Club at Bond Head - South

I played at Bond Head's South Course for the first time. I walked away really happy and had a lot of fun. I thought the layout and greens had challenging designs that would even challenge scratch-level golfers. The setting was picturesque. Aside from the design, the course was challenging in other ways. In general, the greens were not in great shape. There were many dried-up ball marks from a lot of wear and not enough maintenance. The greens also didn't roll consistently -- some were faster than others. The fairways and rough weren't groomed very well. With some more maintenance and care, this would be a favourite of mine.

Course was nice. Staff a bit aggressive. Starter not that friendly. Didn’t let me use car to take clubs in. Not like I’m 40 again. Could be have used the help. When I went back to get them, I did see some players with carts getting bags. :(

Friend misplaced phone on course. Staff were helpful in the successful search. Thank you.

The course has a nice layout and is overall quite nice, but the maintenance ruins it. The grass in the rough is over the top too long, makes it virtually impossible to find your ball, even when you miss the fairway by less than a foot. It seems to be done on purpose but it ruins the experience, as it takes everyone too long to locate their ball, even on relatively good shots.

This enjoyable round was diminished by the foursome ahead, whose course efficiency had a lot to be desired. The round was 4 hours and 50 minutes because of them. It’s desirable that a golf club sends a ranger to track back through the course and when they see large gaps opening up, pass on some friendly encouragement to pick up the pace.

Really nice course, especially for the price. The problem is how excessively long the grass in the rough is. If you miss the fairway by an inch, your ball is basically gone forever. Nearly impossible to find your ball in the rough unless you're standing directly on top of it. Very frustrating when you don't hit a bad shot and you have to take consistent drops and keep losing balls.

The positive. The greens were fabulous. Fairways in nice shape. Tee boxes decent shape but a little hard to get the tee in on some boxes.

The negative. Bunkers are very poor. Some grown in, some have lots of weeds in them. Even the ones that have been semi maintained have very little sand. Before Clublink took this course over it was always in superb condition. I hear now the course to be sold and a Resort built. Still if we pay the price that Clublink wants I would expect proper bunker maintenance. Props to the greens keeper though. Simply beautiful greens.

It is a shame that such a nice course is ruined by immature golfers who don't have the common courtesy to repair ball marks. 43 on the 18th green alone.

We started off very excited to play this course! It was a very hot day on the course and there was no beer cart. We got to the clubhouse and decided to get a beer then! We were told that only members could be served after 7pm! We were made to feel like second class which is NOT acceptable! The greens and fairways were in great condition but the first rough was so long, it was almost not playable! When we first got there the starters did nothing but complain to us about the pro shop setting them behind! Not professional at all! We will likely not return!

Very disappointed and hugely insulted that the clubhouse would NOT sell my foursome a beer between nines. First of all they said no alcohol sales after 7pm and then the upstairs patio refused to sell us a beer (to go between nines) because we were not members. What an insult and a ridiculous joke to say the least. Might be the last time we play this course!

Great course, friendly and helpful staff. Very tough greens.

The greens are very poorly kept, rough is overgrown, and bunkers are in horrible shape. This was a great course last season, not sure what has happened. The layout is incredible but it definitely needs some TLC.

Great course in fabulous condition. Super difficult greens to read though!

Played this course before and this has been by far the worst condition it has ever been in. Front 9 on the south was not in great shape. If your ball rolled off the fairway it was lost to the grass. The grass was super long everywhere and where it was cut, it was littered with grass clippings. The fairway was dry and divots everywhere, even the greens. Not sure what happened to the maintenance here but it is quite disheartening.

I originally booked south but was told that it was very backed up by the starter so we moved to the north course because, “ it’s wide open and we will zip through it!” . We caught up to the groups ahead by the 4th hole ! Then we were told by the ranger on the 6th that it was “totally Jammed up ahead, and playing through would not be possible”. Also incorrect, the two groups ahead of offered us to play through (very nice of them) and it was smooth sailing from there! The greens were ok, the fairways were ok. But the grass in the rough was way too long! I lost three balls on beautiful drives that rolled just off the fairway and I couldn’t find them ! Another frustrating part is no distance stakes anywhere! And for the price you pay there should be GPS in the carts! I can think of 4 or 5 courses off the top of my head that have gps and stakes for the same price or less !

Overall I won’t be going back there for a while. The staff was friendly but the course conditions take away from the fun experience, mind you the south course is much different.

Hate to see weeds in the fairway and bunkers were not playable.