DESIGN INTENT
Shaganappi Point, a City of Calgary golf course constructed in 1915, is the second municipally operated golf course in Canada and one of the few public courses in the country with a genuine claim to history. As is the case with all golf courses, time had done what a time does: drainage was failing, bunker shaping had degraded, and the course no longer played to the standard its legacy deserved. The City of Calgary engaged NAK Design Strategies as the prime consultant to change that.
Working across the full 60-hectare site in partnership with golf course specialist Ohnysty Crough Golf, the team reimagined the bunker program across 23 of the 27 holes, opening new lines of play, refining penalty conditions, and rebuilding hazards with consistent drainage and playing surfaces throughout. Every new contour was drawn to feel timeless, honouring the original geometry of Tom Bendelow’s 1915 design while modernizing the experience for the players arriving on the first tee today.
The result is a course that invites progression rather than punishes ambition, premium playing conditions on a public course that has always belonged to the city.
