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SHAuGHNESSy
Golf and Country Club
PAR 4 421 yARDS
Vancouver, BC
604.266.4141
www.shaughnessy.org
The iconic A.V. Macan masterpiece opened in 1960 and has been considered one of
the game's finest courses ever since. On 162 acres of gently rolling parkland leased
from the Musqueam Band, Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club traces the edge of
the Fraser River defined by more than 150 species of trees, some firs and cedars
more than 200 years old. The club itself celebrated its centenary in 2011, and the
7,010-yard course has hosted three Canadian Open championships.
Because of Macan's classic design of tree-lined narrow fairways, well-placed bunkers,
and small greens, accuracy—not length—is the key to playing well at Shaughnessy.
A par 4, the ninth hole is a fine example of Macan's art.
The tee shot is slightly uphill on the gentle dogleg left. In the landing area, the fairway
bottlenecks 270 yards off the back tees, narrowed by a fairway bunker on the right
and tall sequoia on the left. In the 2011 Canadian Open, the game's finest players
hit tee shots short of the narrowing, leaving themselves second shots of just under
200 yards.
The Fraser River and Georgia Strait in the distance come into view near the green that
is guarded by a large bunker on the right stretching almost the length of the putting
surface, and a smaller bunker front left. Unfelt wind off the river, the slight elevation,
and slope of the green front-to-back make par a fine score for both professionals and
amateurs—just as Macan planned it.
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Photograph by Margaret Barr
