Bay of Qinte or Royal Laurentian

[big mac]

Hi fellas--trying to do a golf getaway with 6 couples---what do you figure is better value for the $$$ Royal Laurentian twice or Black Bear and Trillium Woods--once each. Played RL several times but never BB or TW

[jeffc]

Hi fellas--trying to do a golf getaway with 6 couples---what do you figure is better value for the $$$ Royal Laurentian twice or Black Bear and Trillium Woods--once each. Played RL several times but never BB or TW

I've never played RL so can't comment on that. TW is a great layout and I am told BBR is even better. I will be playing it in a month. Of course you are pretty much staying in Belleville which isn't all that exciting.

[bobbyc]

Myself and friends have made the trek to play BBR for the last 6 years. ClubLink quality in a public course love it . Got rained out at TW last week but planning on going to play it next week. I hear from a friend it is excellent and he prefers it to BBR. It better be good !!! Never played the others you mentioned.

[jmwhite]

I'd rather spend a weekend in the Tremblant area than in the Belleville area. During the evenings there is always something going on a Mont Tremblant. RL also has nice big chalets to rent right on the golf course.

[TWoody]

I'd rather spend a weekend in the Tremblant area than in the Belleville area. During the evenings there is always something going on a Mont Tremblant. RL also has nice big chalets to rent right on the golf course.

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[eyeping]

Also look at playing Timber Ridge as a back up course if one of your selections is not available. Just down the 401.

[NoBack]

I'd rather spend a weekend in the Tremblant area than in the Belleville area. During the evenings there is always something going on a Mont Tremblant. RL also has nice big chalets to rent right on the golf course.

We just got back from 3 days in tremblant - played 36 holes at Royal Laurentiens on Saturday still made it in before darkness. The course is in great shape, service is excellent and weather was outstanding.

BTW ... we were 9 guys and we rented in the Quebecois chalet on top of the hill across form the course for 2 nights with 2 breakfasts (6 bedrooms / full kitchen / pool table / BBQ with Hottub outside overlooking golf course plus fire pits and badminton net that we didn't use LOL)

[TWoody]

Also look at playing Timber Ridge as a back up course if one of your selections is not available. Just down the 401.

Unfortunately not in good shape this year. They suffered some winter damaged that has not come back.

[1800Duffers]

Some friends golfed a round at Trillium and Black Bear. They commented that their next trip would be golfing two rounds at Black Bear instead of one round at each of them.

[cleek]

Don't get me wrong Black Bear is a great course , better than TW re: elevation change and a bit more wow factor. I played both in June and I much preferred the greens at Trillium. I also found the service to be superior at TW, not to mention the cost was 2/3 of what it cost me to play BB. Just my preference.

[big mac]

Played Royal Laurentian today---was in excellent shape---they have made quite a few improvements to the course--enlarged a couple of greens--new tee boxes on some holes--removed some of the trees at the rear of some greens---was worth the $$$. It was 1 hr 40 minutes via 323 and is 158 Km from Beacon Hill.

[BogeyGolf]

Both are good courses, if you are looking for things to do outside of golf, like go out for a nice dinner, etc.... I would go to Royal Laurentian as you can go to nice restaurants, pubs, etc. in the village. you can play Le Diable as well as other courses that are near by.

[manotick]

Just came back from a package Royal Laurentien offered at the the golf show....3 rounds, 2 nights, breakfast for about $300. Excellent value. The course was in great shape and we went out every morning at 7:30 and had the course to ourselves. Lots of nice landscaping and different holes with different elevations. Like others said, lots to do in the area as Tremblant is only 20 minutes up the highway and we had a couple of nice dinners in St. Jovite which is even closer. One day we played Royal Laurentien in the morning and Le Maitre in the afternoon.