We just joined a golf club here in Ottawa, we have never joined a club before. It is one of the top clubs in town. My only previous experience was playing as a guest multiple times at high end country clubs in Dallas and Virginia. The differences between Canadian and US clubs are interesting.
Canada: elite but practical
What have I noticed?
Canada: elite but practical
USA: elite and luxurious, Caddyshack without the comedy
What have I noticed?
| USA | Canada | |
| Tipping | Bring a wad of $1 bills and tip everybody: bag drop boy, locker room attendant, beverage cart girl.. | Never tip, employees are overjoyed if you do tip. |
| Carts | All golfers use powercarts, which have GPS, built in 2 way radio to call for food, refreshing towel, tees, .. | Everyone walks and uses a pull cart. If you are really righteous, you carry your bag. |
| Beverage Cart | Cart comes around every 10 mins with a good looking young lady in daisy dukes. Tip heavily and flirt. | Beverage cart only operates if the course is full, most people just take free water. Cart girl is ecstatic when you give her 50 cent tip. |
| Bar | Bar stocks 50 different kinds of single malt whiskey, 45 kinds of tequila, and lots of cigars. | Bar stocks 20 kinds of draft. Cigars must be smoked off the property on the side of the road. |
| Lost balls | Woods and ponds full of high quality balls that no one bothered to find | Woods and ponds scoured clean |
| Course Maintenance | Spare no chemicals or treatments to keep it beautiful. Good thing Trump took us out of the Paris Accord. | Sierra Club would be proud. |
| Course Design | Course designed by Jack Nicklaus or Greg Norman | Course designed by founder's brother in law Norman. |
| Clubs | Cleaned after every round, make sure to tip. | There is a bucket behind the pro shop if you want to do it yourself. |
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