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THE DUNES AT KAMLOOPS Under the leadership of Bill Bilton, The Dunes at Kamloops offers not only a first rate course but also a great academy. Enrolment in any of the Academy programs also entitles you to unlimited practice time in the exclusive range, short game, chipping and putting areas for the entire day that your lesson is given. The Dunes also has homes on the course from just $379,000. Westlinks at the Dunes is designed such that all 44 homes have golf course frontage. golfthedunes.com/888-881-GOLF EAGLEPOINT GOLF RESORT Eaglepoint offers some great values for punch cards for golf and carts - '12 game packs' are $500 (tax included) while a 12 round cart seat card is $120 (taxes in). Some may forget just how good the practice facility is here. Before you tee off, hone your skills on a range with grass tees and a short game area designed to resemble the course's terrain. eaglepointgolfresort.com 888-86EAGLE FAIRVIEW MOUNTAIN GC Fairview Mountain takes pride in a terrific locally oriented Junior Program beginning mid May and running through to the end of July. Classes are open to both boys & girls, set up in two age groups, 6 to 10 and 11 to 18. Instructors cover many aspects of golf to help the junior golfer. One of those helping will be new assistant PGA of Canada Professional Wade Preston (above) who comes west from Burlington, ON. fairviewmountain.com 866-534-7264 THE HARVEST GOLF CLUB Situated on 254 acres in "downtown" East Kelowna, the Harvest Golf Club has a new '10 Pack Pass' that includes 10 green fees with shared power cart and small bucket of range balls for $700 plus tax. That's more than a 20% savings over their local green fee rate. The Harvest features the Okanagan's largest practice facility with 16,000 sq. ft. of grass tees, target areas, an 18,000 sq. ft. putting green, 2 dedicated chipping greens with sand bunkers with PGA of Canada Professionals ready to help you take your game to the next level. The Harvest is also home to Kelowna's only TaylorMade Performance Centre. With the option of using the latest ball flight technology via FlightScope, their professionally certified TaylorMade Club Fitters can give you that perfectly tweaked set of clubs. harvestgolf.com / 800-257-8577 KAMLOOPS G&CC Kamloops is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year and are having a number of events to help celebrate. At the top of the list, they will be hosting the 2014 B.C. Women's Amateur and Mid-Amateur Championships July 8th-11th. Right after, during the week of July 14th to the 20th, they are planning a Hickory Tourney and special events such as a dance, The President/Vice President tourney and a BBQ. FYI… They will be looking for volunteers COMPILED BY iG EDITORS BC THOMPSON OKANAGAN GOLF REPORT 2014 News & Deals 32 IMAGE COURTESY KELOWNA SPRINGS TWO NESTING BIRDS CRITIQUE THE ACTION AT KELOWNA SPRINGS GOLF COURSE SUMM A CAKE CUT TO CELEBRATE KAMLOOPS' 100TH TWIN LAKES GOLF COURSE This beautiful 285 acre resort, nestled in a scenic valley 20 kilometres southwest of Penticton has some creative deals to get you playing golf during the week including 18-holes for only $10 every Tuesday! On Wednesday you can play 18 holes with a cart and get a smokie and a beer for only $39. And finally on '50 & Older Friday', a mere $29 gets the seniors' set 18 holes with a cart. Twin Lakes also features a full hook-up RV park with 39 RV sites where pets are welcome. Also don't forget to join Twin Lakes email club and have the chance to win golf, stay & plays, merchandise, food and much more. twinlakesgolfresort.com / 250-497-5359 IMAGE COURTESY KAMLOOPS G&CC COURTESY FAIRVIEW MTN Continued On Page 33