by Karen Misuraca, KarenMisuraca.com

One of the premier ski destinations in the world, chosen as the site of the 2010 winter Olympics, Whistler is a magical wilderness in the Canadian Rockies, in British Columbia just north of Vancouver. Surrounding the European-style tourist-oriented village, at the base of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains are four visually spectacular championship golf courses by top-name architects, making this Canada’s most popular and largest golf mecca.

The golfing season runs from May through the middle of October. At 2,200 feet in elevation, the magenta and blue lupine line the fairways in spring, while alders blaze red and aspens are golden against the dark firs in the fall. On rugged, rocky terraces at the base of Blackcomb Mountain, the Chateau Whistler Golf Club was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., on tilting, terrain studded with monumental granite outcroppings (http://www.chateauwhister.com). Cascading across the course are three glacier-fed streams, spawning grounds for Rainbow and Kokanee trout. Black bears gorge on wild berries in the summertime, while coyotes and deer stand their ground on the edges of the forest. Golfers in the know bring their binoculars and cameras for the daily pageant of golden eagles, swooping osprey and pileated woodpeckers. (Click here to read the article in full)

In the words of there website - It took 50 teams of horses and 200 men working together for a year in order to clear the land of boulders and debris to prepare it for what would (Click here to read the article in full)

Michael Richard Weir C.M., O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He grew up in the suburb of Bright’s Grove, where he learned to golf at Huron Oaks Golf Course. He attended St. Clair Secondary School in Sarnia and is a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreation Management). He turned professional in 1992. Weir’s first PGA Tour win came at the 1999 Air Canada Championship in Surrey, British Columbia. The victory made him the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in Canada in 45 years.

On April 13, 2003, Weir won the prestigious Masters Tournament at Augusta, Georgia, one of the four Major tournaments in men’s golf. He is the first Canadian ever to win a professional major championship (Sandy Somerville won the U.S. Amateur when it was considered a major tournament). (Click here to read the article in full)

In the words of there website - Glen Abbey Golf Club is one of Canada’s premiere daily fee courses, that will be remembered for years as the site of "The Shot of 2000" - Tiger Woods’ 218-yard 6-iron from a fairway bunker on the 18th hole to set up the birdie that clinched the Canadian Open and the Triple Crown. (Tiger’s Triple included his victories in the 2000 U.S., British and Canadian Opens.) Canada’s No. 8 ranked golf course is open to anyone wishing to retrace Tiger’s historic steps and challenge Jack Nicklaus’ first solo design.

Opened in 1976, Glen Abbey is held in high esteem by Tour players for its difficulty - 7,112 yards, Slope 140 from the Black tees - but it is surprisingly
accommodating from the shorter tees. You can freewheel with the driver on its receptive fairways, but the greens are devilishly undulating and protected by steep bunkers. Nine-minute tee-time intervals help keep play moving along, and the maintenance is immaculate.

Glen Abbey is in Oakville, Ontario, just west of Toronto.

Glen Abbey is also home to The ClubLink Academy along with a spectacular clubhouse facility including the Gallery Bistro & Grill and a variety of
beautiful banquet, meeting and seminar rooms