Brudenell River Golf Course

Brudenell River Golf Course
Club information
Coordinates	46°12′29″N62°35′47″W / 46.20806°N 62.59639°W
Location	Brudenell, Prince Edward Island
Established	1969
Type	Public
Owned by	Province of Prince Edward Island
Total holes	18
Website	https://peisfinestgolf.com/brudenell/
Designed by	C. E. Robbie Robinson
Par	72
Length	6055
Course rating	69.4
Slope rating	134

Last updated February 28, 2023

Brudenell River Golf Course is a public golf course located in Brudenell, Prince Edward Island. The course is an eighteen-hole course built by the provincial government of Prince Edward Island was originally opened in 1969.^[1] The course gets its name from the Brudenell River, which is part of The Three Rivers, as several of the courses holes lie along the river. The Brudenell River Golf Course shares the practice grounds and clubhouse with its sister course Dundarave Golf Course.

History

The Brudenell River golf course started out as a nine-hole course at the location of the current course. In the late 60s, a member of the Legislative Assembly, Lorne Bonnell, in conjunction with a group of the course's regulars, built the current course. The provincial government expanded the course to 18 holes with the intent of drawing tourism to the Eastern region of Prince Edward Island.^[2] The full 18-hole golf course officially opened in 1969.^[1]

In 2007, the provincial government began looking to sell the Brudenell River Golf course, along with the other three courses it owns. The reasoning behind the decision was the large expenditure of taxpayer money on course maintenance; losses from the four courses totaled $858,900 in the 2014-2015 golf season.^[3] Tourism Minister Robert Henderson was quoted as saying, "Obviously, when you're on the floor of the estimates [committee] … and you're saying you invested in this stuff, sometimes comments get made that maybe that would have been better spent on an X-ray machine or books,"^[3] in relation to the government's decision to sell the courses. As of the 2015 golf season, no sale had been completed and the course is still maintained by the provincial government.^[4]

Course

Brudenell River is one of Prince Edward Island's top golf courses.^[5] It has been awarded as one of the top 50 golf courses in Canada, and Top 6 Best Golf Resorts in Canada by Score Golf.^[1] The course lies beside the Brudenell River, which is part of The Three Rivers and from which the course receives its name. This course has a nontraditional par format, containing six par-3s, six par-4s and six par-5s.^[1] It shares practice grounds, clubhouse and intertwines with its sister course Dundarave Golf Course to make a 36-hole facility.

Scorecard

Brudenell River
Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Blue	72.6/137	395	455	172	490	163	490	197	550	390	3302	135	466	390	370	185	555	225	553	360	3239	6541
White	69.4/134	375	434	161	460	135	475	180	503	322	3045	131	434	360	322	174	529	170	536	354	3010	6055
Red	72.5/130	325	348	140	390	90	395	131	425	278	2522	94	360	299	256	150	420	150	472	281	2482	5004
Par		4	4	3	5	3	5	3	5	4	36	3	5	4	4	3	5	3	5	4	36	72
SI		11	1	15	9	17	5	7	3	13		18	12	2	14	10	8	16	4	6

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References

1 2 3 4 "About Brudenell". PEI Finest Golf. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ Garrett, Ryan. "How was the original Brudenell River golf course founded and developed?". Ask an Islander. Tourism PEI. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
1 2 Taber, Jane. "As golf tourism declines, PEI's government struggles to make par". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ Wright, Teresa. "Prince Edward Island golf courses fail to sell in 2014". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
↑ "Brudenell River Golf Course". Golf Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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[PEI_Finest-1] 1 2 3 4 "About Brudenell". PEI Finest Golf. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[2] Garrett, Ryan. "How was the original Brudenell River golf course founded and developed?". Ask an Islander. Tourism PEI. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[G&M-3] 1 2 Taber, Jane. "As golf tourism declines, PEI's government struggles to make par". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[4] Wright, Teresa. "Prince Edward Island golf courses fail to sell in 2014". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[Golf_Canada-5] "Brudenell River Golf Course". Golf Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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