“Got a chance to play this as part of a guys weekend. We did Oak Bay on the way home from Deerhurst, and I personally found it nicer than Deerhurst. Was it harder....yes, were the greens much faster...also yes. The scenery more than made up for the challenges. It is a tougher course for a high handicap player, and the fact that any ball hit OB is probably gone due to all the poison ivy.The carts have fairly acurate GPS and the hole fly by option looks as good as some simulator courses you could see at your local indoor spot.The only other thing was my Garmin watch had the holes mixed up. Hole 1 was 10 on my watch and 10 was 1. The nines played out after that. Not sure if this is a Garmin issue or Oak Bay...just wanted to mention it.There was a bunch of rain the day we played, but everything drained very well and the course was still very playable. A handful of holes had some moisture issues and the bunkers were more mud than sand (those things happen with the weather that hit the area).There were no ball washers on the course or the cart and for the money you'd expect something to be able to get the mud off your balls. No cart girl that day, but again with the weather we had, it was expected. They did notify us and each cart had a cooler on it to hold any drinks you wanted to take.Its a bit of a trek from where I am to play regularly but if you're in the area (or live in Barrie) it is worth the trip out there.”
Venues And Event Spaces
“Got a chance to play this as part of a guys weekend. We did Oak Bay on the way home from Deerhurst, and I personally found it nicer than Deerhurst. Was it harder....yes, were the greens much faster...also yes. The scenery more than made up for the challenges. It is a tougher course for a high handicap player, and the fact that any ball hit OB is probably gone due to all the poison ivy.The carts have fairly acurate GPS and the hole fly by option looks as good as some simulator courses you could see at your local indoor spot.The only other thing was my Garmin watch had the holes mixed up. Hole 1 was 10 on my watch and 10 was 1. The nines played out after that. Not sure if this is a Garmin issue or Oak Bay...just wanted to mention it.There was a bunch of rain the day we played, but everything drained very well and the course was still very playable. A handful of holes had some moisture issues and the bunkers were more mud than sand (those things happen with the weather that hit the area).There were no ball washers on the course or the cart and for the money you'd expect something to be able to get the mud off your balls. No cart girl that day, but again with the weather we had, it was expected. They did notify us and each cart had a cooler on it to hold any drinks you wanted to take.Its a bit of a trek from where I am to play regularly but if you're in the area (or live in Barrie) it is worth the trip out there.”