Jasper Park

Located just a few hours up the scenic Icefields Parkway from its famous neighbor, Banff National Park, Jasper Park Lodge and Golf Club is a stunning destination for a golf vacation in Canada.

Here, you can immerse yourself in another one of the country’s spectacular UNESCO World Heritage sites inside the Canadian Rockies, Jasper National Park. Guests can look forward to panoramic scenery, pristine wilderness, and plenty to do on and off the course.

Designed by Stanley Thomson, the 18-hole course offers challenging play for both amateurs and professionals, featuring elevated tee boxes, wide fairways, and dramatic bunkering. The golf season runs from May 31st to October 1st and is capped with the annual Totem Pole Club competition.

Off the course, you can look forward to heritage log cabin accommodations set in 700 acres of pure nature, alongside seasonally appropriate outdoor activities, a selection of dining options, and of course, the world-renowned Fairmont Spa.

Stanley Thompson, aka “the Toronto Terror,” was a genius in golf course architecture. Canada’s most prolific golf course designer’s career was unfortunately cut short at age 59. By then he had already designed almost 200 courses, acted as a mentor to Robert Trent Jones Sr. whom he was partners with from 1932-40 and co-founded the American Association of Golf Course Architects with Jones and Donald Ross in 1948.

His philosophy of allowing the ebb and flow of the land to influence and direct his designs played particularly well in the many Canadian National Parks where he built courses. Nowhere more so than his crowning achievement The Jasper Park Golf Course that opened in 1925.

Thompson was a perfectionist and it took more than 50 teams of horses and 200 men a year just to clear the landscape for his routing. In 1945 the routing, although not his hole designs, was rerouted to give it a more traditional out and back circular pattern with the 9^th green the farthest from the clubhouse.

Then in 1994, his original routing was restored using his original plans from 1924. The elevated tee boxes, dramatic bunkering, and wide fairways routed through the trees were also reestablished to recreate his fundamental vision. The course is challenging enough playing without the distracting breathtaking scenery and mountain backdrops that were also expertly incorporated in his initial layout.