The moods of Kings Links by the Sea can range from stern to serene. Everything depends on whether the ocean winds are blowing in from nearby Boundary Bay.
Standing on the first tee at Kings Links by the Sea, the traveler who has played the classic links of Great Britain will get a sense of the design, look and feel of the old country favorites. Long fescue borders the rough and firm fairways through which you bump and roll to well-bunkered greens.
A look up to the fabulous views of Mount Baker and surrounding Coastal Mountains quickly brings the golfer back to realize this is a golf course in Ladner, not along the Firth of Fife. In the true spirit of the game, everyone is welcome at Kings Links, where both members and public golfers play on a course that is often busy.
This is the golf course (formerly the Links at Boundary Bay) that was built and owned by Bob Ahoy. Ahoy designed the golf course himself after playing a number of classic courses in many countries around the world. Ahoy, with some help from local golf architects, created a course with a traditional look and feel of Carnoustie in Scotland or England’s Royal Birkdale.
The King of Floors Brad Newell and his family, the new owners, have made changes that improved on Ahoy’s original design. Upgrades to drainage and irrigation, and a full service clubhouse and practice range grace the new course. With the addition of a new tee box on the eighth hole, the golf course is now 6,865 yards from the back tees.
If the wind is your nemesis, play in the morning, when conditions are most benign. At noon the wind picks up and blows through until after the dinner hour.
Photo: Kings Links by the Sea
