Must-play, award-winning BC golf courses to add to your brag list!
With the golf season just around the corner - it will be here before you know it - it's time to get back into the swing of things and start planning your first round of the year. (And second, third, fourth...) With over 300 courses to choose from in British Columbia alone, you might not even know where to start. Which is why we've rounded up the latest list of award-winning BC golf courses for you to add to your must-play list.
Best Courses in 206 Countries
From Anguilla to Zimbabwe, and of course Canada, Golf Digest listed their very best golf courses in every country in the world that has them - 206 countries in total. Out of their top 25 courses in Canada, out of a total 2,400 courses, BC courses took six spots:
Capilano - #5 in Canada
Shaughnessy - #14 in Canada
Greywolf - #16 in Canada
Tobiano - #18 in Canada
Victoria - #20 in Canada
Predator Ridge - Ridge - #25 in Canada
Golf Digest Top 30 Courses in Canada 2017-2018
When Golf Digest ranks, everyone listens - and then golfs! Which means, according to their Top 30 Courses in Canada for 2017-2018, you'll be doing your very best to golf the following BC courses during the 2018 season:
Capilano - #7
Shaughnessy - #9
Victoria - #16
Tobiano - #26
Royal Colwood - #30
Top 50 in Canada + Next 10
Every year, Canadian Golf Magazine puts out what many consider to be a definitive list of the 50 (+) best courses in the country. In 2017, their Top 50 in Canada + Next 10 reserved no fewer than six spots for BC golf courses:
Capilano - #7
Tobiano - #12 (#1 Public in BC)
Predator Ridge - Ridge - #19 (#2 Public in BC)
Shaughnessy - #25
Royal Colwood - #26
Greywolf - #28
SCOREGolf Top 59 2017
British Columbia golf courses earned an incredible 18 spots on the eagerly awaited, highly acclaimed, industry-recognized SCOREGolf Top 59 Public Courses in Canada biennial ranking for 2017! That's 18 must-play courses this year. Which is a whole lot of golf. Which is just the way golfers like it. Get all the details on the full list here.
#8 - Greywolf
#9 - Predator Ridge - Ridge
#11 - Tobiano
#14 - Fairmont Chateau Whistler
#17 - Big Sky
#18 - Tower Ranch #
24 - Gallagher's Canyon
#25 - Predator Ridge - Predator
#26 - Nicklaus North
#28 - Copper Point - The Point
#29 - Wildstone
#32 - Bear Mountain - Valley
#41 - Bear Mountain - Mountain
#44 - Eagle Ranch
#47 - Fairview Mountain
#48 - Shadow Mountain
#50 - Storey Creek
#56 - Salmon Arm
There's plenty there for you to sink your swing into, but if you're looking for even more courses to add to your brag list, Destination BC also put together a great list of the '7 Must-Visit Golf Destinations in British Columbia'. Now if that isn't enough to fill up your golf season we don't know what is! Happy golfing in BC.