Ballantrae Golf Club - Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario

Sang A. (. C. M.

I've played many courses, and this place is the best among public courses. The price is great as well. The fairways are well-maintained like carpet, and the greens are so fast. All the staff are extremely nice. Highly recommend.

the P. S.

Love this course. Greens and fairways are usually in awesome condition. One of the better Doug Carrick courses out there. And now they have this little robot that cuts the grass. Thanks for keeping the course so nice lil guy!

nick

I really enjoyed my time here, the staff were friendly and tried to keep the pacing of the groups. The greens and fairways are in very good condition, and the neighborhoods beside really add to the aesthetics! I enjoyed the difficulty level and i think for beginners, the course is quite friendly as the red tee will avoid most hazards (specifically ones that would make you lose balls)

Tyler A.

Had an awful experience at Ballantrae. We had a foursome, 3 walking 1 riding. We were continually harassed by the course marshals for pace of play, saying we were holding the groups behind us up... the group behind us was consistently 2 holes behind us. One of the marshals even started arguing with us when we asked them to stop harassing us because we were on pace! He even threatened to make us skip a hole! We finished the round in 4 hours. The course itself was nice but the greens are in pretty bad shape.

After our round I went to grab some lunch in their restaurant (I was hungry because there was no beverage cart on the course, no halfway house, and apparently no time to grab any food at the turn) but the kitchen was closed! The only hot food offering was a hot dog and it was completely cold.

I couldn’t recommend Ballantrae less.

Jeff C.

The good:
This course is beautiful. It’s maintained extremely well, the carts are great, and the staff is mostly friendly.

The bad:
While the Marshalls were friendly and polite, it feels like they expect you to sprint to your ball and speed run the course. I can’t believe how many times they came up to us and told us we were behind pace while there was literally no one behind us and we could see the group in front of us finishing each hole as we teed off. We were by no means playing slow at all, and we finished this course in around 4 hours. The entire time I was more stressed about my pace of play than anything else. We stopped keeping score and just focused on finishing in time. This really ruined our experience - this was the worst experience I ever had golfing.

Also as a side note: This course is lined with roads and houses on almost every hole so if you have any sort of slice or lack of confidence in your shot, I would avoid it.

Given our experience, it’s hard to give more than a 1 star review even though the course is so nice.

Ji K.

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geoff M.

Lovely Florida style seniors community built around a great golf course. The course is kept in great condition, a number of holes with tabletop greens, that run fast and true. The property also has a community center with tennis courts.

rick B.

One of the worst golf rounds I have ever had. We were continually harassed by staff to speed up play. With a 3 hr 40 min pace 2 walking 2 riding I’m not sure how much faster we can play. We were all playing bogey golf it better. If you want a pace of 3:30 or better maybe explicitedly state this before the round and make carts mandatory.