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Milby is the nicest golf course near Sherbrooke (Quebec). Most fairways are long (especially on the front 9) but fairly wide which allow to use the driver on most holes. It is well maintained. A few greens currently needs to be worked on but that is to be expected at this time of the year.

Because it is a the bottom of Mount Orford, the golf offers spectacular views and is hilly. The layout is nice. The qualtiy of the land is not great - it tends to be very wet after a good rain. It also attracts a lot of unregular players during the tourist season so i only play very early in the morning during the weekend (7 - 8 am) but get a decent play times (usually 4 h - 4h15 for a group of 3 or 4 golfers). Mosquitos can be a pain in May and June.

I live in Bromont and usually end up playing the Royal when Vieux Village is too crowded. It is more expensive than Vieux Village and in worse shape. Some of the holes are poorly drained so they tend to be very wet the days after a good rain. The golf has been up for sales for many years so the owner is spending the minimum. He modified one hole, chopping about 50 yards from hole #8, to sell a few residential lots. They have not bothered to rerate the course so my GPS still give me the distance to where the green used to be located.

Played early on Sunday (8 am). The course is at the bottom of Mont Brome so it is very spectacular and hilly. We played in 4h30, which is a little slow. The fairways and greens were generally in very good shape. Beware that there are a lot of tournaments / office off-site events taking place at Chateau so it can be very slow if you play later in the morning and in the afternoon. I often drives by and see linee-up of carts waiting. Too bad...

One of 3 golf in Bromont (there is also a 12-holes executive), Vieux Village is quality public course located in a residential developpement. The owners and the staff are commited to improving the course every year. It is fairly easy from the white - a good challenge from the Blue.