BC - Kelowna The Cove Lakeside Resort Couples Escape

Whether it’s your first time experiencing The Cove Lakeside Resort or you’re returning to the place that holds countless vacation memories, you’ll find this gem among Kelowna hotels and resorts to be the quintessential lakeside retreat. It’s quiet and relaxing here on the shores of Okanagan Lake with spacious, private residence suites tucked among beautiful gardens. It’s a place that feels completely removed from the modern world yet we’re just a short drive from the shops and restaurants of downtown Kelowna.

The essence of The Cove Lakeside Resort and Spa is rustic luxury in an exhilarating setting. In fact, the tranquility of our surroundings soothes the spirit while an array of resort-style amenities makes it easy to do as much or as little as you like. You might follow a massage or a body treatment at the Spa at The Cove with a glass of local Okanagan wine on your private balcony or patio. Spend the day lounging by the main outdoor pool or splash with the kiddies in the adjacent pool and waterslide (Pools are open seasonally. Duration of operation may vary due to weather conditions). From tennis and a fitness room onsite to championship golf, world-class skiing, wineries and other fun activities nearby, there’s something for everyone.

While many resorts in Kelowna are known for their recreational opportunities, unparalleled guest service and boutique-style hospitality are what set The Cove Lakeside Resort apart as a truly special place. There is always something new to discover, no matter the season. Whether you’re visiting the Okanagan for a family vacation, a romantic getaway, a wedding celebration or a corporate gathering, you’ll feel truly at home away from it all.

 

Rated as one of the best golf courses in the country, Gallagher's Canyon golf club is a spectacular par 72, 18-hole championship golf course full of challenging fairways, well-protected greens and awe-inspiring vistas.

Throughout the course, you'll marvel at the scenery around you as play through tall groves of Ponderosa pines and along the very edge of the picturesque Gallagher's Canyon golf club. Be sure to have your camera when you reach hole 9 for a great "selfie"opportunity.

Hole 2 at Gallagher's Canyon Golf Club - Here is a very tempting short par 4 that begs you to swing the driver. Don't - its risky if you spray left or right! A fairway wood or long iron to the crest of the hill is the smart tee shot here. Pay special attention to pin location as the approach shot can be surprisingly deceiving. Be sure to place the ball below the hole for a birdie chance.

Hole 10 at Gallagher's Canyon Golf Club - A wide downhill sloping fairway gives you a generous start to the back nine. Again, a long drive will give you the opportunity to go for the well-protected green in two shots. Approach shots from the upper fairway will play about 1 to 1 1/2 clubs shorter. The green is quite large so make note of the pin's location.

Just minutes from downtown Kelowna and framed by forested mountains and rocky bluffs beneath clear blue northern skies, Gallagher's Canyon golf club offers the quintessential Okanagan golf experience: rugged yet refined. Miles of orchards and vineyards punctuate the surrounding hills that rise from nearby Lake Okanagan. Gallagher's Canyon golf club peerless golf facility encompasses the championship Canyon Course as well as the distinctively charming nine-hole Pinnacle Course, which will challenge masters and apprentices alike.

After golf, visualize your approach to our well-appointed clubhouse, where our chef tees up a memorable dining experience using the famously fresh local fruits and vegetables of the Okanagan Valley. Or head over to our unrivaled GBC Golf Academy at Gallagher's Canyon golf club, where dedicated CPGA instructors offer their own menu of ways to improve your game.

Discover why SCORE Golf Magazine ranks Gallagher's Canyon Golf Club among the top 50 courses in Canada. 

Spectacular Okanagan views, award winning service, attention to detail and golf that is second to none! At 7109 yards, The Harvest Golf Club, voted best golf course in Kelowna, is a championship length layout designed by renowned Canadian golf course architect, Graham Cooke. The Harvest Golf Club provides an excellent location for events of any size making us the best wedding venue in Kelowna. Every detail of the Clubhouse has been carefully considered for the enjoyment of our guests.

The Harvest Golf Club is one of the most meticulous golf courses in the area when it comes to "Attention to Detail" , General Manager Gilles Dufort ensures the local and out of town golf traveler will have a top notch experience. With bag boys circling the parking lot to run you up to the clubhouse and preparing your cart to the starter that will give you a detailed synopsis of what to expect on the course.

Include The Harvest Golf Club in your next Okanagan golf vacation! Along with being one of nature’s most picturesque playing fields, The Harvest Golf Club also features the Okanagan’s largest Practice Facility. With 16,000 sq. ft. of grass tees, target areas, a 1,800 sq. ft. putting green, 2 dedicated chipping greens with sand bunkers, and staffed with PGA of Canada Professionals to help you take your game to the next level, The Harvest Practice Facility is the best in the Okanagan. We invite you to hit a bucket of balls or spend time working on your short game anytime. The Harvest Golf Club Practice Facility is open to everyone.

