bryan Gagnon

Review of Metcalfe Golf and Country Club

Unfortunately my experience wasn't good at all. I...

Unfortunately my experience wasn't good at all. I called and booked a tee time for 5:04 for my wife and two kids. I wanted to play 18 holes and the pro-shop informed me of a special they had going on for a family of 4. This included the round of golf, and one cart that sat 4 people. When I got there I was told the special was for only 9 holes and not 18 like I first inquired about. I calked it up to a miss understanding, regardless we took the 9 holes and paid the special price of $70 plus tax. It was once we got out and saw the cart for the first time that made us really laugh. The 4 person cart was a utility cart that sat four people but didn't have a place for our clubs. We needed to pile the clubs in the back on the cart laying them down on top of each other. When I asked about getting two real golf carts instead of this utility cart I was informed by the pro-shop guy that they had already asked the boss and that he said no... This indicated to me that even the pro-shop attendee knew this setup was ridiculous as he asked his boss even before I got there. None the less, we piled our clubs into the cart and headed off. At first, things started off O.K as we were all laughing at the ridiculousness of the cart and the fact that we were only playing 9 holes. None the less, we were trying to make the most of our experience but things only got worse from there. After 4 holes the marshal came around and said the juniors were on the course now and we would need to speed it up... Two problems with this; 1st. we only had one cart with four people in it and we weren't hitting the ball to the same spot on the course, which meant more driving around the course. 2nd; we were well below our allotted time to finish 9 holes. We were on pace to finish the round in just under 2 hours, yet we had the marshal pushing us along (not fun at all). All in all, we tried to make the most of a really bad experience at this golf course. I happen to live in the area and I am a golfer that gets out around 40 times a year and this was my second time to this course. All though the course was in half descent condition I would never recommend this course to anyone given my experience. There is way better courses out there for the money and from what I've seen, better trained staff. This is my very first review of any course and that should tell you something about my experience. at this course. I must say, we did stay for food and my meal was good as was my kids meals, my wife's on the other-hand, not so much. All and all our waitress was wonderful and I do give her 5 stars and the restaurant 3 1/2 stars.