Eagle's Nest Golf Club—work of pre-eminent Canadian architect Doug Carrick—is a five-star links layout that many a member of the Toronto golf elite consider the single, finest course in Ontario. The dramatic elevation changes, fescue-dressed mounding and 80-walled bunkers barely need a gentle blanket of mist to transport a player back to the days of Old Tom Morris and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.

And as if the cool factor needed any help, those with the means can even fl in by helicopter—Eagle’s Nest is the first public course in Canada to have its very own helipad.

Pay attention when you reach 11, a 439-yard uphill par-4 where a long phalanx of deep bunkers wait along the right side to capture a wayward tee shot, and a small undulating green is sure to give you fits—provided you can get there. Carts, by the way, are optional so purists can walk—but only if they carry their bags. Due to the fragile fescue grasses, pull-carts are prohibited.

TOTAL YARDS: 7,476 

NUMBER OF HOLES: 18 

LONGEST HOLE: Muckle Cleugh 9^th, par 5, 582 yards 

APRÉS-GOLF: Before golf, the grillroom known as Jim and Garry’s Pub is offering a new breakfast menu starting at sun-up for those with early-morning tee times.

Green fees are $115 to $185, depending on the day.