The Harvest Grille is recognized as one of the top casual dining spots in Kelowna.

The Harvest Grille Restaurant in Kelowna offers a unique Okanagan flavour with west coast flair, Chef Michael Miller created a menu that is sure to excite your taste buds! Everything from our 19th Greens Salad to the Prime Rib Dip to a Lamb Sirloin, The Harvest Grille will satisfy even the most discerning eater. And lets not forget the world class views from our Patio and Veranda.

The Bear Course at the Okanagan Golf Club is one of two spectacular golf courses at this 36 hole BC golf resort in Kelowna. The Bear's 18 hole 6,885 yard, part 72 masterpiece design opened for play in 1999 and is unlike any other golf course in British Columbia. With dramatic sculpted fairways surrounded by the forests and sage brush hills of B.C.'s sun-drenched southern interior, The Okanagan Golf Club Bear is the crown jewel course of the Okanagan Valley.

Crafted by Nicklaus Designs, one of the pre-eminent golf architecture firms in the world, The Okanagan Golf Club can prove as ferocious as a grizzly or as gentle as a teddy, depending on which set of tees you choose. On its hind legs the layout stretches to 6,885 yards. Well-placed bunkers, grassy swales and collection areas, sculpted moundings, and tiered greens lend the course some challenge. The routing climbs through forested hills on a plateau overlooking the Okanagan Valley.


The Okanagan Golf Club - Bear is an ideal golf course for couples looking for a quick golf weekend in Kelowna. The course can play very tame for the ladies and new golfers, and still offer a challenge for those looking to play blues or tips!

The Okanagan golf course - Quail is a magnificent par 72, 18-hole championship golf course that has become an Okanagan golf Valley favorite since the day it first opened.

Designed by renowned golf course architect Les Furber and built in 1994, this unique course features dramatic elevation changes and breathtaking views as 6,794 yards of multi-tiered fairways meander around a majestic rock bluff.

You’ll need accurate shooting to bring down the Okanagan golf course - Quail - . One renowned golf writer described the course thus: “You could play The Okanagan Golf Course - Quail course every day for the rest of your life and never face the same series of shots.”

As with many Les Furber designed courses, Quail’s par threes are particularly strong–which also describes the tee shot you’ll need to hit on the 227 yard seventh hole from the back tees. Many players identify our 408 yard finishing hole as their favorite: end the day with a well-placed drive that flirts with the edge of a lake, then hit your final approach to a toughly entrenched putting surface hunkered atop an elevated platform above and beyond the splash zone.

The Okanagan Golf course - Quail is a demanding test of golf for many players. Do not let the scenery preoccupy you with what will be an 18 hole test. Shot placement is critical from blue and tips, for the bit higher handicap player, select the forward tees and enjoy the day. Here are a few hole playing tips for the hard core golfer planning a Kelowna golf trip.

Golf Schools

If you are looking to up your game and experience the best of golf in the Okanagan, then you’ve got to attend our 4 day golf school at The Okanagan Golf Club. This complete game overview will change the way you view and play the game.

Playing Tips for the Okanagan Golf course - Quail

Hole 2 - The straightaway par 5 is only reachable by the longer hitters. The green is two-tiered so be certain to get the ball on the right level with your approach.The green here tend to be very firm, to put the breaks on a long iron is near impossible. Best to leave a wedge in and approach high and soft.

Hole 6 - You will enjoy plenty of choice off the tee of this spectacular par 5 (From long iron, 3 wood or driver depending on the tee box and your distance). The fairway on the left gives a long ball hitter the opportunity to go for the green on the second shot, this is a long shot though! The safe play however is to aim down the right side off the tee and then a lay up second shot. Leaving a nice lob or approach wedge in, careful, there are bunkers behind this green.

Hole 14 at The Quail Course at Okanagan Golf Club - This unique par 4 offers you a choice of direction off the tee. The easiest way to play the hole is a mid to long iron over the waste bunker followed by a short iron second shot. A very short hole but proves testy each time you play.

Shannon Lake Golf Club, playing amongst towering pines and moderate elevation changes, is a true test to golfers of all abilities. The signature 8th hole is a 425-yard risk/reward par 4, played alongside beautiful Shannon Lake. One would have to consider Shannon Lake golf course a hidden gem for the Okanagan Valley. Situated in West Kelowna (formally Westbank) the 6,294-yard layout will have you using every golf club in the bag.

The Shannon Lake Golf Club unveiled its new clubhouse in conjunction with the beginning of the 2015 season. Visit Courses Restaurant for a wide array of menu items, a constantly evolving wine list, and local craft brewery selections. Also in store of 2017 are renovated teeing areas on holes #3, #7 and #14. 

