Course Conditions 2022

[scrollerpete]

Played Smugglers yesterday, perfect weather, course in fantastic shape and the greens smooth and fast, pool table top speed. Shot my age so a great day.

[1800Duffers]

Canadian is in great shape and not crowded today

[CrowdPleaser]

Too bad, it's pretty obvious when you see the state of the course that there is a serious problem.

There is no sense of direction and with the years of neglect is unsalvageable. From my experience playing the course it seems that projects are started but never fully completed. They have a range but it hasn't been open in years. The place should be doing well financially with Barrhaven and Manotick growing but its reputation is hurting itself.

[613golfer]

There is no sense of direction and with the years of neglect is unsalvageable. From my experience playing the course it seems that projects are started but never fully completed. They have a range but it hasn't been open in years. The place should be doing well financially with Barrhaven and Manotick growing but its reputation is hurting itself.

I remember playing at Manderley as a kid and it was never a bad course. It wasn't good by any means, but conditions were always consistent, grass was mowed, and greens were slow but at least similar.

I hadn't been back for many years until last year. Wow...was I ever in for a shock. You could tell that fairways weren't cut because there were tall weeds growing in the middle of the fairway. Grass was burnt in many places. Actual grass coverage was extremely thin, and very hard to determine where the fairway ended and the rough began.

There is zero effort going into the maintenance of this course. I am sure that the few workers left there are overworked and underpaid, so they probably don't care. And I am sure the owners don't care about it all because it is very expensive for what it is, and the tee sheet is still busy.

Completely agree that Manderley is unsalvageable. It would take years and a lot of money to refurbish the course. It's too bad because the layout isn't half bad either.

[DJC]

The original 18-hole Manderley layout was designed in the early 1960s by Howard Watson, described in a Maclean's magazine article in 1949 as Stanley Thompson's "principal associate." They worked together on most of Thompson's golf course projects during the last five years of Thompson's life (late 40s and early 50s). Don Ferne added Manderley's North nine in the early 2000s, claiming to have used as his guide the principles evident in Watson's original layout.

[eez]

Renfrew issued an email saying their last day open would be Sunday Nov. 6th.

[justsomeguy]

Metcalfe was also in great shape and not crowded today. Their annual Halloween tournament will mean both courses are filled up tomorrow, but I would expect another week (maybe 2) of golf after that before they close for the season.

[Pine View]

Pine View Championship Course will be aerated on Monday and Tuesday this week. 9 holes will be closed each day and all 18 hole rounds will replay the same 9 holes twice.