Vancouver Golf Club
Location in Canada Location in British Columbia | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada |
| Established | 1910, 115 years ago |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | Canadian Women's Open (1988, 1991, 2012, 2015) |
| Website | vancouvergolfclub.com |
| Designed by | H.T. (Mike) Gardner |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,800 yards (6,218 m) Longest hole is #6 - 620 yards |
| Course rating | 72.6 |
| Slope rating | 131 |
Vancouver Golf Club, located in the Canadian city of Coquitlam, British Columbia, is the oldest golf club in the Lower Mainland.
Established 115 years ago in 1910, it opened the following year on a former sheep farm on the west side of Blue Mountain. The suburban club was originally considered to be far outside of the major population centre of Vancouver, requiring a trip on the British Columbia Electric Railway and often an overnight stay at the club. Today, the club is considered to be centrally located in the Lower Mainland.
The club has hosted the Canadian Women's Open four times on the LPGA Tour, in 1988, 1991, 2012,and 2015. The first two events were held as the du Maurier Classic, a women's major, and were won by Sally Little and Nancy Scranton, respectively. The 2012 edition was won by 15-year-old amateur Lydia Ko, then Lydia repeated in 2015 with a playoff win over Stacey Lewis. Vancouver Golf Club also hosted one Senior PGA Tour event in the 1985, the Canada Senior Open Championship, won by Peter Thomson of Australia.
The Club commissioned a 3.5 million cu. ft. Reservoir fed from an aquifer in 1996 to supply natural water to the golf course irrigation system.