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PGA OF BC'S Top Tracks 2. Capilano G&CC 3. Victoria GC 4. Big Sky G&CC 2012 PROVINCIAL "TOP TWENTY" Vancouver - Location, course architect and year of opening are listed after the course name 1. Shaughnessy G&CC West Vancouver Stanley Thompson Victoria AV Macan 5. Royal Colwood GC 6. Tobiano Pemberton Victoria 7. Predator Ridge's Ridge 18 8. Vancouver GC 9. Talking Rock GC 10. Storey Creek 11. Greywolf GC 12. Rivershore Golf Club 13. Fairview Mountain GC 14. Tower Ranch GC 15. Marine Drive GC 16. Morgan Creek GC 20. Chateau Whistler GC Campbell River Les Furber Panorama Kamloops Oliver Coquitlam Chase Kamloops Vernon Vancouver Kelowna 17. Gallaghers Canyon G&CC 18. Crown Isle Resort 19. Kelowna G&CC Courtenay Kelowna Whistler Harvey Combe* Robert Cupp AV Macan Alex Duthie, H.T. Gardner* 1911 Cooke-Carleton Thomas McBroom Doug Carrick Doug Carrick South Surrey Thomas McBroom Kelowna Thomas McBroom AV Macan Bill Robinson Graham Cooke AV Macan PGA OF BC'S Top Tracks Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1981 Les Furber 1960 1937 1893 1995 1913 2007 2010 2007 1989 1999 Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1993 * Likely had significant influence in design 2012 REGIONAL MEDALLISTS VANCOUVER ISLAND (Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast) Storey Creek (Les Furber) Crown Isle (Graham Cooke) Bear Mountain (Nicklaus co-design) Cordova Bay (Bill Robinson) Morningstar (Les Furber) Olympic View (Bill Robinson) Nanaimo (AV Macan) LOWER MAINLAND / WHISTLER (Vancouver to Hope and Sea-to-Sky Corridor) Big Sky (Robert Cupp) Morgan Creek (Thomas McBroom) Chateau Whistler (R. Trent Jones Jr.) Fraserview (AV Macan / T. McBroom) Nicklaus North (Jack Nicklaus) Northview's Ridge 18 (Arnold Palmer) Whistler (Arnold Palmer) OKANAGAN VALLEY (Vernon to Osoyoos) Predator Ridge's Ridge 18 (Doug Carrick) Fairview Mountain (Les Furber) Tower Ranch (Thomas McBroom) Gallaghers Canyon (Bill Robinson) The Harvest (Cooke- Carleton) Kelowna (AV Macan) Summerland (Les Furber) Osoyoos (Jack Reimer; Boyd Barr; Doug Thompson) Architect Accolades Five architects have more than one course on the Top Twenty list: 1. AV Macan has four (Shaughnessy, Royal Colwood, Kelowna and Marine Drive). 2. Thomas McBroom has three (Tobiano, Morgan Creek, and Tower Ranch). 3. Les Furber has two (Storey Creek and Fairview Mountain). 4. Doug Carrick has two (Predator Ridge's Ridge course and Greywolf). 5. Graham Cooke has two (Talking Rock and Crown Isle). * The name Robert Trent Jones also appears twice... Once for RTR Sr. (Rivershore), once for RTR Jr. (Chateau Whistler). Les Furber has the distinction of having medallist courses in 4 of 5 regions. Doug Carrick has only two but they are the Platinum ranked courses for each of their regions. Among the player-designers, Jack Nicklaus has two on the list (Nicklaus North and Bear Mountain) as does Arnold Palmer (Whistler and Northview) while Dave Barr (Canoe Creek) and Gary Player (Wildstone) both have one. 45 (Kamloops to Salmon Arm) 1926 2008 1922 1995 1980 1992 1920 - Top 3 Public / Semi-Private Facilities In Each Region plus Honourable Mention Bronze Medallists - Bronze Medallists are listed in alphabetical order and are equally ranked. - Course architect is listed in parentheses after the course name THOMPSON - SHUSWAP Tobiano (Thomas McBroom) Talking Rock (Cooke- Carleton) Rivershore (R. Trent Jones Sr.) Canoe Creek (Dave Barr) Dunes At Kamloops (Cooke- Carleton) Salmon Arm (Les Furber) KOOTENAY - ROCKIES (Revelstoke to Fernie and Christina Lake to Cranbrook) Greywolf (Doug Carrick) Springs At Radium (Les Furber) Copper Point (Gary Browning) Castlegar (designed by members) Christina Lake (Les Furber) Eagle Ranch (Bill Robinson) Golden (Les Furber) Wildstone (Gary Player) PGA OF BC'S Top Tracks - Included are the Top 10 Hidden Gems from across BC in order of placement while Honourable Mentions are equally ranked. The newest built course on this list is Bowen Island (a Russ Olsen design that opened in 2005). Interestingly, it is one of four 9-holers to be included. 2012 HIDDEN GEMS 1. Golden 2. Squamish Valley 3. Bowen Island 4. Sandpiper 5. Sunshine Coast 6. Revelstoke 7. Castlegar 8. Highland Pacific Honorable Mentions: Mabel Lake 9. Salmon Arm 10. Mission IMAGE COURTESY SHAUGHNESSY G&CC WEBSITE