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.
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Needs work
Course layout is great and the course is interesting and tough enough to play. The greens are in rough shape , slow, and undulated. Not good enough.
The fairways need irrigation. Half the course is on the verge of dieing. Expected a better conditioned course for the money
New ownership
Overall good place. New owner so give it some time. The greens need some work they were a bit rough. Employees said a new owner took over and it was their first day.
The layout of this course is Great.
The course conditions are coming around after the COVID shutdown. They will be having some great deals coming soon. Recommend golfing here.
Sub-Par Experience
Having played Sawmill Creek numerous times I was disappointed to see it in such rough shape this season. It used to be one of my favourite courses but it’s very unlikely I’ll be back anytime soon.
OK but expensive
WE did a Golf now greenfees but when they added on their cart fee it was more than their standard 18 + Cart.
So careful booking via Golfnow if you also want carts.
Course needs some work.
Disappointing
the course has so much potential but the greens are the worst I have played this year out of 16 courses. Beat up super shaggy over all just awful. Tee blocks are alright fairways sre fine. The course itself is very hard but its expected from a links style course just way to many issues
Sawmillcreek Dont wast your $ and time
Since the new owner took over last rear the course has gone down hill dont wast your time booking
it is unplayabale and embarrasment to all its former members
No Staff???
Course was good.
Besides the gentleman in the pro shop, who was there on his 1st day, we did not see one other employee on the course. There was no cart service and nothing available at the turn. Wish this would’ve been brought to our attention so that we could’ve grabbed water/Gatorade in the pro shop (which did not have anyone in it when we made the turn). Just odd.
Great course
All good. Nice course with lots of challenges and easy to follow. The only area of improvement is that if your going for first time the Pro shop is hard to find as it is located at the back of another building, I saw no signing indicating where it was and I could not find anybody to ask. Also before arriving the GPS sent me to a side road. So, again if your are going there for first time be there with at least 30 in advance.
Tale of two Sawmills
The course is challenging and fun to play and it is also conditioned quite well. While a few holes are somewhat tricked out playing at 90 degree doglegs etc. it’s only going to be slightly annoying the first time you play. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the other amenities at the “resort” which have definitely seen better days. That’s fine with me however as I’m only there to golf and the course is still being well taken care of so far...
A beautiful course for anyone
A very beautiful par 71 course. Great layout, soft and quick greens, tee blocks were nice and flat, fairways in great shape. The only knock I could think of about this place, is I wish the rough was a little thicker. It was a fairly easy rough to play out of. If I lived closer, I'd definitely play this course frequently.
Excellent course
We camp every summer at the Pinery near Grand Bend and play all the local courses.
This was the first time at Sawmill Creek and I would highly recommend this course to everyone.
Nice challenging layout and distances that are reachable with several holes requiring well placed shots.
Will definitely be returning many times in the future.
Cost was a bargain! 5 star recommendation!
Great course
Course was in very good condition. They were doing some work on some bunkers trying to Improve the course. Greens were very receptive and putted very true and were quite quick. Fairways and rough were in very nice shape. We had some lunch when the round was complete and the food was great. Overall it was a great day.
Fall golf
Links style course so relatively leaf free (which is great for this time of year), food & beverage facilities all closed so the course missed an opportunity to sell refreshments. Sand traps in very poor condition, fairways in good shape, greens so-so (recently aerated & sanded)
Good Day for Golf
Nice course. Big hitter can make the green on No. 3 Par 4. Don't be short though or you'll be in the water that runs the full length of this dogleg rt. No. 6 par 5 is similar layout as No. 3. You can be rewarded with an eagle chance if you challenge yourself to carry the water that also runs the length of this par 5 dogleg. That being said, the course is very manageable for all level of golfer.
Great course!
This is an impressive facility and course. Challenging, interesting holes but we still scored well. We will be back. The only suggestion I would make is to provide signs to help people locate the washrooms!
Favourite course in SW Ontario
This course is always in great condition and staff is helpful and friendly. The course doesn't seem to overbook its tee times so the pace has been great every time we've played Sawmill Creek. Our favorite course in SW ON!
you need to stay in the fairway to make this course easy
thecourse has lots of bunkers,some water and stream crossings the course was dry and hard so the ball did a lot of bouncing but the course is enjoyable to play