TOP 100 CANADIAN GOLF COURSE COUNTDOWN: 50-41

The wait is finally over! SCOREGolf’s Top 100 Canadian Golf Courses is the most authoritative ranking in Canada and has been igniting debates every two years since 1988.

Three times a week (every Monday, Thursday and Saturday), we will be releasing 10 courses at a time on our blog, social media channels, and to our Leaderboard members all the way to July 25th (10-1).

This year especially, there is no better time to #ComeOutAndPlay and test yourself against SCOREGolf’s Top 100 Golf Courses. In celebration of this year’s ranking, we will be hosting Canada’s Top 100 Golf Giveaway, where we give away a prize pack which includes select foursomes plus a #ComeOutAndPlay prize pack that includes four (4) Golf Town Come Out And Play YETIs, four (4) Golf Town Come Out And Play Towels four (4) dozen Golf Town Come Out And Play Golf Balls! Keep an eye on our social channels (FacebookInstagram and Twitter) to enter for your chance to go on a new adventure.

Now without any further ado, here is the 2022 Top Canadian Golf Courses, #50-41.

Check out our previous post in the countdown:

100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51


50-41 OF SCOREGOLF‘S TOP 100 CANADIAN COURSES

50. Eagles Nest Golf Club – Public
Vaughan, Ontario Giveaway Date: July 19

Eagles Nest is visual spectacular course that Doug Carrick crafted from an old sand and gravel pit. Sculpted dunes replete with golden fescue line most its fairways with the property’s high points offering views of downtown Toronto.

49. Royal Colwood Golf Club – Private
Victoria B.C. Giveaway Date: July 19

Given its royal designation in 1931 by King George V, Vancouver Island’s Royal Colwood is a wonderful course with fairways guarded by some of the largest Douglas fir trees in the world. It checks in at number 49.

48. Essex Golf and Country Club – Private
LaSalle, Ontario

Although the golf course sits on a mostly flat property, there is both elegance and intrigue in Essex Golf and Country Club near Winsor, Ontario, given the genius of designer Donald Ross. An amazing set of green complexes adds definition to the property.

47. Summit Golf Club – Private
Richmond Hill, Ontario

Like many Stanley Thompson city courses, Summit has a lot of movement to it, with its holes fitting seamlessly into the land. Doug Carrick has done a lot of work on the Toronto-area course over the years, helping it to keep it inside the top 50.

46. Mississauga Golf and Country Club – Private
Mississauga, Ontario

Numerous architects have contributed to Mississaugua Golf and Country Club, which jumps up one spot to number 46 this time around. Originally a collaboration between Stanley Thompson and George Cumming, the strong course features a number of valley holes that navigate the Credit River.

45. Le Club Laval-sur-le-Lac – Blue – Private
Laval, Quebec

The Mike Weir and Ian Andrew rebuild at Laval-sur-le-Lac stands strong at number 45. The Blue Course is an excellent design on a fantastic piece of property that features plenty of green surrounds to give players options around putting surfaces.

44. Cherry Hill Club – Private
Ridgeway, Ontario

The land on which Cherry Hill — a Walter J. Travis design — sits is not as dynamic as that of other courses on this list, but its holes are sensational nonetheless with top-notch greens and brilliant bunkering.

43. St. Thomas Golf and Country Club – Private
Union, Ontario

St. Thomas is another superb Stanley Thompson design in Southwestern Ontario. Its front nine is particularly strong and the overall course was greatly improved with a much-needed tree-removal program in recent years.

42. Big Sky Golf Club – Public
Pemberton, B.C.

Bob Cupp’s Big Sky at the base of Mount Currie in Pemberton, British Columbia, is high on both beauty and fun factor as the course includes a series of excellent holes that call for golfers to be smart, precise and creative.

41. TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley – Hoot – Public
Caledon, Ontario

The highest-ranked of the three tracks at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, the Hoot Course is an total blast to play. Doug Carrick’s ode to the wasteland-style layout at the famed Pine Valley, the Hoot has 18 unique holes marked by tall pines and rugged bunkering.


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