Just got back from a trip in MB. Weather was great, except for a rainout on Friday.
We played 6 rounds, Long Bay, Waterway Hills, Legends Moorland, Shaftsbury Glen, Wachesaw East and International Club, the rainout was supposed to be Myrtlewood.
The conditions were excellent. It was fairly dry, so putting was a bit of a challenge.(except for Thursday's round, we got some rain the night before).
If you haven't played Shaftsbury or Wachesaw East, book them on your next trip. Shaftsbury was very wide open but hazards are well placed. Wachesaw has some tight fairways.
If you are planning to play Legends Moorland, make sure your short game is top notch. About half the greens are raised, so a slight miss makes for a difficult chip up. Some have 20 foot drops off the fringe, and I got caught going back and forth (and back and forth) on one hole. Par 5, up to the greenside bunker in 3, 6 shots later I was on the green (3 to get out of the bunker, over the green, then back and forth 3 more times). The greens here were quick and tough. I had one 5 putt (from 20 feet), downhill to about 8 feet, then back uphill to 6 feet, then back down to 4 feet, back up to 1 ft, and I sank that one. Those 2 holes put me over 100 for the only time all week.
If you have the choice, skip International Club, nothing spectacular, conditions were similar to many of the public courses here.
Long Bay was by far my favourite. Jack Nicklaus signature course. It was also my best round, had a birdie putt on 18 for an 89, ended up 3-putting for a 91, which is good for me since I've only broken 90 once in my life.
I tried to upload some pics but they're too large, pm me if you want to see any of them.
g8r