In Pursuit of the Perfect Game
To some golfers, the greatest handicap is the ability to add correctly.
So if it’s not the score, then perhaps the pursuit of the perfect game is the place – where a good round, the challenge and natural beauty of the course come together. Maybe it’s playing a course like Augusta National, or Pebble Beach, or even Fox Harb’r – the exclusive private course of Ron Joyce that we’ve highlighted in our cover story.
Those are dream courses, but there are a lot of exceptional tracts closer to home. In fact, there are more than 200 public and private golf courses in the Greater Toronto Area. Finding that hidden gem may not be as difficult as one would image. One such course is Crosswinds Golf & Country Club at the top of Guelph Line. Drive past the cub’s estate-like gates of and you could easily mistake this course for an exclusive private club. Carved into the Niagara Escarpment and nestled in the shadow of Rattlesnake Point and Mount Nemo, Crosswind’s long driveway to a stately clubhouse, pristine white bunkers, paved cart paths and meticulously manicured fairways and greens give the impression that you need an invitation to enter.
But that’s a terrible misconception. The simple truth is, Crosswinds is one of the most picturesque and challenging public courses you will find in Southern Ontario. With the escarpment on the north side and gentle rolling farmland to the south, Crosswinds offers visitors b...
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