International: Canada
Valley Course at Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria (resort).
Opening: October
Steve Nicklaus designed this demanding tree-lined layout to complement his father’s Mountain Course at this scenic resort on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The routing traverses abrupt elevation changes (most of them mercifully downhill), skirting rock outcroppings, crossing streams, and leapfrogging large swaths of wetlands and prairie grasses.
Architect
Steve Nicklaus.
Yardage
7,083.
Par
71.
Green Fees
$130–$145.
Tee Times
888-533-2327, bearmountain.ca.
