LANGARA GOLF COURSE opened June 26th, 1926.

CELEBRATE LANGARA'S 90th ANNIVERSARY
WITH US ON JUNE 26th, 2016.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ALL DAY LONG!
 Including a chance to tee off with a hickory club. Prize for best dressed. PLUS CAKE TOO!

PLAY LANGARA ON JUNE 26th
  • TEE OFF HOLE # 1 BEFORE 4PM WITH A TRADITIONAL HICKORY AND ENTER OUR CONTESTS
     
  • ENTER A DRAW TO WIN 26 ROUNDS OF GOLF AT LANGARA - A VALUE OF UP TO $1500
     
  • HIT CLOSEST TO THE LINE AND WIN A 1920'S PUTTER
     
  • DRESS IN PERIOD GOLF COSTUME AND ENTER TO WIN A 1926 GOLF BAG AND A SET OF 7 HICKORY CLUBS DONATED BY BC GOLF HOUSE

Tee times start at 6am. Green fees are at the regular posted rate. There will be a ceremony starting at noon on the first tee so play early and stay or book your tee time starting at 12:30. 

 
LANGARA'S RICH HISTORY

THE LANGARA GOLF LINKS OPENED JUNE 26th, 1926.
 
Every golf course in the City sent a representative to the official opening. All the local professionals plus the club captains attended. 

It was only fitting the Reeve for South Vancouver, JW Cornett, should hit the first shot. After the dignitaries teed off the local professionals headed by Davie Black, Jimmy Huish, Roy Herne, Nat Cornfoot, Alex Duthie followed. Dave Ayton established the course record at 73. Davie Black had 4 birdies in a row.

  


LANGARA GOLF COURSE IS THE OLDEST EXISTING 
PUBLIC GOLF COURSE IN BC.

LANGARA HAS UNDERGONE FOUR TRANSFORMATIONS SINCE THE OPENING
 
1926 - Original A. Vernon Macan design

1969/1970 - In September 1969 after two years of bitter negotiations the CPR agreed to sell 95 acres to the City of Vancouver for $3 million dollars. Twenty acres of the parcel became the  Langara Community College campus. The Parks Board entered a working relationship with Marathon Reality to run the golf course.The Board established the Langara Golf Links Society to over see the day-to-day operation. On May 1, 1970 the revamped Langara golf course opened. 

1973 - On November 30th, 1973 the City and the CPR signed an agreement where the CPR would receive $4.5 million for the remaining 66.12 acres of land occupied by the golf course. To save the course the Mayor planned to remove twenty-five acres from the northwest corner of the property bounded by 49th and Cambie. This parcel of land would be sold for townhouses to generate the $4.5 million. The removal of Another twenty-five acres required the course to be revamped a second time.

1993 - Entire new golf course designed by Tom McBroom. 



LANGARA HAD MANY PERSONALITIES ON ITS FAIRWAYS
 
This probably occurred because there were no codes like those at the private clubs. A player could be himself and express his personality through golf. This lack of pressure to do the "right thing", "dress the correct way", "hit the ball in the most stylish manner, and "play the proper brand of balls and clubs" contributed to a troupe of unique personalities.



  
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