Sunnydale
Course Information
Current Course Conditions
Date: July 3, 2025
Course is open regular hours today.
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The 2024 golf season is upon us! Join today!
Events
We offer leagues, tournaments and holiday events for members and non-members!
Course
Find us on scenic Vancouver Island! People have been teeing it up here since 1923.
Course Layout
Come play this heritage 18 hole course located 5 minutes north of Courtenay on beautiful Vancouver Island. People have been teeing it up here since 1923.
In addition to our traditional red and white tees, you can now play Sunnydale as an executive course from our new yellow tees.
Hole 1
Great opening hole for driving. Longer hitters that stray off the fairway can find punishing trees with a shallow creek on both sides.
Hole 2
Great opening hole for driving. Longer hitters that stray off the fairway can find punishing trees with a shallow creek on both sides.
Hole 3
Sure its wide open, flat and reasonably short but pars here are welcomed. The large trees make gauging the wind deceptive. The tiered green can definitely test your recovery skills.
Hole 4
One of the shorter par 4’s. It would be easy if not for the ob all down the right and massive trees down the left. Pick your straightest club then you can see how short the hole is.
Hole 5
Toughest par 3 on the course. A par is an accomplishment, a birdie is an achievement.
Hole 6
Longest par 4. A good drive often still leaves 200 yards into the green. Wide fairway but trouble on both sides.
Hole 7
This downhill par 5 looks reasonable but the landing zone is quite narrow and sloping. The very elevated and sloping green offers a small target. Par here is a good score.
Hole 8
The most diabolical hole on the course period. You must first negotiate the trees that protect the fairway entrance then you are faced with an elevated sloping green protected by two huge trees on either side.
Hole 9
Great drives are rewarded here with short trouble free approach shots.
Hole 10
This 100 yard par 3 should be pretty easy, except for the fastest green on the course drastically slopes away in all directions.
Hole 11
Risk/reward. Lots of room for the safe shot but this driveable par 4 is guarded by hazards. Look to the top of the giant old growth fir to see the first of the two active osprey nests that Sunnydale takes its logo from.
Hole 12
With ob close down the entire left side and trees all over the bailout. Known as Edgars alley, you will hear members call “Red Edgar!” whenever the ball heads into the trees in hopes of a mysterious bounce back into the fairway. It often works.
Hole 13
The second part of Edgars Alley. If you can drive the ball over the slope you may receive a great roll down the other side. Then all you have to do is land the ball on the heavily guarded green with ob very close behind.
Hole 14
The back to front sloped green on this long par 5 absolutely kills short approach shots leaving you with potentially huge putts on Sunnydale’s largest green.
Hole 15
This par 3 promises nothing but trouble if you miss left, right, long or short. Just a typical Sunnydale par 3.
Hole 16
The longest hole on the course, with the longest green. Don’t overshoot the green as a large slope to the pond awaits.
Hole 17
Everything seems reasonable about this par 3 except the massively sloping green that very rarely offers a straight put anywhere on it.
Hole 18
The finishing hole. The drive favors a left to right shot under the second osprey nest. Best avoid the right side fairway bunker under the large tree. The green is open to the clubhouse bar so a great approach shot could be met with polite applause.
Scorecard
Practice Facilities
Everything you need for practicing is here.
- Covered driving range (available range passes)
- Practice green
- Practice bunkers
- 100 yard par 3 hole for short game work
Power Cart & Club Storage
Sunnydale is the only course in the valley that lets you store and use your own power cart. We have room for both gas and electric carts.
There are heated lockers for individual club storage.
Experience The Links For Yourself!
What Guests Say
Liked it so much I bought a membership. Pro shop is friendly and helpful. Greens on front 9 are lightning fast but to be expected in full sun at 3pm. Hint: ther's a hidden practice green for chipping on the 9th. Friendly staff and membership; I've golfed three times with a group and twice solo. Always had a good day, despite my score. 🙂
- Peter Elliott
Had a great first visit. Tough greens. Fast, with a lot of slope, but great shape. Very fair fees. I've paid a lot more for a lot worse. Worth the drive from Campbell River. I'll be back.
- Byron E