Few golf clubs in Northern Ontario carry the same sense of civic pride as Sault Ste. Marie Golf Club. The Sault, as locals call it, sits at the channel connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron — one of the great geographical crossroads of the Great Lakes — and the club reflects that permanence. Established golf clubs in this part of the province tend to be deeply woven into community life, functioning as much as social anchors as sporting venues, and this one is no exception.
The terrain around Sault Ste. Marie is quintessential Canadian Shield: rocky outcroppings, mixed boreal forest of birch and pine, and topography that rarely sits still. A par-72 layout here almost certainly means elevation change, tree-lined corridors, and the kind of course that rewards local knowledge as much as raw ball-striking.
The season is short this far north — summers arrive intensely and leave early — which gives every round a certain urgency. When the fairways are open and the Shield landscape is fully alive, there are few better places to be playing golf in Ontario.
