Fraserglen Golf Course

Fraserglen Golf Course is a public 18-hole course in Abbotsford, British Columbia, at 36036 South Parallel Road, just off the Trans-Canada Highway in the Sumas Prairie area. It is a short course by any measure: the club’s current scorecard gives a par of 61 and a length of 3,661 yards from the blue tees and 3,077 from the white, with seven par 4s and eleven par 3s. The club itself calls it a mid-length course, and golf directories and reviewers describe it as an executive layout. Around the course the property holds a two-level driving range with Toptracer bays, putting and chipping greens, a pro shop and the Hole 19 Bar & Grill. The club’s website is fraserglen.com.

The course sits on a floodplain, and that fact runs through its recent history. It was flooded in November 2021, when the Nooksack River overflowed from Washington State into the Sumas Prairie, and again in December 2025. Both times the clubhouse, restaurant and equipment were badly damaged; both times the course was restored and reopened. The club’s site now says the restoration after the December flooding is complete and the course is open.

Which course is this?

This page is about the course at the coordinates shown on the map below, on the south side of Highway 1 east of central Abbotsford. The name appears in several forms. The club now writes Fraserglen Golf Course; older newspaper coverage and many directories use Fraserglen Golf Course and Training Centre, or Fraserglen Golf and Training Centre, a name that reflected the importance of the driving range and teaching program; some apps and listings split the name into Fraser Glen. All of these refer to the same site. A disc golf listing called the Fraserglen Golf Course Pop-up describes a temporary event held on the property in 2022 and is not a separate course.

Two small details differ between sources. The club’s website gives the postal code as V3G 2K4 on one page and V3G 2C6 on another; OpenStreetMap uses V3G 2K4. The telephone number on the club’s website is 604-852-3477, while the OpenStreetMap entry carries 604-859-3477. We follow the club’s website for the phone number.

One local business directory describes both a championship course and an executive course at Fraserglen. The club’s own website, its scorecard and every other source we read describe a single 18-hole layout, and we do not use that description.

History: a family course on the floodplain

Little has been published about the course’s origins. Two golf directories, GolfN and Golfify, give 1971 as the year the course was established, and GolfN names Jack Reimer as its designer. We found neither fact in the club’s own material, in the local press or in any golf association source, so both rest on directory listings alone. We found nothing on who built the course or how it was first run.

The better-documented history begins later. According to a 2022 Abbotsford News report by Ken Goudswaard, Dave and Corrine Allan owned Fraserglen from 1992. Under the Allans it was known as Fraserglen Golf Course and Training Centre, with Corrine Allan as general manager and Maureen Bruce as head professional; a sponsored feature in the Abbotsford News in July 2018 describes a two-level, 40-stall range with open and covered tees, junior lessons and week-long camps, a booking app and a restaurant then called the Glen Bar & Grill. In 2011 and 2012 the same paper listed Fraserglen as one of three golf facilities in Abbotsford, alongside Ledgeview Golf and Country Club and the Valley Golf Centre.

Weather was a recurring problem before the floods. The 2022 Abbotsford News report says two ice storms in 2017, on 9 February and 19 December, destroyed the netting around the driving range; the 2018 feature presents new netting as part of the range’s renovation.

The 2021 flood

In mid-November 2021 an atmospheric river sent the Nooksack River in Washington State over its banks and across the border into the Sumas Prairie. The Abbotsford News describes the course as part of the floodplain and says a torrent of water passed through it. Several feet of water entered all seven buildings on the property; British Columbia Golf, in a report by Brad Ziemer carried by Golf Canada and Inside Golf on 22 November 2021, quotes Corrine Allan as estimating up to five feet of water in the clubhouse and restaurant. The pro shop, the restaurant and a rental house on the property were badly damaged, more than 40 power carts were submerged, and the Abbotsford News reports that pull carts and tables were later found across the highway at Castle Fun Park. Golf Canada reported that flood insurance was not available to businesses in the area because the prairie lies on a floodplain.

