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I remember when this place's philosophy was that it was a private club experience for everyone..

Well they sure got rid of that credo. Staff were indifferent at best,. It was complete chaos trying to get to the tee. Maybe put a starter on the first tee to explain the course., welcome you etc.

Course was slow from the start waiting 10 minutes on every tee, people playing tee's they had no business playing. If you can't hit a drive 200 yards why they heck are you playing the blue tee's??? Of course no marshalls to keep things moving.. but a load of cart girls..can't miss out on a profit opportunity.

The course itself was in ok shape. It had rained the day before, so some wet was expected, but sme of the fairways were saturated. The greens were mediocre, they were true, but slow, full of ball marks and patchy. The sand is horrible, to much like sandbox sand and grass clipping all over the fairway. The layout is ok, but too many similar holes and too many forced lay-ups if you play the whites (Blue's were almost the same...The signae from hole to hole was horrible. Maybe turn the signs towards you so you can actually read them.

Overall disappointing, this place used to be the moel for a top notch public course, they set the standard when they opened. Obviously profit and tournament golf i their focus and if that's there choice, then fine, it is what it is, just don't expect myself or anyone I know to play it again there are several courses in te GTA that are much better value for your money. Oh well, I am sure it won't be long until it' gone, with house replacing it.

It pains me to write this review as I really do enjoy playing this course. But....Our group played Friday 7-28.

I play this course every year at this time as we rent a cottage nearby each year. In the past the course has been in excellent condition and I we have enjoyed it immensely .

However this year was different. Given the cooler, wetter than usual spring/summer I expected the course to be in tip top condition...Wrong. First off the greens. They were slow and bumpy and by the amount of ball marks they looked like they has experienced an apocalyptic hail storm. I understand it's the players who need to fix their ball marks (How you can pay $150.00+ and not know or care about fixing your ball mark's is just beyond me). The price should weed out most of the hacks. Shame on you fellow golfers.

The fairways were ok..but bare in spots, and just not up to the level that you expect at a course of this price point. The bunkers and rough were fine. In contrast we had played another course about an hour away and it was in amazing shape...perfect and two of us played for the same as the twilight rate for one at DHH.

The staff was friendly and went out of their way to make you feel welcome.

Come on folks, you need to get your act together, it's a beautiful course which I really do enjoy playing, but I can't see forking out the dough to play it again there are too many other options at that price range. I get that the ball marks are somewhat beyond your control, but having the starter mention it and perhaps reminding people to fix or...may be silly but hire a bunch of teens to look after a group of greens and have them be responsible for fixing the marks if the players are too ignorant not too. Just offer them some free rounds.

Sorry for the poor review Deerhurst, but this time it's warranted.

It was a cold day there had been a frost delay and our noon tee time was pushed back to 12:30..No big deal. But 5:15 to play was painful.....
Pro shop Staff was indifferent they certainly didn't make you feel at home or even welcome.

Layout was nice fairways were generous, rough was dormant so not really a factor, sand was way too fluffy, greens were true, but slow I guess due to the frost and not being cut that day.

Number 9 was a beast playing into a major crosswind (towards the water) ands stay out of the bunkers around that green or you could easily be faced with an impossible shot. Lots of railroad ties. I'm not a huge fan of linksy course but this one was enjoyable.

The course itself was fine IMO nothing special the Gambler hole is kind of neat, but not really too tough to hit the "island fairway". Conditions were good I can't really add much that hasn't already been said about the layout.
Huge Pet Peeve that they charge for range balls! Really? This is supposed to be a higher end course and they have the nerve to charge. It's not the money, it's the principal. Pace of play was very slow, we were a twosome who ended up playing behind the twosome we were supposed to have been paired with as they had tee'd off early and they had zero interest in pairing up with us..Just ignorant IMO and the marshall should have made us pair up..but anyway there is no way it should take over 5 hours to play even if it was CPO (I honestly can't remember.

This one is off the replay list we will go back to Tidewater and TPC...

Nice layout, great condition. Play the right set of tee's or you will have a long day. Greens were super quick even with the large amount of rain the previous day, but the course drained very well.

Needed more staff at the bag drop there was one poor fellow trying to take care of about 20 people. We went into the clubhouse registered, came back out and our clubs were not on the cart, so I went to put them on and the guy was panicked and insisted it was his job. I get it, but I also understood he was crazy busy.

Overall an enjoyable day.

