25 JUNE – 12 JULY CALGARY TO VANCOUVER

• 18 Days / 17 Nights Luxury Golf Tour – relaxed itinerary with minimal nightly changes
  
• 11 of Canada’s Best Golf Courses – carefully selected from many years travel to Alberta and British Columbia
• Electric carts and range balls provided at all courses
  
• Optional extra golf at Predator Ridge or a Wine Tour or a Massage – the choice is yours!
  
• Quality 4 and 5 star accommodation at ski lodges and golf resorts, and rooms at the 5 star Fairmont Group of Hotels
  
• Luxury transport with ‘safe’ drivers to and from all hotels and golf courses
  
• Spectacular travelling days with commentary through The Rockies, Kootenay Ranges, Purcell Mountains, Rocky Mountain Trench, Glacier National Park, Duffy Lake Road and the Sea to Sky Highway.
  
• Breakfast daily – Full cooked Canadian
  
• Welcome lunch at the Fairmont Palliser in Calgary
  
• Special lake side lunch at the Fairmont Lake Louise
  
• Group dinners at Predator Ridge Golf Resort and Whistler Village
  
• Farewell 3 course dinner at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
  
• Travel pack includes extensive travel notes and documents
  
• Tour Merino Wool knitwear
  
• All taxes and gratuities for services included (excludes driver tips – costed and priced separately)
• Price CAD $7571 (currently $7,580 $AUD )per person, twin share.
  
• Single person option and non-golfer packages also available
  
  

Day 1 – Monday 25 June 2012

Meet at the Fairmont Palliser, Calgary for welcome lunch and then we head off to The Rockies staying in the mountain village of Canmore, for 3 nights.

Day 2 – Tuesday 26 June 2012

Play one of Robert Trent Jones Snr’s master-pieces, KANANASKIS COUNTRY CLUB with different views of the Rocky mountain peaks from every one of its 36 tee’s!

Day 3 – Wednesday 27 June 2012

Morning to explore the famous town of Banff, followed by an afternoon round at BANFF SPRINGS GOLF COURSE, designed by Canada’s Les Furber. For many, this course is their favourite....! Relax afterwards at the world-famous clubhouse for dinner.

Day 4 – Thursday 28 June 2012

A fantastic day’s travel now through the Rockies, with lunch at Lake Louise, a real highlight of the day. We then travel through the Vermillion Pass in the Kootenay Ranges arriving at Copper Point Golf Resort for 3 nights – cameras to the ready on this amazing travelling day!

Day 5 – Friday 29 June 2012

Up to GREYWOLF GOLF RESORT we go – a golf and ski resort located in the Purcell Mountain range; the Doug Carrick designed course, doubles as a ski run in winter. Recognised by Golf Digest, as one of the top-100 courses in the World outside of the United States,

Day 6 – Saturday 30 June 2012

Copper Point GC was added to the itinerary in 2011, which was an immediate winner. The resort offers 2 courses; the Ridge, a shorter challenge of par 3’s & 4’s course and the CHAMPIONSHIP COPPER POINT course – yes we play the championship course! Designed by Gary Browning.

Day 7 – Sunday 01 July

Another travelling day you will enjoy, travelling through The Rocky Mountain Trench, Glacier National Park and the spectacular Roger’s Pass. We then stop for 4 nights at one of the most popular golf resorts we frequent, Predator Ridge Golf Resort and Spa – you will enjoy, we know!

Day 8 – Monday 02 July

Relax, lie in and then enjoy an afternoon round at your host resort, PREDATOR RIDGE in the afternoon. Predator Ridge now offers 2 championship courses, whichever we tee off on, you will find a new and different challenge to the mountain golf you have been playing.

Day 9 – Tuesday 03 July
Time to take a break with a set ‘lay-day’. An extra round of golf at Predator Ridge, wine trail in this famous wine district or a spa at the resort – the choice is yours and it is included in the Holiday package. That night we meet for a mid-way BBQ, included, and time to catch up on the score-board!

Day 10 – Wednesday 04 July

New course addition in 2012 – THE HARVEST GOLF CLUB – we will play late morning and then take some time in the city of Kelowna for dinner before returning to Predator Ridge for our final night in Canada’s ‘California Valley’.

Day 11 – Thursday 05 July

Another one of our featured spectacular travelling days when we drive onto Whistler through the Okanagan Valley, Monte Creek, Marble Canyon Provincial Park, Garibaldi National Park and the breathtaking Duffy Lake Road. We stay in the heart of the Whistler Village for 4 nights.

Day 12 – Friday 06 July

Featured on many of Canada’s Golf publications, CHATEAU WHISTLER, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, is a must! Set above Whistler Village it is a beautiful course that offers many views over Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, with much wildlife often seen on the fairways...take your camera!

Day 13 – Saturday 07 July

We add into the itinerary for 2012, THE BIG SKY GOLF COURSE at nearby Pemberton. Another spectacular but unique course set at the base of Mt Currie, known for its manicured full-bent grass fairways.

Day 14 – Sunday 08 July

Whistler Village has much to see and do and this is your day to explore – we recommend the Peak to Peak Gondola for the adventurous.

For those needing more ‘practice’ an extra round at Jack Nicklaus’s NICKLAUS NORTH is highly recommended and can be booked for you!

In 2012 we include another group dinner in the village that jointly hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics – come have dinner with us.

Day 15 – Monday 09 July

We start the trek now to Vancouver down the Sky to Sea Highway, passing the Howe Sound. But not before we play the infamous FURRY CREEK of ‘Happy Gilmore’ fame, and then onto the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel for our final 3 nights on tour; 5 star luxury.

Day 16 – Tuesday 10 July

Another Les Furber designed course, we play today MAYFAIR LAKES which features the towering North Shore Mountains as its backdrop. Watch out for the abundance of lakes and waterways for that risk and reward shot....

Day 17 – Wednesday 11 July

Our last course on tour and we get to play an Arnie Palmer designed course – choice of two 18 hole championship courses at NORTHVIEW GOLF RESORT.

Then back to the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel for our final 3-course dinner and farewells....

Day 18 – Thursday 12 July