Ontario Golf Courses ... as ranked by Ontario Golf Top 50 panelist & VP Golf Operations for Teeing It Up - Bill Rivers

The criteria for ranking golf courses are as varied as the courses themselves, with some ranking agencies using course difficulty, others rewarding aesthetics, customer service, membership and / or practice facilities. The fact of the matter is that there is simply no one correct or fair way to objectively compare or rank golf courses. As new courses continue to spring up just about everywhere, and older courses undergo improvements, golf course rankings are sure to change. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, outstanding courses may never be recognized or ranked among Ontario's best. It is impossible to fairly rank golf courses that one has not played, therefore Ontario Golf "Top 50" golf course ranking panelists must have played the course in order to rank it.

Bill's Top 5 A love of Ontario's Near North & Muskoka golf courses is evident in this list, as is my reluctance to include exceptional private courses that most Ontario golfers simply cannot play - e.g.   Redtail, St. George's, Hamilton, Westmount, National, Beacon Hall, Coppinwood, Oviibyrd, et al. - that and the fact that, unlike many of the other OG "Top 50" panelists, I have not played those golf courses. Muskoka Bay Club   (Gravenhurst) Taboo GC   (Gravenhurst) Seguin Valley G&CC   (Parry Sound) Ridge at Manitou   (McKellar) Port Carling G&CC   (Port Carling)

2009 "Top 50" Ontario Golf Courses (listed alphabetically)

as selected by ...

Ambassador GC Angus Glen GC - South Bigwin Island GC Black Bear Ridge GC Cedar Brae G&CC Cherry Hill Club Club @ Bond Head - South Cobble Beach GL Copper Creek GC Cutten Club Deerhurst - Highlands Deer Ridge GC Eagles Nest GC Essex G&CC FireRock GC Galt G&CC Georgian Bay Club

Glen Abbey GC Grand Niagara GC Grandview GC - O'Meara Granite Club Heron Point GC Lake Joseph Club Legends - Battlefield Legends - Ussher's Creek Lionhead G&CC - Legends LochNess Links Mississauga G&CC Muskoka Bay Club Oslerbrook G&CC Osprey Valley - Heathlands Peninsula Lakes GC Piper's Heath GC Pointe West GC

Port Carling G&CC Raven GC at Lora Bay Rebel Creek GC Ridge at Manitou The Rock GC Rocky Crest GC Royal Ontario GC Scarboro G&CC Seguin Valley G&CC Taboo GC Tarandowah GC Thundering Waters GC Timberwolf GC Whirlpool GC Whistle Bear GC Wildfire GC Willow Valley GC