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approximately twenty-five minutes drive from the city centre. The lease for the existing property, which is 180 acres, was signed with the municipality of the District of North Vancouver in June 1953. The agreement with the district had one major condition which would be of considerable benefit to the club throughout its early years. The club was to be a private organisation, but the public would be allowed to play on Mondays and Fridays with a percentage of the proceeds of each green fee going to the district. This condition still remains in the current lease, so the club is essentially a semi-private Country Club.
This allows the club to generate a steady stream of revenue in the summer months through green fees, which helps to finance a higher quality product for its members on the other five days. I have worked at a number of clubs throughout my career, including TPC Sawgrass and Congressional Country Club, and Seymour is by far the busiest club, with a one hour start ahead of golf every morning for maintenance, and tee times booked solid right through until 5.00pm. Construction on Seymour G&CC started in the autumn of 1953, with an ambitious stipulation from the district that it must be open for play by July 15th 1954. Its premature opening on that date took years to erase the notoriety of jungle rough, swampy fairways and abnormally high counts of lost balls. In 1969, North Vancouver District
offered to build a new back nine for the club in exchange for some prime residential land that the club owned. The back nine changed substantially from its original design, and was eventually reopened for play in late 1972. In 2004, the front nine were renovated following a redesign by Ted Locke. The work included new USGA greens on
time. He also was the man who donated the Stanley Cup, the much sought after Ice Hockey Championship trophy. Vancouver’s climate is considered moderate oceanic. This translates to summer months that are typically dry, often resulting in several weeks/months without rain, to winter months where it is not uncommon to have two inches of rain every day for two to three weeks. The north shore, where Seymour Golf and Country club is located receives, on average, ninety inches of rain a year. Temperatures are similar to the UK and Ireland throughout the year, with slightly warmer summers.
Seymour Golf and Country Club
Seymour Golf and Country Club is situated in North Vancouver,
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012 PC 15 Eoghan Buckley
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