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Bigwin Island Golf Club
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Bigwin is in Ontario's Muskoka region, and was a redesign by Doug Carrick of the original Stanley Thompson course. The course is in a spectacular setting, parkland with tree lined fairways bordered by lakes and pink-granite outcroppings. The fairways are broad and forgiving, but the course's defence is in the approach to the green, guarded by Carrick's signature huge. flashy bunkers, and mid-sized to large contoured greens which are fast and slightly undulating. It's a par 72 course, 7166 yards from the tips, The holes are routed in a variety of directions over the undulating island terrain, providing a variety of shotmaking challenges. There's a number of good risk/reward type options, and generally the course is a drill in good course management. It's fairly restrictive to play, as the public can only play without a member Monday to Friday after 10am and after 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, in the months of May, June, September, October. it's members and their guests only from June 28th to September 1st. It's definitely worth figuring out how to play here.
Published by: Corey Miller
Posted by: JayM
Mar 29th, 2010
Bigwin is remote and a challenge to get to, but once there, you have the course to yourself for the most part. I think the par threes are extremely average, but the course can get away with it because of the few visually spectacular holes like the par four sixth and the par five closer. I'm also a big fan of the dual fairway ninth and tremendously fun 14th. The conditioning was very good when I played the course eight years ago and service was also outstanding. The professional let us play a second round that day for the price of the cart, a very nice gesture on his part. The views are spectacular and the overall ambiance is among the best Canada has to offer, starting with the boat ride in to the facility from the dock in Baysville. I definitely feel that Bigwin Island is among the strongest courses in all of Muskoka and I'd rate it right up there with the Muskoka Bay Club and Oviinbyrd as far as quality goes, with Deerhurst Highlands and Taboo slotting in right behind. In my opinion, any trip into the area would be incomplete without at least one round at Bigwin.
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