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Course Tour
The Vancouver Golf Club’s 18-hole championship course is one of the area’s most beautiful and challenging courses, sprawling over a woodland park setting of over 176 acres.
The front nine, with its traditional size greens and mountain vistas plays to a variety of elevation changes while the back nine offers a flatter layout with each fairway tree-lined with dense first and second growth forest.
The course was designed by H.T. (Mike) Gardner in the early 1900’s and the routing of the course remains the same with the exception of two holes.
Front 9
Front 9
Back 9
Slopes & Rating
HOLE
Black
Blue
White
Gold
Green
PAR
Men's Handicap
Women's Handicap
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
396
380
368
364
GT
371
345
339
336
GT
162
142
122
112
GT
351
332
314
269
GT
348
338
317
311
240
620
605
569
465
391
192
172
151
140
GT
372
343
333
327
202
350
335
322
258
GT
3162
2992
2835
2582
2312
4
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
4
35
7
8
13
10
17
18
3
12
9
4
1
2
11
16
5
6
15
14
CLOSE
HOLE 1
Mounds
When the front nine was built in 1911, debris from clearing the first fairway was piled in mounds along the right-hand side. Remnants of the mounds are still visible today.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
7
Women
8
TEE
396
380
368
364
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 2
Creek
For the first four decades of its life, the second hole had a creek running across the fairway. The creek was covered when a pond was built on the left side of the fairway.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
13
Women
10
TEE
371
345
339
336
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 3
Pond
Originally called Punch Bowl in homage to the Pacific Northwest trophy, this hole was renamed when a pond was built in front of the green.
PAR
3
HANDICAP
Men
17
Women
18
TEE
162
142
122
112
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 4
Hill
A steady upward slope gave this hole its fitting name, and Members' burning calves remind them of it every round.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
3
Women
12
TEE
351
332
314
269
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 5
Maples
Named for the mature and majestic Maple trees that line both sides of the fairway.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
9
Women
4
TEE
348
338
317
311
240
CLOSE
HOLE 6
Long Hole
Originally pegged at 653 yards, this legendary hole was for decades one of the longest holes in Canada.
PAR
5
HANDICAP
Men
1
Women
2
TEE
620
605
569
465
391
CLOSE
HOLE 7
Shadows
Towering Fir and Hemlock trees that have stood since the course opened
cast shadows on this signature par 3 hole.
PAR
3
HANDICAP
Men
11
Women
16
TEE
192
172
151
140
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 8
Spring
Named for a nearby spring that served as a well for the Austin Farm before the golf course was built.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
5
Women
6
TEE
372
343
333
327
202
CLOSE
HOLE 9
Halfway
Like Holes #4 and #6, the name fits this hole.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
15
Women
14
TEE
350
335
322
258
GT
HOLE
Black
Blue
White
Gold
Green
PAR
Men's Handicap
Women's Handicap
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
515
502
432
429
383
366
358
351
346
265
195
178
157
154
77
526
511
453
418
325
380
368
345
306
GT
415
375
345
302
GT
405
390
349
335
260
398
383
332
330
255
438
424
406
403
GT
3636
3489
3210
3023
2576
6800
6481
6045
5605
4888
5
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
72
8
3
12
7
18
17
2
1
16
15
4
13
10
5
14
11
6
9
CLOSE
HOLE 10
Timbers
The only original true dog leg on the course gets its name for the large Cedar, Fir and Maple trees that line the fairway and frame the green.
PAR
5
HANDICAP
Men
8
Women
3
TEE
515
502
432
429
383
CLOSE
HOLE 11
Tank
Named for an old water tank that was located behind the original green on the 11th. The tank is still used by the Club, only now it holds seed.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
12
Women
7
TEE
366
358
351
346
265
CLOSE
HOLE 12
Short Hole
Not the shortest hole on the course today - #3 gets that nod; but it was named on the early days when it was the shortest.
PAR
3
HANDICAP
Men
18
Women
17
TEE
195
178
157
154
77
CLOSE
HOLE 13
Tipperary
This hole’s location at the farthest corner of the course is named in honour of the 1912 song “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,” which would gain fame as a marching song for the Allies in World War I.
PAR
5
HANDICAP
Men
2
Women
1
TEE
526
511
453
418
325
CLOSE
HOLE 14
Blue Mountain
With Blue Mountain Parkway looming in the distance over the green at the end of a tree-lined fairway, this par 4 has been considered a Vancouver Golf Club signature hole.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
16
Women
15
TEE
380
368
345
306
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 15
Meadow
A vestige of the Austin Farm property, the so-named Meadow is also felt to be one of the toughest holes on the course. No walk in the park.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
4
Women
13
TEE
415
375
345
302
GT
CLOSE
HOLE 16
Grave
No bodies buried here, just named after an old Club competition in which a player planted a mini tombstone bearing their name at the hole they ran out of strokes. Number 16 was often the place where most markers lay.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
10
Women
5
TEE
405
390
349
335
260
CLOSE
HOLE 17
Dogwood.
So prevalent on the course they are on the Club logo, Dogwood trees were abundant around this hole in the early days. This hole and #18 were realigned in the early 1970’s.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
14
Women
11
TEE
398
383
332
330
255
CLOSE
HOLE 18
Donnybrook
Legend has it that this hole was renamed from its original “Home” for the occasional fights that took place in the Clubhouse’s 19th hole that overlooked the 18th green.
PAR
4
HANDICAP
Men
6
Women
9
TEE
438
424
406
403
GT
Black
Blue
White
Gold
Green
Slope
131
130
124
124
116
WOMEN
Black
Blue
White
Gold
Green
Rating
72.6
71.2
68.6
72.1
67.8
WOMEN