Carrick set to design new B.C. course

Hallō Properties is introducing The Dodger at Hallō Nelson — soon-to-be Canada’s only Troon-managed golf course. Designed by Doug Carrick, who also worked on Predator Ridge’s Ridge Course, Greywolf Golf Course, Muskoka Bay Golf Club and Bigwin Island Golf Club, this new 18-hole course is set to elevate British Columbia golf for enthusiasts across Western Canada and beyond. Course construction is slated to begin in early 2025 and be completed in 2027.

Located on a picturesque 130-acre plateau overlooking Kootenay Lake and surrounded by the Selkirk Mountains, the former Granite Pointe Golf Course is being reimagined as The Dodger, a par-70 mountain course combining contrast and variety of slopes, lake and mountain vistas, forest enclosure and open fairway meadows.

Among the highlights: The breathtaking 13th hole that will drop over 50 meters from four different high-elevation tee boxes delivering exceptional views over Kootenay Lake and the surrounding mountain ranges.

“I am thrilled to be involved in the design of an exciting mountainside golf course for the new Hallō Nelson,” Carrick said. “Working with my clients Graham Kwan and Farhad Ebrahimi, along with their talented team of architects, planners and engineers, has been an incredibly captivating experience, as the team brings their vision for the property to life. The golf course will feature some of the most stunning views and dramatic elevation changes of any course I’ve seen anywhere in the world. The individual golf holes weave through undulating terrain, gradually climbing the mountain side, exposing a tremendous variety of views and engaging golf shots. The towering evergreen trees and intricately sculpted bunkers will give the course a sense of timeless elegance and beauty. I have no doubt that it will be a golf course on many golfers’ bucket list when visiting Western Canada.”

The Dodger will see the former course that opened in 1920 reborn as a cornerstone summer recreational asset and community legacy in Nelson. B.C. With the standard of service and operations provided by Troon’s team of professionals, the mountain golf course will be a key feature of Hallō Nelson, juxtaposed with the many other outdoor and winter alpine pursuits that the Kootenay region is known for.

The Hallō Properties team has found a location destined to become one of the top golf destinations in Canada,” TCS division president Jim McLaughlin said. “Combining a stunning Doug Carrick-design with our experience and expertise in operating and marketing upscale golf properties is an exciting undertaking. Our joint intention is to make The Dodger at Hallō Nelson a flagship, Troon-managed property for Western Canada.”

“The Dodger at Hallō Nelson is superbly geographically located close to the Canada-U.S. border, with direct air access from airports in Nelson, Castlegar, and Trail,” said Kwan, development principal of Hallō Nelson. “Our location south of some of the other western Canadian golf courses allows us to open earlier and close later each season.”