Speargrass Golf Course

Few golf experiences in Alberta put you quite so directly in the landscape as Speargrass does. Situated near Carseland, east of Calgary along the Bow River corridor, the course sits in the shortgrass prairie and river valley terrain that defines this stretch of southern Alberta — open skies, rolling benchland, and the kind of wind that arrives unannounced and changes everything about how you're playing a hole.

Carseland sits within the Siksika Nation territory and the broader Bow River valley, a region where the land feels genuinely large. That sense of scale carries onto the golf course, where the prairie setting rewards shot-making over power and demands that players pay attention to conditions rather than simply executing a rehearsed game.

As an 18-hole, par-72 layout serving golfers from Calgary and the surrounding area, Speargrass offers a genuine alternative to the city's busier facilities — a course where the drive out is part of the experience, and the setting does a lot of the storytelling before you've even reached the first tee.