June, 2012 | CK Golf

Dining in Vancouver – Preston's New Menu Items

If you read our food blogs often you may know that we are fans of Preston's which is located in the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel. The food is great and both the food menu and the drink menu offer good value. (Read our blogs from... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Dining, Dining in Vancouver, On June 28, 2012

Mobile Websites for Golf Courses

Your website MUST be mobile We have written past blogs and newsletters on the need for your website to be enhanced for mobile viewing. We think that this is such an important topic that this time we are going to be a bit more specific with how this relates to… Continue reading →

Posted in Business, CK Golf, Golf Operations, Industry Blog, Marketing, On June 27, 2012

Wine Tasting at Home – Santa Julia Malbec

The Santa Julia Reserva Malbec is another one of our wines from a recent shopping trip to the Marquis Wine store on Davie St. It was from a case of mix and match wines we selected, all of which were under $20. We were looking to try some different wines… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Wine, On June 25, 2012

Dining in Vancouver – Larson Station

We work with Gleneagles Golf Course and Monaghan Golf on a number of projects so have occasion to make the trek over the Lions Gate Bridge for a meeting every once in a while (thankfully not too often - we hate that bridge!). Larson Station restaurant is located at... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Dining, Dining in Vancouver, Golf, On June 24, 2012

Golf Course Review – Burnaby Mountain

We had a chance to play Burnaby Mountain recently in the third event of the Sun Life Financial - CK Golf Solutions Golf Industry Professional Series. This is a six event series we run for public golf course operators (General Managers, Golf Professionals, Superintendents or anyone who works in the… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, CK Golf, Golf, Golf Course Review, Golf Course Reviews, Golf in Vancouver, Golf Industry, Industry Blog, On June 21, 2012

Dining in Vancouver – DeDutch

We have walked past the DeDutch on Robson Street probably more than 100 times in the almost 5 years that we have lived in Coal Harbour in Vancouver. We walked past and never really noticed it, or were not really interested in entering. Last week we had a crazy morning… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Dining, Dining in Vancouver, On June 17, 2012

Golf Course Review – Mayfair Lakes Golf & Country Club

I have not really been a fan of the design of Mayfair Lakes Golf course. The amount of water around the course seems to be excessive. It is visually appealing but penalizing. However, I do think it is one of the finest conditioned public courses that Vancouver... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, CK Golf, Golf, Golf Course Review, Golf Course Reviews, Golf in Vancouver, Industry Blog, On June 15, 2012

Dining in Vancouver – The Naam

The Naam is a full-service vegetarian restaurant located at 4th and MacDonald and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Christmas. Jeff sat this one out and I finally got a chance to go - which I have been talking about since I heard good things… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Dining, Dining in Vancouver, On June 13, 2012

Interesting Notes From the LPGA & Canadian Tours

Interesting Notes From the Weekend There are a couple of things of interest I took away from the weekend on both the LPGA & Canadian Golf Tours from a business perspective. Both pertained to the use of Twitter for golf! The first was how the LPGA Tour is using Twitter… Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Canadian Tour, CK Golf, Industry Blog, On June 11, 2012

Dining in Whistler – Sidecut Steak

Sidecut, located in the Four Seasons Resort is the new game in town when it come to steaks in Whistler. It has been open for more than a year but we are such Hy's loyalists this was our first visit. The menu's focus is Canadian prime beef from Alberta and… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Dining, Whistler, On June 9, 2012

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