Best golf courses: Around Edmonton, Alb.

Edmonton - Central Alberta is home to some of the province’s most popular and well maintained golf experiences. One of the best golf courses we played was Wolf Creek (Old), host of the Alberta Open, also a favourite of many Albertans when it comes to local inland links. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the top courses in Edmonton - Central Alberta on our customised maps.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Unknown

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Red Deer

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Unknown
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
Furber, Les

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Edmonton

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Les Furber
Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Restricted
Edmonton
Whitman & Mingay

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Edmonton

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Rod Whitman & Jeff Mingay

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
Newis, Bill

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Edmonton

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Bill Newis

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
Robinson, Bill

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Edmonton

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William G. "Bill" Robinson.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Robinson, Bill

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Red Deer

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Current layout designed by William G. "Bill" Robinson, and younger brother John F. Robinson (1984).

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Chapman, Lundie et al.

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Red Deer

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The original 9-hole course was marked out by E. C. Chapman, Alfred Lundie & his son Jack Lundie. In 1958/9 the course was extended to 18-holes by Art Park, Dr Bud Malone & Gord Sweet.
3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
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Edmonton

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Unknown

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
Nicklaus, Jack

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Edmonton

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A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Robinson, Bill

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Red Deer

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William G. "Bill" Robinson.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Unknown

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Red Deer

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Unknown

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Robinson, Bill

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Red Deer

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Originally a six-hole course (1929); expansion to nine holes (1936); addition of nine new holes and renovation of existing nine by William G. "Bill" Robinson (1987).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
Western Golf

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Edmonton

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Western Golf Projects.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Edmonton
Puddicombe, Sid

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Edmonton

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Sid Puddicombe
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Robinson, Bill

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Visitors welcome

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Red Deer

Designer

William G. "Bill" Robinson.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Restricted
Edmonton
Thompson, Stanley

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Edmonton

Designer

Stanley Thompson, with modifications by Les Furber (early 1990s).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Whitman, Rod

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Red Deer

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Rod Whitman

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Red Deer
Whitman, Rod

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Red Deer

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Rod Whitman Golf Course Design. Front-nine dates from 1984; back-nine from 2009.

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Tournaments

Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).

Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24). 

Who's Who

Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.

Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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