Golf in Whistler B.C in winter?
May 25, 2010 by
Filed under canada golf vacation
I’m a 17 year old training to be a pro golfer. Love snowboarding, white water kayaking and pretty much all sports known to man, especially high adventure ones. I LOVE Canada and plan on moving there in a few years after school is over and done with but need to be able to play or at least practice golf all year round. Of course there will be snow in the wintertime but is there any chance there are places in or even NEAR Whistler that have playing or practicing facilities all year round? I know there is the Jack Nicklaus North Course which looks great, does anyone know if that gets completely unplayable during winter? These may sound like stupid questions but I am not from the area (I’m from Australia) and need about as much help as I can get. Your help would be very much appreciated! Thanks.
Nicholas North is closed right now. It will probably re-open sometime in April depending on weather. Most courses in and around greater Vancouver are open though and it varies from year to year whether they have to close or not. Basically – no snow means the course is probably open. If it snows, then obviously the course is closed. Here in Victoria where I live, none of the courses have a scheduled closure period. It all depends on the weather. Frequent frost delays with 12:00 noon shotgun starts.
You would probably have to go south to Vancouver, or Vancouver Island. Somebody told me the golf courses on the island rarely ever close.
Have to go south to Vancouver.