Tarandowah Golfers Club

great weather, very challenging, love the course play it al the time

Challanging link style course with lots of deep pot style bunkers. Fast, but fair greens.

It would be nice if there was sand in the bunkers instead of dirt and the fairways weren't as hard as the 401. But I guess that is what the mean when they call it a Scotish style links course.

Nice links style course. However, need more sand in the bunkers

14 bunkers pot on the 14 hole. Links . 7100 yards from the tips . must play .

The rating is low due to the conditions of play the day we went. It had rained heavily there the night before and the course was flooded in several spots, the traps were ponds and even some fairways had impromptu ponds. We were prepaid and unaware of the very wet conditions before arriving at the course. (as our area had far less rain) It was frustrating losing balls in traps and not being able to see them or luck out with raking. Even the fairways snatched 2 of our balls that we could not retrieve from the huge, deep ponds that were rain created. Overall, this course is generally one we look forward to playing, but, not this time. Wasn't the greatest fun we've had playing golf. I would still highly recommend this course, just don't go after a big rain, obviously.

A brilliant design, but not for hackers.
Par 3's are fair and fun. The par 5's are brilliant and fair. The par fours are brutal an unfair in my opinion. A 17 handicapper should not have to bust a perfect drive then still have a 5 wood to a green on a 4 par.
There are pot bunkers located on every par four that are RIGHT where you need to drive the ball. This then forces a layup on every (or almost) every par four, which means you are playing for bogie most of the time, and that's if you do everything else right.
You really do need to pay attention to which tees you play. As an 18 I played the whites (recommended 11-17) and found it too hard to enjoy completely. My bad? How often do you have to even think of things like that?
Non-golf stuff: no halfway house, no drinks cart, no marshal, limited ball washers, limited garbage cans. Great practice area and some really neat shot opportunities.

Windy.rainy a bit.fast undulating greens. What a great place to golf.

A departure from a typical "lakeland" course... links-style so always a fun challenge.

Back again after being rained out last time.
Again great reception in the pro-shop, There was a 15 minute delay due to fog earlier in the morning but we were advised and no issues. The course is challenging for all levels . The one issue I found was that they were working on the bunkers on a few holes . However I still gave it an excellent because they recognize the problem and are fixing it.
As for the course the first couple of holes are easy if you play them right example on the first think 3 wood or long iron to set up short iron into the green.
To score well you MUST stay out of the fescue.
There was a cart girl that came by often and at the turn there is a stand that has hot dogs, sausages, sandwiches and fresh fruit .
The green are VERY undulating so be careful.
For the short hitter (less than 175 yrds) there are a couple of forced carries.

Tough golf course, long and sloping holes from tee to greens. Open field made the winds affect our long tee shots and made use all of the clubs in the bag. Greens are in great condition and fast. Good thing the fescue grass is still short in early spring. Also most bunkers are under repair so the course gave our group some leeway. Overall it was a great experience playing Tarandowah although it's quite a drive from Toronto. They also have a great staff at clubhouse.

Great links style course.
They've kept the fescue down the past few seasons, keeping the pace of rounds close to 4 instead of the 5 hours I recall it taking in the past....
Recommend this course for sure.

Great lay out, rather exposed to strong winds which adds to the challenge with at least 2 club head winds. Great test to use every club in the bag from the tips. We got through in just under 3.5 hrs. Greens roll nice. Worth the drive, 10 min south of the 401.

Weather forcast was not good and it was Thanksgiving Sunday so course was not busy for a 2 oclock tee time. Weather turned out to be perfect, course was great , played 18 holes in 1 hour and 45 min for the golfnow.com price of 13.50 . Doesn't get any better than that. Still made it home in time for turkey!

Course was ingreat shape and the greens were veryfast and true, not a common thing for ontario in mid october.

natural beauty,a real challenge without being unfair...plenty of different tees so that every level can play it right up to scratch golfers

The course layout is good, conditions are average,,,,needs alittle work.

we were the first ones off in the morning and therefore there was no one in front to hold us up. got the round finished in just over three hours
course was already in condition to be played as the groundscrew was already finished with their duties.

Great "Links" type course. Will be back many more times. Remember to drive it straight or you are in trouble. Par 3's to 5's.
Good challenging course.

If you enjoy links style golf this is a must play course. It is in the middle of nowhere, and the multi directional wind is a constant. The amenities are basic. The practice facilities are better then many I have used at much higher priced courses. But I came to pit myself against the course. To be honest I really don't care that much about a fancy clubhouse or fully stocked pro shop. I am there for the course. The course is as advertised! Tough and punitive. Fescue and pot bunkers that tame the ego abound. I had read many reviews of this course prior to playing. The information gathered was accurate. I purchased the course yardage/guide book. IT IS A MUST! If you want to score well. It was an experience that can not be matched by other so called links course I have played. The only ingredient absent was the sea. I walked the course. The cart paths are rough and primitive. The tee boxes where in good condition for this time of year. The fairways were fast and rolling/undulating. The greens surprised me the most. Really good condition and running moderately fast and true. Bunkers were deep! So much fun to navigate this course. Slow play on this day due to a tournament and shear number of golfers. Leave the ego at home if you play this course. The fescue will eat wayward balls and the bunkers will punish miscalculations of distance and direction. It reminds me of Glencairn GC but more authentic in design. Does this course have needs? Yes, but the positive aspects outweigh the negatives. Give it a try.

To be fair the weather before we played was terrible with torrential rain most of the night before. I called to see if the course was open and was told that things were in pretty good shape but I would have to walk as no power carts were allowed. So I drove the hour plus to get there and headed out into the worst conditions i have ever played in. There was water on almost every fairway and 2' deep in some places. I lost several balls in muddy puddles in the middle of the fairway and retrieved many others with my 15' ball retriever, anything hit into a bunker was gone. The course should have been closed for the day and allowed to dry out.
The poor conditions of the day aren't what leads me to not recommend the course though. It is proud of being named #9 out of the top 50 courses in Ontario but from what I saw it is a middle of the pack course at best. The greens were very nice but the tee blocks and fairways were not in great shape with lots of unrepaired divots dozens of broken tees not cleaned up and litter. The signage was minimal, no yardages, many holes didn't have a ball washer or garbage can. The fescue rough is mostly just weeds. The numerous pothole bunkers are filled with muddy beach sand. No beverage cart the day we played, there was a marshal on the course but I'm not quite sure what he was doing, we caught up to and had to follow a slow fivesome for the last 4 holes and we saw a sevensome (yes 7) on the front nine as we were finishing.