The course itself came through better than the buildings. The Abbotsford News explains that the water arrived quickly and moved with a steady current, so it left relatively little sediment, and it drained away sooner than on other parts of the prairie. Crews from other golf clubs in the region, Redwoods and Northview among them, helped with the clean-up. The course and driving range officially reopened on 5 March 2022, with all 18 holes in play, and the restaurant was expected to follow in late spring.

New owners and the 2025 flood

By late 2025 the course had changed hands. Global News, reporting on 22 December 2025, names Paul Grewal and Sukhi Dhami as co-owners, and the club’s current scorecard advertises the Hole 19 Bar & Grill as newly renovated and under new management. We did not find when or how the sale took place, and we do not give a date for it.

In December 2025 heavy rain brought the Nooksack across the border again. On 11 December the City of Abbotsford reported that floodwater had crossed into the city and that evacuation orders were being widened; the city later described the event as less severe than 2021 in volume and overall impact, though still serious. Global News reported that the owners had about three hours to move equipment to higher ground, that more than a week later large parts of the 56-acre property were still under water and covered in debris from neighbouring farms, and that the ground was too soft for heavy machinery. The restaurant, which the owners had spent the year renovating, was stripped back to the starting point. The owners said recovery would take months and that they were planning a new building.

The course did come back. The club’s website now states that restoration is complete and the course is open, its leagues for 2026 began in April, and reviews on the 18Birdies app show rounds played from May 2026 onwards. We did not find an exact reopening date.

What it asks of you

The club publishes a two-tee scorecard. From the blue tees the course measures 3,661 yards, 1,736 on the front nine and 1,925 on the back; from the white tees it measures 3,077 yards, 1,504 out and 1,573 in. Par is 61, split 30 and 31. The front nine has three par 4s (the 1st, 4th and 9th) and six par 3s; the back nine has four par 4s (the 10th, 13th, 17th and 18th) and five par 3s. There are no par 5s. On the back of the card the outward totals are printed again as 1,823 and 1,572 yards, figures that do not match the hole-by-hole yardages; the 18-hole totals of 3,661 and 3,077 do match them, and we use the hole-by-hole figures.

The card carries a rating of 58.6 and a slope of 91 from the blue tees, and from the white tees 56.8 and 80 for men and 56.5 and 75 for women. Those are low numbers even for a short course, and they confirm what the club and reviewers say: Fraserglen is built for accessibility rather than difficulty.

The par 4s are short. The longest, the 4th, is 319 yards from the blue tees and 278 from the white; the shortest, the 17th, is 250 and 208. None of them would be a long par 4 on a full-length course, but at 250 to 320 yards from the back they ask for a tee shot that finds position rather than distance. The par 3s range from 94 yards (the 5th from the blue) to 186 (the 12th), so the bag gets used: the general manager of the time made exactly that point in the 2018 feature, saying golfers could use every club in the bag, and at least one reviewer has echoed it.

The club describes the course as flat, with tree-lined fairways that make it an easy walk, and greens that are well bunkered. The ground is the floor of the Fraser Valley, and the challenge comes from trees, sand around the greens and the accuracy needed on short holes rather than from slopes or carries. A round, according to the club, takes about three hours; the 2018 feature gave three to three and a half.

The gap between the two sets of tees is 584 yards over the round, and it is not spread evenly. On some holes the white tee is only a few yards ahead, as on the 6th (175 from the blue, 165 from the white); on others it changes the hole, as on the 15th, a par 3 of 165 yards from the blue and 97 from the white.

The card, hole by hole

Holes 1 to 5

The round opens with a par 4 of 253 yards from the blue tees (222 from the white), stroke index 3. Two par 3s follow, the 2nd at 161 yards and the 3rd at 117. The 4th is the longest hole on the course and stroke index 1, a par 4 of 319 yards from the blue and 278 from the white. The 5th is the shortest hole on the card, 94 yards from the blue and 83 from the white, and stroke index 17.

