Glen Abbey Golf Club

Love this track and all the Canadian Open memories. 17 green needs a redesigned but otherwise course is great.

There was a time… When golfing at Glen Abbey was a bucket list adventure. After a three year absence, I decided to play again. And it was quite disappointing. From the time I arrived in the parking lot or two arriving at the first hall, my staff experience was a unhelpful almost to the point of distain. Starter was great. The ones lush fairways and beautiful bunkers of Glen Abbey are no more come out replaced with something I would expect from a $50 course. It is quite sad, but given that club link is trying to sell the place and has been for quite a while perhaps it is understandable. I just wish that the price would reflect more appropriately what you get.

The course was in great shape. Pace of play was perfect on the front nine but crawled to a snails pace on the back nine because they started groups on both 1 and 10. We were surprised that the service was sub par. No bag drop and person who handled carts was not particularly friendly or helpful. No drink cart was ever seen during our round and when we finished no one was around to tell us what to do with our golf cart and no signs posted telling us where to leave it. This seemed strange for a premium golf course.

For a Club Link course I was disappointed with the condition of the course and the absence of marshals to improve speed of play.

When I played here many years ago it was a top end course.

Great golf course!

As it is somewhat of a tourist attraction, it seems to attract a lot of none-golfers killing the pace of play.

1st time playing here. Was shocked to be able to get a tee time due to the (so called) prestige of the course. On arrival everything was self serve, grab a cart, load your clubs, proceed to pro-shop, got directions to range - hit a few balls and off to 1st. Was expecting a country club experience was more like a municipal. Course plays well - especially when hitting from golds. As with any round, smart, target golf is key - especially on back 9 (valley holes). Front is fairly forgiving. Fairways and greens were in good shape, tee boxes not so much - lots of divots. Overall, given the lack of country club experience- it was a tad expensive (but I did play at 11am on Father’s Day). Would play again at a cheaper rate. Overall this was more about chalking up playing at a “championship” course.

We are a bunch of beginners and felt very welcome with no pressure

( Helps that we made sure we were last teeming off as we took 20 min per hole )

A little slow but it was Father’s Day, so that was to be expected.

Some of the tee decks were in poor shape, but other than that it was great. Nice bunkers, quick, tough greens. Beautiful layout.

Staff didn't seem interested in being there. No GPS in the golf cart which should be standard when paying $250 per round.

We were originally supposed to tee off on back nine then changed to front nine. The group ahead was 2 holes ahead. After 8th hole, the marshall told us to catch up to group ahead - despite being 2h and 7 min on front nine - paired up with two golfers who were not playing well - especially with many bunkers. Felt rushed for the entire round despite booking a 3:30 on a Monday. We did catch up to group ahead of us. Total round time was 4:13 mins. This took away ability to fully enjoy course - especially back nine surroundings.