With the recent release of the Score Golf Top 100 Courses in Canada and the subsequent debate, I thought I'd see how my rankings compared to Score's. I have played every course in Ontario that cracked Score's Top-100, but my rankings are awfully different than theirs. Some of the courses I haven't played in several years (Mississaugua and Oakdale among others) and as a result I am less sure of their rankings. In putting this list together I realized one thing for sure... we are lucky to have such a depth of quality golf courses in Ontario.
Anyways, for what it's worth, my Ontario top-50. Comments? Rank Course 1 St. George's 2 Devil's Paintbrush 3 Coppinwood 4 Hamilton 5 Toronto 6 Rocky Crest 7 The National 8 Essex 9 Beacon Hall 10 Westmount 11 Bigwin Island 12 Scarboro 13 Lookout Point 14 Osprey - Hoot 15 Oviinbyrd 16 Weston 17 Kawartha 18 Brantford 19 Eagle's Nest 20 Mississaugua 21 Osprey - Heathlands 22 Muskoka Bay Club 23 Summit 24 Thornhill 25 Redtail 26 Glen Abbey 27 Rosedale 28 St Thomas 29 Heron Point 30 Devil's Pulpit 31 Oakdale 32 Cherry Hill Club 33 Mad River 34 Cataraqui 35 Ridge at Manitou 36 Wyndance 37 Burlington 38 National Pines 39 Deer Ridge 40 Maple Downs 41 Taboo 42 Lambton 43 Tarandowah 44 Deerhurst 45 Grandview 46 Port Carling 47 Oshawa 48 Bond Head (South) 49 Black Bear Ridge 50 Cobble Beach And numbers 51-60 would probably include... Magna King Valley London Hunt Copper Creek Lora Bay Angus Glen - South Bayview Lake Joseph Club Eagle Creek Sunningdale |
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This is a great list for Ontario. Do you have any further thoughts around how the Score list could be further segmented i.e. public vs. private, modern vs. classic, etc.
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I love your course reviews. I just started golfing again in 2010 after a 20-year absence, but have played 13 of your top 25 in the past 3 years.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of the list, though Glen Abbey would be much further down on mine. I play it a few times every year and it always reminds me of the lobby of a historic Fairmont hotel - you can tell it used to really be something special but hasn't weathered the test of time as well as we would have hoped.
DeleteI'd also put Muskoka Bay in the top 10 and Wyndance in the top 15. Good call with Summit.
Great list overall and indeed a welcome reminder of how many solid tracks we have in the province - too bad so many of the best are private.