Holes 6 to 9

The 6th is a par 3 of 175 yards from the blue tees and stroke index 5, the hardest of the short holes on the front nine. It appears to be where the par of the course has changed: the hole-by-hole card on the Hole19 app lists the 6th as a par 4, and with it the par of 62 given by Golf Canada in 2021 and the Abbotsford News in 2018 and 2022. The current card has it as a par 3, which brings the total to 61. The 7th and 8th are par 3s of 153 and 162 yards, and the outward half closes with the 9th, a par 4 of 302 yards from the blue and 265 from the white.

Holes 10 to 14

The back nine begins with a par 4 of 288 yards, stroke index 6, followed by the 11th, a par 3 of 172 yards. The 12th, at 186 yards from the blue and 163 from the white, is the longest par 3 on the course and stroke index 2. The 13th is a par 4 of 270 yards, and the 14th a par 3 of 149.

Holes 15 to 18

The 15th and 16th are par 3s of 165 and 135 yards from the blue tees, the 15th shortening to 97 yards from the white. The 17th is a par 4 of only 250 yards and the easiest hole on the card by stroke index. The course finishes with the 18th, a par 4 of 310 yards from the blue and 248 from the white, stroke index 4.

What golfers say

Fraserglen is reviewed on apps and travel platforms rather than in the golf press. The 18Birdies app shows an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 91 reviews, with sub-ratings of 3.5 for value and 3.5 for course condition and a pace of play rated fast. The Hole19 app shows 4.1 with a single written review from 2016. GolfPass shows only a handful of reviews, with a low average for conditions, and Tripadvisor’s page, which we could see only through search excerpts, carries a few reviews, several of them negative. Many reviews predate the floods or the change of owners, and the course’s condition after each restoration may differ from what they describe. The points below are recurring themes from what we could read in October 2026. They are other golfers’ opinions, not ours, and we quote and name no one.

What comes up in its favour

• The format: reviewers like a short course that plays quickly, suits a twilight round after work and works for mixed groups, beginners and older golfers.
• It is easy to walk, and the course is often described as uncrowded.
• Older and recent reviews alike describe the course as well kept, and one October 2026 review found it in good shape for the time of year.
• Despite the length, the course is described as asking for accurate tee shots, and as a place where every club gets used.
• Reviewers describe it as a fun place to play with friends.

What comes up against

• Price is the most frequent complaint in recent reviews: reviewers feel the green fee is high for an executive course, and one mentions the cost for a group of juniors.
• Green condition divides opinion. Some older Tripadvisor and GolfPass reviews describe many greens in poor shape and the course muddy after winter.
• One 2026 review found the course in good condition but not as good as on earlier visits.
• Older reviews also mention overbooked tee times and a complaint about staff.

Playing as a visitor

Fraserglen is a public course and books tee times online through its website. Rounds of 9 or 18 holes are sold, with separate rates for adults, seniors (60 and over) and juniors (17 and under), separate weekday and weekend or holiday prices, and three periods in the day: regular, midday and twilight. For 18 holes, twilight begins at 3 p.m.; for 9 holes, at 5 p.m. Ten-round punch cards are sold for weekday play. Annual passes are also offered, valid for 12 months from purchase, either on weekdays only or seven days a week, with booking up to seven days ahead and one tee time per day.

Power carts are available for 18 holes, 9 holes or solo use, but the club says they are subject to conditions and asks golfers to call ahead if they need one. Pull carts, full sets of clubs and half sets for juniors can be hired.

The driving range is the other half of the business. It has 40 stalls on two levels, 10 of them equipped with Toptracer, which tracks each shot and offers virtual courses and games; the range is heated and lit for year-round, day or night practice, and the lower level has two practice bunkers. A putting green and a chipping green sit beside the pro shop and the restaurant. Private lessons are given by two CPGA Class A professionals, Maureen Bruce, whom the club describes as head teaching professional with more than 35 years’ experience, and Alex Kim.

