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Sawmill Creek Golf Resort & Spa
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About
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 |
Hot Deals at Sawmill Creek Golf Resort & Spa
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Course is horrible condition
All these reviews are true this course is is terrible shape, fair ways looked like they were the rough and the rough looked like a forest. The greens were patchy and had weeds growing in them. Would not go again.
Sad state for beautiful golf course
Hopefully someone will recognize the beauty of this course and revive it. Although staff is friendly, toilets are not open, pro shop needs scrubbing, parking lot still in disrepair, many mosquitos and very few people out yet.
Course is in shambles
Even for 16$ it's not worth it. They might as well just turn the land into houses which inevitably will happen.
Just opened a week ago
Great course and layout , you can't expect the course to be in mid summer shape . I was ok with that. But the things you can manage like the ball washers is a must for the early season golfers.
Great staff as always great course layout .once they shake off the winter blues it a hidden gem and worth the drive.
Dozzi
Best price in the city
The golf courses being reconfigured and maintenance have now began on the course but this year will be more well maintained and our irrigation system for sprinklers and that will be operational and running
That said it’s a work in progress you’ve management love playing golf and they want to bring it up as much as they can over the next three years
Played this course yesterday. New ownership has taken over. They have hired a full crew of grounds guys. Course is in a lot better shape then it use to be. Will still take some time but the bunkers have been racked out. You can see across the course with no difficulty. Can’t wait to see how the course turns out this year.
Used to be nice
If to e a top notch course, great layout, fantastic greens, well maintained. Last owner who had it for 4 years ran out into the ground, never put money back into the course, had skeleton crew, no greens keeper. Last 2 years the greens, sand traps and tees all covered in cover sand weeds. Club house not available for food and beverage.
You Get What You Pay For
Got Hot Deal for $21 and I am being kind to say the course was in very poor shape. Use to be member at this course several years ago and unfortunately new ownership has ruined the course. Fairways are full of burned out/ dead grass areas, greens are patchy and rough with weeds and the bunkers are not bunkers (full of weeds and patches of grass). It is a shame that the owners have ruined what use to be a nice course!!
Saw Mill Golf course
Course conditions were fair until you got to the greens. They will have to spray for weeds. Greens were extremely slow. Still had no usable bunkers that were full of weeds. With some work, they can bring this back to a very nice course.
Improving
They are doing the right things. Bringing the course back to its prior splendour. But it will take time.
Best of all they have a basic lunch with beer.
Better
New superintendent is doing all that he can to bring course back to its once glory.
But still need time.
Disappointed
Played the course when it first opened went back to try it again .it's in poor condition greens are almost dead weeds growing in some of them. The bunkers are unplayable due to weeds a foot high the fairways are burned out and the tees are like playing out of the rough it's not worth the money the whole place is run down looks like it's about to go under it needs somebody to buy it and rebuild the whole place
Sad!
Played this course years ago and it was a gem. One of the finest courses in the area, but that was then. Sad to see what it’s become. Clearly, the owners just don’t care about the course or the opinion of those who visit their establishment.
So sad to see this beautiful course in this condition.
I've played it many times but not since covid hit.
Apparently there are new owners that are trying to get the course back into shape.
Condition and amenities
Bathrooms are dirty, no washrooms on course and it was a wind storm and we didn’t get any money back.
Sand traps are full of weeds and greens are furry and patchy
