Banty's Roost Golf and Country Club - Blue/White

The course is a great one to play only if you get a deal. I wouldn't pay full price here. It was the final day of the season so a lot of the regular amenities were put away. The course was in decent condition.

We were disappointed in the friendliness of the staff and didn't like the fact that we had to leave our car keys with the staff when you rent a cart.
The course itself is in pretty good shape for this time of year.

It was a rainy day - course almost closed except for golf now players - pro shop was not trilled to have us out. Warned us to come into the club house if the rain came down harder. He really wanted to close the course and leave for the day. Not overly friendly pro staff. Just play and leave.

This is a great course, challenging and in amazing condition.

This course could be something if it were not for personnel and Management at the course. The attitude of Management is what I might expect at a private - pristine course (not acceptable, but could understand). This course is barely average yet the personnel countinue to have a chip on their shoulders and it's getting worse over the years. Issue is they take no accountability - and prefer to defend their position. This day the course severely over booked and had no ranger on the course. What made it worse is they were bleeding their sprinkler system which in one instance, i was almost standing on top of and nearly took out my ear drum (not to mention a near heart attack). When calling in to complain, i was advised they do this ever year? Hello?! Do this after hours and not on my dime. This course needs some structure, organization and professional-customer facing personnel in the pro shop with the ability to better deal with customer grievances.

The staff were friendly and in good condition is very good and even course golf course.

First of all , I would like say about them.
unfriendliness, haughtiness and arrogance attitude, un-sincerity.

Course was in great shape and provided some natural challenges. Plays well from the blue tees. Pace was very slow as it seemed to be overbooked for a holiday Monday.

This is not the first time that I was made to wait more than half an hour beyond my tee off time. The staff were pretty rude. I wish they do not overbook and play havoc on people's schedules. My buddy had to leave without finishing his round.

Although I expected Thanksgiving Day to be busy at all golf courses I didn't expect a half hour to fourty five minute delay for T-off. A three foursome wait at each hole turned all of us off and I witnessed a lot of angry people wanting their money back. Six and a half hours for 18 is terrible! The course was also pumping out their sprinkler system on the greens which was excessively noisey, not to mention soaking the players.... The course was lovely but the greediness turned me off

we showed up for our 12 tee off time and witnessed a zoo at the club house. People were complaining about wait times.....we went in to pay and get our cart... they all chuckled that they were running about 45 minutes behind schedule but I was welcome to go buy a lunch and wait....I asked why book a tee off time if it wasn't honored they said they were still working on 11 am tee times at 11:40 when I was there....told me to come back at 12 and they will see. at 12 went back in they called me a liar for coming back at 12 and to go wait. at 12:10 they came out and yelled , do we have any twosomes ready to golf...I happened to be right beside him so we were lucky , I thought. they paired us with a twosome that had a 12:08pm who said they showed up and got right on.....no big deal we headed to #1 Blues and when we got there we joined 5 over foursomes waiting to golf.....Brutal people in the first group had been waiting 45 minutes for their start.....my playing partner bailed with the other twosome and got a refund.... I noticed the next group off had only 3 so I joined them.......halfway through the round the maintenance crew decided they were going to start blowing out their sprinkler lines for the winter so we were constantly being blasted with loud air noises. It was real obvious that the owner / manager only cared about making as much money as possible that day. worse customer service/ clubhouse interaction I have ever had golfing.....But on a good not the Jays won

The pro shop staff are a nightmare to deal with, tee times were back up from hole 1 which lead to having to leave at the turn due to a 4 group pile up on our #10. The service staff were the only good part of the course as they were friendly both on the course and in the club house. If you have time for a 6 hour round on a weekend, I may recommend...

Overpriced for relatively moderate course...greens little shaggy but kept well.

If you want to have a good time in this golf course, you may need to think about the way to book carefully. The owner looks very unhappy the players from golfnow.com. The staff was very rude. Very disappointed.

With three 9's, Banty's Roost will usually give you a quick round. Fairways are in fine shape. The more expensive parts of a golf course to maintain - greens and traps - while very serviceable, need work. Greens were left long (and therefore slow), because to shorten them would risk burning and even more expense. Sand traps are pebbly and not filled.

Still, you can have a terrific golf experience, played at various lengths, for a reasonable rate. That's why I alternate this course with more expensive, semi-premium courses. My cost-per-round then is also more manageable.

I played this course many years ago and found it to be just ok but this time out I was pleasantly surprised. The blue course 9 was a little easy and the greens were very slow. The red course 9 was longer, more challenging and the greens were a lot faster.

Showed up an hour early for my tee time on a long weekend, not knowing whether the course would be busy or not. Also, I wanted to warm up with a small bucket of balls before my round.

When I asked the first guy I met in the pro shop, he told me the course was "unusually quiet. Actually, scary quiet!" so I figured I'd have no problem riding as a single. Great, just what I wanted that day!

Hit my bucket and came back to the pro shop, still with half hour before my tee time and was told I'd have to wait out the full 30 minutes before I could start!

Meanwhile, a walk-in arrived, asked if he and his wife could book a time and play - and that they did. Walked right into a cart and straight to the first tee. I know, because they were the only people to show up in the 30 minutes I sat in my cart and waited.

When it was finally time to tee off, the guy couldn't even tell me which two 9's I'd be playing that day. I had to play the first 9 and come back and ask which 9 to play next.

Overall it's a nice course, but boy, the guys in the pro shop sure are curt. I'm not sure if, like others have said, they don't like Golf Now customers, but if you don't like the service - cancel it. I'm new to golf so this site is how I find all my courses and tee times. Sorry to disappoint you!

Otherwise, it's quite a nice course. I played blue and white and they were both really nice. The fairways are tight on some holes so mis hits can easily wind up on neighboring fairways, but that's on me, not on them!

Only a couple water holes, but they're really nice.

Course was in good condition, both fairways and greens. Golf carts seem old and only in fair condition.

For a relatively short drive from Toronto, Banty's is a great course for anyone with a 20-24 handicap. Anything else and you might find the course a bit too easy and too short. Maintenance is good, greens are in great shape! Couple of characters in the pro shop though.

I only golf once a year; for my birthday. This year, I chose to golf at this club and I found that I picked the right day because the weather was spectacular and the greens seemed as though they were well maintained. We were lucky enough to go on a day that the course was not busy at all and didn't have to worry about people in front or back of us. Being my birthday, I didn't have to pay but, my brother managed to find a deal for himself and my friend who tagged along. Everything was perfect until the back 9; and we had parked our carts on the side slightly off the golf cart path but nowhere near the putting greens for the hole that we stopped at. Literally, we were 1 foot away from the golf cart part and as we were purchasing food and drinks from the snack attendant from her cart, the marshal came zooming in and says "you guys should know better". To which we replied as stating that we didn't know what he was referring to and he was pointing to our carts stating that we should not be parked there. I apologized and he kept scolding us and I mentioned that I'm trying to enjoy my game because it's my birthday and my friend apologized this time so he could leave. One bad experience is enough for me to never come back. Really spoiled my golf outing on my birthday. You guys should hire someone other than that grumpy old grandpa who had PMS.