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WHITE BEAR LAKE — Lyndon King has moved back to Saskatchewan to become the general manager and head pro of the White Bear Golf Club.
King moved to B.C. in 2003 to attend Camosun College to take the three-year professional golf management program, after being partners with his brother Ken King at King’s Department Store for many years. He was looking for something different and decided on golf.
In the summers (and a little in the winters) he worked at Olympic View Golf Club in Victoria, B.C. In 2005, he went to Arbutus Ridge, a sister property of Golf B.C. which is also on Vancouver Island, as sales and events co-ordinator of the golf course.
King then went back to Olympic View in Victoria as director of golf/head golf professional in 2006, clawing his way up the corporate ladder.
The year 2009 took King to Collicutt Siding Golf Club in Crossfield, Alta., as general manager and head golf professional. He lived in Airdrie, Alta., but kept a motorhome at the golf club from April until October. After 16 years in Alberta, King decided to move back to Saskatchewan to be nearer family.
Then in 2025, King was offered the position of general manager/head golf professional at the White Bear Golf Course. Lyndon is still helping as executive manager at Collicutt Siding but has made Kenosee Lake his home.
Cosmetic renovations have been happening in the clubhouse and outside renovations took place as well before the start of the season May 10.
There are some goals that he and his team are working on, including expanding the driving range tee deck for better recovery time and to make the existing putting green into a chipping green and build a new practice putting surface. They also plan to flatten out the challenging 15th green.
On the back 9, a new washroom will be installed fairly quickly. It will be located after the hole 13 green, accessible from hole 11 green and hole 15 fairway. It will be very similar to the washroom on the front nine.
The front desk was remodelled, and the dining room and kitchen are getting a facelift. The pool table is gone, creating so more room for extra tables and chairs. The dining room is going to have a rustic look and be open at 7 a.m. daily for breakfast, and remain open until the golfers have gone.
Another five carts will be added to the 30 new carts, and all will have windshields and club/ball washers. The rental golf carts will now be kept in the shed and only brought out when needed. They will always be kept clean and not get damaged from always being outside.
It is a goal to work on making the golf course more “friendly” by taking out some of the bush, but the tree line will be kept so every hole will still be tree lined but more accessible if a ball goes in that direction. There will be an Royal Canadian Golf Association-approved local rule that the trees will play as a lateral hazard from tee to green.
If your shot goes into the trees, you will be able to shoot from the green across from where it went into the trees.
The assistant general manager is Jace Akan, superintendent is Larry Palmer, kitchen manager is Garnet Big Eagle and dining room manager is Crystal Yanyu. The team will be considerably bigger than ever.
Prices have been lowered for golfing this season. There are different rates for Monday to Friday, weekends, seniors, and juniors. There will also be different rates for matinee rounds at 2 p.m., twilight at 4 p.m. and then sunset at 6 p.m. Plus, they have negotiated with the White Bear Resort that entry into the park (strictly for golf use only) will be cut in half and then that amount will be deducted from your green fees.
Men’s nights (Wednesdays), ladies' nights (Tuesdays), couples' nights (every other Friday) and senior mornings (Thursdays) are just some of the events being planned. King will be starting a Key Junior Golf Academy for kids from four years of age to 14.
