Welcome to Smugglers Glen Golf Course

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Course Profile

Smuggler’s Glen Golf Course is a championship 18-hole facility that opened on July 21, 2005 for public and member play. The developers of Smuggler’s Glen, the Seal family, have owned and operated the Glen House Resort since 1962. The owners have over 50 years of experience in the hospitality industry and have invested a considerable amount of capital to create the area’s newest attraction, Smuggler’s Glen Golf Course. The Glen House is proud to offer yet another reason to visit the world-famous 1000 Islands, a region renowned for boating, fishing and vacationing amidst the St. Lawrence River’s natural beauty.

The course is an inspiring blend of nature and design. The generous fairways and gently contoured greens set in a pristine forest environment are inviting and enjoyable. Brilliant white sand bunkers, refreshing river breezes and dramatic elevation changes add excitement to every round.

18-hole championship design, semi-private golf course
Well-balanced design. 9 holes leading to club house and 9 holes leading out with a BBQ Express lunch stop at the Club House for take-out food and beverages on your way to the 10th hole
Par 72: 5 par threes, 5 par fives, 8 par fours
Five sets of tees allow golfers of various experience levels to enjoy the course
Slope and Rating – please see our scorecard section on the website
Course designed and built by Mr. Boyd Barr of Barr Designs
Bent grass greens and fairways
The course features a “target style” design, with dramatic elevation changes and a layout cut through timeless Canadian Shield rock outcroppings
Our 7,000 square-foot Club House facility features an expansive covered porch with a panoramic view of the St. Lawrence River and overlooks the 1st tee
Shuttle service from the Glen House dock is available for golfers arriving by boat

A Natural Setting

The designer, Boyd Barr of Barr Designs, has come up with an outstanding and unique golf course design, incorporating many natural features of our rugged Canadian Shield topography within the parameters of golf architecture. The golf course features fabulous vistas and interesting tee shots from several highly elevated tees. The course design takes full advantage of the natural terrain of mature mixed forests – including tall white pines, high granite cliffs, rolling hills and valleys and unique flora, including wild fescue grasses, mosses and ferns. It is common to see deer, wild turkeys, hawks, foxes, turtles and other animals living in and around the property. The five-lined skink, the only lizard native to Ontario, is a remarkable resident listed as a species of “Special Concern” under the province’s Endangered Species Act. Naturalists consider the skink significant and unique – we’re committed to work within, and to exceed modern environmental practices!
The course was indeed a challenge to build; extra funds were required to blast and carve the course through the rugged Canadian Shield’s pink Precambrian granite outcroppings. The course has a special feel and distinction defined by its natural park setting. In fact, three holes (#4, #5, and #6) were carefully built to preserve natural wetlands habitat that are located within the UNESCO-designated Frontenac Arch Biosphere (FAB) reserve. These three holes are located in what the Provincial Government has considered an A.N.S.I. (Designated Area of Natural and Scientific Interest). These environmental features have been included within our outstanding golf design that is in keeping with the natural beauty of the Thousand Islands. After all, this is our special home, and we’d love to share it with you!

Outstanding Test of Golf

Smuggler’s Glen has an exciting balance of scenic beauty, challenge and playability for golfers of all abilities to enjoy. The course features a layout that requires a great deal of accuracy off the tee and risk/reward shot-making ability. With five sets of tees on each hole, the course will accommodate and challenge both the new golfer and the seasoned pro. Smuggler’s Glen has generous landing areas off the tee and sizeable greens, but when played from its full length, with longer rough and fast greens, the course will provide a true challenge. Recently, Smuggler’s Glen has been voted “Favourite Public Golf Course” by Flagstick Magazine’s Readers Choice Awards. We hope it’s a must-play course for your next visit to the 1000 Islands!

Scorecard

 

Hole by Hole

Tips and tricks for navigating each of the course’s 18 holes.


Scott FreemanScott Freeman
23:36 29 Sep 24
Excellent course, underrated. Much more challenging than the course rating.Exceptional scenic views. We will be back.
Michael MoodyMichael Moody
12:29 28 Sep 24
Great place amazing
Darrell BloomDarrell Bloom
16:18 27 Sep 24
Fantastic track to play. Always in top condition, scenic with tons of risk reward holes and perfect greens. Paved cart paths would be a nice upgrade along with back tee on hole 1. Very odd that the back tee is lower than the forward tee making you feel like you need to hit it over the forward tee. With that said Smuggs is one of my favourites 👍⛳️
Glen ByrnesGlen Byrnes
03:10 11 Jul 24
1st time playing course. Front 9 real interesting and tough. Back nine outstanding with lush new holes.Will return in fall. Staff real friendly.At starter and bag drop and pro shop attendee. 🙋‍♂️🇨🇦⛳️🍺👍😋⛳️
Amar P.Amar P.
03:38 03 Jul 24
A beautiful course that is well maintained. Great views and prestige fairways and greens. We were a twosome and finished our round in 4 hours and 15 min… the course was packed! Cart girl comes around frequently and the marshal makes an appearance.
HeinsyHeinsy
22:44 12 Jun 24
Smugglers Glen Golf CourseWhat an amazing Golf Course south of Ottawa, Probably one of the best courses in Ontario, seriously, the views coupled with smooth fairways, fast greens, tough approaches.. honestly just really taken back by this place!Recommend playing it ASAP if you never have, a truly incredible experience!A must try.Check it out!
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