12 panelists selected 11 differ- We’ve all got courses on our list of places to Victoria,” Jonasson says. ent courses. we must play and our panelists are no And that’s probably as close as you are going Roxburgh selected Hope Golf Club. different. to get to it, Kris. “A fun nine-hole course, wonderful hospital- Roxburgh wants to tour Dick Zokol’s Sage- [email protected]

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the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 19 Going green in Grand Forks

Using a concoction of organic materials and home remedies, a husband and wife team has made Granby River the first totally organic full-sized golf course in Canada.

chased about 330 acres in a lush river the fairways and bent on the greens — valley near Grand Forks and opened an are healthy. organic cattle ranch. “We practise a lot of soil analysis to bal- That ranch was recently converted into a ance the pH level and acidity of the soil,” challenging and scenic 18-hole course that he says. opened for play in August 2007. Thevenaz says grass feeds on dead matter “There were no golf courses in Grand Forks in the soil, called microbes, so he and his and it’s a perfect property,” says Thevenaz. staff work to continually provide healthy “We own 334 acres and we used about 200 material. acres to put in the 18 holes. It’s a par 72 and “We try to get enzymes into the soil and we have five sets of tee boxes ranging from that gives us a healthier plant,” he says. 5,885 yards to 7,385 yards. We ran the “When courses add chemically controlled ranch organically and we just carried on matters, they interfere with all the enzymes from there with the golf course.” in the soil. In fact, the soil will start turning That means no pesticides, herbicides or sterile. Your plant is totally on welfare, rely- fungicides. Instead, Thevenaz, who serves ing on what you feed it … The enzymes eat as course superintendent, uses a concoc- the soil and then they die and the plant tion of organic materials and home reme- eats those microbes and enzymes. So if dies to keep Granby River’s fairways lush you go organic, you encourage this bal- and its greens disease-free. ance in the soil. If you go non-organic, you Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun “We use organic fertilizer such as bone sterilize your soil and then feed it just what hilippe Thevenaz has done to meal, blood meal, kelp, humate, composted you want.” chemicals on his golf course what turkey manure and so on,” he says. Thevenaz doesn’t believe course condi- those of us who play the game P A solution of garlic extract is used to fight tioning has suffered as a result of being would like to do with those dreaded disease on the greens. totally organic. double- and triple-bogeys. To help fight off grub worms, Thevenaz “We were cutting our greens to three- He’s completely eliminated them. applies what he calls a rock glacial dust. eighths of an inch last summer and they Granby River Golf Course in Grand Forks were 10 on the Stimpmeter at the end of “We get it from Chilliwack. It’s exactly the is entering its second full season of oper- the season,” he says. “We could go a consistency of talcum powder and it liter- ation and this year, like last, there won’t little faster, but you put your plants in ally has thousands of different minerals in be a drop of chemicals used on the jeopardy.” it. One of them is molybdenum. Also, our course. Granby River is totally organic, greens are built on silica sand. We have a In fact, when influential Golf Digest writer thanks to the dedicated efforts of Thev- huge deposit on the ranch and worms are Ron Whitten stumbled upon Granby River enaz and his wife, Joyce. wounded by the sharp edges of the sand. during a visit to B.C. late last summer, he They’ve been going green since their We hardly have any bugs on our greens.” raved about the condition of the course in days in Switzerland, when their wine a subsequent article. Thevenaz and his maintenance staff vineyards were organically grown. The spend considerable time doing soil anal- “The turf is lush and sparkling green, couple moved to Canada in 1990, pur- ysis to ensure the grasses — bluegrass on juxtaposed against large areas of tall, tan

20 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 native grasses,” Whitten wrote. “It’s hard skeptics that he could successfully oper- Green fees at Granby River are $40 and to believe a course can look and play this ate a totally organic course. But once his yearly memberships go for $850, not includ- good using homemade remedies and customers saw the course, they were sold ing a $2,000 initiation fee. witches’ brews. But it’s true.” on the idea. Business, while not brisk, is on the rise. Adds Thevenaz: “The people who came “They absolutely just love it,” he says. “It “It is a new golf course and we have to from Golf Digest were literally on their was a little bit of a challenge because a lot establish ourselves, but it’s growing knees on the fairways and couldn’t of people said, ‘oh, what are you doing, steadily.” believe how lush, thick and healthy the you are going to have to go with real fertil- grass was.” izer,’ and I said, ‘no, I don’t think so.’ We Just like all that green grass on the course. Thevanez has had to convince some convinced them and they like the idea.” [email protected]

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the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 21 Natural wonders

Shadow Mountain, near Cranbrook, will open July 1.

