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 |
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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 |
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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
Always a good challenge. It was it good shape and now have a good selection of food for afterwards.
Tough challenge
This is one of the toughest courses I have ever played on. Being a 10-20 handicap, it was probably out of my league, but a good test of where my game really is. The course is relatively long with many par 4's over 400 yards, with woods on one side or another and water hazards in many locations, both across and along the fairways.
The greens were very fast, and the undulations make for a real test of putting skill (I didn't,t make a putt over 5 ft).
My only complaint was the sand, which is everywhere. I typically don't have a problem getting out of bunkers, but for some reason the sand did not react the way I expected. Could have been the shell shock from trying to get to the green!
On the whole, I would recommend this for good golfers, and only for duffers if you are ready to be humbled.
Truly Disappointed
For the reputation and expectation very disappointed.
96.00 w/ cart is far too expensive for this course.
17.00 for two tall boy beers??? Quite the profit for this course off its customers.
Tough feedback, but we will pass it along to the entire mgmt team, both on pricing of golf and food and beverage. I did a double check on the tall boy price and it is $7.08 at Lionhead.
Love this course but seems quality has gone downhill
This used to be one of my favourite courses to play but I feel that the quality of the course (ie. condition) and food has gone downhill over the last few years, while the prices still stay high. Not the same value as it used to be. Also, weekends are not the time for tournaments. Keep those times to the public to avoid pace of play issues.
Thanks Mattlee84, will pass this along to Rob our operations manager.
Still holds up pretty well
Enjoyed the round at Lionhead Legends. Havent played here in several years. The course was in pretty good shape but golfers, we need to replace divots and marks on the greens. The greens were slow so fairly easy to make putts. There was no card on the cart and some confusion with the guy running the carts. Otherwise, great pace of play, great monitoring of the pace and well worth the deal!
Yes it is a challenge to get divots replaced and ball marks fixed. We try our best to keep up. Thanks for the great rating.
Legends will win!
Lionhead Legends is an amazing track that lives up to it's reputation, one of the if not the most challenging track in Canada. The staff, marshals, cart boys and head pro Trevor were all very welcoming! The course is in good condition despite the lack of rain this year. Had a friend here from Marco Island, Florida, he plays quality courses there. He was very impressed. Will definitely play many times again. If you have never played, is a must do!!!! Thanks again Iggy, and team.
Thanks!
The longest round I never finished
It started out with a 20 minute delay before being sent to the tee. When we got to the tee there were two group there this took another 20 minutes. There was no marshals on the course and we had to wait on every shot from the tee and fairway. After a 40 minute start delay it took us an additional 4 hours and 30 minutes to get to hole 15 at which point we walked off the course. It's impossible to enjoy golf at this pace or play well. I called the proshop on the way home and they didn't seem to care too much.
The course is after a money grab if you amends overbooking and won't spend on marshals to keep pace of play. Very disappointed :(
Hot and thirsty !!!!
Tee time at 7:39am Hottest day of the year and not one cart person offering drinks. I guess they only have someone out there when the alcohol is legal to be served. Gatorade or bottled water would be nice!!! I guess no money to be made unless its alcohol. Rest rooms look nice but they have no paper towels to wipe after washing your face. Overall not very happy
Thanks for the honest feedback. We will send this over to our operations team.
Great layout
The traps need to be fixed, even though they don't like to spend money on sand, the least they can do is take the many stones out of 100% of the traps, the only cost is labour.
A great challenge
Played on a very hot day and because of possible thundershowers ( that never developed) we had the course to ourselves . It was a pleasure to play as a twosome in 31/2 hours one of the most challenging and scenic courses in the GTA at a great price .
Greens could have been faster
We are glad you enjoyed yourself!
Legends
Definitely a legendary course. The course was in excellent shape and the pace of play was unparalleled for. Sunday afternoon. Our group had a great time on this very challenging course.
Staff was very friendly and accommodating. Blocking forward to coming back!
Glad you enjoyed the round. Thanks!
Perfect
The course was perfect. The weather was perfect. My playing partner played amazing. My game...not so perfect. Loved the course.
Very challenging, and scenic course.
Played on a Sunday afternoon, 4.5 hour round, as a foursome. Got a good rate booking through GolfNow. Course was in great shape, although the greens were much slower than I would have expected. It's a difficult golf course with some woods, marsh, and a river coming into play on many holes. Beautiful layout, a must play.
You want to be on your game here. Definitely not for a novice golfer.
Staff extremely rude/6 hour round
Not only was it a six hour round, they sent a group booked 40 minutes after me off the tee before my group.
My entire group arrived 90 minutes early and was actually sent off the block later than our booked time.
At the turn; there was a three group hold up at the tee.
The course is rated hardest in Canada; at the least, make the day enjoyable as we subject ourselves to the toughness of the course.
I confronted the Marshall at the first tee and he was the rudest person I've ever met. He was arrogant and unfriendly.
Greens were hairy and tee blocks were not cut in a few days. We needed extra long tees and putting was not like we practiced on the practice green.
I will not recommend this course to people I know.

Nice comment Marco. Don't you work at Lionhead?? ;)
Course is gimmicky, especially without a guide
I usually only play the Legends, a true hitters course. The Masters is a gimmicky course, with a lot of blind shots, extreme dog legs and hidden hazards. You could hit great shots, only to be on the wrong side of the green or rolling into an unmarked hazard. The course uses some crazy forced short shots off the tee, to keep you from trying to go for a more rewarding shot. They should either have gps in the carts, or complimentary green guides at the very least.
Winter Golf
The course was in great shape considering that it is in the end of November.
Great course!
The condition of the golf course in November was fantastic! The greens were still rolling very true.
Still the one.
First time at Legends this year. Last year I experienced a 5 hour plus round which I don't particularly like. We played as four in four hours 15 min. Course was in great shape for fall. Greens were fast and nice except for a few ball marks. Great views with the leaves changing colours. extremely challenging, Overall great experience. Will definitely return.
Awesome
If you have never played this place, you should. Lots of discounted tee times available online so dont pay full clip. Great greens and layout. stay out of the sand.
A tough classic
Super challenging but fair if you're straight...great greens and beautifully sculpted bunkers. Lots of forced carries so leave your beginniner buddy at home
Thanks!