Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu sits in the Montérégie region of Quebec, straddling the Richelieu River between Montreal and the U.S. border — flat, fertile farming country where the summers are warm and the golf season is earnest if short. The town is best known for its annual hot air balloon festival, one of the largest in North America, and the surrounding landscape carries that same open, wide-sky quality onto the golf course.
Pinegrove is a par-72 layout that, by name at least, promises the kind of mature tree cover that defines the classic Quebec parkland experience — pines framing fairways, providing both shade and strategic consequence for wayward shots. Courses in this region tend to reward a controlled, patient game over raw power, with tree-lined corridors demanding shape and accuracy.
The regional golf culture here draws heavily from the greater Montreal market, meaning members and visitors alike tend to be knowledgeable and competitive. For travelers passing through the Richelieu Valley, Pinegrove offers a local alternative to the city courses just up the highway.
