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Dundarave Golf Club

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Spending a golf vacation in a peaceful and quiet island where the atmosphere is so relaxing is a good way of rewarding one’s self from the sweats of everyday life. Located at Prince Edward Island, Dundarave Golf Club is an excellent destination that gives the guests a solemn yet challenging golf vibe. This place is just steps away from the Callaway Golf Performance Centre of Atlantic Canada and The Callaway Golf Divine Nine. Designed by architects Dana Fry and Dr. Michael Hurdzan, this red sandstone golf course opened in 1999.

Dundarave Golf Club mixes traditional and modern designs to attract both old and fresh golfers. The signature red sand traps frame almost all shots. Each green is guarded by bunkers of different sizes and shapes. The par-4, eighth hole heads towards the river with a deep ravine, guarding the left portion from tee to green. This course is not so long from the back tees at 6,606 yards. It is also not a pushover with a slope rating of 135. The natural setting, tough holes, and other amenities of this place ensure that every golf trip here is one that will be long remembered.

Dundarave Golf Club was the host of the 2006 Legends of Golf that featured Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. ScoreGolf Magazine recognized the club as the 43rd most underrated courses of the country. Golf Digest gave this place a 4-star rating. This golf club is a world-class layout that should be included on every golf vacation at Prince Edward Island.

Brudenell River Golf Club

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Aging may be an inevitable part of life and there’s no way to counter it – unless there exists a real-life Benjamin Button. The only thing to be done with it is to accept it, and for the rare few and blessed ones, they age rather gracefully. This is how the Brudenell River Golf Club is. The 4-decade old golf vacation destination has long since been on the top list of the most beautiful golf courses in the scenic Prince Edward Island in Canada.

The island is a place known for having some of the best courses in Canada and in North America and Brudenell River Golf Club is just one of them. The garden and river course has all the makings of a classic paradise of sorts. It has broad fairways, perfectly manicured greens and many picturesque gardens, lakes and ponds. The river comes into play on several holes, making the game both fun, challenging, and of course, scenic. Proof to its excellence is its being host to Canada’s first ever women’s “skins” game (Lorie Kane Island Challenge 2008) and a number of other Canadian Tour events. This further proves that this course is not only perfect for golf vacations but for golf championships as well.

The 18-hole, par-72 course which stretches to over 6000 yards has a 4-star rating from Golf Digest’s Places to Play and is in SCORE Golf Magazine’s Top 6 Canadian Resorts. Since 1969 when it first opened to this very day, the Brudenell River Golf Club has not failed to make precious every golf trip spent here. And it continues to be one of the best, age regardless. The last 40 years has seen its prime, and another 40 would surely not faze it.

La Belle (The Beauty)

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Said to be the oldest course in the Laurentians, the front nine of La Belle (The Beauty) was built in 1920s. Golfers love to visit this place because of its great views. This charmingly classic course offers the players with great challenge especially with its sloped greens. It is renowned for its fair conditions, beautiful scenery and traditional mountain layout. La Belle remains a favorite golf vacation destination because of its charismatic looks and playability for golfers of different skill levels.

The initial holes were carved out of Laurentian forest over 80 years ago with the use of both manpower and horses. These holes have matured into what is now an old-style mountain course, La Belle (The Beauty). The lushly tree-lined fairways, together with the pleasant panoramic views and several elevation changes, make this place an attractive golf vacation destination. The quirks consist of characteristics of the classic layout, shorter holes, and a few small greens. Despite the shorter length holes, the course still challenges the players because of the small greens – the seventeenth hole is an example due to its stamp size and sloped green. Players will enjoy hitting down into the valley from the lofty tees.

Having a golf trip to La Belle (The Beauty) during fall is best – this offers magnificent views! Also, the course is equipped with a driving range and practice greens, pro-shop, and three academy holes. These amenities reward the beginners as well as the experts with the chance to experience golf in its most excellent conditions.

La Bete (The Beast)

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This young yet defiant course is quickly becoming one of Canada’s best golf courses. La Bete (The Beast) is one tough course that always looks so ready for a fight with its perfectly situated holes, smartly positioned sand traps, and wide fairways. It is one of Mont Tremblant’s outstanding courses – always in good shape with the wonderful mix of manicured and natural landscape. The course layout will challenge even the lowest of handicaps. Spending a golf trip in La Bete will test the golfers’ patience due to its demanding holes, and will captivate them with its one of a kind beauty.

