The Heritage course at Picture Butte Golf & Winter Club is a Les Furber design located in the small southern Alberta town of Picture Butte, approximately 20 kilometers north of Lethbridge. Furber, one of Canada's most prolific golf architects with dozens of courses across the western provinces, brought his characteristic approach to routing and strategic design to this prairie landscape. The course serves a community-focused club that operates year-round facilities, as suggested by its name, providing recreational opportunities beyond the golf season in this region known for its agricultural heritage and variable prairie weather. The routing works with the relatively flat to gently rolling terrain typical of southern Alberta's farmland, where wind often plays a significant role in daily conditions. Furber's designs from this era typically emphasize playability for a range of skill levels while incorporating strategic bunkering and water features to create interest and challenge. The course reflects the practical needs of a municipal or semi-private facility serving local membership and visitors, balancing maintenance considerations with engaging golf holes. Picture Butte sits in the heart of Alberta's irrigation country, where the landscape transitions between prairie grassland and cultivated fields. The club provides a recreational anchor for the town and surrounding rural area, offering a social hub alongside its golf amenities. The Heritage course represents the type of accessible, well-designed golf that serves smaller Canadian communities, where the game remains central to local sporting and social life.