Kokanee Springs Resort Club

This is an appropriate title for this review, since this course is extremely beautiful , majestic, and unique, but there are a few drawbacks to its 'middle of nowhere' atmosphere. The town of Crawford Bay offers some amenities but this is a struggling community, since the golf course (one of the biggest draws) is seasonal (closes September 21) and it is difficult to keep staff to operate the few restaurants, coffee houses, and pizza places. Kokanee Springs Golf Course is a great destination spot for golf groups and RV'ers, but it is a difficult track that hasn't had a lot of capital infused to make it anywhere near a tier one offering. The parking lot is a dust bowl, and, although there are a few paved carts paths, most have silty dirt that will invade the power cart and all of your equipment. There are no tees, bottled water or ice added to your cart , so bring your own supplies. My husband and I have played here numerous times, and we know to 'leave our egos with the starter' but expect tough greens and sketchy sand traps. We are questioning returning to this destination, even though the staff is amazing and helpful. I am thinking they need some more support from the managing company (Pinnacle Properties?)

We have been going to Kokanee Springs now as a group for approximately 25 years. 32 guys, 36 a day. Omar's Kokanee Classic trip. You can see by the plaques on the staircases and rock walls the number of groups that keep on coming back.

With the pandemic, our trip got moved back from June to End of August/September. Weather was perfect, course conditions were perfect, greens were perfect, and great meals at the clubhouse.

Would we be coming back, of course. Until they scatter my ashes there.

We were there for 4 nights and 4 rounds of golf. The lodge staff were great when booking. All of the staff on the course, restaurant, lessons were very friendly and accommodating.

The course is in nice shape and very enjoyable to play. Bring your range finder. A lot of Hole variety.

The local community is 5 minutes away, friendly with an amazing bakery and other quaint shops.

It’s our 2nd year and WE WILL BE BACK.

The day we played the weather was beautiful. The course was in spectacular condition. Every time you looked around you would see another beautiful scene. Great experience.

My favourite golf course has gotten better with new silica sand in traps and superb playing conditions. Scenery is spectacular.

Have not played the course in a few years and found that it met all preconceived expectations. The course conditions were excellent and the staff very friendly and helpful. One of my husbands favorite courses anywhere. Oh, bring extra balls !

Friendly Staff. Would go back and play again. Green were playing really nice!

This is one of the gems of the Kootneys! This is a great course and very playable. I love this course but it is a little bit out of the way. If you are planning a trip in the area it is a must play.

Despite being a bit of a hike to get there with the ferry ride it is always worth the effort. Kokanee Springs is a big golf course with interesting holes and beautiful vistas. This year the course was green and lush.

We enjoyed our day very much! Not many playing so pace of play was great

This quite Gem is a must play. The conditions of the course were spectacular. The peacefulness made it even better. In a more populated area you would pay well over a $100 to play a track of this calibre. The only down fall was the lack of GPS or booklets for yardage references on where one would really like to target or lay up to. Put this on your list or even make a weekend adventure out of it as there are great deals for stay and play vacations.

The panoramic surroundings and the course make it an eyecandy experience. The course itself, the reason you are there, is enjoyable to play because of the fairway/greens condition being so well maintained. My wife and I are weekend golfers and were fortunate that the day we played was relatively quiet and we were able to enjoy our pace. The golfers behind us must have felt the same as when we signaled for them to play through, they declined.
Overall just a great afternoon at a "have-to-come-back" to play again. This is the third time that we have done the distance to play this course and will do so again.

Play at times very challenging,
great greens and fairways.
Stunning snow covered peaks
in background. Some tough
water hazards across a raging
creek.