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Sawmill Creek Golf Resort & Spa
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Sawmill Creek Golf Resort & Spa is southwestern Ontario's premier golfing destination. Located just east of Sarnia and less than an hour from London, the golf course is a conveniently situated getaway that feels much further thanks to an idyllic location along the shores of Lake Huron. The course is a par-71, links-style design that is challenging enough for avid golfers but still playable for beginners. The gently rolling landscape was enhanced even further with the addition of more than a million tons of earth, which was carefully molded to look as though it had always been there. The meticulously crafted mounding adjoins the fairways, providing a continuous flow throughout the golf course. In addition to the mounding, golfers will also face large bunkers, tall fescue, bluegrass rough, and desert-like waste areas. It may appear daunting, but Sawmill Creek is not as tough as it looks.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6445 yards | 71.0 | 133 |
| Blue | 71 | 6109 yards | 69.5 | 130 |
| White | 71 | 5710 yards | 67.7 | 122 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5710 yards | 72.8 | 127 |
| Red | 71 | 5194 yards | 65.2 | 113 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5194 yards | 69.5 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 70.9/134 W: 77.3/141 | 377 | 193 | 349 | 332 | 158 | 491 | 439 | 545 | 192 | 3076 | 405 | 423 | 389 | 136 | 505 | 195 | 486 | 159 | 507 | 3205 | 6281 |
| Blue M: 69.3/130 W: 75.2/136 | 352 | 179 | 331 | 317 | 145 | 456 | 406 | 526 | 173 | 2885 | 384 | 405 | 368 | 127 | 477 | 169 | 460 | 139 | 486 | 3015 | 5900 |
| White M: 67.7/126 W: 73.2/132 | 331 | 167 | 306 | 301 | 138 | 425 | 381 | 501 | 153 | 2703 | 364 | 384 | 347 | 118 | 454 | 153 | 437 | 117 | 467 | 2841 | 5544 |
| Red M: 65.3/116 W: 70.0/127 | 310 | 159 | 280 | 262 | 131 | 405 | 361 | 452 | 127 | 2487 | 322 | 328 | 324 | 109 | 406 | 123 | 412 | 98 | 444 | 2566 | 5053 |
| Handicap | 7 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 4 |
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Sawmill
Greens hairy and bumpy traps and flowerbeds unkept, was told property in receivership which would explain conditions.
This course has the potential to be a first class course which it was in the past. It has been neglected very badly & needs lots of tlc
Playable course
It’s well known that this course has degraded significantly over the last 3 years but it is still playable if you want to get out and hit the ball. Green fees are now very inexpensive but about right considering the condition.
Sawmill Creek
This was a really nice and well maintained course several years ago. I believe there are new owners now and the course layout is is still what it was but it has been drastically neglected. Such a shame for a once beautiful course
Zombie Apocalypse???
Played course for $13.50 incl tax and booking fees so how could I be disappointed?
The weeds in the parking lots were the first cue that this course had been abandoned long ago. If this was 6 -12 months into a zombie apocalypse I would have been glad to find it in this shape.
Greens were shaggy, lumpy and bald patches. Tee decks were a touch worse than the greens. The fairways were patchy and hard to determine where the fairway ended and the rough began.
I played this course 18 years ago and it has a nice links style layout with several tee decks to appeal to different players. Over the years there must have been several owners come and go.
Disappointing.
What a shame
Fantastic layout, but the course is being neglected. What a shame!
For $16/round, this course is interesting enough to get me to come back.
Manage your expectations. Come with an open mind and you will have a good time.
Sure has gone downhill
This was one of the best courses around two years ago now they have the nerve to charge $40 .The greens are full of winter kill and all the fescue is nothing but weeds.The buildings look like they have been abandoned for years.
Save your money and go somewhere else.
Good Course, but condition of course is poor
Last played Sawmill Creek about 10 years ago. Was in great shape back then. Course layout is still great, but it does appear as though the course is going through some tough times. Condition of course was not bad, but was certainly far from great. Greens were a bit bumpy and the tee off areas had some weeds growing out of them. And the bunkers? They were weed filled with hard pan sand -- have not been raked for years it looks like. It's too bad because the course is a links style course and is a nice lay out.
Wow
Played this course several years ago and enjoyed it, today was a total surprise to see how bad this course has been let go.
The tee blocks are overgrown, the fairways are in very bad condition and the greens are absolutely deplorable.
Stay away.
Dilapidated
There are no Covid contraptions on the flag sticks. One flag wouldn't stay in the hole. The bunkers are overgrown and un-kept and at times it was hard to tell where the fairway was.
It was worth a try
Looks like this course can be an excellent course. The layout would make a great challenge. But, they have a lot of work to do. Greens were very bad and the bunkers could not be used.(mud or weeds)
Neglected
Sawmill Creek has abandoned any effort to maintain its course. I cannot believe how neglected the course is. All fairways are brown, and the greens are horrible, dandelions were the only thing on the greens that were green. It's a shame that they let this course go.
Was a good course
Course has gone to seed. Too bad the owner doesn't play golf and understand what he bought. Sad state of repair.
Great course gone bad.
Played course years ago. It was above average.
Sadly it has basically been left to go wild. Greens were long and burned out. Fareways were like concrete. Dried out and mostly uncut. Traps were either overgrown or looked like an escavator has been doing donuts in them. Traps unplayable, greens unputtable.
So sad to see an exceptional course gone to seed from neglect.
Terrible condition
The fairways weren’t cut
Bunkers were terrible grass growing inside the sand bunkers
Tee off areas were rough
Greens were brown and not maintained