La Bete (The Beast) is an 18-hole championship course with four tee offs, including a gold tee that plays 6,840 yards. Just like its sibling course, the Beast also has La Belle’s natural scenic beauty – the flawless greens and sloping greenery. It shakes along the raised plateaus and showcases the godly mountains and lake views. It lives up to its name as the centerpiece of Mont Tremblant’s spectacular Gray Rocks Resort. If an ideal golf trip is what the golfers are after, then this is their place.

La Bete (The Beast) winds along the Riviere du Diable and the plateaus with splendid perspectives of the Laurentian Mountains. The challenge of this course is difficult but fair. Players must employ strategy and skill to score well. But it is well conceived so a good swing is always rewarded with a good view of the next shot. It has plenty of lefts and rights, ups and downs, and no two holes are similar. Having a golf vacation here will allow guests to truly discover unique holes that inspire strategic play with every shot. Booking a game at this Graham Cooke-designed course will leave the visitors with great memories of their toughest shot.

Le Diable Golf, Mont Tremblant

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Even the meanest of all devils in golf would find it hard not to soften up and fall head over heels in love with Le Diable Golf Course in Mont Tremblant in Canada. With the breathtaking views of the ancient Laurentian Mountains, the pristine natural splendor and one of the best golf layouts ever made, it’s not surprising how this has become one of the highly favored golf courses (and a celebrated, well awarded one at that). But if a love affair made in heaven is what golfers are looking to find here, they must keep in mind this golf vacation destination is not called The Devil for nothing.

Everything may look heavenly in this Arizona-style golf course – and it is, undoubtedly – but the games here require bracing the many obstacles natural and not. Its creators have done a lot of good in making this one exciting challenge; the perfect irony to its breathtaking beauty. The Le Diable Golf Course is an 18-hole par-71 course created by the genius duo of Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry. One of the most notable features of this golf trip favorite are the red bunkers that outline the greens, making it both picturesque and challenging.

And as with anything that is easy to fall in love with, the Le Diable Golf Course has found its way to the hearts of the meticulous and quite picky golf publications. It has been awarded the Best Golf Destination Outside Ontario in 2008 by the Toronto Sun, and the 28th Best Golf in Canada by Globe Golf, Globe and Mail in 2005. It’s also on of Golf Style’s Top 10 Golf Courses in Canada (2005). For something named after the devil himself, there’s too much heaven on golf vacations here.

Le Geant Golf Tremblant

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A golf trip to a place that is surrounded by gigantic mountains brings an intense vibe to golfers. Sometimes known as “The Giant”,Le Geant Golf Tremblant is neighbored by hugely picturesque mountains. After the 18th hole, the whole golf experience will remain in the hearts of the players. The place is best for golfers who like to play along the giant, surrounding mountains.

 Le Geant Golf Tremblant has a truly monumental feel with the spectacular beauty of its setting. The course is designed to follow the natural elevation of the landscape. It ranges from elevated to plunging fairways. Every game played here serves as a big challenge – the strategically placed sand traps require great skill. Furthermore, every hole must not be overlooked; golfers need to play them strategically even though they may look so easy. There are two par-4 holes on the back nine – the 11th hole features a 90 degree dogleg while the 18th hole offers a 150 feet drop to the fairway. The gigantically glorious surrounding and the demanding game will make every golf trip of the visitors complete.

 Le Geant Golf Tremblant is an 18-hole regulation course. Because of its magnificent beauty and design, it has received awards that include “Best Course in Canada” and “Top 10 Best Courses in Canada”. This course has also received a rating of four and a half stars by Golf Digest. A golf vacation at this place will leave a BIG impacton the visitors from its epic features and amenities up to the friendly, world-class service of the staff.

 

Kananaskis Country Golf Club – Mt Kidd Course

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And so the old pop song goes, “too much of something is bad enough…” This line definitely finds untruth on the Mt Kidd Course of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club in Banff, Alberta, Canada. That, or “too much” is this golf vacation destination‘s definition of “just right”. Either way, nothing comes short or lacking in this paradise in the Canadian Rockies. There’s too much for a golfer to take in, so many things to do, and so much fun to take home they might as well not do anything fun for weeks for it could suffice.

Opened in 1983, this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design sits on a mountain surrounded by majestic granite formations, one from which it was named. Together with its sister course, Mt Lorette, the Kidd Course of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club boasts of breathtaking views and even better playing layout. The valley type course features few elevation changes and crushed granite bunkers. The whole course winds throughout the scenic Kananaskis River and several glacial creeks that both serve as picturesque backdrops and epic natural water hazards. This golf vacation favorite shares the 18th hole with its sister course, and stretches to over 7,000 yards of golf.