The economic downturn doesn’t seem to have hurt a pair of new courses, tucked into the mountainous terrain of the golf-rich East Kootenays.

Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun “The site is quite dynamic,” says Carleton, a hole on the course to be closed. whose most recent work in B.C. was the The back nine at Shadow Mountain fea- he economy has taken its toll on a impressive Talking Rock layout near Chase. tures a couple of dramatic elevation number of B.C. golf projects, but a “The west half is more mountainous terrain changes. Tcouple of them have managed to and the east half is more of a rolly, sandy, weather the storm and will open for play pine-forest type of setting. “The 15th hole, a par 4, drops about 120 feet, this season. Shadow Mountain, located just and the 17th hole, a par 5, drops about 150 “We tried to give it a very natural character. a few minutes north of Cranbrook, has set feet,” says Carleton. “That’s from tee down With the abundance of sand on the site we July 1 as its opening date. Black Mountain to fairway and then it climbs back up.” did a lot of waste bunkering and there are near Kelowna will welcome its first players some fescue areas. We tried not to move a Shadow Mountain recently hired Rob Ander- some time in May. lot of dirt. All in all, it’s more of your natural, son, the Canadian Professional Golfers Wayne Carleton is intimately familiar with rustic and rugged type of golf course. It Association teacher of the year in 2008, as its both of the newest additions to the B.C. golf turned out well.” general manager and director of golf. landscape. Carleton, the Delta resident who The course, which will stretch to about Anderson, who most recently was head is part of the prolific Cooke Carleton Inter- 7,400 yards, includes 19 holes. There’s a professional at The Harvest in Kelowna, national design team, was the lead archi- bonus par 3 located between the 17th green didn’t fully realize how golf rich the East tect on both projects. and 18th tee. It serves two purposes. It gives Kootenays had become until he accepted Shadow Mountain is split in two by High- players a bonus hole to play and it provides his new job. way 95A, which runs between Cranbrook the course with an extra hole to use in the “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “The last time and Kimberley. future when any renovation work requires I ever played golf out here was way back in

22 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 about 1985 when we had the B.C. Amateur split between Cranbrook and Kimberley. You can start up in Golden and work your Global recession way all the way down and it’s like ‘holy cow, look at all this golf.’ It’s amazing. exacts toll on B.C. “Coming from the Okanagan, I would have to say the quantity of golf courses is similar, but I think a lot of the courses here are a golf projects little bit higher-end. You’ve got four or five that are high-end in the Okanagan and darn near every one is here.”

The Shadow Mountain project includes 600 Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun housing lots, about 200 of which have been The locals weren’t surprised. Even pre-sold. Anderson hopes his course, which before the economy turned, some of is located just five minutes from the Cana- them had a nickname for the ultra- dian Rockies International Airport, can upscale oceanfront Wyndansea Resort capture its share of the growing golf tourism in Ucluelet. market in the area. They called it Wait-and-See. “Once the housing is fully under way and we a have a population of people living Well, the wait seems to be over. Wyn- here, it will definitely lean more toward dansea, which was to include a Jack member play,” Anderson says. “But cer- Nicklaus signature golf course, filed tainly in the short term, this season and for protection from its creditors in next season at the least, we will be be tar- January. geting groups from Alberta, Saskatchewan, But in a mid-February decision, B.C. the B.C. Interior and the Spokane area.” Supreme Court Justice Bruce Butler The course’s local owners have already ruled that any compromise plan was established a relationship with the nearby “doomed to fail” and revoked the cred- St. Eugene Mission course. Future plans call itor protection. The project now figures to be liquidated. for cart paths to connect the two facilities. The Rise in Vernon has struggled, despite a Fred Peak-season green fees at Shadow Mountain It joins a growing list of B.C. golf course Couples signature course. will be $99 on weekdays and $115 on week- developments tied to real estate that Heath Fletcher / Handout ends. That fee includes golf, power cart, have become victims of the global driving range and all taxes. recession. for play in July or August, with all 18 holes possibly opening in September. Black Mountain, located in the Rutland area The Rise in Vernon got its course open on the way to the Big White Ski Resort out- last summer, but also has recently A new course planned for Fernie seems side Kelowna, is a mountainside layout that sought creditor protection. Its current to be dead, and the Cliffs Over Maple measures about 6,300 yards from the back Alberta-based owners are trying to sell Bay, a Greg Norman design on Vancou- tees. The par-71 track features six par 3s, the project. ver Island, appears to be in jeopardy. In addition to the challenges brought by seven par 4s and five par 5s. At the Revelstoke Mountain Resort, the the credit crunch, the course’s owners Nick Faldo-designed course announced “It’s unique in the fact that most of us are don’t have any water supply for the golf for the area last year is now on hold. now doing golf courses that are 7,000 yards- course. plus,” Carleton says. “There’s rock outcrop- The Revelstoke resort has recently been pings and some tightness to it, so it is the taken over by Tom Gaglardi’s Northland Needless to say, times are tough for golf kind of a course that you plot your way Properties Corp. course architects. around. You won’t be using driver on every “There’s no question there will be a golf “It’s pretty lean right now,” says Lower tee. It’s kind of like your old-style country course on that property,” Gaglardi said Mainland-based Wayne Carleton of club golf course developed on a small piece recently. “As to what year we get at it … Cooke-Carleton International. “Graham of property.” hopefully sooner rather than later.” Cooke, who has been doing this a long time, says this is probably the toughest Green fees this year at Black Mountain, The Wildstone project in Cranbrook it’s been and it might sustain itself for which has been developed by Edmonton- also has run into money troubles and a while … It will be interesting in the based Melcor Developments, will be $58 is seeking capital from new investors. next couple of years to see how many Monday to Thursday and $64 Friday, week- But general manager Shane Dysart says of us are able to survive.” ends and holidays. he hopes the first nine holes of the [email protected] development’s golf course will be ready [email protected]

