From the forests of Newfoundland to the mountain valleys of British Columbia, a spring survey of unjustly overlooked golf courses offering bargain green fees, less crowded fairways and jaw-dropping scenery.
Nine Unsung But Essential Canadian Courses
April 17, 2013 by Brian Kendall
Filed Under: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Destinations, Feature Stories, Manitoba, Muskoka and Georgian Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northern Ontario, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Thompson-Okanagan Tagged With: best Canadian golf courses, Canmore Golf and Curling Club, Deer Valley Golf and Estates, Doug Carrick, Eagle Creek Golf Course, Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu Golf Club, Les Furber, Robbie Robinson, Salmon Arm Golf Course, South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club, Stanley Thompson, The Links at Quarry Oaks, The Pines Golf Course, Tom McBroom, Twin Rivers Golf Course, Whitewater Golf Club
Stanley Thompson: Golf’s Mountain Man
April 16, 2013 by Brian Kendall
As distinctively Canadian as the beaver and Niagara Falls, the mountain courses of Alberta and British Columbia are a vital part of our golfing heritage; living proof that, thanks largely to the genius of Stanley Thompson, nobody builds them better.
Filed Under: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Destinations, Editor's Notebook, Golf Courses Tagged With: Alberta golf, Banff Springs Golf Course, Big Sky Golf and Country Club, British Columbia golf, Chateau Whistler Golf Club, Doug Carrick, Gary Browning, Greywolf Golf Course, Jasper Park Lodge Golf course, Kananaskis Country Golf Course, Les Furber, Mount Kidd golf course, Mount Lorette golf course, Robert Trent Jones, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Rocky Mountain golf, Salmon Arm Golf Club, Stanley Thompson, Stewart Creek Golf Country Club, The Ridge at Predator Ridge
Make Way For Bear at Stewart Creek
September 18, 2012 by Brian Kendall
In the second in a series profiling Canada’s greenest courses, we look at how Canmore’s Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club minimizes its impact on the local wildlife.
Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Destinations, Feature Stories, Golf Courses Tagged With: Gary Browning, green golf, Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club
Banff Springs: Monarch of Mountain Golf
July 25, 2012 by Brian Kendall
Set amid majestic Rocky Mountain peaks, Alberta’s world-famous Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course is a showcase for the genius of Stanley Thompson, Canada’s most revered golf course architect.
Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Destinations, Feature Stories, Golf Courses, Resorts We Love Tagged With: A. W. Tillinghast, Alberta golf, Alister MacKenzie, Banff National Park, Byron Nelson, Canadian Rockies golf, Canmore, Canmore Golf and Curling Club, Capilano Golf and Country Club, Donald Ross, Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Gene Sarazen, Highlands Links, Kananaskis Resort, Silvertip Golf Course, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Stanley Thompson, Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club