Angus Glen Golf Club

Angus Glen has two championship eighteens in Markham, both by Doug Carrick. The South came first; the North opened in 2001 and was toughened by Davis Love III before the 2007 Canadian Open.

The club has hosted the Canadian Open twice, on the South in 2002, when John Rollins beat Justin Leonard and Neal Lancaster in a sudden-death playoff, and on the North in 2007, when Jim Furyk beat Vijay Singh for his second title in a row. Both courses are par 72: 7,407 yards on the South from the Canadian Open tees, 7,403 on the North.

What it asks of you

Two courses within four yards of each other on the card, with a course rating of 76.0 on one and 74.6 on the other, is the useful number here. Same length, meaningfully different difficulty, which tells you the South does more with its hazards than the North does.

Carrick builds courses that photograph well and play honestly: wide corridors, visible trouble, greens that accept a properly struck shot. The tournament setups narrowed both, which is why the professionals’ scores do not tell a visitor much.

The 2007 Open finished on the South’s seventeenth and eighteenth even though the North hosted, because the North’s closing holes did not suit the finish. That detail is worth knowing before you decide which course to book.

What players say about it

These are public courses and among the best known in Ontario. The points below summarise what recurs. These are other people’s opinions, not ours: we have not played the courses, and we name and quote no one.

What comes up in its favor

• Conditioning is the point that recurs most, and it is described as tournament standard.
• Playing a course that has hosted the Canadian Open, without a membership, is the main draw.
• The clubhouse and the practice facilities are consistently well regarded.
• The two courses give a reason to stay for two rounds.
• Doug Carrick’s design is well respected in Canadian golf.

What comes up against

• Green fees are high, among the highest in Ontario.
• At over 7,400 yards from the back, the courses are unplayable from the wrong tees.
• Reviewers divide on whether the North or the South is better, which makes booking a gamble.
• The Ontario season is short and peak times sell out well in advance.

Getting there and when to go

The club is in Markham, north east of Toronto, about forty minutes from downtown and half an hour from Pearson airport.

The season runs roughly from April to October. June and September give the best conditions and the least crowding. Tee times are booked well in advance.

Green fees

Rates are set by the club. See the club’s own site.

How this page was made

The factual frame comes from public sources: OpenStreetMap for the location, encyclopaedic entries and the club’s own pages for the Doug Carrick design, the North course’s opening in 2001 and the Davis Love III revisions, tournament records for the 2002 and 2007 Canadian Opens and their results, and public course records for par, yardage and course rating. The opinion section summarises public reviews read in September 2026; we report recurring themes rather than individual voices, and we reproduce no quotations.

We have not played these courses, and this page is no substitute for a round. The club has not paid for this page, has not seen it before publication and has no say over its content. If you know the courses and something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.