The growth and expansion of the Innisfail Golf Course over the past century would not have been possible without a major ingredient – water – and the work to get it to the course. While the parkland of central Alberta generally has sufficient to abundant moisture..

In 2003, Bill Robinson was commissioned to do a master plan for 27 holes. This time, Robinson only did two site visits, as he worked off hand drawings. Once after tree clearing, and then once when everything was ready to go.

There are significant milestones in any history that’s got a hundred years to review. For the Innisfail Golf Club, it took vision, courage, determination, hands-on labor, plus financial commitments to see the Club through some ambitious expansion phases.

It takes imagination and creativity to envision a nine-hole golf course on a scenic, sandy hillside. That’s exactly what Hank Wagner and his cohorts Bye, Badcock, Orton, Laird, McKenzie-Grieve, Hodge, Grant and Edwards did. They were the first officers of the early days of the Innisfail Golf Club in the 1920’s.

Sure, there are modern amenities now. But in many ways, the creation of the golf course allowed for the preservation of some of central Alberta’s best views and most beautiful landscapes, as well as a centuries old recreational sport.