Westwood Plateau Gets New Owner And Name
By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
(January 20, 2025) - The new owners of Westwood Plateau hope to restore the mountainside layout in Coquitlam to its former glory.
Coquitlam-based JK World Group finalized the purchase just before Christmas. The property includes a championship course, executive course, driving range and two restaurants.
Along with the new owners comes a new name. The facility is now known as GreenTee Country Club Westwood Plateau.
Westwood’s Country Club course is now known as the Sky Course, while the executive layout has been renamed the Fine Course.
Pan said the company will be heavily focused on improving conditioning at the newly named Sky Course. When it opened in 1995, the Michael Hurdzan design was selected by ScoreGolf as the best new course in Canada. Its original owners kept the course in great shape, but that conditioning has suffered in recent years.
“We are going to bring the glory back to Westwood Plateau,” Pan said. “Thirty years ago Westwood was one of the best courses in Canada. In recent years it hasn’t been in good shape. It takes time but we will be working on the bunkers, the fairways, the greens step by step. We saw the potential of this course. You rarely find a mountain course like this.”
Pan said the JKWG hopes to eventually make the Sky course private, but said that likely won’t happen for a few years. “Down the road we are looking to make it private but we won’t change anything for at least five years,” he said. Work will also be done on the executive course and driving range.
The executive course will likely return to its former 12-hole format and Pan said the driving range facility will be updated and new netting needs to be installed. “We will also do something with the ground of the driving range. It’s so muddy right now, the ball will not roll.”
Westwood’s two restaurants/bars, Fairways Grill and Patio and Apres Bar and Kitchen, have been rebranded as Jess’ Fine and Jess’ Sky. The company owns and operates another restaurant, Jess’ Cafe, in Vancouver’s Kerrisdale area.
JKWG’s head office and GreenTee golf shop are located on the Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam near IKEA.