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THE ROBERT Muir Graves-designed -
course is named after the creck that

runs through the property, which in

turn is named after Oliver Furry, a trap-

per turned prospector who worked the

area beginning in 1893.

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: AF YOU build it they will come... Eager golfers land on. the Furry Creek golf course as their chari-
‘ots await. The public course, opened. in‘July, 1893, offers golfers spectacular vistas of Howe
- Sound and some truly challenging play. © . . ; .

ASONE. who’ régards the”

game of golf as ‘a way to mark

time ‘while. strolling : through;
beautiful parkland, it was with
“great reluctance that I'accept-
ed’an invitation to play’ Furry

Creek golf cours

By Andrew MéCredie
Sports Editor!“

‘Opened a little ‘over two years

ago, the oddly named course has.
‘fought'a PR battle from day one, ..’.

‘finding itself in company’ with the

- Merriam Webster dictionary’s def- °

inition of impossible (/. nor possi-
ble; that cannot occur; exist, or be
done. 2. not easy; net convenient;
not easily believable.) -

.As’ we (News’: reporter Jan

Noble, myself ‘and’. Furry Creek-:..

‘assistant’ Marshall

approached « the.

<pro . Grant.

doing a mantra in my mind. °
Perched seemingly miles. above
the:. "yawning : ‘expanse : of Howe

Sound, we quavered in the tee-box:
nd ‘squinted into the eyes of a late.
fternioon’:sun, the idle pin-flag-”

some: 339 ‘yards away, And about: ”

. streiching back into .@ valley creat-

-ed ‘by, its namesake, Furry Creek °
golf course is'as’ breathtaking as it ~
is unforgiving. *:

“the ~plossy -

Vardege. Guide we. found tucked -

nto our motorized cart’s glovebox, «.:"~
“The* driver® will: be ‘the club~ of

‘choice for those interested i in ‘hang’

_time’. Those interested ‘in . their
corecard will use a lesser chub." “

My driver. lofts the bal! out into”
pace, down down down towards |

the spit’of: fairway: teasingly nes-
‘dled: beside’a’ patch of mirror-still
‘ater. Then, a
et, t

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“Sorry. for any: inco venience this: :

may have caussd.

‘10th’ tee (well
skipped a slow: moving “horde on:
the front. nine), that'cannot occur.
and : not easily believable. were. :

3 if pulled by a mag-
ike the ball fades and:

dives into the. Water hazard.

When all is said and ‘done on-
“the LOth, I. mark ‘an eight on my
card, dig deep in my. bag: to replace.
“the two balls fost on the hole, and”
“steel inyself for the. remaining 17

holes: On:
: How “quickly 1 fell in With the

a those not interested i in their Score. i
“card crowd.” :

- Situated 35 minutes from Wes

Vancouver north on Highway: 99, :
: Furry Creek golf course is without,

- doubt one of the most unique. and”
visually stunning ‘courses inthe.
province — if not. the country, 11%’
“not .the. world. (The’ scorecard

netes “If bears. are seen, do not

“approach. Report sighting,to.mar-
“shall immediately”) |:

“Occupants: of. any Whistier-
bound car I’ve ever been in always

come, alive: «while: bisecting. Furry
Creck’s links. the signature hole:
14. stretching: seemingly half ‘way.
into. Howe Sound :never fails’ to *
straighten: ‘groggy, coffee- starved ::

skiers up in their seats,

"The (8-hole : par 72. ‘public
. Championship. Course is a testimo

ny. to; man’s. ability to" ‘tame

a maybe even créate’— an environ:
“ment; ‘that betrays its natural set-°
ting. Carved out ‘of.a treacherous |

swatch of Jand’ beginning at the
shoreline of: ‘Howe ‘Sound. and

“It really makes you think about

your shot,” says Bob Halvorsen, .
Furry’ Creek’s affable Head Pro, of
“the’ challenging course. “You can:
still really hit the ball/at times, but
what it-comes down 'to is target
‘golf. (This course) must be played
‘like a: chess game - — 7 Position fi fi rst

"

‘then attack!

-swatch of green to the left of that
rocky outcropping? | Well. land

- your ball there.

A target course. dictates’ a

. position off the tee is more impor--°
tant than any Daly-esque force you

can ‘marshall. Accuracy is key.

» Golf fanatics. I'd spoken. with
previously. to.playing the course
myself discouraged me. in ‘playing.

‘calling it. “too. tough" and
“impossilsle” > One gentleman 1

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played the glorious. Capilano Golf

‘and Country. Club .course with
recently told me it was a “terrible

course, and poorly taid our.”

In retrospect, I suspect his fond-;
ness for:— and prolific distance

‘ with — metal-headed ‘clubs. with
names’ like: The: Whale. was. his -
“undoing on the target ‘golf set-up‘at

Furry. Creek. :
‘ But. after playing the Howe
Sound course, Le came away
impressed. - Lo

Indeed, after sucdessfully nego-
tiating the remaining 17 holes of

»Furry..Creek, we:sat on the club-

house patio, the summer sun dip--

“ping. |.behind a. mist-shrouded
, mountain, and reflected on a most-
enjoyable round of golf. We hadn't

seen the bears that our scorecard

had warned us about, though adeer |
made a brief, skittish appearance :
~ on the’ 15th. °

Eagles? Only, ahem: on the
scorecard. .

Incidentally, after ‘my initial
loss of two balls.on the 10th, I

“managed to lose just four more... -.
Not bad considering 1 found’
"eight others. DL.
One’ in: an occasional series ;

recording ‘life ‘on. the links in

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