The Best Golf Resorts in British Columbia
British Columbia plays its resort golf across three different worlds: the dry, vineyard ringed Okanagan, the glacier framed valleys of Whistler, and a Vancouver Island capital mild enough for January tee times. Five properties own the conversation, from a 36 hole Okanagan campus to a former mountain mission with a casino. Here they are, ranked, with the 2026 numbers that matter.
Photograph: Predator Ridge Resort, via Google
How we chose
This list was researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk, with fees and design credits checked against resort published 2026 rate pages in June 2026. We ranked on the whole package: quality and quantity of golf on or beside the property, season length, the non golf offer, and what the card actually says. The 2026 headline numbers: Predator Ridge sells its 36 holes from about C$200 at the April 8 opening to C$300 in high summer, roughly C$250 for resort guests at peak; Bear Mountain's two Nicklaus Design courses run C$122 to 285 with cart, valet and GPS included; Whistler's Nicklaus North plays C$165 to 285 with the Fairmont Chateau Whistler pricing dynamically beside it. All rates are indicative and before tax; always confirm directly before booking. The full market sits in our BC green fees guide.
One honest 2026 note shapes the Whistler entry: the valley's third course, the Arnold Palmer designed Whistler Golf Club, is closed all year for renovation, so Whistler is currently a two course stop. The deeper logistics, from the Sea to Sky drive to the island ferries, are in our guide to how to play golf in British Columbia, and the head to head between the top two stays is settled at length in Whistler vs Predator Ridge.
The best in British Columbia, ranked
Predator Ridge Resort, Vernon
The complete golf campus. Predator Ridge holds 36 holes above Okanagan Lake in the driest, sunniest golf pocket in Canada: the Predator course, Les Furber's 1991 original with its long native grasses, and the Ridge, Doug Carrick's 2010 cliff and lake view spectacular. The season runs April 8 to late October in 2026, months longer than the mountains, resort guests pay about C$250 at peak against C$300 daily, and lodge rooms, cottages, hiking and a yoga barn fill the property between rounds, with the Sparkling Hill wellness hotel next door for the non golfer. Wine country starts twenty minutes away. Our verdict: for a pure golf week in BC, nothing else is close.
Access: resort and courses fully public; stay and play packages carry priority times. Check stay and play rates.
Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler
The alpine statement. The Chateau is the grande dame at the base of Blackcomb with its own Robert Trent Jones Jr course climbing 400 feet of mountain flank, the most dramatic parkland ride in western Canada, bears and all. Pricing is dynamic by date in 2026 with a mandatory C$35 GPS cart, the only must ride policy among BC's big names, and Nicklaus North waits on the valley floor at C$165 to 285 for the second course of the stay. The village does the evenings like nowhere else in mountain North America. Played in a 2026 season when the Palmer course next door is shut, it remains entirely worth the trip. Our verdict: the best single golf hotel in the province; pick it when the trip is about more than golf.
Access: hotel and course public; book July and August mornings early. Check stay and play rates.
The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa, Victoria
The all season answer. Bear Mountain above Victoria carries Canada's only 36 holes of Nicklaus Design, the burly Mountain course and the friendlier Valley, with a Westin hotel and spa at the center of it, and its trump card is the calendar: Canada's mildest climate keeps both courses in play essentially year round, which makes this the country's serious January golf address. The 2026 card runs C$122 to 285 by course and season with power cart, GPS and club valet folded in, honest value for 36 holes of this pedigree, and value neighbors like Cordova Bay at C$55 to 90 round out an island week. Our verdict: the pick for shoulder and winter trips, and the easiest BC golf stay to pair with a city.
Access: resort and courses fully public; winter rates are the bargain of this list. Check stay and play rates.
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Columbia Valley
The soak and swing stay. Fairmont Hot Springs pairs its Mountainside course, a par 72 of 6,552 yards rolling beneath the Rockies, with the natural mineral hot spring pools that named the place, and the combination is the most restorative eighteenth hole routine in the country: golf in the morning, mountains all afternoon, hot springs as the sun drops. The 2026 season opened March 27, early for the Rockies, and the Columbia Valley around it is stacked with extra golf for a full week. The hotel is a relaxed family resort rather than a luxury address, priced accordingly. Our verdict: the family and value pick, and the best recovery day in Canadian golf.
Access: resort and course fully public; pools included for hotel guests. Check stay and play rates.
St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino, Cranbrook
The character entry. St. Eugene is unlike anything else on this list: a Les Furber designed 18 running beside the St. Mary's River across 300 acres of grassland, attached to a restored early 1900s mission building whose difficult history as a residential school is told honestly through the on site Interpretive Centre operated by the Ktunaxa Nation, the course's owners. The 2026 season runs April 17 to October 12, the Casino of the Rockies fills the evenings, and the Cranbrook airport is five minutes away, making this the easiest fly in golf stay in the Kootenays. Our verdict: a genuine course, a singular setting and a story worth knowing; the road trip stop that becomes the trip's talking point.
Access: resort and course fully public; regional resident discounts published. Check stay and play rates.
Designers, seasons and fees verified June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk from resort published 2026 rate pages. Rates shown carry their season and year, are before tax and are indicative only; always confirm directly with each property before booking. Tee times across BC's public courses can also be compared via our tee time partner.
Plan a British Columbia golf trip
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Building the trip
The classic BC golf loop runs Vancouver to Whistler up the Sea to Sky Highway for two mountain rounds, crosses to the Okanagan for Predator Ridge and a wine country evening or three, and, with an extra flight or ferry, finishes on the island at Bear Mountain; that route covers glacier, lake and desert golf without repeating a view. June through September is prime everywhere, while April, October and even midwinter belong to Victoria. BC also stacks neatly against the Rockies next door, where Banff Springs and Jasper Park Lodge extend the same trip into Alberta, and the national picture is ranked in our list of the best golf courses in Canada. Start with golf in Canada for the full map, then let plan my trip sequence the whole thing in one brief.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Predator Ridge's Les Furber 1991 and Doug Carrick 2010 design credits, April 8 to late October 2026 season and C$200 to 300 fees; Bear Mountain's 36 Nicklaus Design holes and C$122 to 285 cart inclusive card; the Chateau Whistler's Robert Trent Jones Jr design, dynamic pricing and C$35 mandatory cart; Fairmont Hot Springs' par 72, 6,552 yard Mountainside course and March 27, 2026 opening; and St. Eugene's Les Furber design and April 17 to October 12, 2026 season were verified June 2026 against each resort's published pages, as was the Whistler Golf Club renovation closure. Last reviewed June 2026.