Hey Durham Region peoples!

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Enjoy the summer!!!

HELLO MY FELLOW GOLFERS!!!

I am an admitted addict of this game. I love playing my faves, new courses, golf trips...you name it! 

In Durham, there is something for everyone for golf. 18 hole courses, 9 hole courses and even a 12 hole course. Lifestyle homes living by a course or just make your way north, east or west to of any of our towns and cities to find an array of choices. Bonus for us being on the border of York Region, it's a quick drive to our north and west for even more. Lots to the east of us too but I will leave that for another day.

Some of my personal favorite 18 hole golf courses in Durham Region:

Glen Cedars Golf Course in Pickering (part of the Deer Creek family)
Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility. You can't go wrong with the Deer Creek family, always well cared for.
Oakridge Golf Club in Port Perry
Mill Run Golf Club in Uxbridge
Royal Ashburn Golf Club in Ashburn (Whitby)
Kedron Dells Golf Club in Oshawa is very popular and seem to have some good packages that attract golfers.
Columbus Golf & Country Club in Oshawa has become pretty popular the last few years. Value and condition. Nothing fancy though.
Whispering Ridge Golf Club in Whitby is associated with Lakeridge Links Golf Club. This course is close to my heart. It's an executive 18 and was really the first 18 hole course I played a lot when I started to golf. It's a gorgeous piece of land scattered with spruce trees. The back 9 is picturesque on a number of holes, you can see farmland and rolling hills. Stunning. It can get a bit too dry during a really hot summer. Cart paths can be so-so, but all worth it in my opinion.

Fave 18 hole courses in York Region: 

MY TOP FAVE course that I play is Ballantrae Golf Club in Stouffville. This one is also very close to my heart. I don't know what it is about this course but I absolutely love it, could play it all the time. It's my happy place...calming somehow! Raised greens, pretty wide open, enough water and trees to make it interesting. Well groomed and great drainage so almost never cart path only! 3 words I hate to hear is CART PATH ONLY! I am cart girl!
Cardinal Golf Course in King. I personally like REDCREST out of their collection of courses.
Silver Lakes Golf Club in East Gwillimbury

9 hole courses I like in Durham:

Riverside Golf Course in Pickering Village (Ajax)
Pickering Golf Course in Pickering (previously Seaton Golf Course)
Stonehenge Golf Club in Bowmanville

Our 12 hole course in Pickering:
Bunker Hill Golf Club is a Par 3 course. Challenging though so I wouldn't dismiss it until you try it lol. If you do make your way there sometime, beware it's a bit of a drive on the winding road to get to the course...so you start to wonder if you are going in the right direction. Keep driving! Located off Hwy 7 between Audley & Salem on the north side.

Private Courses in Durham Region:

Wyndance Golf Club in Uxbridge (Platinum Club Link Membership) Love this course, it's built on an old gravel pit!
Cherry Downs is also a Clublink course located in Pickering. More semi private I would say as they have a number of packages and deals going on for public.
Whitevale Golf Course in Whitevale (Rural Pickering)
Oshawa Golf & Curling Club in Oshawa
Coppinwood Golf Club in Goodwood, Ontario (Rural Pickering)
Goodwood Golf Club in Cedar Valley https://golf.com/travel/canada-goodwood-golf-club-best-course-never-heard/
I added this link because I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS COURSE! I feel confident based on the article that I will never play this course. It's a ghost course! Damn!

Once in a while course to play: 
Wooden Sticks Golf Club in Uxbridge. They usually have some kind of deal with swag or free stuff when you buy their passes online. They also offer cabins for out of towners. So does Royal Ashburn so keep that one in mind too. More of an event type course IMO!

Check out the links below to find all the courses in Durham, York or anywhere in Ontario!
https://fairwaysgolf.ca/golf-courses-map/
https://fairwaysgolf.ca/region/durham/
https://fairwaysgolf.ca/region/york/

Want to keep busy or keep on top of your game off season, we have simulators. Deer Creek, Mill Run and Carruthers Creek to name a few. We also have the DOME in Scarborough which is close by.  https://www.metrogolfsportsplex.com/cart/

Winter Golf: 4seasons Golf in Claremont. Under normal circumstances, they offer their upper 9 holes for winter golf but it's too snowy and icy right now. Check back later in winter if you are interested. 
https://www.4seasonscountryclub.ca/

Reach out anytime to talk golf or real estate, or golf real estate...or any real estate! First timers to seasoned homeowners, condo's to estate homes... you are all my priority. 

If you would like to talk business on the course, let me know!

Fore!

