12-06-2020, 01:21 PM
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#3561
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At le pub...
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So I'm moving to Vancouver in Jan... Which public courses should I start with for my forays into "winter" golf and exploring Vancouver's scene?
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12-06-2020, 03:16 PM
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#3562
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by psyang
It might be more reasonable to designate a few tournaments (one a month?) through the summer. Have a deadline to sign up for each so that tee times can be booked. I wouldn't be able to golf every other week, but once or twice a year with dates I know in advance would be doable.
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To facilitate booking, I suggest booking only one or two courses. If golfing around, it'll be hard to book or cancel tee times during inclement weather.
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12-06-2020, 06:38 PM
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#3563
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I guess my thought was to have a match play tournament through the summer, so that people could get their opponents and arrange matches at their convenience. Then we could have a final day “tournament” where the last round is player for the match play and everyone could get together.
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12-06-2020, 07:59 PM
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#3564
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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That's a cool idea actually.
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12-06-2020, 08:48 PM
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#3565
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Franchise Player
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Love the tourney idea.
Similar experiences at Water Valley more than once. Horrible staff. We played one morning at 7:30 and were walking up to the 6th tee at 8:15, when the Marshall came by and told us we were too slow and if we wanted to play in the morning we had to play faster. I told him we’ve played 5 holes in 45 minutes and we’re on pace to finish in 2 hours 45 minutes so to please go away.
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12-06-2020, 09:26 PM
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#3566
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AltaGuy
So I'm moving to Vancouver in Jan... Which public courses should I start with for my forays into "winter" golf and exploring Vancouver's scene?
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McCleery, Fraserview and Langara are your main city courses.
Then there's other course in Burnaby, Richmond, North Van etc.
I played McCleery Wednesday and it was mostly good conditions expect for a temp green on #1.
They did only charge us a twilight rate because of that though, so can't complain.
I mean golfing in December is hard to complain about in general. 
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12-07-2020, 05:28 AM
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#3567
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
McCleery, Fraserview and Langara are your main city courses.
Then there's other course in Burnaby, Richmond, North Van etc.
I played McCleery Wednesday and it was mostly good conditions expect for a temp green on #1.
They did only charge us a twilight rate because of that though, so can't complain.
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Nice, thanks! Those courses all look pretty good for a casual round. Actually, Fraserview looks nice enough to be a home club. Must be the "Maple Ridge" of Vancouver.
Yeah, even if I only get out once a month for 18 in the winter, that's pretty amazing to me. And lots of covered driving ranges is great too.
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12-20-2020, 06:35 PM
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#3568
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Franchise Player
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Finally a TopGolf-like facility is planned for the Calgary area but unfortunately the locations are going to be really ####ty and make for a limited opportunity to experience the driving range. Windmill Group is planning on opening these facilities at Mickelson National and Heritage Point.
https://calgarysun.com/sports/golf/c...box=1608493506
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12-20-2020, 08:14 PM
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#3569
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Finally a TopGolf-like facility is planned for the Calgary area but unfortunately the locations are going to be really ####ty and make for a limited opportunity to experience the driving range. Windmill Group is planning on opening these facilities at Mickelson National and Heritage Point.
https://calgarysun.com/sports/golf/c...box=1608493506 |
Not sure how often I would go, but for me Mickelson is a decent location. There are really no ranges to speak of in NW Calgary since the one on Nose Hill Drive shut down a few years ago.
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12-20-2020, 08:15 PM
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#3570
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Franchise Player
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Top golf is basically a zero draw for me. And the locations suck. Going to be interesting if they can make it work.
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12-21-2020, 02:23 AM
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#3571
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Not sure how often I would go, but for me Mickelson is a decent location. There are really no ranges to speak of in NW Calgary since the one on Nose Hill Drive shut down a few years ago.
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Valley Ridge has a pretty good range. Off grass most of the time too.
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12-21-2020, 02:27 AM
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#3572
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
Top golf is basically a zero draw for me. And the locations suck. Going to be interesting if they can make it work.
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I don't think they could have found worse locations for this if they tried.
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12-21-2020, 06:14 AM
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#3573
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Not sure how often I would go, but for me Mickelson is a decent location. There are really no ranges to speak of in NW Calgary since the one on Nose Hill Drive shut down a few years ago.
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I'm in Varsity and Mickelson is reasonably close but it is still a 25 minute drive. Plus the big draw of Top Golf, if they emulate the format, is the drinking and golfing with buddies. After a couple hours there and 4 or 5 drinks it is going to be a lot tougher to get a cab from Springbank than anywhere within Calgary.
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12-21-2020, 10:54 AM
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#3574
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Yeah, those locations are going to suck for many, but keep in mind the deep south of Calgary is like 300000 people these days, and 100000 more are within a fairly easy drive in lot of other southern communities. And I'd imagine there's quite a few people in the deep NW these days as well.
I know everyone who lives inner city thinks locations suck or are poorly thought out if they're not inner city, but things are changing to the point where we're more like some American cities where servicing a quarter of the city on one end makes more financial sense than trying to get prime land and be convenient to 1.3 million people, while ending up not being convenient for 60% of the city that actually lives quite far from inner city and hates planning rush hour avoidance into their day activities.
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12-21-2020, 10:57 AM
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#3575
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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And to be clear I'm only pointing this out as a strategy for what our city has become, if I could go back in time I'd be all for building up instead of out and having a bustling inner city where a golf company would be stupid to build near DeWinton or Cochrane.
But here we are with small cities worth of people living on the deep outskirts.
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12-21-2020, 11:36 AM
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#3576
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Franchise Player
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Dewinton and Springbank...
Definitely catering towards people with a lot if Disposable income...
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12-21-2020, 05:19 PM
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#3577
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
Top golf is basically a zero draw for me. And the locations suck. Going to be interesting if they can make it work.
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I agree, for the most part, I will likely do it for the inevitable divorced friend bachelor party. I'm blown away that the Golf Canada range didn't get on this. Their location is almost perfect.
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12-21-2020, 05:34 PM
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#3578
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by GomerPile
I agree, for the most part, I will likely do it for the inevitable divorced friend bachelor party. I'm blown away that the Golf Canada range didn't get on this. Their location is almost perfect.
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Would they have the capital to implement it? It's not a small venture by any stretch of the imagination.
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12-21-2020, 05:39 PM
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#3579
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by jayswin
Would they have the capital to implement it? It's not a small venture by any stretch of the imagination.
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That I have no idea about. However, I do believe the Golf establishment is slow to change. Golf Canada and USGA would never embrace the "good time golf". Why would we have music pumping, good drinks and a general party atmosphere? Were hear for the golf, aren't we?
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12-21-2020, 06:30 PM
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#3580
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GomerPile
I agree, for the most part, I will likely do it for the inevitable divorced friend bachelor party. I'm blown away that the Golf Canada range didn't get on this. Their location is almost perfect.
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My understanding is they are actually trying to do something similar - sort of.
They are renamed now to GolfFuture YYC or something like that. Apparently they are installing a bunch of launch monitors that will help you play a simulated round of golf in a fraction of the time from your range stall. You hit all your drives and approach shots from your stall and then head to a green/short game area (currently under construction) and hit all your chips and putts. Seems interesting to me.
If you have been there lately you’ll notice they have done a fair bit of Reno work. So far everything looks great. I love the new mats!
Edit - I should mention that I don’t think that the facility is affiliated with Golf Canada anymore, but could be wrong
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