

Break a Sweat
Eighteen holes through old-growth Douglas firs in Burnaby, where missing a putt is genuinely the fun part.
Central Park Pitch and Putt is the rare golf experience where skill is entirely optional and that is, in fact, the point. Eighteen short holes wind through actual towering Douglas firs inside Burnaby's 220-acre Central Park, the average hole is under 90 yards, and the only requirement is being over eight years old with a putter and a tolerance for mild embarrassment. It's cheap, it's playfully competitive in a way that feels friendly rather than grim, and each missed putt is a small gift to the other person. When you're done, loop around to the duck lagoon: on weekends, hobbyists race remote-control boats there, which is genuinely charming and completely weird and the kind of thing that turns a quick round of golf into an afternoon you'll bring up for months.