Hawk Ridge Golf and Country Club - Meadow Nest

Fun to play.Under 4 hrs for round. Staff are excellent.

I was looking forward to finally playing this course as the photos look good and it would be an opportunity to get out of town. The facility is quite nice when you pull up and the staff were very friendly as well as mindful when applying precaution regarding the current Covid situation.

My problems with the course were the reluctance of the Marshall to move my 2 some ahead of the foursome playing in front of us. He was more than aware that a gap of at least 1 empty hole existed after only 4 holes of play. Having to wait until the 10th hole when we made it very obvious to Foursome that we were repeatedly having to wait that they then let us play through.

The other issue would be the condition of the greens. They were unbearably slow and one of them had been recently aerated. Also, there were far too many unrepaired ball marks on many of the greens.

I expected better of the course

This is the 5th time playing Meadows Nest this year and it is in great shape. We were disappointed last year with the greens but they have done a great job bringing it back to life.

Well laid out with some hazards and water but still open enough to let it rip. Back 9 tightens up and makes you think about your shot placement.

Will be back again.

We played the Timer Ridge course. The layout was interesting, lots of different kinds of holes. The pace of play was fine, even though the course was far from empty.

The main problem was that the greens were quite rough -- bumpy and kind of slow. The puts would frequently bounce off line. There were also some conditioning/maintenance issues -- unfixed ball marks, bare spots.

There were no on-course amenities -- no beverage cart for example -- perhaps due to the COVID-19 rules in the area. Since we teed off late morning, a cool drink would have been welcome.

Overall, I enjoyed the day. If I am in the area again, I wouldn't rule out another round there..

I play HawkRidge about once per month and the course gets better and better. each time. Greens are faster and pro shop Staff are very polite.

Excellent Covid-19 controls in place...good work.

One hour to play first 3 holes due to foursome not playing ready golf, looking for lost balls etc yet fully aware of twosome (us) waiting behind them on every shot.

Passed them by jumping from hole 4 to hole 5 and completed the remaining 14 holes holes in 2 hours...so still a great day. NOTE: It's now 8:00PM...You may want to send someone out there...they may still be there.

Little talk from a marshal might have made things move better.

Love the courses and the staff..will be back

Always have a lot of fun here on either Course. Both layouts offer nice amounts of doglegs, hazards and positional play off the tee. The Staff is enthusiastic and genuinely happy that you're onsite which is a huge advantage. Practice Facilities are tops in Simcoe/Muskoka. Price point for a 36hole facility is to ride or walk is also great.

Having spent 15yrs in the Business with 5 of them as a Superintendent, I'm expressing the following in a completely constructive manner. The putting greens are in serious need of light frequent topdressings to go with all the vertical mowing. Ive been there 3wks in a row on friday afternoon and the greens are soft and puffy which leads me to think they're overwatering to be safe. A frequent combination of slightly higher mowing, vertical mowing, topdressing and rolling early in the week would quickly turnaround a lot of the recent reviews and could also cutdown on the water.

I will be back out mid afternoon this friday regardless because of everything in the first paragraph of the review. Ultimately I hope these reviews make it to the right people.

Thanks

I played the Timber course and this is not an $80.00 green fee golf course due to conditioning and degree of difficulty. There is not much to think about when playing the course as there is not a lot of consideration to be made on placement shot making or processing mental yardage for the next approach shot as the course is not that long or troublesome. You will some sort of winter kill or ?? on every tee block, green and or fairway. There are weeds in the fairways and divot repair is not maintained. The rough is thin (lack of grass) in areas. The greens have very little undulation and in need of cutting and rolling. There are replacement hole positioning found on most greens as well as members and the playing public are not interested in repairing ball marks. I understand they did have an issue with the greens in the past year. That being said, other courses I have played overcame these issues and rebuilt greens within a years time. I am in no rush to back this year and certainly would not buy a membership considering the COVID restrictions in place. Incidentally, the golf carts are old and tired re-confirming this is not worth the $80.00 experience.

Very friendly staff. Made us welcome and were all helpful when asked a question.

Course was in very good shape, greens a little slow but gave a true roll.

Would definitely play again as the variety of the holes made the play very interesting and enjoyable.

Was not informed there is no cart girls for water or pops

And you do not go back by club house

34 degrees out

We played here 3 weeks ago. It didn’t live up to expectations. We chose Meadows Nest as it’s the 18 that doesn’t go through a housing development, unlike Timber Ridge. Overall it was a decent day — great staff, good COVID procedures, course layout/routing was good, and the fairways were fine. The greens and tee boxes however were not. We played the whites and while the other tee boxes looked fine, the whites were chewed up beyond belief. We had a mid morning tee time so the extent of the damage can’t be solely attributed to players ahead of us. They were really bad. As for the greens, there were some sketchy conditions. As I understand it, they had some significant “issues” with the greens last year, so maybe it’s a case of them still coming back, but most were not what I’d call nice greens.” I’d play it again but not this year; MAYBE next year

I had played the Timber Ridge course at Hawk Ridge a few times and have always heard the Meadow Nest was the better of the two so was excited to play it. The course was in good shape although the damage from the greens that ravished the course last year was still very evident on some holes. Overall the course plays well and offers a challenging experience while still forgiving for those refining the game. Lack of Beverage cart on a day with temperatures reaching low 30's was very disappointing. I still like the Timber Ridge better as I feel it has more holes with character. Meadow Nest appears to be a lot of the same hole with little elevation change or obstacles requiring you to alter how you attack the holes (same club off tee followed by same mid irons into green etc) where I found Timber Ridge to cause you to think a bit more about how to play the hole. All in all though an enjoyable experience and I look forward to playing either course again in the near future, just maybe a day when not quite as hot lol.

Very challenging layout. Greens good size . Sand traps very soft. A few water hazards, enough to make things interesting.