Tower Ranch Course Review

Course Name: Tower Ranch

Public Golf Course Review

Golf Course Name: Tower Ranch
Golf Course Site: Mountain Side Ranch
City: Kelowna
Province: British Columbia
Country: Canada

Design/Layout/Look Rating: 9.6
Challenge and Playability Rating: 9.4
Facility Condition Rating: 7.5 (These were spring conditions on a course that is not yet 1 year old, this is the only reason for not scoring high in this category)
Customer Service Rating: 9.7
Value of the Course Rating: 9.5
Overall Rating: 9.1

Fees and Costs associated with this course: Green Fees are in line with any high end course in the Okanagan Valley. They are: $125.00 (includes a cart) April 27^th to Sept. 27^th, from opening day to April 26^th and Sept.29^th to closing $105.00 (includes a cart).

Reciprocal/Local: April 27^th to Sept. 27^th $85.00 (includes a cart) from opening day to April 26^th and Sept.29^th to closing $80.00

Twilight: $70.00 (includes a cart)

The Course: The Club at Tower Ranch opened for play on 18 holes July 11^th 2008. It features bent grass on the fairways and greens. The bunkers (and there are lots) have white silica sand.

The most challenging par 4: is the Sixth hole. It’s 487yds. From the gold tees, the fairway looks narrow form the tee, there is a huge mound on the left, and it’s a slight dogleg left and is up-hill.

The most challenging par 5: is the Seventeenth hole which is also the signature hole. It is 583 yds. from the gold tees, it’s a double dogleg left and then right. There are huge mounds on the left and a cavernous bunker on the right off the tee. It’s a tough tee shot and that’s just the start.

The most challenging par 3: is the Fourteenth hole which is 244yds. from the gold tees. There is a big elevation change from the tees to the green of around 100 ft. The green is well guarded by massive traps left and right.

Specific likes about this course: Beautiful scenery all around the course. Huge undulating greens, which we thought were very fair, the fairways are shaved close, the white silica sand in the bunkers is excellent to play from.

Dislikes about this course: It was unanimous, the placement of the green on the fifteenth hole!! It’s a blind shot with the green way to the left and down the hill, everything falls left making it almost impossible to hold the green if you know where it is. This placement almost looks like an afterthought.

Is this course worth the fees? Absolutely!! The scenery alone is worth the fees. This is a spectacular golf course, one that will give pros and amateurs alike a stern test of their golfing skills.

19th Hole: This is a beautiful building, friendly helpful staff, seating for 60 to 70 people, it has a huge patio deck, the service was excellent, the food was great and the prices were reasonable. The Pro-shop is well equipped with gifts, bags, hats everything you might need.

Summary and opinions of this golf course: We thoroughly enjoyed Tower Ranch. The only disappointment we had was the placement of the 15^th green. Tower Ranch is a MUST PLAY course. We will be back as soon as we get some nice hot weather. If you are traveling to Kelowna or live in the area you absolutely have to play this course!


Author: Shelby Martowski
The Golfaholic
Date this course was played: April 25 2009
Date submitted: April 27 2009
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TaylorMade golf balls are back. You and I have both seen the commercials on TV. Sergio Garcia is using them and the commercial says 120 tour pros have changed to them. It doesn’t say what tour they were on. I saw Greg Norman using one at the British Open. There has been a lot of hype about these new TaylorMade golf balls to say the least. They are supposed to take some of the market share away from Titleist. So I bought a sleeve of them the other day. The TaylorMade golf balls I purchased were the TP Black.

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