Played here many times before and the staff has never been particularly friendly or adept at making you feel welcome.
The guy in the pro-shop had zero personality, you work at a golf course, at least smile and pretend you are happy to have us as a "Guest" at your facility. The starter was equally bland, no hi how are you, just dry dry dry!!! Went into the clubhouse at the turn had stuff to buy in our hands three staff members were there, but no one bothers to help us, but did serve someone else that came in after we did...We walked out, to bad you lost sales there, sorry to the cart girl that didn't get a tip, because of this.

Played lakes and woods, course was in OK condition given the dry weather, tee blocks were a little sketchy, maybe the forward tees were better, we played the back tee's, greens were in good shape, but a little slow. Course is straight forward and in reality they don't have enough land for three 9's the holes are very close together.

Thanks to some poor attitudes this course is now of our rotation. To many other choices with friendly staff that make you feel welcome.

Bought an Underpar in December for the course as we go to a cottage the same week in July every year. I understood the restrictions in July August were after 1:00 PM..Cool.

After looking on line for tee times I saw there were a bunch available on the Sunday, when i called to book an open 1:00 PM time i was told i can't use the certificate..Why? Because there was a lunch and play special. So? It says you can't use it for league play or with another offer..Ya I get that, but it's not league play. "We don't have league play, but the special is the equivalent of league play".

I ended up speaking to the director of golf and he was fantastic! He gave me a time before 1:00 PM...That's customer service! Thanks again.

Really enjoyed the course, the conditions were excellent, the layout was great, pace of play was good.

Would play again for sure.

Played twilight - 4:00 PM Great deal $100.00 and was pleasantly surprised by getting a free shirt!.

Staff very friendly. Course was in great shape and I love the layout! Greens were rolling very true and have some crazy breaks on them, my only complaint was there were several pin positions that were completely unfair. I forget the hole number but, the pin was on the front on a hill that if your approach was short it would roll back down into a little collection area and if you didn't hit it well above the hole it would roll right back down, if you were above the hole you had to hit the hole and sink it or it was off the front into the collection area, it was impossible..We tried several times from above the hole to get the ball to stay on the green and couldn't, it's not right when you stick your approach ten feet and you take bogey while hitting a good putt.

All in all great evening, love the course even though we all played like garbage. Will play again next year!

The staff were very friendly, range was great. Pace ot play way too slow. The group in front of us was a hole behind after 1 and never saw a marshal all day. Took 5 hours to play.

To me the course was very unmemorable the holes all seemed the same. Narrow fairway, Bunkers, fescue, repeat.

With a lot of front pin positions it was basically impossible to get anything close, the greens didn't hold and in many cases you couldn't roll it up, so hit it long hope for a two putt and move on.

Sand in the bunkers was horrible - although the only one I was in was on 18 after a perfect drive dead centre of the kicking directly right, into a bunker in which a had to just punch an eight iron to 100 yards. some will shrug and say that's links golf.

Fairways were in decent shape the greens were hard, full of ball marks, but did roll true.

I wanted to play it, I have played it and likely won't go back. But if you like this kind of course go for it,. I

Played Mid day and expected it to be slow, but 5 hours 45 minutes is the longest I have ever taken to play a round of golf in 40 years of playing completely unacceptable. (first time we were going to walk off a course).

Tee times are way to close together with many many twosomes being sent off. maybe Try to pair them up folks. Did not see a marshall the entire day. Garbage cans were overflowing on each tee. How hard is it to send a kid around to empty them?

Course itself was fine, good conditions, but the layout on the back nine has holes that are way to close together (tee's and greens). Making it somewhat dangerous.

We have typically played this course 5-10 times a year but now have it on the "boycott list" I wrote Kaneff's VP (from their website) and as expected got zero response.

Make it a quicker round and maybe they wouldn't have to have to offer discount after discount to play it. Too bad it's a nice course, but i will spend my money at Flam Hills, Copetown or Mystic..

First played it 3 years ago and it has quickly become a favorite.

Great piece of property with a friendly staff. Course is always in great shape, perfect fairways, great rolling greens my only issue is the sand. Spend the extra dough and upgrade it.

Play the correct tee's for your skill level when we first played it was blues all the way, but i found as a short hitter off the tee (ave 230) some of the carry's were too tough, but moved up to the blue/white and the course became much more playable.

The ninth has me totally psyched out all I want is a bogey, but darn it it seems every time i play it I manage to lose a ball and take triple.

worth the drive.