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Fortunately, the back ane saltens thie fronts raul edges. It's not a pushover, Hat te offers up lots of birdie upportialties and a whole new fuok,

Gollers strive to suevdve the front, before hopedilly embarking on a scoriy spree on the back,

Although there's still ele. vatlan changes (alter all the course fy built on the slde ata moiitalny), it's anutelt caster willk than the front. The dd. yard, parlour hole is the exception ‘rather than the rule, :

Althougt the eaurse hasta par-of 36 on the back, tts 3,150-yard length ts more than 200. yards shorter chan the pare35 front, # Overall, it’s: still a rough olf course calling for radars “tike aecuracy. all the way

around, but it's nota bear te be feared,

On Monday at Northlands, Canmore-based course «architect Les. Furber sald he strove to pive the course logal appeal.

He left a number of signil’

icant stumps on the course, ag

scattered traps around trees, left. growth around. streains _, and Tet a couple of tall trees “that funnel shots stand, oo “Golt is an experience as well as a game so if the golf course appeals to your senses “In some way, you're going to like it,” he said of Noreslands, which advertises itself as “the

course wherenature is your -

playing partner, Furber answered the crities

of what some grumble as.

-being severe bunkering, espe-

cially on holes four and seven,

They are long uphill tests that

force golfers to fly traps on

- both sides of the front of the greens,

Furber said the bunkers an those holes are there to help prevent balls from skidding down the bank and perhaps

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Public Golf Course Sockty, Which: spearheaded the drive to build Northhatds, sald the $40.28 tag ds too steep, Soelety. director — Me

‘Turner said stich rites are not, in keeping with the phitosa-

phy that Northlands is puble nd that the proposed fees seen tO he based more of market forces dian meetlng, eXpenacs,

‘The soclety asked counedl to consider chopping the repayment orate to the Heritage Pund from 7.128% to 311%, the tind's current returiy on investments, and advanced other ideas whieh the society believes will hel keep costs down,

Counell decided ona

prc fee of up ota $40, 1

icliding GST, and passed a motion calling for consulta:

tlon between the saclety and, management’.

golf course © man regarclng (ture (ee increases,

The newly reconfigured

McCleery in Vancouver, which Is a good course but

not up to Northlands stan«

m dard, is $29.50 a, round,

$35.51 plus tay,

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

NORTH Vancouver District Mayor Don Bell tees off on...

the newly opened back nine at Morthlands. The club- .

house overlooking the course opens this weekend.

into worse trouble,

He revognizes the trouble presented by the treed fhir- ways, Furber recommended that the whole course be declared a lateral hazard, so golfers drifling their balls into the woodwork don't have to play their third shots off the tee Such.a ruling would also speed up rounds on the course, Which have been known to stretch more than 2¥ hours on the front nine.

Although tatk on Monday at Northlands centred on the course, much discussion also

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; ne revolved around the price 4 golfers would have to, pay to"

Golf course staff had reée- ommended a green fee of up to $46.25 for 1997 and 1998, Northlands’ golf course project manager Laurie Craddock said green fees will account for nearly 90% of the course’s revenues, Therefore, rates are crucial to the course in meeting expenses and repaying the debt of the $1UL8-million course to the district's Heritage Fund, Craddock said a rate of $45.60 is required to break

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Riverway in Buenas, whieh is on par, with Northlands, Is

Seymour’ Golf and Country club, a well-regarded

course located jest down the Hill from Northlands, is $40

Jon Monday and. Friday, he

only days it's open t the pubs lic. Privately run. mountain courses similar to Northlands

~ are’ generally more expensive,

Furry Creek. charges $79.43, including golf cart, “and Westwood Plateau. in Coquitlam charges $24.35 on weekends, also with a cart.

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