Shanty Bay Golf and Country Club - Rangeland

Finally played this after living in the area for a long time and never getting out to it. I don't really understand what people find so "nice" about this course from who I have talked to. I understand we have had no rain but while other courses in the area for the same price or less are watering fairways and are green while Shanty Bay the fairways in some spots are rock hard and just dead, they seem to only be watering the greens a lot and the tee boxes a lot but fairways are getting no love, can't even tell where the fairway starts and the rough ends.

Other than the poor fairways, some of the greens were quite bumpy (putts just randomly turning on flat spots) and a lot of the greens are turtleback designs oh and every single green had a sprinkler head right in the middle of the green...But the worst part was just really dumb hole designs. Our threesome played Klondike and Frontier, Klondike was quite enjoyable but a lot was left to desire because the only obstacles to really watch for was the couple holes that had a tree right in the middle of the fairway, lots of blind shots and a completely blind par 3 (#7). But the worst of it came on Frontier, I do not know what the heck whoever designed this was thinking...So the first 4 holes are nice and enjoyable and straightforward...and then you get to hole 5 and realize yes it really is a 237 yard par 3! That has a tree right in front of the middle of the green really not allowing you to hit anything but a super high launching 3 wood, I mean we all aren't Jason Day...if your gonna have a 237 yard par 3 then get rid of the tree restricting complete access to it. Myself and my other partner in our threesome are both low single digit handicappers and we both couldn't get on the green in 1 because of the tree. The next hole is also a rather confusing one, it is a 444 yard par 5 with no forced carries and really nothing that makes it challenging, ok a gimme hole simple but what comes next is just plain stupidity. So after hole 6 you then go to 7 when you are greeted to yes another 450 yard hole but wait, this time it is a par 5 with a forced carry and some trees surrounding the green, and even slightly up hill. So can someone explain to me how a 444 yard hole is a par 5 and then it is followed up by a uphill forced carry 450 yard par 4?

tl;dr - Frontier is an absolutely horrible layout from the Blues, Klondike is ok. Greens bumpy, fairways dead, basically no bunkers, turtleback greens.

I really enjoyed the course. The fairways are very forgiving but still challenging.

First time playing at Shanty Bay Golf Course

and my friend and I had a great afternoon of golf.

The tees were too close to the greens. Unsafe if balls went astray. Not enough of a buffer between holes.

Do not plan on returning.

First time playing this course in rural country , gave average as fairways lack grass in many places greens were not so great , this maybe to early golf season in this part of Ontario

This is a very good golf course. It has a well thought out layout. The greens are in great condition. It has a short front nine with a challenging back nine from the blue tees. It features a very nice club house.
Dont forget to tip your beercart girl!!

nice lay out with a fair bit of water , a few tight fair ways