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4.0
295 Reviews (295)
5 Stars
42
4 Stars
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3 Stars
63
2 Stars
33
1 Stars
46
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.1
88.7%
Recommend this course
204 out of 295 reviews
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4.0
7 Reviews (7)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
85.7%
Recommend this course
6 out of 7 reviews
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4.2
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
96.0%
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24 out of 25 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 71
Length 6445 yards
Slope 133
Rating 71.0

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Golf Season May - October
Architect Rene Muylaert (1999) Doug Carrick (2006) Ian Andrew

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $10 - $17
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard, American Express
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa, Lockers

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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Reviews

4.0
295 Reviews (295)
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Reviews 3
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2.0
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Previously Played

Paid 15 dollars for the round wouldn’t pay much more then that.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
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1.0
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Perfect weather
Walked

Waste of money and time, the new owner is not into golf

Sawmill Creek was a well condition golf course until it was sold to Ranjt Singh 2 years ago. This guy is must be money laundering. All his workers, are not employees, they work for golf. He is taking all the cash for himself. No workers Comp. No Canada pension. No employment Insurance. No fed. tax remittance.

The greens are almost dead. The irrigation system is half working. No greens Superintendent. The rough has been cut, however it needs to be maintained, hard find to your ball. The bunkers have weeds growing in them.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

Work in progress

Appears course has been idle for some time. Owners trying to reopen the course and make it playable. Grass in fairways is long, greens are overgronw and you cant really putt. Bunkers are u kept and full of weeds. Ball washers all broken or missing, Would not play again until major implrovement made

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

I’d rather play in my backyard! AWFUL COURSE

This course at one point use to be well maintained and enjoyable to play. NOT ANYMORE!!! The rough is knee high with weeds and the greens are brown and seem like they haven’t been cut in over a year. The tee boxes are full of weeds and rocks and the course it littered with garbage and beer bottles. My tee time was 730 and I walked around waiting for 15 minutes before a volunteer came over and gave me a cart key and a scorecard. Hopefully with new owners and the proper equipment this course can turn it around. Thats high hopes though considering what it’s turned into.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

TERRIBLE COURSE

This course was poorly maintained,,long grass ,fairways cut like roughs at real golf courses. The rough had ankle high grass in the second cuts and knee high grass in the rough... The greens needed a croquet mallet to get any type roll...and if there was any green alive it was a hole I could not find.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Depressing experience, terrible conditions on a wonderful design

I described this about a week ago. I don't know why I am being asked to do this again.

I'm not going to repeat all of the reasons why this was such a depressing experience except to say that the new owners have run this very nice design into the ground. AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS!!! I would not play it again if it were free!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 61
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Day trip

Nice course, fairly priced and friendly staff. Add in mild temps, 70F in November and it really doesn’t get much better than that.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Depressing experience, terrible conditions on a wonderful design

This course has a great design that has lost all of it's conditioning. It is very depressing to see all of the potential being wasted. The design is still a strength and the turf on the fairways and greens has potential but they have been completely neglected. The greens are extremely slow and the turf looks like it is being starved of water and fertilizer. This course has so much potential!! It needs to be taken over by someone who can invest a reasonable amount of money in the conditioning. I paid $23 to walk so it was a good deal but I would be happy to pay $60+ if the conditions were brought back to the original quality.

The person in charge of the pro shop on Nov 17 2020 seemed quite disorganized and could not find my pre-paid booking. Then I had to ask for a score card. Also. as we stood on the 18th green lining up our putts (including my birdie putt to shoot 71), all I could hear for several minutes was the person running the pro shop standing about 20 yards from the green and talking very loudly a group of people about local restaurants. Very distracting and the person was oblivious to all of us waiting for him to be quite!!! This person obviously has no understanding of golf etiquette. Why is he working in this pro shop???

Bottom line: a very depressing experience to see such a wonderful design fall to such a low level of conditioning.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

DO NOT BOTHER

This used to be a fantastic spot....was so disappointed to see what has become of it in such a short period of time. New owners have ruined a great course and facility..so sad

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

sawmill creek golf resort Camlachie

The course is very much improved from earlier in the year and great to play. Fairways and greens were good. The sand traps are not. Restaurant, is under new management and just opened. Looks great. The rooms also looked very welcoming and extremely clean. I only played the front 9 but was impressed with the improvement.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf

The cart rental was expensive. Could not play out of bunkers as no sand and full of weeds. Tee blocks in poor condition. Staff was not friendly but foremost none of the staff where wearing masks and no plexiglass barrier. Also no hand sanitizer. Their computer was not working so had to prove that we had payed ahead of time. I should have reported them to health Canada. I will not go back there again as the coarse looks like it going under and run down. It looks like the bank has taken it over and has put someone it there until the end of this season.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor condition $40 to rent a cart, $20 each person.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Could be so great

So much potential. Course was clearly gorgeous not long ago but has definitely been let go. GolfNow also screwed us on pricing charging more for our round than a normal round with a cart at the course. Be sure to call the course before booking on GolfNow

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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