The club runs three weekly groups. A ladies’ morning group plays on Tuesdays, its 2026 season starting in April; a ladies’ night on Wednesdays offers 18-hole tee times from 3:30 p.m. and 9-hole times from 5 p.m. with weekly on-course contests; and a seniors’ men’s league plays on Thursdays from late April. The club also hosts tournaments and corporate events. The Hole 19 Bar & Grill, beside the pro shop, has a heated patio that the club says is open all year.

Getting there and when to go

The course is at 36036 South Parallel Road, Abbotsford, BC, on the south side of Highway 1, which the club describes as giving easy access. By our measurement on the map it lies roughly 6 km east of central Abbotsford, about 10 km east of Abbotsford International Airport, about 4 km north of the United States border and about 70 km east of downtown Vancouver in a straight line. The surrounding land is the farmland of the Sumas Prairie, the low-lying plain that includes the bed of the former Sumas Lake, drained between 1920 and 1924 for flood control and farming.

The season is long by Canadian standards. The club’s membership page says the course is closed from 1 January to 28 February; the rest of the year it opens seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., weather permitting. The flat, low-lying ground that makes the course easy to walk also makes it slow to drain, and reviews mention mud after winter. In 2022 the course reopened on 5 March. Given the history of the site, anyone travelling after a period of heavy rain in late autumn or winter should check that the course is open before setting off.

Green fees

Rates vary with age, day, time of day and number of holes, with carts and rentals on top and taxes extra: see the club’s website for current prices.

How this page was made

The factual frame comes from public sources read in October 2026: OpenStreetMap for the location and outline of the course; the club’s website for the scorecard, ratings and slopes, the course description, the visitor and membership terms, carts, rentals, the range, lessons, leagues, the restaurant, the closing period and the restoration after the 2025 flood; the Abbotsford News for the Allan family’s ownership from 1992, the 2017 ice storms, the 2021 flood and the reopening of 5 March 2022 (a report by Ken Goudswaard of April 2022, read in an archived copy) and for the facilities in 2018 (a sponsored feature); British Columbia Golf’s report of 22 November 2021, as published by Golf Canada and Inside Golf, for the par, the acreage and the flood damage; Global News, 22 December 2025, for the current co-owners and the 2025 flood; the City of Abbotsford for the dates of the 2025 flood; Wikipedia for Sumas Lake; GolfN and Golfify for the founding year and the designer; and 18Birdies, Hole19, GolfPass and Tripadvisor for ratings and review themes.

Where sources disagree, we say so. The current card gives a par of 61 and 3,661 yards from the blue tees; Golf Canada in 2021, the Abbotsford News in 2018 and 2022 and GolfPass give a par of 62, and the Abbotsford News in 2022 and 18Birdies give 3,748 yards. The Hole19 card shows the 6th as a par 4 and 3,427 yards from the blue tees. We follow the current club card. The outward totals printed on the back of the card do not match its hole-by-hole yardages. The club gives two postal codes, and the phone number in OpenStreetMap differs from the club’s.

What we could not find: any source from the club, the press or a golf association for the 1971 founding date and the architect, which rest on two directories; who built the course; when the Allans sold it; and the exact date of the 2026 reopening. GolfPass, Tripadvisor, GolfLink and GolfPost refused our requests, so their contribution is limited to what search excerpts showed. The opinion section summarizes reviews read in October 2026; we report recurring themes rather than individual voices, and we reproduce no quotations. Nobody from Panxis has played or visited this course, and this page is no substitute for a round.

The club has not paid for this page, has not seen it before publication and has no say over its content. This page contains no commercial link and earns us no commission. If you know the course and something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.

Other courses nearby

Closest to this one in our Canadian directory:

• Eighteen Pastures — 23 km
• Burnaby Mountain Golf Course — 58 km
• Bowen Island Golf Club — 89 km
• Bear Mountain — 113 km