LEGENDS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
🇨🇦 Sherwood Park, Alberta, CA
Designed by Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus
Legends Golf & Country Club in Sherwood Park, Alberta, features two eighteen-hole courses designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, respectively known as the Nicklaus Course and the Palmer Course. The club opened in the late 1990s as part of a residential golf community development in the Edmonton metropolitan area. The Old Hickory and Traditions names appear to reference specific nines within this dual-course facility, though the courses are more commonly identified by their designers' names in public references.
The Nicklaus Course typically emphasizes strategic shot-making with generous fairway corridors that reward positioning for approach angles, while the Palmer Course tends toward a more aggressive style with bolder bunkering and risk-reward opportunities. Both layouts occupy rolling parkland terrain characteristic of central Alberta, with mature stands of spruce and poplar framing holes and occasional elevation changes providing variety in stance and perspective. Water features appear throughout both routings, requiring carries and adding definition to several holes.
The club serves a private membership drawn largely from the Sherwood Park and Edmonton areas. As one of the few facilities in western Canada to offer courses by two major championship winners and course designers, Legends has hosted regional amateur competitions and provincial championship events. The clubhouse provides dining and event spaces that serve the membership year-round, accommodating the relatively short Alberta golf season that typically runs from late April through October.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Old Hickory/Traditions was designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
Yes. Old Hickory/Traditions at Legends Golf & Country Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Old Hickory/Traditions is 72.
Old Hickory/Traditions plays 6,648 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Old Hickory/Traditions is 135.
Old Hickory/Traditions is a 18-hole course.