Courses & Local

The best public golf courses you can actually book around Toronto, from championship tracks to affordable municipals, with green fees and standouts.

The public golf courses in and around Ottawa actually worth the tee time, with green fees, standout holes, and which one to book first.

The best public golf courses around Hamilton and Burlington, from escarpment tracks to valley layouts, with green fees and what makes each stand out.

The best public golf courses within a short drive of Mississauga, with green fees, standout holes, and which ones are actually worth the booking.

From Cabot to Banff, these are Canada's bucket-list golf courses, with a note on which you can actually play and which stay member-only.

The best public golf courses across the GTA, ranked by quality per dollar and drive time from downtown Toronto, all bookable without a membership.

Links, parkland, heathland: golf courses aren't all the same. Here's how the main types differ in turf, wind, and the shots each one demands of you.

What does a private club get you that a muni doesn't? Here's the honest difference in conditioning, access, and pace, and when public actually wins.

St Andrews, Augusta, Pebble Beach: here's what makes the world's most famous golf courses iconic, and which of them the public can actually play.

The best golf courses in Ontario you can actually book, not the private trophy tracks. Public standouts by region, with green fees and what makes each worth it.

Course Rating measures difficulty for a scratch golfer; Slope Rating measures it for everyone else. Here's what each number means, how they're calculated, and how they set your Course Handicap.