Amen Corner – Rivershore Golf Links, Kamloops

Rivershore, just east of Kamloops, was designed by Robert Trent Jones, and is one of the first “signature” golf courses in BC. With the South Thompson River in the foreground, and desert-like hills and canyons of the Kamloops region in the background, the course is one of the more scenic in the province. However, its also known for its challenging design.

 
No three-hole stretch of golf makes the heart rate rise like holes number nine through 11 at Rivershore Golf Links.
 
The ninth hole measures 443 yards from the championship tees, often plays into the wind, features a classic elevated and well bunkered Rivershore green and a narrow fairway.
 
The shorter tenth makes up for the lack of length by having a fairway that wraps itself around a pond from tee to green.
 
The signature par three eleventh, again with water all along the left side and a series of yawning bunkers to the right of the green plays more like a short par 4 than a par three.
 
It is little wonder that upon completing this series of holes players of all abilities occasionally mutter to the Lord and gather in the Clubhouse afterwards to talk of what might have been.