the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 23 Jackie Little packs a

She’s already won five B.C. Women’s Amateur championships. Now, she’s chasing Senior titles — including the big one in the U.S. that slipped away last year. big game RCGA + Hurlet / Fegus Photography

Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun in Edmonton about 30 years ago. That professional job at Vernon Golf Club. partnership has produced two grown That’s when Little began collecting B.C. he stands 4-foot-10 and her last children and many golf championships titles. She’s won five B.C. Women’s Ama- name is Little, but forget about the for Jackie, who despite her diminutive teur championships and last year, her first Sjokes because Jackie Little has heard stature packs a big game. as a senior golfer, she served notice that them all. Little won two Alberta Junior Girls titles she has lots of golf left in her. Little won “All my life,” she says with a laugh. and a pair of Alberta Women’s Amateur the B.C. Senior Women’s title at Spallum- cheen Golf Club in Vernon by 12 shots and Well, at least since she fell in love with her championships before moving to Vernon in the 1980s, when Pat landed the head then later that summer added the Cana- golf instructor and married pro Pat Little dian title in St. John’s, Nfld.

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24 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Her win at the Canadians surprised a few people who weren’t familiar with Little, but it’s kind of been that way most of her golfing life. “I’m not noticed and just kind of quietly go about my business and the next thing is people Go Coastal. are going ‘wow,’” she says. “That’s kind of how I do it.” Little credits her dad with getting her involved in golf as Golf Va ncouver Island a kid. Her family were members at Glendale Golf Club in Edmonton and Jackie began joining her father on the links for occasional rounds. “I had some success early and like any kid if they do well at something right away then it’s an instant love,” she says. “Golf has been a part of my life forever.” Wanting to keep it fun meant that Little never really gave professional golf a serious thought. “I just never wanted it to be a job. Especially when you have a family. I took about five or six years off when I had my kids and so never really felt obligated to be out there working hard. If I feel at times I’m tired and I really don’t want to do that this year, you don’t feel like you have to. I didn’t want my love of the game to become a job.” These days, Little’s job has been helping Pat run Hollies Golf Course, a nine-hole executive layout in Port Alberni they bought five years ago. “It’s hard work, but I think it’s been good for my game. In quiet times I just whip out onto the putting green and practise. I have a good husband. I look at him and he says, ‘okay, go practise.’” Despite her size, Little still manages to muscle the ball out there about 220 yards off the tee. But she also leans heav- ily on an impeccable short game. “I certainly don’t have the height for the sport,” she says. “I think I’m consistent and I’m strong mentally. I’m able to control emotions and just kind of power along.” “Best Island Destination “One of the Continent’s in North America” Best Va lues” Little plans another busy golf schedule this summer. She Condé Nast Traveler Magazine Golf Magazine will defend her B.C. title at Meadow Gardens in Pitt Mead- ows and her Canadian title in Nova Scotia. She also hopes to take another run at the one championship she really wants on her resume: the U.S. Senior Women’s, where she advanced to the round of 16 last year before she was eliminated after letting a two-up lead slip away.

