A consortium of golf-and-resort lifestyle properties in the Canadian Rockies is offering a collection of packages and services tailored to women and designed to “pamper and delight.”
Specially designed packages are available at The Fairmont Banff Springs, Canmore Golf & Curling Club, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Kananaskis Country Golf Course, Silvertip Resort and Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club -- which collectively operate under the promise “Canadian Rockies Golf: Historic. Dramatic. Untamed.”
Options include:
!!! The Fairmont Banff Springs - Escape to Willow Stream: Priced from $535 per night, based on double occupancy, the package includes accommodation, breakfast daily, gratuities and a choice of one Willow Stream treatment daily. Banff spa packages are available year-round.
( www.fairmont.com/banffsprings )
!!! Silvertip Resort - Scenic Sisters: Golf on top of the world at Silvertip, home course to PGA Tour star Stephen Ames. The getaway package includes breakfast, lunch, yoga-for-golf session, full-swing instruction and 18 holes of golf, and leisure time for shopping. Guests adding a second night can include a nine-minute helicopter tour over the Bow Valley with a three- to four-hour guided hike. The cost for one night through October is $295 (plus GST).
( www.silvertipresort.com )
!!! Kananaskis - Ladies Golf Package: Take a lesson and play at one of Golf Digest’s 20 best-rated Canadian courses (two 18-hole designs by Robert Trent Jones Sr. await -- Mt. Lorette and Mt. Kidd). The package includes accommodation at Delta Lodge, one-hour lesson with CPGA professional, $15 pro shop voucher, $40 meal voucher and complimentary valet parking. Available through Oct. 19, the cost is $149.50 p.p., per night, based on double occupancy.
( www.kananaskisgolf.com )
!!! Stewart Creek Golf & Country Club - Ladies Choice: It’s “Ladies Choice” every day at Stewart Creek with the option of private lessons or group clinics concentrating on just one aspect of the game or a full-swing analysis. Group instruction starts from $50 per session.
( www.stewartcreekgolf.com/golf )
!!! Pampered Putters: For those that can’t pick just one course, there’s “Pampered Putters.” Gather up the girls for five days and four nights of much deserved pampering. The package includes meet-and-greet at Calgary airport and Hertz rental car, National Park passes, two-bedroom suites with double occupancy, golf at Fairmont Banff Springs, Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club, Kananaskis Country Golf Course and Silvertip resort (one round daily), horseback breakfast, guided hiking, visit to Willow Stream Spa, limo service with foot massage, champagne and chocolate strawberries en route to dinner at Lake Louise. Available through Sept. 30, the cost starts at $2,399 per person.
( www.golfcanadaswest.com/pampered-putters.shtml )
!!! Canmore Golf & Curling Club - Golf Gourmet & Mountain Song Getaway:
A two-day package for groups of two to six includes morning golf lessons conducted by a CPGA professional, 18 holes of mountain golf with cart each afternoon, lunch and dinner created by Canmore’s celebrated chef, cooking classes and a variety of Canadian and Ice wines. Lodging available, with options ranging from budget friendly to five-star hotel. The cost for the two-day package, available Sept. 16-17, is $450 per person.
( www.canmoregolf.net )
!!! The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge - Pajama Party: The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge knows “girls just wanna have fun” and its Pajama Party weekend complies. Available March 13-14, 2010 and priced from $599 per person, double, the package includes two night’s accommodation, Friday night dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch, Saturday gala dinner and entertainment, women-centric seminars and demonstrations, and Sunday farewell brunch.
( www.fairmont.com/jasper.com )
( www.canadianrockiesgolf.ca )
