The MEADOWS

The Glencoe Golf and Country Club near Calgary, Canada, has approved a renovation plan by Whitman, Axland & Cutten (WAC Golf).  The 45-hole club is located west of the city, alongside Elbow River, and is wholly owned by The Glencoe Club, which was founded in 1931 and is now one of Canada’s largest private clubs, with a downtown Calgary base that offers a wide range of sporting and social activities and programmes.

The approved plan for the Meadows course seeks holistic changes, to maximize necessary investments in infrastructure, through the reimagination of a tired golfing landscape.  The site will see significant re-routing improvements aimed at shortening green-to-tee walks.  An abundance of artificial shaping work will be removed, letting the ‘air out’ of the property and allowing the new golf features to blend seamlessly within the beautiful river valley setting.  Needed tree clearing in select locations will allow golf to make the most of several natural ridges which transect the property.  Existing wide corridors will provide the canvas needed to create thoughtful and varied strategies on each golf hole.  Finally, the inclusion of a minimum of seven teeing areas along a ribbon of turf, hidden amongst natural and manmade contours, will allow swing speeds of all levels to enjoy the new course.  

Preliminary tree, creek, and lake work will commence in the fall of 2025.  Renovation of the golf holes will occur in 2026 and 2027 and will occur in two phases, nine holes at a time. The reenvisioned Meadows course will open for play in 2028.

Roles:  Rod Whitman, Dave Axland and Keith Cutten (Golf Course Architects), Christine Fraser (Consultant).

To view the Glencoe Golf and Country Club website click here.

ARTICLE:  Calgary’s Glencoe club approves WAC Golf renovation (October 2024)