For a country like Canada that has been blessed by nature with countless fascinating wonders turned into some of North America’s best golf courses, the Mt Kidd Course of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club does not fall low on the list. And there’s nothing surprising about it, considering how generous it is in challenge, fun, and scenery. With a course this outstanding, there’s not a thing called “too much golf trip” this way either.

Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course

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Every golfer wishes for their golf trip to be epic. Playing golf at Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course grants this desire. It is named after the towering limestone peaks that serve as its breathtaking backdrop. Since its opening in 1983, this golf course has been one of the most visited in Alberta due to its excellent amenities. It is an ideal place where players can fulfill their golfing pleasures.

A world class golf vacation destination, Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course is named one of the top 25 public courses in North America by Golf Digest. It features two holes that conclude each loop of nine holes. The 560-yard, par five 9th hole has two big bunkers left of the fairway at the landing area from the tee. Water comes into play down the left of the fairway from past this point which then cuts into the front left of the green. Threatening the tee shot, the 463-yard, closing hole has an enormous bunker left of the fairway. This hole doglegs slightly left and a creek lies in front of the green. Golfers must consider a three wood off the tee, lay-up in front of the water, and play an accurate wedge to the green followed by a single putt.

Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course is an 18-hole golf course that is designed by the renowned Robert Trent Jones, Sr. According to Jones, it has the best setting he was ever given to work with. Situated in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, a golf trip to this course will give the guests the epic sports getaway that they long for.

Stewart Creek Golf Club

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To some, golfing is just a pastime. But when they experience the excellence of Stewart Creek Golf Club, they will definitely eat their words for the place is very comparable to their dream paradise. Once they’ve set foot in this club, it will make them want to spend another week in the place. It is located in Alberta, Canada and it opened in 2000. It is less than ten minutes from downtown Canmore, so there’s no need to get up too early for the morning tee time. Designed by Gary Browning, the place is very playable that it attracts different types of golfers. Because of its friendly environment, many visitors include the course on their list of ideal golf vacation spots.

Stewart Creek Golf Club plays every inch of 7,195 yards. Every hole is unique, taking full advantage of the place’s terrain at the base of the Three Sisters, Canada’s major mountain feature in Canmore. Selecting the right tee box for the handicap is the key to finish each hole – the fourth, fifth, and sixth holes are long, uphill, and will definitely test the players’ game. The back nine is where the enjoyment begins. “Hole No. 9 is what it is – hit an eight iron out to the landing area, and then a six iron in,” said Jacob Sonn, an Alberta golf expert. He added, “Definitely the weakest hole on the course, but don’t let it take away from the overall experience on your Canadian golf vacation to Canmore, Alberta.”

Designer Browning wanted the course to be more than just a challenge; he wanted it to be an experience by carefully planning each hole to perfectly fit in with the landscape. Stewart Creek Golf Club is a successful masterpiece by Gary Browning that it was called “The Best New Course in Western Canada” in 2002 by Golf Digest, giving it a four and a half star in 2002, 2003, and 2004. A golf trip to this place offers the visitors not only tough and challenging rounds, but also a great and wonderful experience.

 

Silvertip Golf Club

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“Golf on the Roof of the World” is the tagline of Silvertip Golf Club. A golf trip spent in this golf club is like playing with the clouds. It offers magnificent views with its par-72 course that has 600 acres of peaks grasslands, and valleys that are perched on the bench lands of Mount Lady MacDonald, and are soaked in warmth and sunshine. The club can be located on the sunny side of the Bow Valley, in a mountain wilderness setting near the alpine village of Canmore. It offers fantastic views of the surrounding Rocky Mountains, and stands at the edge of an immensely undamaged wilderness.

Silvertip Golf Club has a slope rating of 153. It features from 5,100 to 7,200 yards of golf depending on the tee placement. The golf course is very accurate, as every hole offers a unique, splendid, and unbelievable alpine scene. Course designer Les Furber made sure that the course carried various picturesque views within each walk, from the glorious Three Sisters to thick alpine woods and glimpses of the welcoming Canmore. Taking a golf vacation at this club is a great way to experience one of Alberta’s finest golf courses.

Silvertip Golf Club offers guests with a unique golf trip due to its natural environment and tough holes. Aside from that, other outdoor adventures like rafting, skiing, and mountain biking are also available in the club. The place is known throughout the area as a main locale not only for golfing, but also for different occasions such as wedding events, business meetings, and friends and family outings.