b'BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLFCarrick returns to B.C. to design Hall Nelson course by Brad ZiemerW here Doug Carrick goes, great golf courses normally follow.So the fact Carrick is making a return visit to British Columbia is wonderful news for golfers. Carrick is arguably Canadas pre-eminent golf course architect and has been hired to do a rebuild of what is now Granite Pointe Golf Club in Nelson.The new coursetentatively called The Dodgerwill be the centrepiece of a new resort called Hall Nelson. The course will be the first Canadian layout to be managed by Troon Golf.Carrick recently made his second visit to the site, where he was accompanied by Jim McLaughlin, a former Vancouver-area golf pro who is now a Troon vice president.Carrick stresses he will be creating a new golf course on the Granite Pointe site. This is not a renovation. It will be a complete rebuild of the existing course, Carrick said in a telephone interview. There are maybe five holes that will be similar to the current routing.We are in the early stages, but I envision something like aCliffhanger, the par 3 sixth hole that is now regarded as one of mountainside, parkland style of course. There will bethe signature holes in Canadian golf.similarities to Capilano in that it is basically on a sloping siteCarrick said he does not begin a project looking to create that looks to the north and you have some great views overa signature hole. You try and create 18 good holes, he Kootenay Lake and the city of Nelson. There are some prettysaid. Thats my main objective. When you get into a site like dramatic visual elements to the golf course. Greywolf or Humber Valley (in Newfoundland) or Bigwin Island Most of Carricks work has been done in Eastern Canada,(in Ontario) you are going to find a few spots that really stand but his two British Columbia creations are highly regarded.out from a visual standpoint and you obviously try and take He did Greywolf at the Panorama Resort in Invermere inadvantage of those things to create some drama and interest the late 1990s and it is now regarded as one one of the beston the golf course.mountainside layouts anywhere. He returned to B.C. to doThey tend to end up being so-called signature holes, the Ridge course at Predator Ridge in Vernon. That coursealthough I am trying to create 18 good holes and a few that are opened in 2010 and like Greywolf has become a staple inmaybe a little more memorable in terms of the scenery.ScoreGolfs list of the top 100 courses in Canada. Carricks biggest challenge in Nelson is space, or lack thereof. With dramatic elevation changes and epic views,The Hall Nelson site includes 24 luxury townhomes that will be Carrick acknowledges the Nelson site has some similaritieslocated on what is now Granite Points first hole. Carrick is trying to Greywolf. It was at Greywolf where Carrick created 4 BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF| SEPT2024'