UPDATE: SUNDAY MAY 7 - 7:15 a.m.

Sunset Ranch Golf Course in Kelowna is back open and ready for golfers to hit the links after a one day closure on Saturday due to flooding.

According to its web site, Shadow Ridge remains closed.

ORIGINAL: May 5

Two golf courses in Kelowna are closed due to flooding and a third is down to nine holes after both Scotty Creek and Mill Creek spilled their banks.

Shadow Ridge and Sunset Ranch courses are both closed today while Kelowna Springs has nine holes open with its back nine holes submerged from Mill Creek.

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