Golf by Gary Player Design

Gary Player will design two golf courses for Havaday’s new community, representing Gary Player Design’s first dots on the Canadian map.

Planning and design have already begun on the first 18-hole course, which will be marketed under the Black Knight brand. An 18-hole Gary Player Signature design will follow.

“Any golfer will tell you that dramatic scenery truly enhances the golf experience,” says Gary Player, “and you seldom find more spectacular views than we have of the Canadian Rockies at this site in Cranbrook.”

You are high above Columbia Valley, poised atop the Purcell Mountains’ forest-mantled foothills. Far below, the city of Cranbrook goes quietly about its business, while the glorious Rocky Mountains that span the horizon thrust their granite peaks into the sun-painted sky.

Here in this lofty location, nestled amid a 900-acre evergreen forest of ponderosa pine and fragrant juniper, is a new community by Havaday Developments.

Havaday’s masterplan includes some 3,000 residences ranging from single-family homes to golf villas and condos, radiating from a dynamic village center and hotel. Planned amenities include 36 holes of golf by Gary Player Design, spa, fitness center, pool, boutique shopping and community recreation center.

“The Havaday team is thrilled to be associated with one of the true living legends of the golf world – Mr. Gary Player,” beams Joel Savage, President. “After several meetings with select groups of golf course designers, we unanimously felt that Mr. Player’s approach to business, as well as golf, was an excellent fit with our philosophy as a development company.”

The formal signing of the design contract between Gary Player Design and Havaday Developments has helped to position the development and this part of Canada as a serious destination contender. Savage adds, “We’re extremely proud of the fact that we’ll be the first to bring Mr. Player’s integrity and experience as a golf designer north of the 49th parallel.”