Storey Creek Golf Club - a quaint, no-fuss course in the middle of Vancouver Island - is an easy place to fall in love with, Chris Baldwin writes. Here it's all about good golf at a good price in an incredibly natural setting. Its 6,699 yards of natural golf, no tricks or fancy snacks at the turn needed.
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Dundarave Golf Course opened in 1999 at the Rodd Brudenell River Resort, which has 45 holes of golf overall. It isn't overly long from the back tees at 6,606 yards, but neither is it a pushover with a slope rating of 135. Every green is guarded by bunkers of some size or shape, and the greens themselves are large and undulating.
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Dundarave Golf Course at the Rodd Brudenell River Resort on PEI isn't overly long from the back tees but neither is it a pushover. The greens themselves are large and undulating and each one is guarded by bunkers. In short, it's an excellent option for golfer on PEI, every bit as good as the more expensive Links at Crowbush Cove nearby.
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At Arbutus Ridge Golf Club, rounds begin with visions of recording your career best round and end with one of the most wicked finishing trios on any island not featured on "Lost." Despite those brutal final three holes, though, this is a course where it's really fun to hang around - whether to grab a meal before or after your tee time, get in some work on the range, or just shoot the breeze with the locals. If you're tired of stuffy resort courses, Arbutus Ridge could be your salvation.
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Olympic View Golf Club in Victoria, the only western Canadian course Tiger Woods has played in competition, gets golfers up close and personal to one of the most scenic areas in British Columbia. It's a must-play on the Vancouver Island Golf Trail, Chris Baldwin writes.
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The new "Valley Course" at Bear Mountain Golf & Country Club in Victoria is something of a misnomer. For the name Valley Course brings to mind a nice, flat journey, especially if you've played Bear's original Mountain Course. Instead ... well, let's just say you should forget any visions of flat and boring. "There's not a flat hole out here," Superintendent Darren Burns said, laughing.
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