The Vancouver Park Board is announcing that it will reopen Langara Golf Course to the public on Friday, May 16.
Last month, the Park Board announced that it would re-open Van Dusen gardens and two city-operated golf courses, on Friday, May 1. Since reopening, available daily tee times at Fraserview and McCleery have been more than 90 per cent booked.
While Langara Golf Course will re-open for public use, its clubhouse will remain closed. Langara staff will continue to use the clubhouse kitchen to prepare thousands of daily meals as part of a joint effort with the City of Vancouver to provide food to vulnerable residents in the Downtown Eastside.
The Park Board notes that it consulted closely with industry partners and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) as it prepared to reopen its golf courses. Play at Langara will be follow by the same physical distancing guidelines for golfers and staff that have been successfully implemented at Fraserview and McCleery
These guidelines include:
- All bookings will be completed online, with payment on site, no walk-ups allowed.
- Golfers will be asked to arrive at the course no more than 20 minutes prior to tee off, and to remain in their vehicles (no congregating) until they are ready to pay and play.
- They will be directed to leave immediately after completing their play. Access to the golf shop will be limited to two guests at a time.
- Food and beverage services will remain closed
- Contactless pay will be required (debit and credit only, no cash.
- A single rider cart policy has been implemented with all carts being sanitized in a designated area between use.
- Pull carts will be sanitized for every user. No rental clubs will be available.
- All frequent touch points, such as bunker rakes, garbage can lids, sand bottles, ball washers, and shoe blowers, have been removed from the courses.
- Flag sticks will not be touched.
- Cup fillers will prevent the ball from going to the bottom of the hole.
Langara’s perimeter trails will remain fully open throughout the day, providing the community access to nature and green space.
Each of the sites is highly supervised, attendance is managed, and their facilities allow for new physical distancing protocols.
The Park Board adds that it will continue to review the feasibility of reopening other facilities and will make adjustments to its operations based on the latest information provided by VCH and the Provincial Health Officer.
