Ariss Valley Golf and Country Club - Willows Course
About
Located on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Guelph, Ariss Valley Golf & Country Club offers 27 holes of scenic golf that sprawl across a rolling landscape of trees and ponds. The Willows golf course is one of the three nine-hole courses at the club. The Willows features an abundance of trees that demand accuracy and keen course management. Water hazards come into play on a few holes and there are also strategically placed, Ohio white sand bunkers throughout the course. Ariss Valley Golf & Country Club's Willow course offers a fair challenge, but it is also approachable for beginning and intermediate players. The other two golf courses provide plenty of other golfing options as well.
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Golfer Photos
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view from Pine, hole 1 Photo submitted by u8012721 on 11/07/2020
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morning drama on the sky over Ariss Photo submitted by u8012721 on 11/07/2020
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Photo submitted by tomofbra on 10/16/2020
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Photo submitted by tomofbra on 10/16/2020
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Photo submitted by tomofbra on 10/16/2020
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Photo submitted by u314160667873 on 08/26/2020
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Great Blue Heron on Willows 8th green. Photo submitted by u000006115569 on 10/02/2014
Golfer Reviews
Perfect for beginners
I liked the layout and the the wide fairways. Just wide enough where you can make a mistake on the drives. The greens are massive and in decent shape. The scenery is beautiful. Will definitely come back . Great Value for your money.
Going Down
The course has potential...not good conditions...fairways were almost not discernable from rough in some areas. Rough was rediculous...obvious it wasnt being set up for a US open either...just not maintained. Greens were in fair shape, but still beaten up. TEE decks...well...your first shot in golf should be on a decent lie...uneven and beat up. 50 bucks with 5 dollars off on a hot deal...not even worth that at all.
Course is in great shape
We were a twosome, and it took just over 4 hours to play. It wasn’t us, or the two guys in front of us, or the two in front of them, by the two in front of them that were so slow. Got to the back nine and things picked up, until we ran up to a group of four walkers. Other than the pace of play, things were great.
Nice course and great staff.
Willows and pines
Course worth playing with nice girl working there. Played willows and pines. I liked the former better. To walk is good workout. With cart is much easier. I will practice and come back to beat you.
Enjoyable Day at Ariss Valley
It has been a dry summer and fairways were more than a little dry. Greens, however, were in very good shape and overall we had a very enjoyable day. The course had an interesting layout, with very large greens. Pace of play was very good. I would recommend course to anyone who wants a good value.
Good conditions, great value and pace of play
Played Ariss twice last week with family. Conditions were pretty good, considering we have had no rain recently. No one in front of us on the course, so we could play at whatever pace we wanted. Staff were great, friendly and very helpful.
Always a challenge
Love the course. Could use a little more TLC. Greens are fair but tough. Every hole is different. All levels would like this course. Pace on a weekend was excellent. Good to see marshals out keeping it rolling.
Price Reduction
Our foursome arrived to a near empty parking lot., Why? Because their regular rate is too high. Even with a Hot Deal we paid $50. This is a $40 w/cart max. course. Even with all the rain we’ve had the fairways were burnt. Though last time I was here, 20 years ago, it was in pretty rugged condition.
Wonderful day in the golf course
Even with the wind and spotty showers, we enjoyed our day in this beautiful course. Fairways were in great condition and greens were fun to putt on. Overall, we had a great day and will go back again.
Great open, brutal close
This was my first time golfing at Ariss Valley and after driving by it for 4 years on my commute I was extremely excited to play it finally. 820 tee time. Course wasn’t busy at all. Staff was very friendly. First 9 we played the Willow course and it was fantastic - exactly what I hoped for. Other than some players not fixing the ball marks on greens, everything looked great and felt like it was really a great course for the money.
Then we went to the Lakes course.
It was like night and day. Really really dried out, clumps of cut grass covered almost every single fairway to the point that even if you hit it right down the middle, chances are you’d have to go looking for your ball. Some bunkers looked like they hadn’t been touched by turf crew all year and had some serious weeds in them. Only 2/9 holes had distance stakes. Compared to the front 9 we had just played, it felt like we went from an $80-100 a round course to a “buck a hole” golf club.
Maybe we caught them on a bad day. But still I feel like the back 9 really cheapened the experience. Maybe the “Pines” course was in better shape, but feel like they should have at least given players the heads up that Lakes was in rough shape.
I’ll probably give the course another chance at some point, hoping for the experience I had on the Willow course.
Alright course
Was harassed by the Marshall for not paying for our carts even when we had the receipts to prelove it
Ariss Valley Golf Course
I played this course for the first time yesterday on a very windy day so that was a factor on a number of holes. But we have had a miserable season so far with lots of rain and they haven't been able to keep up with grass cutting so there were times when the grass was clumped or just a bit too high to find a ball on the fairway easily. Saying all of this, I would not hesitate to go back and play it again when conditions are better. The staff were exceptional and very friendly
so wet
The greens were excellent!
The weather has been so wet that they can't cut properly or remove grass cuttings so 4 players would hit the fairway and you couldn't find a ball.
On some holes you couldn't even tell that there was a fairway.
This had to be the worst conditions ever.
The course should not be open yet.
Course conditions very poor
Played there this past Saturday and haven’t played there in years but I had to write a review to tell people how poor the course conditions are
- fairways were as long as the rough would be on a good conditioned course. Would have trouble finding balls that were on the fairway due to extra grass remaining all over thee course
Cart path only which is normal but be prepared to walk a lot even with the carts.
This course should definately be discounted until the conditions are up to poor. I had a hot deal for 49$ and still should be cheaper . Charging people 70$ at regular rate is unbelievable
Golf Course is in awful shape
The rain this year has this course in a mess they told us that today is the first time they have been out to grass cut and sometimes we couldn't even find the Fairway. People are loosing ball's in the middle of the Fairway. I golf hear all the time and know this is a great course normally but you asked about today and it has to be the worst shape in 45 years of golfing and have never lost a ball in the middle of the Fairway due to cut grass or lang grass