Canada Golf Course Reviews
Stewart Creek Golf Course ReviewCanmore, Alberta, Canada
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Stewart Creek Golf Course Review Overview:
This golf course in Canmore, Alberta, Canada is mostly a tree-lined affair, which is not surprising. It is built closer to the base of the mountains, which gives it quite a bit of topography as well with at least 6 of the golf holes featuring at least one club of up or down to deal with. It is a tough first round play due to several golf holes requiring a little local knowledge but there are also some truly first-class golf holes as well and great views on a sunny day. The very best of the golf holes offered on this golf course are described below:
This golf course in Canmore, Alberta, Canada is mostly a tree-lined affair, which is not surprising. It is built closer to the base of the mountains, which gives it quite a bit of topography as well with at least 6 of the golf holes featuring at least one club of up or down to deal with. It is a tough first round play due to several golf holes requiring a little local knowledge but there are also some truly first-class golf holes as well and great views on a sunny day. The very best of the golf holes offered on this golf course are described below:
Stewart Creek Hole 1 (right): The starting hole has an elevated tee shot and a agreat view up the valley as well. The hole is a medium length par four that doglegs slightly to the right. The main trouble is the bunkers off to the left of the fairway, with thick grasses and even an abandoned mine shaft to avoid.
Stewart Creek Hole 3 (below): This par three is fairly short with a medium size green. There are four bunkers to avoid, but that is the only real trouble.
Stewart Creek Hole 3 (below): This par three is fairly short with a medium size green. There are four bunkers to avoid, but that is the only real trouble.
Stewart Creek Hole 4: After a fairly docile opening three holes, the par four 5th is anything but docile. At over 450 yards from the 2nd set of tees, it also isn't very wide, with (as usual for this golf course) thick trees on either side and even a hazard that cuts in on the left for a very big drive. The green complex is slightly uphill. Misses left and long are especially bad as they can careen down into the trees.
Stewart Creek Hole 7: This par four gets the award for most exciting or disheartening on the course. It plays uphill between a shoot of trees to a mostly blind fairway. The player can tell it actually doglegs slightly left but does not know how much room is left or right the first time around. There is actually a bit more room right than there is left, but right leaves a long shot to the green, which is downhill from the fairway and not easy to hit from a long way out.
Stewart Creek Hole 9: The front nine comes to an end at a cliff...of sorts. The tee shot on this par three is way downhill to a green with a bunker left and a lake left and long of that. It's a couple of clubs downhill and the views are truly inspiring as the golf ball (and the fate of the golfer) hang in the air for a really long time.
Stewart Creek Hole 10: The back nine begins with an elevated tee shot, but at the lower end of the course. Thus, the hole is a bit more wide open and had different feeling features than most of the rest of the course. This is a refreshing break in the flow and this hole has an exacting second shot required to the well guarded green.
Stewart Creek Hole 11: It is rare where a golf hole garners the honor of two pictures, but this 600 yard par five gets it. The view from behind the tee box (left) is a Canadian Rockies masterpiece with mountains, trees, a lake, and even a little bit of fairway to try to hit. However, there are trees on either side and the lake isn't a foregone conclusion to clear if the drive is a bit weak.
The second shot (below) is the real winner though, for shot value, as two trees dissect the generous fairway requiring the player to figure a way around them. The task is quite achievable given the width of the fairway (great design) but the mental fortitude is still required. There is more room right than left but either way is a feasible escape.
The third shot has its main danger left in the form of a deep bunker that will par a tough proposition. Otherwise, the green is fairly narrow, but relatively flat to putt.
The second shot (below) is the real winner though, for shot value, as two trees dissect the generous fairway requiring the player to figure a way around them. The task is quite achievable given the width of the fairway (great design) but the mental fortitude is still required. There is more room right than left but either way is a feasible escape.
The third shot has its main danger left in the form of a deep bunker that will par a tough proposition. Otherwise, the green is fairly narrow, but relatively flat to putt.
Stewart Creek Hole 14 (left): The back nine has one short par fourd, and this is it. The layup can only go about 200 yards and will still leave a short iron over the hazard to the green. The gutsy play is to fly the hazard (and trees to the left) to find the small fairway over them and/or the green. However, the area is not wide, with trouble on either side.
Stewart Creek Hole 15 (below): This par four is slightly uphill for the drive and then goes back downhill to a small green over a hazard, with a beautiful backdrop.
Stewart Creek Hole 15 (below): This par four is slightly uphill for the drive and then goes back downhill to a small green over a hazard, with a beautiful backdrop.
