Tarandowah Golfers Club
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Tarandowah Golfers Club has a unique layout that closely resembles traditional Scottish links golf courses. There are undulating greens and sloped fairways that are made up of bentgrass and wispy fescue. Although there are no water hazards, Tarandowah Golfers Club boasts more than 100 deep, sod-faced bunkers that prove to be just as challenging if not more. Strong winds blow through the golf course, a factor that will affect your game if not careful. Tarandowah Golfers Club has several tricky uphill par 4s, but its longest and one of its more challenging holes is the par-5 14th, which stretches to 588 yards.
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Top Courses in Canada(2022 #25)
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Classic Links Style
Course played great! The conditions of the fairways and green played favourable because of the amount of recent rain. I have played here on a dry run and the ball just fly's. Some hole's really challenge your strategy and trust in your ball placement because of the greens are surrounded by bunkers.
Only knock on the course like many public courses is the sand traps are poor. Other then that the course plays amazing and is sure to challenge you.
A good tribute to Links golf
Had a great round with a friend. Pace of play was good, the greens were in great shape as were most of the fairways. As stated in numerous other reviews, the bunkers were awful, which leads me to think that ownership or management is starting to care less about this great course.. I will try it again in the near future
Stay out of bunkers
This rough at this course is now a little easier than last time I played it. You can find your ball making the game more enjoyable.
Links course
Moderately long to very long, depending on your handicap. Need to hit it straight or the fescu comes into play, plus lots of bunker come into play off the tee or on approach shots. Bunkers were well maintained and playable.
Would recommend the course to anyone.
DON'T GO UNLESS YOU HAVE 6 HOURS
The course is great for beginners and has some challenging spots. Not overly memorable holes, definitely no signature hole. Plays well enough as a country course but man oh man does it take forever to get through this course. Every time there are groups spending way too much time looking for lost balls, play gets bunched up, players too stubborn to allow faster groups through.
Could be a lot better if this could be addressed. Gave up after the first 9 my last time here as it took 3 hours to get through.
Great Value. Not up to the hype.
A foursome of us made the 1 1/2 hr trek from Toronto to play this course because it seemed to be on all these lists and garnered a lot of favorable reviews.
We had 2/1 coupons so we got on for less than $40 apiece, walking, with a small warm up bucket.
We enjoyed the course, found it challenging in spots but to a man we thought it was unmemorable. Not one hole stood out to us. The conditions were pretty dry, we broke several tees trying to put them in the ground. The greens were very fast but pretty bumpy.
The round was also over 5 hours because so many people ahead of us were spending way too long looking for their balls in the fescue.
Overall nobody was complaining because of what the round cost, but none of us would go out of our way to play it again.
Great layout, nice staff
The tee boxes are so hard it takes multiple tries to even put your tee in. Sometimes even breaking your tee trying to put it in the ground. Bunkers are unplayable which is a big negative. Other than that, great layout and fun to play. Could be a lot better though
Treat Yourself, You Deserve It!
Love this course! The +hour drive is worth it for me and friends. 5 tee boxes, so as challenging as you can handle. I play several different courses in southwest Ontario and this is just different than the rest; feels like a course from Scotland, I imagine.. Course is in great shape; greens are tricky and are hard to master. Wind adds so much to the day, Again, love this course.
Course is very good
Tarandowah is a great place to play and the pro shop guy is very friendly. There is a good mix of nice holes and then some real challenging ones that makes for a great round with lots of different opportunities.
My one beef would be the sand traps particularly on the front side as they lacked sand, since trap play is a bug a boo for recreational golfer without sand it becomes a real challenge.
Bumpy cartpaths
Cart parts need to be leveled or paved. They are very bumpy.
Had to try it
HAd heard a lot about this course and wanted to give it a shot.
It sure was different. I didn't find it particularly difficult I was in one bunker all day (after a perfect drive dead center that hit something and kicked dead right). The shots into the greens were bordering on unfair. I understand that you have to roll the ball on opposed to going at the pins, but it was impossible to even get it remotely close. I topped a 5 iron on one of the par threes and ended up roll to within 10 feet of the green.
The bunkers were terrible and in need of work, the fairways were ok, but nothing spectacular, some of the tee decks required two hands to get the tee in the ground and the greens were scuffed up.
I didn't find the greens tough to putt, they did roll true and were fast, but not crazy fast.I had zero three putts which is rare for me.
Overall I am glad I played it, but to none of the holes were particularly memorable they all looked the same.
I would recommend that you play it once to see if it's your style, for me it wasn't, I would rather play Otter Creek, but to each his own.
Ok..But
The staff were very friendly, range was great. Pace ot play way too slow. The group in front of us was a hole behind after 1 and never saw a marshal all day. Took 5 hours to play.
To me the course was very unmemorable the holes all seemed the same. Narrow fairway, Bunkers, fescue, repeat.
With a lot of front pin positions it was basically impossible to get anything close, the greens didn't hold and in many cases you couldn't roll it up, so hit it long hope for a two putt and move on.
Sand in the bunkers was horrible - although the only one I was in was on 18 after a perfect drive dead centre of the kicking directly right, into a bunker in which a had to just punch an eight iron to 100 yards. some will shrug and say that's links golf.
Fairways were in decent shape the greens were hard, full of ball marks, but did roll true.
I wanted to play it, I have played it and likely won't go back. But if you like this kind of course go for it,. I
Not for the faint of heart.
True link style, pot bunkers, impossible to read greens. Fairways as fast as most clubs greens. This is a real shot makers course (as I learned), course plays true to its distance and when the wind is howling good luck... Staff was indifferent, marshell was helpful and friendly... If you want to really challenge your idea of links golf on this side of the Atlantic, this is your place
Scottish links feel
super friendly staff accommodated my early arrival
course very attractive
back nine took too long 2:35 to play( on a week day) due to foursome ahead they could not keep up to a fivesome ahead of them of which 3 were walking.
never like to see 5 somes but this time they were not the issue
Glad I came Back
I played this course the year it opened and really didn't like it. It was still undergoing growing pains and wasn't in the best shape. I'm also not a big fan of Links-style courses. That being said, I was convinced to try it again by some friends that got a good deal there. Am I ever glad I went back. I would now probably consider this one of the best courses I have played. The course was in great shape, great layout and really friendly staff. Nice putting green, chipping area and driving range as well. I really have nothing bad to say about this course and am really glad I came back. It is challenging though, so bring your A game. It could be a long day Lol.
WOW!
Wow, what a test! My first experience with a "True" links course. So that's what a pot bunker looks like ( from the inside)! Really have to pay attention to detail like slope of fairways, green undulations, and exactly how far you carry each club. Really exposed some weaknesses in my game but I can hardly wait to go back now that I know the layout a bit. Great day!
Great Links Course
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.