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11 things about Kokanee Springs Resort

1. Carved from the wilderness and situated along the base of the Purcell Mountain range, Kokanee Springs has long been regarded as the flagship of golf courses in the Kootenays.

2. As if the hazards Woods created weren’t enough of a challenge, Kokanee Springs is a big golf course.

3. Kokanee Springs Golf Resort has been serving up the perfect blend of rugged beauty and endless fairways with simple charm and warm, friendly service since 1968.

4. With more than 300 golf courses to his credit, Woods considered Kokanee Springs as his greatest challenge.

5. World renowned golf course architect Norman Woods had been commissioned to design the layout after a long apprenticeship under Stanley Thompson.

6. “The entire area looked as though it was nothing but bush, water and rocks”, Woods said at the time, “with a towering mountain running into it, my choices were certainly restricted.

7. In fact, he designed the 120-acre course to take full advantage of its scenic beauty and to challenge the golfers who now play upwards of 20,000 rounds per year.

8. Sixty-four bunkers, twelve water hazards and 124,000 square feet of elevated, multileveled greens and 90,000 square feet of terraced tee surface were all a part of his plan.

9. (Thompson designed the Banff Springs and Jasper Park Lodge Courses in the Canadian Rockies).

10. Some of his enhancements included the hundreds of feet of rock walls along the tiered tee decks, log trestles and bridges to route traffic and stone wishing wells.

11. Kokanee Springs is considered a Norman Wood’s masterpiece.