Top Country clubs in Port Severn, Canada

My friend and I had an interesting experience tonight - overhearing how the chef spoke to a customer who seemed to be asking for more sauce for his meat which should have been the gravy for the meat and not for fries
For the expense of the food I was surprised as it seems the gravy is packaged and therefore not available
The chef was not happy at the request -
Seems like the waitress forgot maybe!?
It is not what one expects to hear and is not conducive to a pleasant encounter so not really recommended

I dine out 3 to 4 times a week and can't remember the last time I was treated so bad at a fine dining restaurant. They ruined my meal, and made me pay for it despite my legitimate complaint. The server and manager acknowledged what she did but refuse to take a lousy $35 from a $150 bill. The chef came out threatening me cause a scene. The purest customer service EVER!

First of all the conditions of fairways and greens were fantastic. Maybe the best greens I played on all year. Some really nice views that reminded me a bit of Sea Island in Georgia. Good food and good people. The reason for a 3 is just the layout. There are too many blind carries and forced layups to make this a course fun to play. If they just took some of the marshland out at least to provide a line of vision down the fairway, the course would be really really nice. Probably would not play it again for $146 and would stop at TPC Toronto to play on the way up to cottage land for that money. Great shape though!

Got a chance to play this as part of a guys weekend. We did Oak Bay on the way home from Deerhurst, and I personally found it nicer than Deerhurst. Was it harder....yes, were the greens much faster...also yes. The scenery more than made up for the challenges. It is a tougher course for a high handicap player, and the fact that any ball hit OB is probably gone due to all the poison ivy.

The carts have fairly acurate GPS and the hole fly by option looks as good as some simulator courses you could see at your local indoor spot.
The only other thing was my Garmin watch had the holes mixed up. Hole 1 was 10 on my watch and 10 was 1. The nines played out after that. Not sure if this is a Garmin issue or Oak Bay...just wanted to mention it.

There was a bunch of rain the day we played, but everything drained very well and the course was still very playable. A handful of holes had some moisture issues and the bunkers were more mud than sand (those things happen with the weather that hit the area).

There were no ball washers on the course or the cart and for the money you'd expect something to be able to get the mud off your balls. No cart girl that day, but again with the weather we had, it was expected. They did notify us and each cart had a cooler on it to hold any drinks you wanted to take.

Its a bit of a trek from where I am to play regularly but if you're in the area (or live in Barrie) it is worth the trip out there.

Facilities are lovely. The course is in excellent condition. Particularly loved the fast true greens.
But…

No driving range for a course this challenging, at this price, is problematic.

I’m a 13 handicap and this course was far too hard for me, even from the whites. The course is very tight. To add to this 5 foot tall rough has been deliberately left from the tees to the fairways (often 150 yards away) obscuring the hole and the landing area on numerous holes. Although the holes are shortish from the whites (mid 300s) not being able to see where to place the shot or see it after it landed was not conducive to a positive round. As a first time player at Oak Bay I found these layout decisions overly challenging and frankly just not enjoyable.
Sorry to be a negative Nelly but the proclivity of poison ivy guarding the edge of the narrow fairways on almost every hole was the straw that broke the camels back.
So although the course is great condition and the layout and location is lovely,
I won’t be playing it again.

Beautiful course! Unforgiving though, and very narrow for the average Joe… bring a few extra balls. Would love to come back at the end of the season and see if it’s as tough as it felt!

Really Love Oak Bay, tough challenging course with a beautiful back drop. Also the Food at the club house is exceptional. The traditional wood burning oven is Money.

Our group of six visited the restaurant on a Monday night, reserving a table earlier in the day. The restaurant was spacious with a great view of the bay and of the golf course. It is on the second floor, and there is an elevator for those who do not wish to use the stairs. Our pastas were really good as were the pickerel and the pizza from their wood fired pizza oven. One of our party had dietary choices and the restaurant got back to us when we booked to help with the menu. Much appreciated. We have a cottage nearby and it's always a treat to go to this restaurant for a fine dining treat and change from grilling your own food.

Great, golf course. It is a shorter golf course and has a few holes where it's forces you to lay up on the longer holes to make the shorter yardage work.

It is a beautiful course and I would definitely recommend for any serious golfer as this is not a course someone who is new to golf should play as there are a lot of holes you have to carry a decent amount just to get a ball in play.

There are certainly 5 star aspects to Oak Bay. The conditioning was excellent, apart from the tees. The par 3 7th hole is their signature hole. It is a well designed hole with beautiful views to an inlet from Georgian Bay. What I saw of the clubhouse facilities looked very good. Price was $125 + HST which was fair.
I admit that my opinion of the layout would likely be better if I was a more accomplished golfer. But I feel that being the course that a residential community is built around there are likely a lot of higher handicap golfers attempting to play this course. Be warned. Your golf ego will take a bruising and you will lose a lot of balls.
There are multiple semi blind carries off the tee to tight fairways that seem to slope to unforgiving ‘rough’. By rough I am meaning dense forest and marsh, lined everywhere with poison ivy. The course posts many warnings about the poison ivy, so look for your lost ball at your risk. Pace of play was predictably slow. The front nine on a busy Saturday took 2 hrs and 45 minutes. Pace improved on the back nine.Despite a shorter yardage, this courses has a deservedly high slope. Because of the short yardage the low handicap player may find this course less than satisfying whereas the high handicapper will probably leave frustrated. So I give failing marks to the designer and course developers.
I won’t return until my game improves, which unfortunately I know is not going to happen.

Beautiful course with stunning views and world class dining. Even the most skilled golfer will have a tough time on this course, the challenging par 3 with the huge cliff over Georgian Bay will make any golfer curse. Fairways and greens are kept in superb condition. Highly recommended.

I will start by saying this course is beautiful and has some very nice holes. You will need to hit your shots on the par 3 on the green or they will be lost in the water or heavy bush. Challenging and fun course to play. We found everything well maintained except for the bunkers which were mostly unplayable if your ball went in there.

The carts are equipped with a touch screen that displays yardage from your spot on each hole and can view flyovers before teeing off. Overall great experience but for a round of golf at this cost you would assume better sand even though I don’t plan on spending most of my day on the beach, 6th hole is outstanding so don’t leave your camera in the cart when walking to the tee.

If you hit balls in the bush be prepared to lose them as there is warnings all over the course for poison ivy so be prepared.