For travelers to and from the Okanagan Valley via the Trans Canada Highway and then through Sicamous, there is a cute little golf course highly visible to drivers south of Armstrong, B.C. and just 20 minutes north of Vernon.
It’s the nine-hole Royal York Golf Club.
Like many of these facilities in small communities across wes
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tern Canada, an 18-hole round is compiled by playing the nine holes twice from different sets of tees.
It also wasn’t long ago that the Royal York Golf Club suffered an enormous tragedy – a fire that destroyed the clubhouse in 2009. A spiffy new clubhouse was built and is also visible from the highway.
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The nifty facility is now in the news again with the announcement from ownership that the property is being sold.
Eventually, the golf course will be closed in favour of a new residential development.
In a story published by Golf Industry Network, you can read about the difficult decision by the York family, which has operated the golf course for 30 years, by clicking right here.