A golf weekend a couple of hours from home
Muskoka, the Eastern Townships, the Okanagan or Canmore. One round a day, booked direct, in September rather than July.
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Courses
Courses worth the drive and the green fee, from Ontario and British Columbia to the Rockies. What each asks of you, what it costs, and when to book in a short season.
Nine-hole and par-3 courses: the best value going
Two hours, half the price, and it posts for handicap. Small-town nine-holers with honesty boxes are a national asset.
Which tees you should actually be playing
Multiply your driver carry by 28, measured on a monitor over the winter. And remember that May plays a set of tees longer than…
Flying with clubs: packing, fees and snowbird trips
Damage happens at the top of the bag. For a month in the south, compare bag fees against shipping the clubs ahead.
Affordable golf: the public courses worth finding
Municipal rate cards, twilight, shoulder season and nine holes: where Canadian golf is still cheap.
Banff, Jasper and Kananaskis: the Rockies golf trip
Two Stanley Thompson courses, a 10 May opening date and early-season rates: how to plan a mountain golf week.
The best golf courses in Ontario and British Columbia
Parkland around the Great Lakes, mountain and ocean golf out west: how to pick, and how to book when the sheets fill in minutes.