{"id":505303,"date":"2026-02-28T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505303\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:20:07","slug":"the-golf-season-is-officially-underway-with-the-opening-of-two-eagles-golf-course-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505303\/","title":{"rendered":"The golf season is officially underway with the opening of Two Eagles golf course Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golf season officially here
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Photo: Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy<\/p>\n

Two Eagles opens for the season Saturday<\/p>\n

The director of golf operations at Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy has never seen his golf course open for the season in February.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about to change.<\/p>\n

Two Eagles on the Westside, which is typically the first course in the Central Okanagan to open for the season, will do so Saturday, Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is definitely the earliest in my time. I think we were March 3rd one year, but 10 years out it\u2019s never been February,\u201d said Richard Sykes.<\/p>\n

And, not surprisingly, golfers can\u2019t wait to hit the course. A quick scan of the tee time availability shows just a few spots for nine holes later in the afternoon both Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

As for the condition of the course coming out of an unusually mild winter?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever seen the course greener to start the year, and it\u2019s definitely from our grounds crew. It\u2019s wintered super well.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, while conditions may have been favourable to open a week or so ago, Sykes said he never pushes for an early opening.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make sure the course is ready and every department, the back shop is ready, the pro shop is ready, so we never really force it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, we always do work hard so if we are able to open early, we\u2019re ready for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Two Eagles will get an early jump on the season, other courses are not far behind.<\/p>\n

Michaelbrook Ranch will open for the season Wednesday, March 4, Kelowna Springs is set to open Thursday, March 5, and Shadow Ridge Friday, March 6.<\/p>\n

Shannon Lake is also shooting for a March 6 open while the Harvest is set to open the season March 20.<\/p>\n

Other courses have yet to announce their opening dates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf season officially here Photo: Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy Two Eagles opens for the season Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-505303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}