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[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by New Era

Speaking of scrambles, I just played in a four man at the facility which is the University of Arizona home course. A Notah Begay design that is bitching tough. Winning team shot a 51, five better than anyone else. Fifteen birdies and three eagles! In all my years in the game, never saw a score that low, and that included playing an event with Rich Beam. Anyone ever hear of a score that low on a championship course?

That's a crazy low score.

I played a round at Sundre a few years ago and between four of us we birdied 15 of 18 holes. So it's not unheard of to play that well as a foursome if everyone's really good & playing aggressively. A bit of luck & you could shoot low 50's for sure.

[darklord700]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I played Black Mountain in Kelowna on Saturday. Nice track there and $75 for golf and cart plus $10 for the snack shack was a great deal!

Played there twice. Nice track with a good variety of holes. Yes, if you can play week days, the price is hard to be in Kelowna.

[FragileMind]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I thought it was way better than tower ranch. Maybe a couple gimmicky holes but nothing that bad.

I'm confused.Black Mountain better than Tower Ranch?
How do we set up a poll on this forum?
Granted,#15 at Tower is stupid because the green won't hold a ball,but the rest of the course is pretty solid.
Black Mountain was designed to punish the rh slicer.A large % of the golfing population.And the back nine gets into hardhat territory.
Neither has a range,so they both fail in that regard.

[DoubleK]

Honestly, I'm not a fan of Kelowna. I find the golf overpriced for what it is. I enjoy playing in Osoyoos/Oliver a lot more than Kelowna. If it was just a golf weekend, I wouldn't head past Radium/Invermere. The only reason I prefer Osoyoos is there is more stuff to keep the wife happy.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by darklord700

Played there twice. Nice track with a good variety of holes. Yes, if you can play week days, the price is hard to be in Kelowna.

Even saturday morning before 8 am (which is really the only time I can play when I am out there with my wife) it is quite cheap.

Originally Posted by FragileMind

I'm confused.Black Mountain better than Tower Ranch?
How do we set up a poll on this forum?
Granted,#15 at Tower is stupid because the green won't hold a ball,but the rest of the course is pretty solid.
Black Mountain was designed to punish the rh slicer.A large % of the golfing population.And the back nine gets into hardhat territory.
Neither has a range,so they both fail in that regard.

Tower is just straight gimmick from my recollection. Reminds me of Silvertip. I won't go back to either.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

^^^ that can't be real.

That was our reaction as well. There are pin positions on greens where you just know a par is going to be a score to make, and there were three of those out there. We figured 56 was going to be the score, maybe a 55 is someone got lucky here or there. But 51 had us shaking our heads. After working in the biz for a few years and seeing a lot of scramble scores, including some real low ones with pros involved, that 51 was still shocking.

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

That's a crazy low score.

I played a round at Sundre a few years ago and between four of us we birdied 15 of 18 holes. So it's not unheard of to play that well as a foursome if everyone's really good & playing aggressively. A bit of luck & you could shoot low 50's for sure.

Lowest score I've seen myself was a 53 on a par 70 course. I've been part of a 54 on a par 72, but that was four pros playing their home course, so that was an extreme and highly unfair. A 51 will be a score I put in the memory banks for a while, especially when I go back to that course and play it again. If the score was honest, it was one for the ages. I will assume that is a course record that will never fall.

[jayswin]

Is there any particular reason why Heather Glen's cart prices seem so out of whack compared to most courses?

I just went to check today as green fees are 50% off minus cart and saw that 18 hole cart is $36?!! I mean it's not even close to in line with other play golf Calgary courses (same owners, usually around $20).

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Is there any particular reason why Heather Glen's cart prices seem so out of whack compared to most courses?

I just went to check today as green fees are 50% off minus cart and saw that 18 hole cart is $36?!! I mean it's not even close to in line with other play golf Calgary courses (same owners, usually around $20).

