2000 Hunters Pointe Golf Course Welland

The opening of Hunters Pointe signalled a new direction for golf in Niagara. In designing Hunters Pointe GC, course architects Graham Cooke & Associates introduced Niagara to "links" golf - a layout modelled after the courses of the Scottish Highlands. Aye, lads, she's a bonnie heath and dune ! Hunters Pointe GC is bold, beautiful and bewildering all at once and a brand of golf that just can't be experienced elsewhere.

Pictured   (L>R):     Bob Culig, Head Professional, and Steve Billyard, Marketing Manager of Hunters Pointe GC

Course Profile In 2000, the opening of Hunters Pointe, a links-style course in Welland, signalled a new direction for golf in Niagara. The course immediately caught the attention of local, GTA and American golfers alike, as well as earning praise from a number of course ranking agencies.

In designing Hunters Pointe GC, course architect Darrell Huxham (Graham Cooke & Associates) introduced Niagara to "links" golf - a layout modelled after the courses of the Scottish Highlands. Aye, lads, she's a bonnie heath and dune ! Recognized as one of Canada's best new courses, Hunters Pointe GC garnered 9th place on the Toronto Star's Bogey Man's Top 18 courses for 2002, and the 9th hole made his Top 9 Water Hazards list in 2001. Hunters Pointe GC is bold, beautiful and bewildering all at once and a brand of golf that just can't be experienced elsewhere.

Links golf at Hunters Pointe GC is played across a landscape of rolling fairways, continuous mounding, innumerable bunkers, deep rough, tall wiry fescue, expansive ponds and lakes, firm, sloping and tiered bent-grass greens, dramatic elevation changes, few if any trees, OB perimeters, gusting and fickle winds. True to the links genre, Hunters Pointe has an elongated / "linear" design, running parallel to the Welland Ship Canal, but unlike a true links layout, Hunters Pointe returns to the clubhouse at the turn. While a demanding test from the tips at 6884 yards, Hunters Pointe's multiple tee boxes set up well for most recreational golfers. The first five holes are located across the road, while the remainder of the course is "behind" the magnificent new clubhouse. Practice facilities at Hunters Pointe GC include a driving range, practice bunker and chipping / putting greens.