The wait is finally over. SCOREGolf’s Top 100 Canadian Golf Courses is the most authoritative ranking in Canada and has been igniting debates every two years since 1988.
In celebration of SCOREGolf’s Top 100 Golf Courses Ranking, we recently hosted Canada’s Top 100 Golf Giveaway, where we gave away a prize pack which included a foursome to Nicklaus North, four $50 Golf Town gift cards and four dozen Wilson Duo Soft+ golf balls! With thousands of entries from coast-to-coast, we want to thank everyone that entered.
Now without any further adieu, here is the 2020 Top Canadian Golf Courses, #80-71.
Check out our previous post in the countdown:
80-71 of SCOREGolf‘s Top 100 Canadian Courses
80. Kananaskis Country Golf Course – Mt. Lorette
Reconstructed by Gary Browning, Kananaskis Country’s Mount Lorette course is a 1983 Robert Trent Jones design. The stunner at the base of the Rocky Mountains is more playable after Browning’s work.
Public
79. Copper Creek Golf Club
A Doug Carrick creation with several holes winding through a wooded valley, Copper Creek’s most memorable test is the hero tee shot at the par-4 10th where water lurks all along the left side.
Public
78. Lookout Point Country Club
Lookout Point is a Walter J. Travis course that starts off with a bang — a downhill par 4 offering views of the Niagara Falls skyline far off in the distance. Tight fairways and tiny greens defend par at this course.
Private
77. Eagle Ranch Golf Course
Eagle Ranch returns to the list and sits 77th. The resort course, designed by Bill Robinson, features holes perched along ancient bluffs overlooking the Columbia River.
Public
76. Glen Abbey Golf Club
The shine may be gone from Glen Abbey and its future is in doubt, but Jack Nicklaus’s first solo design remains among the Top 100. A recent bunker renovation has helped its cause and its valley holes still hold up.
Public
75. Riverside Country Club
The only course from Saskatchewan on the list, Riverside CC jumps up to 75 this time around. Scottish architect Bill Kinnear laid the course out over naturally contoured land while the excellent 18th was reworked by Graham Cooke and Wayne Carleton.
Private
74. The Royal Ottawa Golf Club
A Tom Bendelow design tweaked by Willie Park, Jr., the 100-plus-year-old Royal Ottawa — located in Quebec — is a wonderful course known for back-to-back par 3s on the inward nine that possess devilish greens.
Private
73. Scarboro Golf and Country Club
The lone A.W. Tillinghast design in Canada, Scarboro G&CC climbs, drops, twists and turns from start to finish. The east-end Toronto club is known for its excellent set of short par 4s.
Private
72. Bear Mountain Golf and Country Club – Valley
Not quite as rollicking as its Bear Mountain brother, the Valley Course at the Vancouver Island resort is exciting nonetheless. Highlights include the par-3 14th and the risk-reward par-5 15th.
Public
71. Nicklaus North Golf Course
Nicklaus North is cut through a valley floor at the base of snow-capped mountains and around emerald-coloured lakes. It is one of few courses to bear architect Jack Nicklaus’ name.
Public
Left post on fb – always like reviewing so i can build my bucket list – but why include private when most of us amateurs will never play them – either eliminate private courses feom the 100 or create 2 separate lists – public accessible & private – let the privates compete amongst themselves
Totally in agreement Jim! The public courses are what we must focus on as we endeavour to get more people in the game. Like Jim says, make 2 lists if you must but don’t mix them, only the members of those private courses or those with connections can ever get on them.