Best golf courses: Canada - Prairie Provinces

Canada - Prairie Provinces: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in this country or region. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key for the rating definitions.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Winnipeg
Thompson, Stanley

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Winnipeg

Designer

Original front-nine designed by Stanley Thompson (1928); back-nine designed by Vic Creed (1934).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Prince Albert
Kineer & Cooke

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Prince Albert

Designer

Original design for the 18-hole course by William Kineer (1924), modified during construction by Hubert Cooke (1925-29).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Saskatoon
Cooke Carleton Intl.

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Saskatoon

Designer

Cooke Carleton International (Graham Cooke & Wayne Carleton).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Prince Albert
Petersen, Klassen & Fagnou

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Prince Albert

Designer

Arne Petersen (founder), B. Klassen, B. Fagnou

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Winnipeg
Woods, Norman

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Winnipeg

Designer

Norman Woods

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Winnipeg
Furber, Les

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Winnipeg

Designer

Les Furber

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Winnipeg
Thompson, Jack

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Winnipeg

Designer

Jack Thompson

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Saskatoon
Buffel, Ray

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Saskatoon

Designer

Ray Buffel

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Winnipeg
Furber, Les

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Winnipeg

Designer

Les Furber designed the Oak & Quarry nines (1992) and Desert-nine (1998).

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Saskatoon
Thompson, Stanley

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Saskatoon

Designer

Significant redesign of existing (14-hole?) layout by Stanley Thompson (1925).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Winnipeg
Ross, MacKenzie & Woods

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Winnipeg

Designer

Original design by Tom Bendelow (1904). Significant redesign by Donald Ross (1919) to create the South & West nines (now the Ross & Woods nines). Addition of North-nine (now the MacKenzie-nine) by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1929). Renovation and redesign of West-nine by Norman Woods assisted by Geoff Cornish (1954); this nine later renovated by Bill Newcombe.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Prince Albert
Thompson, Stanley

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Prince Albert

Designer

Stanley Thompson

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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