Full Breakdown of Rankings: 100-91 | 90 – 81 | 80 – 71 | 70 – 61 | 60 – 51 | 50 – 41 | 40 – 31 | 30 – 21 | 20 – 11 | 10 – 1 |
30. The Links at Crowbush Cove
PUBLIC
Morell, P.E.I.
Thomas McBroom, 2000
SG Rating: 7.9511
2022 Rank: 37
Prince Edward Island’s top-ranked course, The Links at Crowbush on the Island’s north shore features rolling fairways, pot bunkers and multi-tiered greens. The seaside holes in the sand dunes are a delight, but the routing also wanders through woodlands and wetlands for variety.
29. Tobiano
PUBLIC
Kamloops, B.C.
Thomas McBroom, 2007
SG Rating: 7.9628
2022 Rank: 26
Few courses are more striking than Thomas McBroom’s Tobiano. A desert course overlooking Kamloops Lake, several of its stunning holes require hero tee shots over canyons. The basically treeless property is rumpled and replete with golden fescue and native vegetation.
28. Humber Valley
PUBLIC
Deer Lake, N.L.
Doug Carrick, 2006
SG Rating: 7.9675
2022 Rank: 28
Humber Valley’s two nines cascade in opposite directions from a hilltop clubhouse towards Newfoundland’s Humber River, with the par-4 10th a real rollercoaster of a hole. Two of the course’s better assignments are the par-3 fifth and the short par-4 15th, both playing along the river.
27. Laval-sur-le-Lac – Blue
PRIVATE
Laval, Que.
Ian Andrew/Mike Weir, 2012
SG Rating: 8.0140
2022 Rank: 45
Redone by Mike Weir and Ian Andrew in anticipation of a future Canadian Open, Laval-sur-le-Lac’s Blue Course is an excellent design on a fantastic piece of property that features plenty of green surrounds to give players short-game options. The Open never came, but the course is a delight.
26. Mickelson National
PRIVATE
Calgary, Alta.
Phil Mickelson/Rick Smith, 2022
SG Rating: 8.0183
2022 Rank: 20
The host of the 2024 PGA Championship of Canada, Mickelson National was fabricated from a piece of flat property and turned into a big and bold course with plenty of movement, wide fairways, awesome greens, distinct bunkers and a number of assignments that reward aggressive play.
25. Mount Bruno
PRIVATE
St. Bruno, Que.
Willie Park, Jr., 1918 (Thomas McBroom)
SG Rating: 8.0650
2022 Rank: 24
Mount Bruno’s excellence is found in its subtlety. The Willie Park, Jr., design, later tweaked by Stanley Thompson, was laid out over relatively flat land but features plenty of interest and character in its fairways and nuanced greens. The tree-lined course is a delight for those lucky enough to have played it.
24. Muskoka Bay
PUBLIC
Gravenhurst, Ont.
Doug Carrick, 2006
SG Rating: 8.0684
2022 Rank: 22
Muskoka Bay might be the toughest exam fashioned by Doug Carrick. With holes playing over and between rocky outcroppings, through dense woods and around wetlands, golfers must be at their best to score well here. The property is wonderful and flows nicely without being extreme.
23. Goodwood
PRIVATE
Goodwood, Ont.
Martin Ebert/Tom Mackenzie, 2007
SG Rating: 8.0960
2022 Rank: 29
The ultra-private Goodwood, near Stouffville, Ont., is a bold Tom Mackenzie-Martin Ebert design on rolling land with excellent green sites, vivid bunkering, fescue-lined fairways and a brief stretch of holes through woodlands. With some links characteristics and firm turf, Goodwood is pure golf.
22. The Pulpit
PRIVATE
Caledon, Ont.
Michael Hurdzan/Dana Fry, 1990
SG Rating: 8.1031
2022 Rank: 23
The Pulpit starts with a bang thanks to its dramatic drop-shot opening hole featuring a double fairway guarded by water. From there, the course plays mostly through a wooded terrain with some linksy holes in the middle of the back nine. The seventh is one of the great short par 3s in Canada.
21. Shaughnessy
PRIVATE
Vancouver, B.C.
A.V. Macan, 1961
SG Rating: 8.1153
2022 Rank: 19
The 2023 CPKC Women’s Open host, Shaughnessy is known as a tough test given its small greens and narrow fairways lined by tall trees. The A.V. Macan layout alongside the Fraser River is prototypical of the Pacific Northwest, in that it rewards smart choices and accuracy off the tee.