clubhouse admin.
Head Professional: Craig Rencher
Associate Professionals: Lee H. Lee / Neil Murray
B.C. Golf Association
| |
Yardage |
Slope |
Rating |
| Blue Tees |
4,949 |
63.2 |
109 |
| Yellow Tees |
4,920 |
67.4 |
110 |
Like your favourite pair of slippers, Cedar Hill Golf Club feels right
the first time you play it. Don't let the short yardage fool you. Play
a bit too complacently and this course will come back to bite you. The
course is one of the best-kept, affordable, golfable, public courses
you will find anywhere. The greens are especially true and fair. The
golf course also serves as a community meeting place. A large walking
'chip trail' circles the course with walkers taking full advantage of
the surrounding beauty.The course in many ways symbolize the true nature
of the game. The clubhouse is the focal point of more than just the
golfing faithful, mothers passing by with toddlers in prams out for
a day's stroll, dog walkers, power walking striders, out for-no-reason-at-all-ers
or just casual walkers; it's a place to meet.
Originally a dairy farm purchased by the municipality of Saanich in
1920 it was turned into the first fully public nine hole golf course
on Vancouver Island. It later was expanded to the full 18 holes in the
1950's. Cedar Hill is one of the busiest golf courses in Canada with
well over 80,000 rounds played every year. Only the odd west coast snowstorm
deters the ardent Cedar Hill player. You will find days when even the
resident feathered fowl take cover during a classic westcoast water-dripping-off-your-nose
squall, the faithful Cedar Hiller marches to his own beat -- splash,
splash, splash, hit, splash, splash,splash....hit. Welcome to the West
Coast!
Because Cedar Hill is a fully public course, and the great demand for
play almost all year round. The policy for casual players is they must
present themselves at the starters tee window, play the green fee and
perhaps wait sometime before teeing off. A good piece of advice... so
you can plan your day, call the pro shop, ask if there's a wait to play.
Most times, the waits are short and your patience will be rewarded.
One aspect that makes this place special it still allows young players
time on the course. As long as a junior green fee is paid, and the youngster
can play good shots to move along reasonably over about 5,000 yds.,
then welcome aboard. Too often young golfers are shuffled into the background
at courses, leaving only the best time for older members.
A newly designed short-game practice facility opened in 2003. Special
lesson packages are available, paying special attention to that always-needed
short game or shoot over a bunker, play out of a bunker or learn that
sweat touch chip.
A great idea is to meet for lunch or a-pint-after in the 90-seat restaurant.
Breathe in a bit more slowly, take your shoes off and put a big damn
smile on your face and enjoy of the course and distant Olympic Mountains
(yes that's snow up there). As a meeting place, the clubhouse offers
a variety of rooms for birthdays, retirement parties, funeral receptions,
weddings, bar mitzvah or anniversaries. Full catering services for any
occasion can accommodate up to 140 people.
The fully stocked pro shop offers product lines: Titleist, Callaway,
Nancy Lopez, Jazz, Cobra, Ping, Foot Joy, Adidas, Etonic.