Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club

A century of golf on the shore of Lac Beauvert.

The golf course at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge opened on 17 July 1925, when Earl Haig struck the first ball, and Stanley Thompson’s routing has stayed largely as he left it since the 1930s. It runs around the green water of Lac Beauvert inside Jasper National Park, a long way north of the busier Banff corridor. Fairmont states that a stay reservation is not required to book a tee time, and the tee sheet is sold online, by phone or by email. In 2024 Golf Digest placed it 45th in its list of the World’s 100 Greatest Courses.

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club green fees and tee times.

Book through the course’s Rates & Tee Times page, which hands you to Chronogolf, or call the golf shop on +1 780 852 6090, or email jpl.golfreservations@fairmont.com. A hotel stay is not required. The 2027 tee sheet is already open, for a season that runs from 13 May to 11 October 2027, and no booking window limit is published, so peak summer mornings can be reserved months ahead. Every green fee includes a power cart and practice balls on the day. Cancel at least 48 hours before your tee time to avoid a fee. Alberta residents with valid ID have their own lower rate, and one junior aged 17 or under plays free after 3pm with each paying adult.

The round, in perspective.

The parks service first planned a simple nine-hole course here in 1922. When work stalled, Canadian National Railway took over and commissioned Thompson to design 18 holes, and a crew of about 250 men cleared the site in the summer of 1923; poor topsoil meant the railway shipped in soil by train from farmland near Edmonton. The result is a par 71 that Fairmont calls a lakeside course. Thompson was later called back to restyle the bunkers after his work at Banff Springs, and holes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 17 and 18 gained new or reshaped, flared bunkers. The 9th, a par three named Cleopatra, carries a story that the head of Canadian National objected to its suggestive fairway contours; architect Ian Andrew calls that largely a legend Thompson created. The 16th doglegs left up a sloping fairway to an approach guarded by water, and Alister MacKenzie, who reported on the course in 1928, called the 18th the best finish in golf.

Know before you go.

Access

Public; hotel stay not required

Season

13 May to 11 October 2027

Carts

Included in every green fee

Cancellation

48 hours before the tee time

Rental clubs

C$120 for 18 holes, with balls and glove

Tee-time line

+1 780 852 6090

Make the trip work.

Jasper is a destination in itself, so give the golf a full morning and leave the afternoon for the park. Rental sets cost C$120 for 18 holes and include a sleeve of TaylorMade balls and a glove, nine-hole sets are C$80, and Adidas shoes are C$25 a pair, all before GST and the destination fee. The Bear’s Den simulator, with more than 30 virtual courses, can be booked by the hour on a wet day. You need a Parks Canada pass for every day you spend in the national park, including the drive to the first tee. The July 2024 wildfire destroyed many buildings in the town of Jasper; the main lodge was spared, and the course marked its centenary in 2025.

Edmonton International (YEG) is the nearest major airport, roughly four hours’ drive to the east by the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16). From Calgary (YYC) most visitors drive the Icefields Parkway via Lake Louise, a full day with stops. VIA Rail’s Canadian stops at Jasper station, a short taxi ride from the lodge, which sits on Old Lodge Road just east of town.

Where it is.

Somewhere to settle in.

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge has 442 rooms and cabins spread along the shore of Lac Beauvert, and the first tee is a walk from most of them. After the round, Thompson’s Terrace, the patio at the course, serves Greek-inspired food. Hotels and motels in the town of Jasper are a few minutes away by car and usually cost less than the lodge in July and August. For a round on the way north or south, Lake Louise and Banff are the obvious overnight stops along the Icefields Parkway.

Make a trip of it.

Jasper is far from other championship golf, so most visitors pair it with Banff. Thompson’s other railway course, Fairmont Banff Springs, is about four hours south by the Icefields Parkway, and Stewart Creek and Kananaskis Country lie beyond that, closer to Calgary. Off the course, Maligne Canyon and Maligne Lake are a short drive from the lodge, and the Jasper SkyTram climbs Whistlers Mountain above the town.

Find your season.

The 2027 course season runs from 13 May to 11 October. The pro shop opens from 10am to 6pm daily in season. The peak rate applies until 30 September; from 1 October fees drop, and the Alberta resident rate is offered only on 1 to 3 and 8 to 10 October. Junior rates start on 29 May. The town sits at about 1,060 metres, so late-May and September mornings start cool.