That's gotta be for a whole cart - you'd pay $18 for a seat.

[Northendzone]

I looked at thier green fee prices and they seem very reasonable. I read the price for the cart as for the whole cart, rather than a seat.

HG is walkable, although it is on the longer side, if you have never been

[jayswin]

I've been and paid many times, lol. I guess I just never actually paid attention or looked up cart prices. Is it common to list cart prices as whole cart? I've look up many other courses and it seems common to list per person cart.

[Dion]

I was in Calgary on Monday and stopped off at Golftown on the way home. They had a 20% off sale on golf bags so I decided to take a look. To my surprise I found a Calgary Flames golf bag for a really good price. I said what the heck and decided to buy it.

https://imgur.com/l9lsOq8

So tonight was Mens Night and I had a surprise for my golf pro who loves the Oilers

He walks into the pro shop:

"Hey Christopher! I see you bought a new golf bag!"

"What do you think?" I said with a huge grin

"You should have burned your money instead of buying that piece of crap!"

Anyhow we had a good laugh over that. Best part is we played together and he had to look at it for 9 holes

[Morning Wood]

Anybody play Kananaskis yet this year, specifically Lorette? Got a time there this weekend, was wondering how the turf conditions were. Called the course to ask, and they said course is in “awesome” condition and that their green speeds are “fast”, but not sure I can believe them. I recall even at peak season last year, their greens were never “fast”, can’t imagine they’d be fast in the early season. All I ask is the greens roll true, regardless of speed. Any feedback would be appreciated!

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Morning Wood

Anybody play Kananaskis yet this year, specifically Lorette? Got a time there this weekend, was wondering how the turf conditions were. Called the course to ask, and they said course is in “awesome” condition and that their green speeds are “fast”, but not sure I can believe them. I recall even at peak season last year, their greens were never “fast”, can’t imagine they’d be fast in the early season. All I ask is the greens roll true, regardless of speed. Any feedback would be appreciated!

I played Kidd a couple weeks ago. Course weathered well over the winter. Would say it was in decent shape. Greens were alright.

Wasn't worth the full price of $125 ish I didn't think - not that early in the season.

Unless your time is on Sunday you are out $25/booking spot already anyway so I would go.

[Morning Wood]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I played Kidd a couple weeks ago. Course weathered well over the winter. Would say it was in decent shape. Greens were alright.

Wasn't worth the full price of $125 ish I didn't think - not that early in the season.

Unless your time is on Sunday you are out $25/booking spot already anyway so I would go.

Thanks for the info. Yes, my tee time is on Sunday. About to make the last second decision to cancel or not. They said the green fee will be $95+tax for Alberta residents, along with $20+tax cart fee per person. Pretty hefty price to pay, have a few more hours to mull over it.

[rohara66]

How is that a hefty price to play that amazing course? What course is even comparable for around $100?

[Hockeyguy15]

If you're batting an eye at Kananaskis for $120 then golf isn't the sport for you. One of the best values around!

[Northendzone]

to me the immediate comparables are in canmore and they are what $180 or so?

from a layout perspective i have always thought that kaninaskis and golden were similar courses. golden is a great value, but, hard to manage as a day trip

[Morning Wood]

Originally Posted by rohara66

How is that a hefty price to play that amazing course? What course is even comparable for around $100?

I totally agree when comparing to other courses, it’s not even close! My comparison was to peak summer conditions vs early year conditions, since there is no discount to summer rates.

Last year, Kananaskis had some discounted rates early in the year, but they either don’t have them this year or I missed out on them earlier in the year.

[Hockeyguy15]

Even if Kananaskis isn't in top shape I would rather pay the money and golf there than not.

[Roughneck]

Early season rates at Stewart Creek and SilverTip are $135, for the comparable mountain courses. At $120 Kananaskis has a season-long discounted rate. The fact a walker could play the course on a weekend during peak season for less than $100 is absolutely insane.