Quilchena Golf Club

Richmond sits on the pancake-flat delta of the Fraser River, which means Quilchena plays across low-lying, reclaimed land — the kind of terrain where wind off the Pacific and the condition of the turf after a wet coastal winter matter as much as anything on the card. Tree-lined fairways provide some shelter and definition, giving the layout a more enclosed feel than the surrounding flatness might suggest.

The par 73 is a small but telling detail — an extra par 5 or par 3 somewhere in the routing that gives the course its own arithmetic personality, and a slight edge of generosity that long-time members have almost certainly learned to exploit.