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Lionhead Golf and Country Club - Legends
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The Legends Course at Lionhead Golf & Country Club has been ranked before as one of the toughest golf courses in North America and the club boasts that it is the toughest in Canada. Lionhead Golf & Country Club also offers another, less demanding 18-hole course that is equally entertaining, the Masters. Legends features numerous challenges including vast lakes, cavernous sand bunkers, and tall fescue. The layout winds through a rugged portion of the Credit River Valley with steeply rolling terrain and wooded ravines, providing the golf course with elevated, undulating greens. The eighth is a notable hole, both for its beautiful scenery and its difficulty level. It is a long par 3 over a pond filled with tall bulrushes.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7402 yards | 77.5 | 155 |
| Gold | 72 | 6845 yards | 75.3 | 152 |
| Blue | 72 | 6409 yards | 73.6 | 150 |
| White | 72 | 5473 yards | 72.1 | 142 |
| Red | 72 | 5380 yards | 68.2 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.7/150 | 441 | 397 | 177 | 535 | 416 | 385 | 557 | 190 | 415 | 3513 | 378 | 428 | 542 | 141 | 412 | 481 | 431 | 165 | 443 | 3421 | 6934 |
| Blue M: 72.5/148 W: 79.0/153 | 428 | 377 | 161 | 515 | 386 | 355 | 533 | 167 | 406 | 3328 | 350 | 418 | 528 | 120 | 403 | 465 | 411 | 153 | 410 | 3258 | 6586 |
| White M: 68.2/136 W: 76.9/150 | 380 | 358 | 145 | 500 | 362 | 340 | 503 | 154 | 386 | 3128 | 329 | 400 | 514 | 110 | 393 | 445 | 392 | 142 | 400 | 3125 | 6253 |
| Red M: 67.6/121 W: 72.7/129 | 332 | 315 | 125 | 452 | 308 | 290 | 475 | 126 | 276 | 2699 | 275 | 348 | 460 | 105 | 289 | 415 | 352 | 100 | 365 | 2709 | 5408 |
| Green W: 60.1/100 | 300 | 252 | 105 | 375 | 250 | 251 | 400 | 105 | 227 | 2265 | 210 | 310 | 415 | 105 | 275 | 340 | 290 | 100 | 330 | 2375 | 4640 |
| Handicap | 2 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Challenging course
You will use all your clubs on this course. My advice is to club down by one. Fescues depth are longer that they appear.
range should be included at course of this level
greens were perfect, rolled great and held approach shots. Played May 27th and overall course was perfect
when I pay this kind of money, the range should be included.
too strict with the cart. even if I did purchase a bucket, I wouldn't be able to move the cart until just before my tee time
Too slow
It is impossible to play in under 5 hours at Lionhead Legends. No evidence of rangers or their monitoring pace of play. Expensive course does not represent value in today's market. After favouring Lionhead for 3 seasons have decided to find another faourite place to play. May 17 - 5h40m May 26 - 5h15m
great day of golf
The course was in great condition . The pace was very slow and frustrating to wait at each tee . The chicken burgers from the Food shack were not fully cooked so that was disappointing.
Course rewards and punishes shots accordingly
Fantastic layout with a wicked opening first hole. Food and proshop staff below par (i'm certain there were some trainees) but I'm certain that will improve as the season progresses.
Outside of that, tough course on a cold windy and wet day.
I would definitely play this course again.
It's a challenging course that I found myself being a bit more conservative on. The greens rolled nicely, the couple bunkers I was in were good, and the rest of the place was in great shape. My only gripe was with hole 15 - I found it to be a little too odd with the sharp dog leg and narrow fairway to the green.
All said, it was a great round and I will definitely consider playing there again.
Great Track & Scenery
The course was in pretty good shape. As any public course goes there are too many ball marks on the greens but thats about the people who play it rather than the course itself. Fix You Ball Marks People!!!
It's a true approach shot course, very small and mounded greens are a great challenge to any player.
I'd definitely come back!
Very enjoyable round of golf
In the past pace of play at Lionhead has been a problem at around five hours.n Played today on a little over four hours and never had to wait on group ahead. Course in good condition.
great
beautiful and tough.
the most difficult part is the greens.
Great value for your dollar
For early May, course was in pretty good shape. The fairways were in very good condition and the rough was cut low enough to give you a chance when you miscued on your shot. The greens were pretty hard considering not many ball marks left after balls coming into the green. Overall, a great experience, look forward to the next round.
Tough Course
Great price from Golfnow.com to play this course. Driving range was mats only which was a downside. Legends course has always been very challenging. Couse conditions were surprisingly good except for ball marks on greens that people do not fix. 90 degree cart rule. Pace of play slowed after front nine as we were a twosome and the foursome in front of us would not offer us to pass them. Mashalls were driving around but did nothing to speed up play. They did however give me heck for driving the cart in the rough a little bit as it was not exactly 90 degrees. Should have worried about pace of play over my minor infraction as it was a bit of a joke imho. Would play this course again as its always a good test.
One of the best public courses in Ontario
I play the legends course atleast once a year and it is always a thrill and a challenge. It never gets boring.
Nice course to play for all levels of skill.
Only 2 major problems:
1 Far to many divet holes all over the course, not replaced or repaired by individual or course emplyees.
2 Tee boxes not in good enough shape for this type of course.
All in all a very good golf course, would certainly play it again.
Always fun to play
Despite course conditioning not being to the standard it was in years past, the decreased rates make it easy to overlook. Still in really nice shape and, with the heart of the course being the same beast it has always been, it's always a pleasure to play
Interesting and challenging layout ...
Surprisingly good condition especially for late November. Also great value with golfnow.com at $60 with cart.
Best course on golfnow
A beautiful,challenging course who's maintenance is kept by the friendliest staff. You definitely get full value for your money
lots of potential
Typical Kaneff course.Lionhead has great potential but does not meet my standards. Everytime we play a Kaneff course it's cart path only. I don't know why it is this way because the courses are hardly in pristine conditions. I would rather walk then pay for cart paths only. I can't remember playing Royal Ontario and being able to drive on the fairways. I have played many courses in similar conditions and carts were allowed. There are many courses that I could play that are just as good and not pay for a cart if it's cart path only. Not such a good deal after all. Oh and 1 round of beers for a foursome $40.00 with tip!!! Get real !!! Who's going to grab the first round?
Quality Course
Great elevation changes, fast greens and many hazards. Not as challenging as promoted, although we played from the blue tees. (Middle tees)
Well maintained for fall expectations.
Not worth full price if you go through the course, however, it is definitely a steal by going through GolfNow.
Tougher than I remember
Guess I'm getting older but the blues played longer than the last time I was here. A little cool so the ball didn't fly as far and I'm sticking with that story. Great test of golf management.
