Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility

Deer Creek is located in Ajax and is one of the more popular wedding venues in the area. This was my first experience going to an event (wedding) at Deer Creek, although I had been through with another bride-​to-​be checking out the venue a few years ago.
The banquet hall at Deer Creek can hold probably up to 500 people but for this particular day, there were multiple weddings and I think it was sectioned off into three different rooms. We were ushered into one of the middle spaces (cutting through the reception space — which in my book is a massive NO NO) for the ceremony. I think if it were me, I’d avoid having the ceremony indoors at Deer Creek (at least in the main banquet hall) because the room was super plain and a lot of the gorgeous wood and windows that Deer Creek is known for isn’t shown. Another few issues, we saw another bride and groom having photos taken outside behind the altar for the wedding I was at; and someone decided to start playing music during the bride and groom’s wedding vows, which was absolutely terrible. Way to ruin their moment!
We were ushered back out to the front bar area for cocktail hour. A note here, this particular bar is at the front entrance to the entire building so its likely you’ll have other wedding guests from other weddings coming through the main entrance. It’s also not as nice or as big of a space as the bar that’s at the back of the building (which also has a very large patio). I think I saw three people go by once with appetizers and there wasn’t much selection (although this could have been a choice by the bride and groom) and most people left their appetizers uneaten on the tables. If you have a wedding more than 100 people, this cocktail hour space is going to be way too small.
Back into the main reception area, nicely laid out, all of the décor was done nicely except for that ugly back wall that separates the rooms. We had an antipasto platter to start (very good), butternut squash soup (good but most people didn’t eat theirs), a salad with pecans and fruit (also good but most people didn’t eat it) and steak with potatoes (steak was done medium — yay! — but the potatoes were weeeeeeird. Like they were mashed and then refrigerated and then reheated — yuck).
A few other things I noticed — two weddings going on (at least two) and the bathroom garbages were overflowing by 6:30PM. Staff should be on top of that at a venue as nice as this. Same thing with wiping down the counters in the bathrooms — they were soaking wet by this time as well. The staff didn’t put enough chairs out for the wedding; they had all of them nicely covered with white satiny covers and then since they hadn’t put enough out, they just brought out the regular chairs and put them at the back with no chair covers. Not nice. Oh and the runner that they had laid out for the bride got ripped, multiple times, by people walking on it before the ceremony. They should have fixed it/​replaced it as it was a thin paperish runner that could have been laid out again easily.
All in, Deer Creek is a decent place for this kind of event but I would probably not choose this venue for my own wedding unless I was going to take over the whole banquet room space. Part of what’s gorgeous about this venue is the wall to wall windows in that space and all of the wood and detailing, which got lost when the rooms were sectioned off. Disrupting the vows of the wedding was inexcusable and the venue should have done something about making sure that didn’t happen before the ceremony even started. The food was good, probably very good as far as wedding food goes, but the whole venue just left me a little unimpressed.
The wedding itself? Amazing. The venue? Not so much.

I attended an absolutely beautiful wedding here yesterday. I have to say that the scenic views and the pagoda where the outdoor reception took place were breathtaking. We were blessed with glorious weather this Victoria Day long weekend and this venue was just fitting for the occasion. The cocktail hour between the ceremony and reception was great as guests chilled out at the deck, overlooking the greens and a few guests saw deer at a distance! The staff was extremely polished and courteous, food was excellent and the event hall indoors for the reception was just magnificent. I highly recommend this venue for brides to be but I would ensure that there isn’t another wedding booked on the same day/​time. The only unfortunate part of the evening and the venue was that the 2 banquet halls are back to back, and the walls were thin, so when there were speeches going on at the wedding I attended, one could hear the loud dance music from the other wedding party. I think the venue should just allow one wedding per evening.

Fore stars!
Completed the South course on a glorious sunny perfect Weekend afternoon. The course was in good shape, and the course provides several scenic holes. Not as nice as the North, but it’s a bit cheaper. The clubhouse facilities are fantasitic as we witnessed a wedding during our round.
The course is fairly short, as I only needed a long iron/​fairway wood two or three times, but you’re going to need to be on top of your course management. A few holes have huge risk reward decisions, such as laying up before a creek 219 yards away dog left or taking a chance and going for it. On a day with the wind, I went for it and cleared the bridge, however I still ended up in the same creek that also guarded the front part of the green with about 120 yards to go… It went from having a chance on making a green in regulation to then having to drop and then landing in the back bunker on my next shot, then blading it on the next plus a three putt to end with an ugly 8!
For $ 71 including a cart with GPS, it is definitely not the cheapest round of golf in the GTA, but it’s very good value for what you get. I only wish I got as much value from my swing! I’d rate this place the same as a Cardinal or a Royal Woodbine type facility.