New Membership Applications Window Opening Soon!

Applications and Initiation Fee payments will be received between January 1^st and April 1^st, 2026. Applications for Adult Membership, Intermediate Membership and Junior Membership should be completed and submitted no later than April 1, 2026, at Noon, Mountain Time.

Applications should be sent to: BSGCVicePresident@gmail.com
Initiation Fees should be e-transferred to: secretary-treasurer@banffspringsgolfclub.com

Per the BSGC Bylaws 2.3:  ELIGIBILITY – Subject to the provisions of the by-laws, junior membership is limited to those persons who have reached the full age of eight within the calendar year but not the full age of nineteen years; Intermediate and adult membership is limited to any person who has reached the full age of nineteen years. All applicants must reside in Banff National Park or within the communities from Banff National Park to the Bow Valley Provincial Park (AKA – The Bow Valley), and be nominated for active membership in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws by 2 members in good standing of the Club. For purposes of this article, the Board shall have the sole responsibility and authority to determine whether the residency requirements have been and continue to be met.

Notes:

1. It is very important for new member applicants to be sponsored by two current Members.
2. Meeting the minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee acceptance.
3. Acceptance will also be conditional on the BSGC member number capacity availability, as determined by the Board.
4. The Final Decision regarding the new members being approved for the coming season will be announced shortly after the April 1^st application deadline.
5. Unsuccessful applicants will have their initiation fee refunded shortly after April 1^st.

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The hallowed fairways of one of the world’s most scenic golf courses are a sanctuary for the privileged few who are members of the Banff Springs Golf Club and for travelling golfers fortunate enough to experience the combination of natural beauty and tradition that the Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course provides.

Although the Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course is open to public play, Banff Springs Golf Club membership is restricted to residents of the Bow Valley and is limited to 200 adults and 75 juniors.

Opened in 1911 as a nine-hole course laid out by Bill Thomson, a Scottish expatriate who apprenticed under Old Tom Morris at St. Andrews, the Banff Springs Golf Course was expanded to an 18-hole course by Donald Ross in 1924. But it was Stanley Thompson, Canada’s most significant and successful golf architect, who created the layout as it plays today. The course demonstrates his appreciation of traditional links golf courses while emphasizing the subtleties of the mountain landscape. Money was no barrier for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and when unveiled in 1928, the Banff Springs Golf Course was the most expensive ever built. Thompson’s layout incorporated some of Ross’s holes but also included some stunning new ones—none more iconic than Devil’s Cauldron, a short par 3 over a glacial lake nestled below the impossibly steep face of Mount Rundle. Devil’s Cauldron is one of the most famously scenic holes in the world of golf.

Although the Banff Springs Golf Course was built with visitors of the Banff Springs Hotel in mind, by the time it opened in 1911, the village of Banff had grown into a bustling tourist destination with a growing number of middle class mer­chants and professionals, many of whom had come from larger eastern Canadian cities where golf was already popu­lar and had a following with the social strata to which they aspired. Not surpris­ingly, several of these residents were eager to form a club to play the new course, which they did on July 13, 1911.

Trees have matured, longer tee boxes have been added, and the rotation has changed since the original Stanley Thompson course opened in 1928, but thankfully, the layout itself remains a diligent custodian of the architect’s timeless design. Careful restoration programs ensure that the course remains as Thompson originally envisioned.

While the mountain setting is its most appealing feature, there are many other reasons that the Banff Springs Golf Course is special, none more important than the endearing pride possessed by the members of the Banff Springs Golf Club and the unwavering commitment of superintendents and administrators to create a magical golfing experience.