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the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | S p r i n g 2 0 0 9 27 The season Surrey steps to come Here’s a look at the major tournaments on the B.C. up to the tee golf calendar this year:

April 23-26: CN Future Links Pacific Sponsored by several Championship, Morningstar Golf Course, Parksville businessmen, the Canadian May 24-26: CN Canadian Women’s Tour returns to Hazelmere Tour, Seymour Golf & Country Club, for the season’s marquee North Vancouver event. May 24-26: B.C. High School A & AA Championships, Royalwood GC, Sardis May 25-27: B.C. High School AAA Championship, Chilliwack Golf Club May 26-29: Canadian Tour Spring Qualifying School, Morningstar Golf Course, Parksville June 4-7: Canadian Tour Times- Colonist Open, Uplands Golf Club, Victoria June 9-11: B.C. Men’s Mid- Amateur Championship, Rossland-Trail GC June 11-14: Canadian Tour City of Surrey Invitational, Hazelmere Golf Ward Perrin / Vancouver Sun Club, Surrey Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs, after winning the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic at Hazelmere last year. June 15-17: B.C. Senior Women’s Championship, Meadow Gardens Golf Club, Pitt Meadows Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun was won last year at Marine Drive by North Vancouver’s Eugene Wong, this year moves June 30-July 4: B.C. Women’s Amateur/Mid Amateur Champion- The Canadian Tour’s annual Lower Main- to Duncan Meadows on Vancouver Island. ship, Canoe Creek GC, Salmon Arm land stop has a new name and a larger The event is scheduled for July 14-17 and purse this year, but some very familiar Wong, a freshman at the University of July 7-10: B.C. Junior Boys Championship, Pitt Meadows fairways. Oregon, is expected to be on hand to defend Golf Club his title. Hazelmere Golf Club will once again play July 7-9: B.C. Junior Girls Champion- host to what this year is called the City of The B.C. Women’s Amateur, won last year ship, Golden Eagle Golf Club (South Surrey Invitational. It replaces the former by Richmond’s Kira Meixner, goes June Course), Pitt Meadows Greater Vancouver Charity Classic. 30-July 4 at Canoe Creek, the Salmon Arm July 14-17: B.C. Men’s Amateur The name change is a reflection of the com- course designed by former PGA Tour play- Championship, Duncan Meadows mitment that several Surrey businessmen er Dave Barr. Golf Club, Duncan made to offer financial sponsorship to the The Canadian Women’s Tour makes its Aug. 11-13: B.C. Men’s Senior event. annual B.C. visit May 24-26 at Seymour Golf Championship, Skeena Valley Golf Course, Terrace As a result, the tournament’s purse is Club in North Vancouver. Aug. 24-26: PGA of B.C. increasing this year to $150,000 from The B.C. Junior Boys and Girls Champion- Championship, Crown Isle Resort, $100,000. The winner of the June 11-14 ships will be played in close proximity to Courtenay event will take home $24,000. one another. The boys tee it up July 7-10 at Aug. 25-27: B.C. Juvenile Boys Last year, Winnipeg’s Adam Speirs earned Pitt Meadows Golf Club, while the girls go Championship, Fort Langley his first Canadian Tour win at Hazelmere, July 7-9 at nearby Golden Eagle Golf Club. Golf Course Eugene Wong and Sue Kim of Langley were which will be playing host to the event for Aug. 31-Sept. 4: Canadian Senior the fourth time this year. last year’s winners. Men’s Championship, Gorge Vale Golf Club, Victoria The B.C. Amateur Championship, which [email protected]

28 the VANCOUVER SUN golf guide | Spring 2009 Open season at Shaughnessy

Brad Ziemer ❘ vancouver sun in 2005 and the course was warmly received by the players. Its tight 7,000-yard layout The deal’s not quite yet done, but expect an proved to be a tough test as Mark Calcavec- official announcement later this spring that chia won the tournament with a 72-hole Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club will play score of five-under par 275. host to the 2011 RBC Canadian Open. “It was voted the best course on tour that Scott Simmons, executive director of the year by the players,” Simmons said. Royal Canadian Golf Association, says The only real disappointment about the Shaughnessy is on track to be awarded the 2005 Open at Shaughnessy were the crowds. event. “We have been pretty public about They were smaller than expected and Sim- wanting Shaughnessy to be part of the rota- mons, who wasn’t with the RCGA at that tion, so I don’t think it will come as a shock time, pledged to do a better job of market- to anyone,” said Simmons. ing the event in 2011. Shaughnessy last played host to the event [email protected]

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