Last weekend I made it out to Buffalo Point, MB to try their beautiful lakeside course. The course is an 18-hole, par 72, with over 6800 yards play. Again, I will not post my score.
This round I golfed with two other people. Riley, a friend of a friend who I met in the lounge the night before, and a man named Jim, who we were asked to pair with. I later found out that Jim was Jim Thunder, the former chief of the Buffalo Point First Nation, who led the initiative to build the resort and risked his own property to build the road to the location of the resort today.
I have been told that the course is ranked 6th in North America for its beauty. It’s very hard to disbelieve with multiple lakeside holes, dense trees and well kept fairways. The course is also full of wildlife with animals frequently crossing the fairways.
I hope to make it out there once again this summer to enjoy it at least one more time.
More information on the course can be found at http://www.sandhills.ca/
Information about the resort can be found at http://www.buffalopoint.mb.ca/
Also, information about the history of the Buffalo Point First Nations can be found at http://www.buffalopoint-firstnation.ca/history.html
Additional photos from my trip can be found on my Flickr page, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesgill/