Be sure to determine the pin location on hole #3. A treacherous tired green with a high demand for a wedge in. If you hit the hill without a good kick forward, be prepared for a putt that can be easily 40 to 50 feet if the pin location is tucked in the top back! You will cross the quite residential road to get to the elevated forth tee. you may notice the flowers, a local resident takes it upon herself to beautify the tee box. Play a high 6 iron, perhaps 5 demanding on your skill and length off the tee. Not a lot of error for margin left or right. The green is relatively flat, par is considered good here. Hole 5 is not long, but your 2nd shot is critical. Suggestions, play a 3 or 4 iron or long hybrid down the middle, do not pull it left, trees and bunkers will hinder your ability to have a shot to the green, which has a stream running along the front. A gentle hill behind the green will allow for some fortunate bounces down to the green.

The back nine at the Shannon Lake golf course provides some neat peek a boo vistas looking down to Okanagan Lake. Hole #12 climbs upwards and if you are daring, Strike a strong 3-wood and you can be green side, but beware of the ridge in the green. Making birdie here is very "do-able" if your approach is well received into the green.

Hole #13 is a short par 5, but requires two well placed shots. Driver off the tee here is a no-no. An easy 3- or 5-wood will suffice, then your second shot up the hill requires easily two extra clubs extra. So, eye it up before you make a club selection. This two tiered green also gives you a chance at birdie, or more often, a bogey. Once you head over to hole #14, you have arrived at the highest point of the Shannon Lake Golf Club. Another easy par 4, assuming you hit it straight down the middle, a mid- to long-iron off the tee is all you need here. Look for turtles in the deep pond to the left of the green.

A day at Shannon Lake Golf Course will be most enjoyable. It is ideal to plan golfing here either on an arrival or departure day should you be traveling the Kelowna - Merritt connector via home to/from the lower mainland. Shannon Lake Golf Club is located just off Highway 97, immediately north of West Kelowna, and only 10 minutes from downtown Kelowna.

Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy brings a new concept to golfing enjoyment. Combining the championship qualities of a classic GDS Les Furber design with the playability of a mid length facility, Two Eagles provides an unequaled golf experience. A Masters course at just over 5000 yards. Do not like this steer you away from enjoying Two Eagles Golf Course.

Add in the rolling hills and Ponderosa Pines overlooking Okanagan Lake, and it is an experience you will want to repeat over and over. Regardless of your age and ability, Two Eagles golf course is an extremely friendly enviornment to learn, to grow and enjoy the game of golf.

If you are planning a Kelowna golf trip this season and perhaps traveling from the Lower mainland or Vancouver, Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy is ideal for your first round. As you drive into West Kelowna, you maybe amazed at the growth in recent years. Watch for the Best Western Wine Country Inn on your right hand side, just after the Canadian Tire, turn right at Elks Road.

Two Eagles is tucked behind the strip mall and hotel. Enjoy the practice facilities at Two Eagles golf course.  The Two Eagles Golf Academy encompasses everything you need to improve your golf game. Enjoy the  state of the art driving range with 18 practice stalls off state of the art Synlawn synthetic turf.  The range is generous in length and includes six target greens as well as numerous yardage markers. The Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy is housed on the upper grass teck deck and features an indoor, heated hitting bay and fitting room. The 15,000 sq ft practice green is the place to upgrade all your short game shots, from chips and pitches to sand shots and putts. Enjoy all this while overlooking the manicured Two Eagles Golf Course and Okanagan Lake.

Just a quick reminder to please ask your 2023 BCGG groups to make food & beverage reservations (if required, before or after their tee times @ Two Eagles) directly with 19 Okanagan Grill Bar @   250-768-3133 or www.dine19.com.  For parties of 12 or more, please contact neil@dine19.com.  

Tower Ranch Golf & Country club is a golfer’s golf course – it’s a rugged layout with quick true greens and immaculate conditions.  A favourite, award-winning destination for golfers from around the world, Tower Ranch has been nominated and selected as a Top 3 Best New Canadian Golf Course multiple times by SCORE Golf and Golf Digest. In 2014 Tower Ranch was in the Score Golf Top 100 List (87).  If you haven’t played this spectacular course yet, we invite you to come and see what everyone is talking about.

Tower Ranch Golf Course is a Thomas McBroom designed 18-hole championship golf course that is one of the Okanagan’s premier courses! The semi-private club open to the public, located minutes from both downtown Kelowna and the Kelowna airport is a strategic course, offering risk/reward opportunities that enables any level of golfer to have an enjoyable round. At Tower Ranch golf you will experience a nature tour through the hills, surrounding you with magnificent vistas and challenging you with shot options. You won’t be able to wait to get back to Tower Ranch golf and play again! We invite you to take a course tour and see why people come from all over North America to play here.

The Clubhouse at Tower Ranch golf features over 10,000 square feet of amenities. Come in and see all the newest in golf equipment and clothing in our Pro Shop or enjoy the dramatic valley, city and lake views while dining in Carrington’s Restaurant & Lounge. Consider Tower Ranch golf for your group function whether you’re booking a corporate meeting, golf tournament or wedding.