Lori Matherson
416.891.5674
[email protected]
LoriMathersonHomes.com
DurhamPropertySearch.com

Getting to know all of the Pickering Communities within Pickering!
I will sort them as best I can. South Pickering, north of the 401, rural Pickering, east side, west side, condos, and associated schools, facilities, transit, amenities and so on. 
South end. Mature neighbourhoods, our older communities in Pickering. Lots of single and semi bungalows, classic two storey homes built in the 50's and 60's. Some with garages, some without. Infill homes and communities are scattered in the area so there are estate sized homes as well. Rosebank community specificially has estate lots with old and newer construction. Live by the Lake!
Bay Ridges
West Shore
Rosebank

North of the 401 are mostly planned communities but we still have streets with estate sized lots and a mish mash of interesting real estate!
Liverpool
Amberlea
Dunbarton

Town Center
Brock Ridge
Rougemount


Duffin Heights

Highbush
Rouge Park

Woodlands
Village East

Rural Pickering (Cherrywood, Claremont, Whitevale, Greenwood, Green River, Brougham, Kinsale)

Brock Industrial

To ALL of the Front Line Workers and ALL of the Essential Workers.

Thank you for your commitment

For going in head first to take care of others
For making sure we have the health care we need
For adapting to the situation and the unknown
For putting others ahead of yourself and your family even if you might not want to
For dealing with fear and anxiety and doing your job anyway
For working without the proper safety equipment
For making sure we have all the essentials that we need
For having to fight your fear or anxiety every single day…and doing what you have to do anyway
For putting yourself at risk while many of us stayed safely in our homes
For the ones that lost the battle. I am sorry
I am proud and thankful to those that I do not know who are out there taking care of others
I am proud and thankful for the ones that belong to me. Nicole, my sister-in-law who left her nursing job in Virginia to work in a hospital in New York State. She is a warrior and an angel to many. To my girl Katy who works for the LCBO and exposed herself to thousands of people before any safety protocols were put into place. To my boy Alex who works for Loblaws and who never missed a day, worked extra shifts when staff left their jobs or could not work. 
I am sure I have missed way too much on my list, I cannot even realize the sacrifice so many have made. 
Thank you doesn't seem to cut it.

We are still working for you buying and selling Real Estate.

In this ever changing environment we are currently living in, Realtors, including myself and my Brokerage are here to support you with the SAFE sale of your home, or your purchase of a home.

Safety protocols are in place to protect you, your home and any prospective buyers.

• Virtual consults or a face to face meeting with safety protocols in place
• Buyers will continue to receive listings via email to your inbox for review
• Media to market your home including virtual tours, live videos and Matterport floorplans which provide a virtual online walk through of your home for buyers 
• Buyers ARE entering homes if they are financially qualified and are VERY interested
• Social distancing and sanitary precautions are in place before, during and after a showing. Including face masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to protect all parties
• We are leaving all lights, doors and closet doors open in properties to support a ‘no touch’ policy
• Brokerages are providing questionnaires to agents in order to screen all parties entering a home
• Brokerages are limiting to amount of people allowed in any home for a showing
• Electronic signatures from the comfort and safety of your own home
• Optional e-transfer deposits or direct deposit to the Brokerage to complete your purchase
• Stagers, home inspectors, financial specialists and lawyers are offering regular or virtual business practices to support your purchase or sale

 
Keeping you and your home safe.

Questions? Just ask.
Lori @ 416.891.5674
[email protected]

To my OPG Employees.

Are you looking for a local real estate agent? 

I would love to hear from you. My name is Lori Matherson. I am 17 years into my full time Real Estate career and a local resident of Pickering for 30 years…so if you are looking to buy or sell locally in Pickering, Durham Region or East Toronto I am ready, willing and able to take care of all of your real estate needs.

My office (ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.) is located at 1029 Brock Road on the 2^nd floor. So, just north of Bayly Street on the east side of Brock road, just before the first set of lights (not the driveway AT the lights, I am the driveway just south of that driveway). I am a mobile agent so able to meet you at your home, your business or anywhere that is convenient for all parties...if that works better than a visit to the office.
 
I can provide you with a market evaluation of your home, guide you through the preparation process, keep you up to date on sales in your neighbourhood and provide you with hot new listings on a daily basis.

For buyers I can guide you through the steps to get you prepared for your first purchase or work with you on the purchase of your next home. Hot new listings to your inbox daily.

Thinking about a pre-construction condo to occupy in future, or invest and rent out? I can guide you through this process and represent you at the sales site to make sure you are protected and well informed.

First timer buyers to seasoned homeowners and investors. Condo’s to Luxury Homes and everything in between.

Lori Matherson
Sales Representative, CLHMS
Royal Heritage Realty Ltd., Brokerage
1029 Brock Road Suite 200
Pickering, ON L1W 3T7
Office: 905.831.2222
Direct: 416.891.5674
[email protected]
http://www.lorimathersonhomes.com/